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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Hypsas Vallis
Clean Name Hypsas Vallis
Feature ID 2616
Target Mars
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 33.79 °
Southmost Latitude 33.59 °
Eastmost Longitude 58.20 °
Westmost Longitude 57.70 °
Diameter 32.80 km
Center Latitude 33.69 °
Center Longitude 57.90 °
Northmost Latitude 33.79 °
Southmost Latitude 33.59 °
Eastmost Longitude 301.80 °
Westmost Longitude 302.30 °
Diameter 32.80 km
Center Latitude 33.69 °
Center Longitude 302.10 °
Northmost Latitude 33.79 °
Southmost Latitude 33.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 58.29 °
Westmost Longitude 57.79 °
Diameter 36.47 km
Center Latitude 33.63 °
Center Longitude 57.99 °
Northmost Latitude 33.79 °
Southmost Latitude 33.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 301.71 °
Westmost Longitude 302.21 °
Diameter 36.47 km
Center Latitude 33.63 °
Center Longitude 302.01 °
Quad mc05 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1988
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Italy
Origin Classical name for river in Sicily.
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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