Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tharsis Tholus
Clean Name Tharsis Tholus
Feature ID 5949
Target Mars
Feature Type Tholus, tholi

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 14.48 °
Southmost Latitude 12.02 °
Eastmost Longitude 270.30 °
Westmost Longitude 268.10 °
Diameter 149.30 km
Center Latitude 13.25 °
Center Longitude 269.31 °
Quad mc09 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
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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