Icaria Planum
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MOLA map showing boundaries of Icaria Planum and other regions. Color indicates elevation.
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Crater and one of many nearby channels, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program. Picture is from Icaria Planum.
Icaria Planum is a region on Mars in the Thaumasia quadrangle of Mars that is 566.59 km across and is located at 43.27 S and 253.96E. It was named after a classic albedo feature that was approved in 1979. The name of the classic feature was based on the land where Icarus lived (Crete).[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Icaria Planum". usgs.gov. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
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