Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Olympus Rupes
Clean Name Olympus Rupes
Feature ID 4454
Target Mars
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 23.28 °
Southmost Latitude 13.76 °
Eastmost Longitude 230.91 °
Westmost Longitude 220.89 °
Diameter 1914.77 km
Center Latitude 18.40 °
Center Longitude 226.44 °
Quad mc09 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
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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