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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Samara Valles
Clean Name Samara Valles
Feature ID 5290
Target Mars
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -20.38 °
Southmost Latitude -27.22 °
Eastmost Longitude 344.70 °
Westmost Longitude 338.70 °
Diameter 615.00 km
Center Latitude -24.84 °
Center Longitude 340.90 °
Northmost Latitude -20.38 °
Southmost Latitude -27.22 °
Eastmost Longitude 15.30 °
Westmost Longitude 21.30 °
Diameter 615.00 km
Center Latitude -24.84 °
Center Longitude 19.10 °
Northmost Latitude -20.30 °
Southmost Latitude -27.22 °
Eastmost Longitude 344.65 °
Westmost Longitude 338.60 °
Diameter 661.84 km
Center Latitude -24.17 °
Center Longitude 341.27 °
Northmost Latitude -20.30 °
Southmost Latitude -27.22 °
Eastmost Longitude 15.35 °
Westmost Longitude 21.40 °
Diameter 661.84 km
Center Latitude -24.17 °
Center Longitude 18.73 °
Quad mc19 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Ancient name for modern Somme River, France.
Reference [56] - Everymans Classical Atlas, by J. Oliver Thomson: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., London, 1963.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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