Orcus Patera (Mars)

This feature is named after an earlier feature.

Orcus Patera is a region on the surface of the planet Mars first imaged by Mariner 4. It is a depression about 380 km long, 140 km wide, and about 0.5 km deep but with a smooth floor. It has a rim up to 1.8 km high. Orcus Patera is west of Mons Olympus and east of Elysium Mons. (wikipedia entry)

A patera is an irregular crater, or a complex one with scalloped edges. Usually the dish-shaped depression atop a volcano. On Mars they are named after the nearest named albedo feature on the Schiaparelli or Antoniadi maps.

NW 584 km

Kotka

MRV
9 Hours 7 Minutes
Walking
7 Days 8 Hours

N 459 km

Tartarus Colles

MRV
7 Hours 10 Minutes
Walking
5 Days 18 Hours

NE 1299 km

Amazonis Planitia

MRV
20 Hours 18 Minutes
Walking
16 Days 7 Hours

W 644 km

Tartarus Montes

MRV
10 Hours 3 Minutes
Walking
8 Days 1 Hour

Orcus Patera

14.13° N 178.35° E

E 269 km

Marte Vallis(next)

MRV
4 Hours 12 Minutes
Walking
3 Days 9 Hours

SW 437 km

Rahway Valles(last)

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6 Hours 50 Minutes
Walking
5 Days 11 Hours

S 1087 km

Tartarus Scopulus

MRV
16 Hours 59 Minutes
Walking
13 Days 15 Hours

SE 1304 km

Nicholson

MRV
20 Hours 22 Minutes
Walking
16 Days 8 Hours

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