Albedo Catena Cavus Chaos Chasma Collis Crater Dorsum Fluctus Fossa Labes Labyrinthus Lacus Lingula Macula Mare Mensa Mons Palus Patera Planitia Planum Regio Rupes Scopulus Serpens Sinus Sulcus Terra Tholus Unda Vallis Vastitas

List of terrae

Terra (plural terræ) is a word of Latin origin that designates the Earth, the soil. It is used for very large areas of land. It is used, for example, in connection with Mars to identify the old, highly cratered terrains that abound in the southern hemisphere. Most of the regions belonging to this type are the same as those of the nomenclature of Giovanni Schiaparelli.

The [names in grey and italics] in the tables are dropped or moved, referenced here because they may appear in older documents. Latitudes and longitudes in white are planetocentric. Those in orange use the older planetographic system.

Name Entity Type Lat Lon Ø km Quad Origin Icon help Icon help Icon Help
Aonia Terra Mars Terra -60.20 262.95 3873.48 mc25 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Arabia Terra Mars Terra 21.25 5.72 4851.74 mc12 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Margaritifer Terra Mars Terra -1.85 335.08 2733.22 mc19 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Noachis Terra Mars Terra -50.41 354.84 5519.45 mc26 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Promethei Terra Mars Terra -64.37 97.00 3244.30 mc28 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Tempe Terra Mars Terra 38.69 289.39 1954.94 mc03 From albedo feature at 40°N70°W. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Terra Cimmeria Mars Terra -32.68 147.75 5855.87 mc29 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
[Terra Meridiani] Mars Terra -7.12 4.00 1622.00 mc20 Classical albedo feature name. Name dropped when new boundaries for regional features were defined in July, 2001. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Terra Sabaea Mars Terra 2.72 51.30 4688.44 mc13 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Terra Sirenum Mars Terra -39.49 205.85 3635.18 mc24 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Tyrrhena Terra Mars Terra -11.90 88.84 2470.14 mc21 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Xanthe Terra Mars Terra 1.60 311.95 1867.65 mc10 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo

T - Index by entity

List of tholi

Tholus (plural tholi) is the Latin name for a dome or cupola. On Mars, small dome-shaped mountains or hills (usually corresponding to the cone of a stratovolcano, mostly volcanoes with fairly steep slopes) smaller than mounts (often shield volcanoes)
are called tholi.

The [names in grey and italics] in the tables are dropped or moved, referenced here because they may appear in older documents. Latitudes and longitudes in white are planetocentric. Those in orange use the older planetographic system.

Name Entity Type Lat Lon Ø km Quad Origin Icon help Icon help Icon Help
Albor Tholus Mars Tholus 18.87 150.47 158.38 mc15 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Aonia Tholus Mars Tholus -59.04 279.96 53.69 mc25 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Apollinaris Tholus Mars Tholus -17.64 175.75 32.39 mc23 Albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
[Australis Tholus] Mars Tholus -58.70 37.00 40.00 mc27 Classical albedo feature name; dropped in 1978. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Biblis Tholus Mars Tholus 2.52 235.62 168.60 mc09 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Ceraunius Tholus Mars Tholus 24.00 262.75 128.58 mc09 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Cerberus Tholi Mars Tholus 4.48 164.41 698.00 mc15 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
[Charitum Tholus] Mars Tholus -54.68 319.00 0.00 mc26 Changed to Oceanidum Mons, 1984. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
E. Mareotis Tholus Mars Tholus 35.92 274.87 4.60 mc03 Classical albedo name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Hecates Tholus Mars Tholus 32.12 150.24 181.57 mc07 Classcial albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
[Iaxartes Tholus] Mars Tholus 71.80 345.00 53.00 mc01 Classical albedo feature name; name dropped 1979. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Issedon Tholus Mars Tholus 36.05 265.17 54.53 mc03 Classical albedo name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Jovis Tholus Mars Tholus 18.20 242.59 58.07 mc09 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
[Kison Tholus] Mars Tholus 72.81 2.00 50.00 mc01 Classical albedo feature name; name dropped in 1979. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
N. Mareotis Tholus Mars Tholus 36.38 273.79 3.58 mc03 Classical albedo name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Nia Tholus Mars Tholus -6.59 285.05 34.01 mc18 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Nili Tholus Mars Tholus 9.15 67.35 7.00 mc13 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Noctis Tholus Mars Tholus -12.30 261.80 18.00 mc17 Classical albedo feature name, Noctis Lacus. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
[Ortygia Tholus] Mars Tholus 69.78 352.00 100.00 mc01 Classical albedo feature name; dropped in 1979. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Scandia Tholi Mars Tholus 73.91 201.28 398.27 mc01 Named for classical albedo feature at 65°N150°W. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Sirenum Tholus Mars Tholus -34.64 215.21 53.90 mc24 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Sisyphi Tholus Mars Tholus -75.68 341.47 27.52 mc30 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Tharsis Tholus Mars Tholus 13.25 269.31 149.30 mc09 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Ulysses Tholus Mars Tholus 2.96 238.50 102.47 mc09 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Uranius Tholus Mars Tholus 26.25 262.43 61.39 mc09 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
W. Mareotis Tholus Mars Tholus 35.56 272.04 13.19 mc03 Classical albedo name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Zephyria Tholus Mars Tholus -19.75 172.92 35.95 mc23 Albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo

U - Index by entity

List of undae

Unda (plural undae) is a Latin word meaning "wave"; it is used to refer to geological formations of undulating shape.

Latitudes and longitudes in white are planetocentric. Those in orange use the older planetographic system.

Name Entity Type Lat Lon Ø km Quad Origin Icon help Icon help Icon Help
Abalos Undae Mars Unda 78.52 272.50 442.74 mc01 Classical albedo feature at 72°N70°W. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Aspledon Undae Mars Unda 73.06 309.65 215.20 mc01 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Hyperboreae Undae Mars Unda 79.96 310.51 463.65 mc01 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Ogygis Undae Mars Unda -49.66 293.79 87.70 mc25 Classical albedo feature name: Ogygis Regio. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Olympia Undae Mars Unda 81.16 178.48 1507.96 mc01 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo
Siton Undae Mars Unda 75.55 297.28 222.97 mc01 Classical albedo feature name. icon_USGS icon_map icon_photo

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