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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tyras Vallis
Clean Name Tyras Vallis
Feature ID 6169
Target Mars
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 8.70 °
Southmost Latitude 7.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 310.10 °
Westmost Longitude 309.30 °
Diameter 68.00 km
Center Latitude 8.30 °
Center Longitude 309.80 °
Northmost Latitude 8.70 °
Southmost Latitude 7.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 49.90 °
Westmost Longitude 50.70 °
Diameter 68.00 km
Center Latitude 8.30 °
Center Longitude 50.20 °
Northmost Latitude 8.67 °
Southmost Latitude 7.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 310.28 °
Westmost Longitude 309.60 °
Diameter 99.13 km
Center Latitude 8.33 °
Center Longitude 309.85 °
Northmost Latitude 8.67 °
Southmost Latitude 7.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 49.72 °
Westmost Longitude 50.40 °
Diameter 99.13 km
Center Latitude 8.33 °
Center Longitude 50.15 °
Quad mc10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Culture Scythia
Origin Classical name for present Dniester River, Ukraine.
Reference [56] - Everymans Classical Atlas, by J. Oliver Thomson: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., London, 1963.
Updated Dec 30, 2008 2:26 PM

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