Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Claritas Fossae
Clean Name Claritas Fossae
Feature ID 1230
Target Mars
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -12.00 °
Southmost Latitude -43.48 °
Eastmost Longitude 273.31 °
Westmost Longitude 248.10 °
Diameter 2030.64 km
Center Latitude -27.89 °
Center Longitude 255.76 °
Quad mc17 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Classical albedo feature name.
Reference [57] - Map of albedo features of Mars, (plates 2-5), in La Planéte Mars, by E.M. Antoniadi: Librairie Scientifique, Hermann et Cie., Paris, 1930.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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