Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Melas Chasma
Clean Name Melas Chasma
Feature ID 3812
Target Mars
Feature Type Chasma, chasmata

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -7.23 °
Southmost Latitude -13.96 °
Eastmost Longitude 291.89 °
Westmost Longitude 282.46 °
Diameter 563.52 km
Center Latitude -10.52 °
Center Longitude 287.46 °
Quad mc18 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Classical albedo feature name.
Reference [57] - Map of albedo features of Mars, (plates 2-5), in La Planéte Mars, by E.M. Antoniadi: Librairie Scientifique, Hermann et Cie., Paris, 1930.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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