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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Locras Valles
Clean Name Locras Valles
Feature ID 3445
Target Mars
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 10.78 °
Southmost Latitude 6.72 °
Eastmost Longitude 49.70 °
Westmost Longitude 45.80 °
Diameter 314.00 km
Center Latitude 8.60 °
Center Longitude 47.70 °
Northmost Latitude 10.78 °
Southmost Latitude 6.72 °
Eastmost Longitude 310.30 °
Westmost Longitude 314.20 °
Diameter 314.00 km
Center Latitude 8.60 °
Center Longitude 312.30 °
Northmost Latitude 11.01 °
Southmost Latitude 6.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 51.20 °
Westmost Longitude 45.31 °
Diameter 351.32 km
Center Latitude 8.84 °
Center Longitude 48.26 °
Northmost Latitude 11.01 °
Southmost Latitude 6.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 308.80 °
Westmost Longitude 314.69 °
Diameter 351.32 km
Center Latitude 8.84 °
Center Longitude 311.74 °
Quad mc13 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Ancient name for river on Corsica.
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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