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Angustus Labyrinthus is a complex of intersecting valleys or ridges near the Martian south pole (in the Mare Australe quadrangle), located at 81.68° S and 63.25° W.It was nicknamed the "Inca City" by NASA scientists due to its superficial resemblance to a ruined city. [1]
Planum Australe (Latin: "the southern plain") is the southern polar plain on Mars.It extends southward of roughly 75°S and is centered at The geology of this region was to be explored by the failed NASA mission Mars Polar Lander, which lost contact on entry into the Martian atmosphere.
This is a list of plains on Mars. Such features are named after the nearest classical albedo feature in compliance with the International Astronomical Union 's rules of planetary nomenclature . Plains may be named denoted " planitia " or "planum", depending on height.
New research published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy indicates there really is a buried reservoir of super-salty water near the south pole of the planet. Are there super-salty lakes on Mars?
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.
The Mare Australe quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program. The Mare Australe quadrangle is also referred to as MC-30 (Mars Chart-30). [1] The quadrangle covers all the area of Mars south of 65°, including the South polar ice cap, and its ...
PHOTO: This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, acquired May 13, 2018, during winter at the South Pole of Mars, shows a carbon dioxide ice cap covering the region. As the sun returns in ...
The Dorsa Argentea Formation (DAF) is thought to be a large system of eskers that were under an ancient ice cap in the south polar region of Mars. [1] The ancient ice cap was at least twice the size of the present ice cap and may have been 1500–2000 meters thick. [2]