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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nicer Vallis
Clean Name Nicer Vallis
Feature ID 4246
Target Mars
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -6.87 °
Southmost Latitude -7.09 °
Eastmost Longitude 201.91 °
Westmost Longitude 201.69 °
Diameter 22.60 km
Center Latitude -6.96 °
Center Longitude 201.81 °
Northmost Latitude -6.87 °
Southmost Latitude -7.09 °
Eastmost Longitude 158.09 °
Westmost Longitude 158.31 °
Diameter 22.60 km
Center Latitude -6.96 °
Center Longitude 158.19 °
Northmost Latitude -6.82 °
Southmost Latitude -7.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 202.00 °
Westmost Longitude 201.50 °
Diameter 54.00 km
Center Latitude -7.22 °
Center Longitude 201.80 °
Northmost Latitude -6.82 °
Southmost Latitude -7.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 158.00 °
Westmost Longitude 158.50 °
Diameter 54.00 km
Center Latitude -7.22 °
Center Longitude 158.20 °
Quad mc16 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Germany
Origin Classical name for present Neckar River, Germany.
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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