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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Noachis Terra
Clean Name Noachis Terra
Feature ID 4319
Target Mars
Feature Type Terra, terrae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -4.94 °
Southmost Latitude -84.94 °
Eastmost Longitude 360.00 °
Westmost Longitude 0.00 °
Diameter 4800.00 km
Center Latitude -44.66 °
Center Longitude 10.00 °
Northmost Latitude -4.94 °
Southmost Latitude -84.94 °
Eastmost Longitude -0.00 °
Westmost Longitude 360.00 °
Diameter 4800.00 km
Center Latitude -44.66 °
Center Longitude 350.00 °
Northmost Latitude -2.53 °
Southmost Latitude -83.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 74.61 °
Westmost Longitude -59.96 °
Diameter 5519.45 km
Center Latitude -50.41 °
Center Longitude 354.84 °
Northmost Latitude -2.53 °
Southmost Latitude -83.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 285.39 °
Westmost Longitude 419.96 °
Diameter 5519.45 km
Center Latitude -50.41 °
Center Longitude 5.16 °
Quad mc26 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
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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