Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Elysium Mons
Clean Name Elysium Mons
Feature ID 1783
Target Mars
Feature Type Mons, montes

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 28.26 °
Southmost Latitude 21.78 °
Eastmost Longitude 150.82 °
Westmost Longitude 143.59 °
Diameter 401.00 km
Center Latitude 25.02 °
Center Longitude 147.21 °
Quad mc15 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
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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