Difference between revisions of "Mars Quadrangles"

Latest revision as of 07:07, 13 November 2020

The surface of Mars has been divided into thirty cartographic quadrangles by the United States Geological Survey. The maps below were produced by the Mars Global Surveyor's Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter; redder colors indicate higher elevations. The maps of the equatorial quadrangles use a Mercator projection, while those of the mid-latitude quadrangles use a Lambert conformal conic projection, and the maps of the polar quadrangles use a polar stereographic projection.

See the Mars Atlas for a general view of Mars.

Number	Name	Latitudes	Longitudes	Features
MC-01	Mare Boreum	65–90° N	180° W–180° E	Korolev, Northern ice cap
MC-02	Diacria	30–65° N	120–180° W	Milankovic Crater
MC-03	Arcadia	30–65° N	60–120° W
MC-04	Mare Acidalium	30–65° N	0–60° W	Face on Mars, Cydonia
MC-05	Ismenius Lacus	30–65° N	0–60° E	Lyot Crater
MC-06	Casius	30–65° N	60–120° E
MC-07	Cebrenia	30–65° N	120–180° E	Hecates Tholus
MC-08	Amazonis	0–30° N	135–180° W
MC-09	Tharsis	0–30° N	90–135° W	Olympus Mons, Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons, Noctis Labyrinthus
MC-10	Lunae Palus	0–30° N	45–90° W
MC-11	Oxia Palus	0–30° N	0–45° W
MC-12	Arabia	0–30° N	0–45° E
MC-13	Syrtis Major	0–30° N	45–90° E	Jezero Crater
MC-14	Amenthes	0–30° N	90–135° E
MC-15	Elysium	0–30° N	135–180° E	Elysium Mons
MC-16	Memnonia	0–30° S	135–180° W
MC-17	Phoenicis Lacus	0–30° S	90–135° W	Arsia Mons
MC-18	Coprates	0–30° S	45–90° W	Valles Marienis
MC-19	Margaritifer Sinus	0–30° S	0–45° W
MC-20	Sinus Sabaeus	0–30° S	0–45° E
MC-21	Iapygia	0–30° S	45–90° E
MC-22	Mare Tyrrhenum	0–30° S	90–135° E
MC-23	Aeolis	0–30° S	135–180° E	Gale Crater, Gusev Crater, Ma'adim Vallis
MC-24	Phaethontis	30–65° S	120–180° W
MC-25	Thaumasia	30–65° S	60–120° W
MC-26	Argyre	30–65° S	0–60° W	Argyre basin
MC-27	Noachis	30–65° S	0–60° E
MC-28	Hellas	30–65° S	60–120° E	Hellas basin
MC-29	Eridania	30–65° S	120–180° E
MC-30	Mare Australe	65–90° S	180° W – 180° E	South polar ice cap

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