Site 059 - Amenthes Southeast

Site Name: Amenthes Southeast

Type of Site: Penetrator
(A link to the appropriate page of Part 1 or 2)

Latitude: 4 deg. N
Longitude: 247 deg. W
Elevation: + 1 to + 2 km

Maps:MC-14 SE, SW

Viking Orbiter Images: 381S41 through 381S46, 878A13, 878A15, 878A17, 878A45, 878A80
Footprint map and information about all VO images are available.


Date Entered: 25 July 1989

Contact:
US/Russia Landing Site Working Group
Michael Carr
U.S. Geological Survey, MS 946
Branch of Astrogeological Studies
345 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(415) 323-8111

Geologic Setting

Heavily cratered terrain southwest of Nepenthes Mensae with old degraded craters and rough intercrater surface resulting from aeolian and fluvial erosion. Old highland material with fluvial and aeolian material inside the craters.

Scientific Rationale

Ancient highlands.

Objectives

Obtain composition of ancient highlands material, local seismic information (possibly global in conjunction with other penetrators), meteorology, and photogeology.

Potential Problems

To be determined.

Trafficability

Not applicable.

Estimated Traverse Distance

Not applicable.

Other

Landing circle size is 150 km radius.

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