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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Promethei Lingula
Clean Name Promethei Lingula
Feature ID 4831
Target Mars
Feature Type Lingula, lingulae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -78.13 °
Southmost Latitude -87.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 160.00 °
Westmost Longitude 95.00 °
Diameter 560.00 km
Center Latitude -82.92 °
Center Longitude 120.00 °
Northmost Latitude -78.13 °
Southmost Latitude -87.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 200.00 °
Westmost Longitude 265.00 °
Diameter 560.00 km
Center Latitude -82.92 °
Center Longitude 240.00 °
Northmost Latitude -78.21 °
Southmost Latitude -87.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 164.61 °
Westmost Longitude 92.86 °
Diameter 571.63 km
Center Latitude -82.80 °
Center Longitude 119.89 °
Northmost Latitude -78.21 °
Southmost Latitude -87.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 195.39 °
Westmost Longitude 267.14 °
Diameter 571.63 km
Center Latitude -82.80 °
Center Longitude 240.11 °
Quad mc30 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
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 Jul 24, 2008 1:01 PM

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