Scandia Colles (Mars)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Collis, colles
- IAU definition
Small hills or knobs
- Diameter
- 1,521.7 km, 45 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 65.47° N, 220.87° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- 1985
- Origin of the name
From albedo feature name.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Scandia Colles.
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 | 1,848 | September 15, 1997 | June 30, 2001 |
| Mars Global Surveyor · Mars Orbiter Camera | 38,720 | March 28, 1998 | October 17, 2006 |
| 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter · Thermal Emission Imaging System | 72,054 | March 1, 2002 | November 26, 2025 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Observatoire Mineralogie, Eau, Glaces, Activite | 1,874 | January 21, 2004 | January 14, 2024 |
| ESA's Mars Express · High Resolution Stereo Camera | 1,924 | February 24, 2004 | July 4, 2025 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Planetary Fourier Spectrometer | 5,162 | March 13, 2004 | December 27, 2018 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionsphere Sounding | 10,393 | July 4, 2005 | January 28, 2022 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars | 86,169 | September 29, 2006 | May 4, 2022 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Context Camera | 1,996 | November 10, 2006 | May 23, 2026 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment | 2,519 | November 12, 2006 | May 23, 2026 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Shallow Radar | 11,135 | December 6, 2006 | December 20, 2025 |
| ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter · Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System | 2,833 | June 23, 2018 | December 8, 2024 |
| Viking Orbiter 1 and 2 · Visual Imaging Subsystem Camera A/B | 1,042 | 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/5356
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms