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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Bosporos Rupes
Clean Name Bosporos Rupes
Feature ID 835
Target Mars
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -39.27 °
Southmost Latitude -46.36 °
Eastmost Longitude 305.80 °
Westmost Longitude 299.20 °
Diameter 507.00 km
Center Latitude -42.86 °
Center Longitude 302.40 °
Northmost Latitude -39.27 °
Southmost Latitude -46.36 °
Eastmost Longitude 54.20 °
Westmost Longitude 60.80 °
Diameter 507.00 km
Center Latitude -42.86 °
Center Longitude 57.60 °
Northmost Latitude -39.30 °
Southmost Latitude -46.35 °
Eastmost Longitude 305.68 °
Westmost Longitude 299.17 °
Diameter 531.42 km
Center Latitude -42.74 °
Center Longitude 302.45 °
Northmost Latitude -39.30 °
Southmost Latitude -46.35 °
Eastmost Longitude 54.32 °
Westmost Longitude 60.83 °
Diameter 531.42 km
Center Latitude -42.74 °
Center Longitude 57.55 °
Quad mc26 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
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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