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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Terra Cimmeria
Clean Name Terra Cimmeria
Feature ID 5930
Target Mars
Feature Type Terra, terrae

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 14.83 °
Southmost Latitude -74.83 °
Eastmost Longitude 190.00 °
Westmost Longitude 100.00 °
Diameter 5400.00 km
Center Latitude -34.68 °
Center Longitude 145.00 °
Northmost Latitude 14.83 °
Southmost Latitude -74.83 °
Eastmost Longitude 170.00 °
Westmost Longitude 260.00 °
Diameter 5400.00 km
Center Latitude -34.68 °
Center Longitude 215.00 °
Northmost Latitude 12.13 °
Southmost Latitude -73.54 °
Eastmost Longitude 179.66 °
Westmost Longitude 98.79 °
Diameter 5855.87 km
Center Latitude -32.68 °
Center Longitude 147.75 °
Northmost Latitude 12.13 °
Southmost Latitude -73.54 °
Eastmost Longitude 180.34 °
Westmost Longitude 261.21 °
Diameter 5855.87 km
Center Latitude -32.68 °
Center Longitude 212.25 °
Quad mc29 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
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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