Syrtis Major (Gradfeld)

The Syrtis major - degree field is one of the 30 degree fields of Mars . They were established by the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ). The number is MC-13, the degree field covers the area from 270 ° to 315 ° west longitude and from 0 ° to 30 ° south latitude .

Syrtis Major is an old stratovolcano with a central valley in north-south direction. It contains the calderas Meroe Patera and Nili Patera . The name comes from an albedo feature on Mars, the area was named after the Gulf of Sirte .

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Individual evidence

^ Encyclopedia of Science - Syrtis Major
↑ Syrtis Major in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
↑ Oliver Morton: Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World . Picador USA, New York 2002, ISBN 0-312-24551-3 , p. 98.
↑ PIA03467: The MGS MOC Wide Angle Map of Mars photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov, February 16, 2002
↑ Davies, ME; Batson, RM; Wu, SSC "Geodesy and Cartography" in Kieffer, HH; Jakosky, BM; Snyder, CW; Matthews, MS, Eds. Mars. University of Arizona Press: Tucson, 1992.

[1] Encyclopedia of Science - Syrtis Major

[2] Syrtis Major in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS

[mapping_mars-3] Oliver Morton: Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World . Picador USA, New York 2002, ISBN 0-312-24551-3 , p. 98.

[4] PIA03467: The MGS MOC Wide Angle Map of Mars photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov, February 16, 2002

[5] Davies, ME; Batson, RM; Wu, SSC "Geodesy and Cartography" in Kieffer, HH; Jakosky, BM; Snyder, CW; Matthews, MS, Eds. Mars. University of Arizona Press: Tucson, 1992.