Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Australe Mensa
Clean Name Australe Mensa
Feature ID 485
Target Mars
Feature Type Mensa, mensae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -85.50 °
Southmost Latitude -87.97 °
Eastmost Longitude 19.80 °
Westmost Longitude 338.80 °
Diameter 172.00 km
Center Latitude -86.88 °
Center Longitude 357.24 °
Quad mc30 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
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 May 14, 2018 2:21 PM

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