Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mangala Fossa
Clean Name Mangala Fossa
Feature ID 3627
Target Mars
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -15.19 °
Southmost Latitude -19.13 °
Eastmost Longitude 219.61 °
Westmost Longitude 208.15 °
Diameter 695.00 km
Center Latitude -17.27 °
Center Longitude 214.12 °
Quad mc16 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Sanskrit
Origin Named for nearby valles.
Reference [62] - List of names for Mars in various languages provided by Carl Sagan.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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