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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Taus Vallis
Clean Name Taus Vallis
Feature ID 5882
Target Mars
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -4.74 °
Southmost Latitude -5.04 °
Eastmost Longitude 211.60 °
Westmost Longitude 211.50 °
Diameter 12.60 km
Center Latitude -4.84 °
Center Longitude 211.50 °
Northmost Latitude -4.74 °
Southmost Latitude -5.04 °
Eastmost Longitude 148.40 °
Westmost Longitude 148.50 °
Diameter 12.60 km
Center Latitude -4.84 °
Center Longitude 148.50 °
Northmost Latitude -4.78 °
Southmost Latitude -4.93 °
Eastmost Longitude 211.68 °
Westmost Longitude 211.64 °
Diameter 10.40 km
Center Latitude -4.85 °
Center Longitude 211.68 °
Northmost Latitude -4.78 °
Southmost Latitude -4.93 °
Eastmost Longitude 148.32 °
Westmost Longitude 148.36 °
Diameter 10.40 km
Center Latitude -4.85 °
Center Longitude 148.32 °
Quad mc16 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Scotland
Origin Classical river in Caledonia (Scotland).
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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