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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Octantis Mons
Clean Name Octantis Mons
Feature ID 4399
Target Mars
Feature Type Mons, montes

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -55.18 °
Southmost Latitude -55.38 °
Eastmost Longitude 317.30 °
Westmost Longitude 316.80 °
Diameter 17.80 km
Center Latitude -55.28 °
Center Longitude 317.10 °
Northmost Latitude -55.18 °
Southmost Latitude -55.38 °
Eastmost Longitude 42.70 °
Westmost Longitude 43.20 °
Diameter 17.80 km
Center Latitude -55.28 °
Center Longitude 42.90 °
Northmost Latitude -55.20 °
Southmost Latitude -55.36 °
Eastmost Longitude 317.45 °
Westmost Longitude 316.89 °
Diameter 19.09 km
Center Latitude -55.26 °
Center Longitude 317.15 °
Northmost Latitude -55.20 °
Southmost Latitude -55.36 °
Eastmost Longitude 42.55 °
Westmost Longitude 43.11 °
Diameter 19.09 km
Center Latitude -55.26 °
Center Longitude 42.85 °
Quad mc26 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1991
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Albedo 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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