Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ganges Chaos
Clean Name Ganges Chaos
Feature ID 14169
Target Mars
Feature Type Chaos, chaoses

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -8.80 °
Southmost Latitude -10.73 °
Eastmost Longitude 314.57 °
Westmost Longitude 313.18 °
Diameter 113.73 km
Center Latitude -9.76 °
Center Longitude 313.96 °
Quad mc18 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
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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