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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ares Vallis
Clean Name Ares Vallis
Feature ID 358
Target Mars
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 21.27 °
Southmost Latitude 0.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 344.80 °
Westmost Longitude 323.50 °
Diameter 1700.00 km
Center Latitude 10.28 °
Center Longitude 334.20 °
Northmost Latitude 21.27 °
Southmost Latitude 0.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 15.20 °
Westmost Longitude 36.50 °
Diameter 1700.00 km
Center Latitude 10.28 °
Center Longitude 25.80 °
Northmost Latitude 20.82 °
Southmost Latitude 0.33 °
Eastmost Longitude 342.76 °
Westmost Longitude 324.00 °
Diameter 1757.67 km
Center Latitude 10.29 °
Center Longitude 334.39 °
Northmost Latitude 20.82 °
Southmost Latitude 0.33 °
Eastmost Longitude 17.24 °
Westmost Longitude 36.00 °
Diameter 1757.67 km
Center Latitude 10.29 °
Center Longitude 25.61 °
Quad mc11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Word for 'Mars' in Greek.
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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