Malea Planum (Mars)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Planum, plana
- IAU definition
Plateau or high plain
- Diameter
- 872.5 km, 26 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 65.82° S, 62.94° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- 1985
- Origin of the name
From albedo feature at 60S, 290W.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Malea Planum.
Observed by
Instruments whose footprint touches this formation, counted by the PDS Orbital Data Explorer (data frozen on September 29, 2026). A footprint that touches it is not a study of it.
| Mission and instrument | Products | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mars Global Surveyor · Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter | 1,095 | September 15, 1997 | June 30, 2001 |
| Mars Global Surveyor · Mars Orbiter Camera | 22,586 | November 26, 1997 | October 16, 2006 |
| 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter · Thermal Emission Imaging System | 23,704 | March 2, 2002 | November 27, 2025 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Planetary Fourier Spectrometer | 2,716 | January 18, 2004 | December 29, 2018 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Observatoire Mineralogie, Eau, Glaces, Activite | 1,110 | January 18, 2004 | December 22, 2023 |
| ESA's Mars Express · High Resolution Stereo Camera | 818 | January 18, 2004 | February 21, 2026 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionsphere Sounding | 6,061 | August 12, 2005 | May 5, 2022 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Shallow Radar | 4,422 | December 6, 2006 | November 11, 2025 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars | 18,460 | January 1, 2007 | May 7, 2022 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Context Camera | 690 | January 26, 2007 | May 22, 2026 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment | 429 | February 25, 2007 | July 4, 2026 |
| ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter · Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System | 1,548 | April 30, 2018 | November 23, 2024 |
| Viking Orbiter 1 and 2 · Visual Imaging Subsystem Camera A/B | 662 | no date published | no date published |
Sources
International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, read on October 23, 2026. Feature page: https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3605
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms