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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Australe Scopuli
Clean Name Australe Scopuli
Feature ID 487
Target Mars
Feature Type Scopulus, scopuli

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -79.68 °
Southmost Latitude -86.46 °
Eastmost Longitude 275.00 °
Westmost Longitude 200.00 °
Diameter 530.00 km
Center Latitude -83.42 °
Center Longitude 245.00 °
Northmost Latitude -79.68 °
Southmost Latitude -86.46 °
Eastmost Longitude 85.00 °
Westmost Longitude 160.00 °
Diameter 530.00 km
Center Latitude -83.42 °
Center Longitude 115.00 °
Northmost Latitude -79.19 °
Southmost Latitude -86.23 °
Eastmost Longitude 277.71 °
Westmost Longitude 202.12 °
Diameter 504.58 km
Center Latitude -83.48 °
Center Longitude 247.06 °
Northmost Latitude -79.19 °
Southmost Latitude -86.23 °
Eastmost Longitude 82.29 °
Westmost Longitude 157.88 °
Diameter 504.58 km
Center Latitude -83.48 °
Center Longitude 112.94 °
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 Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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