Jump to content

Haystack Catena

Coordinates: 4°42′N 46°12′W / 4.7°N 46.2°W / 4.7; -46.2
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Zackmann08 (talk | contribs) at 21:44, 14 February 2019 (converting to use Template:Infobox feature on celestial object per Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2019_February_6#Template:Infobox_feature_on_Mars). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Haystack Catena
Feature typeCatena
Coordinates4°42′N 46°12′W / 4.7°N 46.2°W / 4.7; -46.2
EponymHaystack Observatory

Haystack Catena (Haystack Vallis until March 2013) is a catena at 4.7° N, 46.2° W on Mercury. It superficially resembles a graben but is a chain of overlapping secondary craters.[1] It was named after Haystack Observatory.

References

  1. ^ H-6 text_all.word Archived November 2, 2004, at the Wayback Machine