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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Frento Vallis
Clean Name Frento Vallis
Feature ID 2021
Target Mars
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -49.67 °
Southmost Latitude -51.27 °
Eastmost Longitude 348.00 °
Westmost Longitude 342.30 °
Diameter 277.00 km
Center Latitude -49.97 °
Center Longitude 345.50 °
Northmost Latitude -49.67 °
Southmost Latitude -51.27 °
Eastmost Longitude 12.00 °
Westmost Longitude 17.70 °
Diameter 277.00 km
Center Latitude -49.97 °
Center Longitude 14.50 °
Northmost Latitude -49.69 °
Southmost Latitude -50.32 °
Eastmost Longitude 347.99 °
Westmost Longitude 342.46 °
Diameter 251.09 km
Center Latitude -50.03 °
Center Longitude 345.16 °
Northmost Latitude -49.69 °
Southmost Latitude -50.32 °
Eastmost Longitude 12.01 °
Westmost Longitude 17.54 °
Diameter 251.09 km
Center Latitude -50.03 °
Center Longitude 14.84 °
Quad mc26 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Italy
Origin Classical name for river in Italy.
Reference [56] - Everymans Classical Atlas, by J. Oliver Thomson: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., London, 1963.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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