Bosporos Planum | |
Location: | Thaumasia quadrangle (majority) |
Coordinates: | -33.87°N 64.49°W |
Length: | 730 |
Discoverer: | Mariner 9 |
Type: | Plateau |
Eponym: | Bosphorus Strait |
Bosporos Planum is a high plateau (planum) located in the Thaumasia quadrangle in the Southern Hemisphere of Mars. It is about 730 km long stretching from southwest to northeast. Previously named Erythraeum Planum,[1] it was renamed to its current name in 1979. Its name derives from one of the classical albedo features observed by early astronomers, named after the Bosphorus Strait.