Acidalia Colles

Acidalia Colles
	Part of Acidalia Colles.; Image size is 100×100 km
Feature type	Hill cluster
Coordinates	50°54′N 23°06′W / 50.9°N 23.1°W

Map of Mare Acidalium quadrangle. Lomonosov and Kunowsky craters are easily seen on the map. The famous "Face on Mars" is located near Cydonia Mensae.

Acidalia Colles is a group of hills in the Mare Acidalium quadrangle of Mars, located at 50.9° north latitude and 23.1° west longitude. It is about 360 km long and was named after a classical albedo feature name.^[1] The term "Colles" is used for small hills or knobs.^[2] Gullies have been observed on Acidalia Colles.

References

^ "Acidalia Colles". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
^ "Descriptor Terms (Feature Types)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). Archived from the original on 2012-05-25.

[1] "Acidalia Colles". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

[gazetteer_terms-2] "Descriptor Terms (Feature Types)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). Archived from the original on 2012-05-25.

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