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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Athabasca Valles
Clean Name Athabasca Valles
Feature ID 453
Target Mars
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 10.18 °
Southmost Latitude 6.72 °
Eastmost Longitude 156.70 °
Westmost Longitude 153.00 °
Diameter 285.00 km
Center Latitude 8.50 °
Center Longitude 155.00 °
Northmost Latitude 10.18 °
Southmost Latitude 6.72 °
Eastmost Longitude 203.30 °
Westmost Longitude 207.00 °
Diameter 285.00 km
Center Latitude 8.50 °
Center Longitude 205.00 °
Northmost Latitude 10.04 °
Southmost Latitude 7.22 °
Eastmost Longitude 156.78 °
Westmost Longitude 153.17 °
Diameter 270.00 km
Center Latitude 8.54 °
Center Longitude 155.01 °
Northmost Latitude 10.04 °
Southmost Latitude 7.22 °
Eastmost Longitude 203.22 °
Westmost Longitude 206.83 °
Diameter 270.00 km
Center Latitude 8.54 °
Center Longitude 204.99 °
Quad mc15 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1997
Continent North America
Ethnicity Canada
Origin River in Canada. (Changed from Athabasca Vallis.)
Reference [129] - Hammond Atlas of the World: Hammond Incorporated, Maplewood, NJ, 1999.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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