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The quadrangles appear as rectangles on maps based on a cylindrical map projection, [1] but their actual shapes on the curved surface of Mars are more complicated Saccheri quadrilaterals. The sixteen equatorial quadrangles are the smallest, with surface areas of 4,500,000 square kilometres (1,700,000 sq mi) each, while the twelve mid-latitude ...
Hickory Hill Park is a large natural area in northeast Iowa City, Iowa consisting of 190 acres (0.77 km 2) of forest, abandoned fields, reconstructed prairie, wetlands, and parkland centered on Ralston Creek and its tributary drainages. It is owned and administered by the city, [1] with help from Friends of Hickory Hill Park. [2]
An 1877 map of Mars by Giovanni Schiaparelli. North is at the top of this map. In most maps of Mars drawn before space exploration the convention among astronomers was to put south at the top because the telescopic image of a planet is inverted. The first detailed observations of Mars were from ground-based telescopes.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 November 2024. "Iowa City" redirects here. For the community formerly called Iowa City in California, see Iowa Hill, California. City in Iowa, United States Iowa City, Iowa City Downtown Iowa City, June 2021 Nickname: Athens of Iowa Location within Johnson County and Iowa Iowa City Location within Iowa ...
Coralville is a suburb of Iowa City and part of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. Coralville incorporated as a city in 1873. The city's name comes from the fossils that are found in the limestone along the Iowa River. 26 North Liberty: 20,479 Johnson: The North Liberty area was first settled in 1838 by John Gaylor and Alonzo C. Dennison.
This is a list of 63 state parks and recreation areas in Iowa. These state parks of the U.S. state of Iowa can be split into two groups based on management. The first group are those state parks managed by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
It is a suburb of Iowa City and part of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 20,479. [2] From 2000 to 2010, North Liberty was the second fastest-growing city in Iowa. A 2017 LendEDU poll named North Liberty the ninth most educated city in the United States and the most educated city in the ...
The Syrtis Major quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program. The Syrtis Major quadrangle is also referred to as MC-13 (Mars Chart-13). [1] The quadrangle covers longitudes 270° to 315° west and latitudes 0° to 30° north on Mars.