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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Matrona Vallis
Clean Name Matrona Vallis
Feature ID 3752
Target Mars
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -7.22 °
Southmost Latitude -8.01 °
Eastmost Longitude 176.30 °
Westmost Longitude 176.00 °
Diameter 51.00 km
Center Latitude -7.61 °
Center Longitude 176.10 °
Northmost Latitude -7.22 °
Southmost Latitude -8.01 °
Eastmost Longitude 183.70 °
Westmost Longitude 184.00 °
Diameter 51.00 km
Center Latitude -7.61 °
Center Longitude 183.90 °
Northmost Latitude -7.20 °
Southmost Latitude -8.07 °
Eastmost Longitude 176.40 °
Westmost Longitude 176.17 °
Diameter 61.28 km
Center Latitude -7.66 °
Center Longitude 176.19 °
Northmost Latitude -7.20 °
Southmost Latitude -8.07 °
Eastmost Longitude 183.60 °
Westmost Longitude 183.83 °
Diameter 61.28 km
Center Latitude -7.66 °
Center Longitude 183.81 °
Quad mc23 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Culture France
Origin Classical name for present Marne River, France.
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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