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Colonization COLONIZATION A PERMANENT HABITAT FOR THE COLONIZATION OF MARS A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master in Engineering Science (Research) in Mechanical Engineering BY MATTHEW HENDER THE UNIVERSITY OF AD ELAIDE SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR S – DR. GERALD SCHNEIDER & COLIN HANSEN A u g u s t 2 0 0 9 APPENDIX A – MAPS OF MARS This section includes labelled maps of Mars including names of locations and features. The figure below is a diagram indicating the global location of each of the following maps. The maps have been created from Viking Orbiter photographs and coloured based on altitude measured from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimiter (MOLA) instrument, blue the being lowest altitudes and white being the highest. 180°E (180°W) 170°E (170°W) 65° (190°W) 190°E 160°E (160°W) (200°W) 200°E S B O A 150°E (150°W) T R (210°W) 210°E I E T 70° A 140°E (220°W) (140°W) 220°E S L A I 1 3 0 °E Korolev (2 (130°W) 3 S 0 V °W 230°E ) Scandia Tholi* 75° COLLES ia a h 1 * 2 0 s °E e (2 (120°W) p 4 Panc 0 ° Scandia Cavi* W) 240°E Ru SCANDIA 80° 1 1 0 ° E Scandia Cavi* (2 (110°W) U N 5 D 0 A °W A E * ) 250°E I P M Y L O 1 0 0 85° ° E ( 2 (100°W) 6 0 E ° W 60° ) 2 A lba Fo ss ae PLANUM 270°E (90°W) 90°E (270°W) A balos Un dae Ta nta BOREUM lus F os is sa u e n e T s e 2 p s* u 8 olle R 0°E C W) los ° Aba s 80 (80°W) u re 2 o us ( rb th e in BOREALE yp r H by a 85° L 0°E A Undae M e 8 S orea HA perb C Hy i ore erb yp vi H Ca reae erbo Hyp ae Escorial Und 2 90 W) °E 0° Sevel 9 (7 2 ( 0 °W E ° ) 70 Inuvik 80° 3 ) 0 0 W ° ° E ( 300 6 ( 0 ° W ) 60°E 75° 31 V ) 0 °W °E 0 S 1 (50 3 ( °W °E 0 ) 5 A I S 320°E L °W) 0 2 (40°W 3 ( °E 0 ) T 70° A 4 I E 33 ) 0°E °W T (3 (330 0°W R ) 0°E A O 3 S 340° B E 0°W) (20° (34 W) 20°E Lomonosov 3 50°E ( 50°W) 10°W) 65° 10°E (3 0°E (0°W) Elevations above 9000 meters -8200 Minimum found only on the larger volcanos. 21229 Maximum 0 1000 3000 5000 7000 9000 -9000 -7000 -5000 -3000 -1000 11000 13000 15000 17000 19000 21000 Elevation in meters 240°E 65° (120°W) 235°E (125°W) 230°E (130°W) 60° 225°E (135°W) 220°E (140°W) 215°E (145°W) 210°E (150°W) 55° 205°E (155°W) 200°E 195°E (160°W) 190°E 185°E (165°W) 180°E (170°W) (180°W) (175°W) 65° SCANDIA 0° 5 COLLES ° 5 4 60° v Milankovic 40° cadia Dorsa* 55° Ar Cya n eF ° 5 3 o s sa e ARCADIA ) 0° 50° 3 W 120° ( C E y a ne 240° AC H A E R I O N F T os I s ae F O PLAN a S °W) ri S AE 5 ac 2 SSAE i ra D te (1 Pa O °E 5 3 2 F 45° N ) O °W R 0 13 E ( °E H 0 23 C A CI ) UL W S 35° (1 E S 225° 40° TE CUS ) N Y °W L 40 (1 E 0° ONIS 22 MO A Z M ) A °W 45 (1 5°E 21 IA T 35° NI A (150°W) 21229 Maximum S L P 210°E U 21000 B ) 5°W 19000 (15 °E Elevations above 9000 meters 17000 E 05 2 15000 found only on the larger volcanos.13000 R 11000 0°W) 9000 16 7000 E E ( 200° 5000 0 3000 ) 1000 (165°W 195°E -8200 Minimum -1000 Elevation in meters 0 W) -3000 7 -5000 30° 190°E (1 185°E (175°W) -7000 180°E (180°W) -9000 240°E (120°W) 65° 245°E (115°W) 250°E 300°E (110°W) (60°W) 255°E 295°E 65° (105°W) 260°E 290°E (65°W) (100°W) 265°E 285°E (70°W) (95°W) 270°E 275°E 280°E (75°W) (90°W) (85°W) (80°W) 60° 60° 55° 55° 50° Perepelkin a n e E t a C A 50° S S AE a O i n y t F r S A SSAE 4 5° O OS R ubi F Val F c l es on hov Rav rabas iu Ba s ° Valle 45 s IS OT RE E A 4 0° A S S o enk S osh A E im E M PM T A T O L B P B A A ° T ALU 40 E L Cyane R A T Low a bury A n te a C Cangwu Cate R I S A SCU Gonnus 35° F n AN Mons a U M AN T s PL e Reykholt t n o us M n e E auni ena o a Pindus a A c s er at th a i a Mons s na S C C e n n te o a Cyan g e s a C a Catena t i S e l T F l a l ras O lb y Paterae r h a Issedon pu C Jam A P V aph ° B 35 e Fossae . s x i Ayacucho is tra eat a b A um Charlieu La s n or D ns a o M . Handlová T E IUS us 3 N F P 0 n t 2 ° o Issedon s A 4 AE r IS N. Mareotis R 0°E e uc . u . y R h Tholus e T Tholus Ellsle T E ( c p M 1 S Fl i O 20 A E. Mareotis . ° n E W Chatturat Tholus ) S E R W. Mareo . tis us E ul A Tholus cop a S n M s e a t T r FO a e 24 k CERAU C 5 o °E Woolgar l (1 us i 15 al N °W Kisambo ) nt e p on 0° Gandzan s Nipig 3 a i m e Te ll ) T o °W C 60 E ( 25 s 0°E u 300° (1 t 1 c 0°W a ) r T sae °W) 65 os ( 2 F 5°E 55°E 29 (105 is °W) eat ab ) L 70°W 260° 0°E ( E (1 29 00°W) 75°W) 265° 285°E ( E (95°W) 0°E (80°W) 270°E (90°W) 275°E (85°W) 28 -8200 Minimum Elevations above 9000 meters found only on the larger volcanos. 21229 Maximum 0 -9000 -7000 -5000 -3000 1000 -1000 3000 5000 7000 9000 11000 13000 15000 17000 19000 Elevation in meters 21000 360°E 65° (0°W) 355°E (5°W) 350°E (10°W) Lomonosov 60° 345°E (15°W) 340°E (20°W) 335°E (25°W) 330°E (30°W) 55° 325°E (35°W) 320°E 315°E (40°W) 310°E (45°W) Kunowsky 300°E 305°E (50°W) (60°W) (55°W) 65° 50° Ortygia Colles* ° 5 Lagarto 4 f a 60° L nd La arm G r . We a im Ya k l sk Go . E ACIDALIA ° k 0 w 4 a Can h o M Lota e rg dalia Colles e agl u i op E b c H m m o a A th d B la ee E Fr z u m r 55° sh o C h . n wa k C i G ts . e . u . L D . an ' a m G PLANITIA Te Faith * il ° s . E 5 u 3 h y t a n r i C r y a b i s t l a a p e d A a n L . a d r sa A n ci Je . Mareotis Fossae en A M a i n ka o s d ls w y * i s V do C e lo l k ° 50° ol S C 30 W) (0° e Tempe Fossae °E a a ni s 360 do y n C e A M ARABIA ERR ) ll W ste ne T (5° o B E 5° 5 3 TEMPE 45° a i sae n Fos o d °W) 10 pe y ( em T °E C 50 3 aya Sytinsk Dorsa* ) W 15° E ( 345° 40° Xanthe TERRA ) °W 20 E ( 0° 34 ) 5°W (2 5°E 33 35° (30°W) 21229 Maximum 330°E ANITIA PL W) 21000 35° ( 19000 5°E RYSE 2 17000 C H 3 Elevations above 9000 meters 15000 s found only on the larger volcanos.13000 ulu s ) p i loker a W 11000 o N ° 9000 Sc E (40 320° 7000 s era e 5000 k n sa 0 lo M e 3000 Ni (45°W) 1000 315°E -8200 Minimum -1000 Elevation in meters 50°W) -3000 30° 310°E ( °E (55°W) -5000 300°E (60°W) 305 -7000 -9000 65° 60°E (300°W) 55°E 60° (305°W) 50°E 55° (310°W) 45°E (315°W) 0° 5 40°E (320°W) ° 45 35°E (325°W) ° 0 30°E 4 (330°W) s le l 25°E o i C il ° (335°W) N 5 3 20°E (340°W) ae s n s ° e l W) Coloe l 0 e o Fossae 15°E i s n 3 s a Clanis Va i 0° l s M A l s Valles p i a 0 (345°W) y l l V H 3 a ( V E a i 10°E s C a l 0° (350°W) 6 5°E (355°W) 0°E s x u u (360°W) l a i d u 65° ) on R W ot ° A 5 r 0 P 3 ( R x E ° u R A 5 re 5 o E M E T A t B o A y ) W S ° 0 L 1 60° 3 ( e RA E a ae ° s 0 5 n R eni m ae Me s Is os F TE ) W ° et s ACIDALIA s 315 ( E Queni 45° 55° PLANITIA s u ) l °W i 0 2 n (3 o E r s ° 0 e ilu n 4 t ro te u eu D s De lle 50° Co ) MAMERS VALLES °W 5 2 3 ( °E 5 3 21229 Maximum 21000 A 19000 I 17000 5° 4 in (330°W) k 15000 emey S B 30°E 13000 11000 Elevations above 9000 meters9000 found only on the larger7000 volcanos.
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