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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Arnus Vallis
Clean Name Arnus Vallis
Feature ID 389
Target Mars
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 16.42 °
Southmost Latitude 11.86 °
Eastmost Longitude 71.20 °
Westmost Longitude 69.40 °
Diameter 280.00 km
Center Latitude 13.94 °
Center Longitude 70.50 °
Northmost Latitude 16.42 °
Southmost Latitude 11.86 °
Eastmost Longitude 288.80 °
Westmost Longitude 290.60 °
Diameter 280.00 km
Center Latitude 13.94 °
Center Longitude 289.50 °
Northmost Latitude 16.38 °
Southmost Latitude 11.95 °
Eastmost Longitude 71.24 °
Westmost Longitude 69.50 °
Diameter 311.61 km
Center Latitude 13.97 °
Center Longitude 70.61 °
Northmost Latitude 16.38 °
Southmost Latitude 11.95 °
Eastmost Longitude 288.76 °
Westmost Longitude 290.50 °
Diameter 311.61 km
Center Latitude 13.97 °
Center Longitude 289.39 °
Quad mc13 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Italy
Origin Classical and present day Arno River in Tuscany, Italy (previously named Arena Rupes).
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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