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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Scandia Colles
Clean Name Scandia Colles
Feature ID 5356
Target Mars
Feature Type Collis, colles

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 71.80 °
Southmost Latitude 56.69 °
Eastmost Longitude 256.20 °
Westmost Longitude 196.60 °
Diameter 1365.00 km
Center Latitude 66.15 °
Center Longitude 222.80 °
Northmost Latitude 71.80 °
Southmost Latitude 56.69 °
Eastmost Longitude 103.80 °
Westmost Longitude 163.40 °
Diameter 1365.00 km
Center Latitude 66.15 °
Center Longitude 137.20 °
Northmost Latitude 70.94 °
Southmost Latitude 55.77 °
Eastmost Longitude 255.27 °
Westmost Longitude 198.86 °
Diameter 1521.68 km
Center Latitude 65.47 °
Center Longitude 220.87 °
Northmost Latitude 70.94 °
Southmost Latitude 55.77 °
Eastmost Longitude 104.73 °
Westmost Longitude 161.14 °
Diameter 1521.68 km
Center Latitude 65.47 °
Center Longitude 139.13 °
Quad mc01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin From 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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