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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Apsus Vallis
Clean Name Apsus Vallis
Feature ID 332
Target Mars
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 35.78 °
Southmost Latitude 33.99 °
Eastmost Longitude 135.50 °
Westmost Longitude 134.60 °
Diameter 120.00 km
Center Latitude 34.78 °
Center Longitude 135.00 °
Northmost Latitude 35.78 °
Southmost Latitude 33.99 °
Eastmost Longitude 224.50 °
Westmost Longitude 225.40 °
Diameter 120.00 km
Center Latitude 34.78 °
Center Longitude 225.00 °
Northmost Latitude 35.78 °
Southmost Latitude 33.99 °
Eastmost Longitude 135.52 °
Westmost Longitude 134.66 °
Diameter 121.56 km
Center Latitude 34.91 °
Center Longitude 134.99 °
Northmost Latitude 35.78 °
Southmost Latitude 33.99 °
Eastmost Longitude 224.48 °
Westmost Longitude 225.34 °
Diameter 121.56 km
Center Latitude 34.91 °
Center Longitude 225.01 °
Quad mc07 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Classical river in ancient Macedonia, present-day Greece.
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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