Cape Verde (Mars)
Cape Verde is a large promontory and extremity on the rim of Victoria Crater in Meridiani Planum, an extraterrestrial plain within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars. The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity perched atop this feature in 2006 to take a true-color mosaic of the crater below. Sols 958 to 991 were spent on this cape, including the period of solar conjunction which spanned from sol 970 to sol 984.[1]
 The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity at the rim of Victoria Crater as photographed from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. | |
| Feature type | cape |
|---|---|
| Location | Victoria Crater |
| Coordinates | 2.05°S 5.5°W |
Cape Verde and neighboring Cabo Frio are named after Cape Verde and Cabo Frio, places visited on Ferdinand Magellan's voyage around the world by the ship Victoria.[2]
Cape Verde can be seen jutting out from the walls of Victoria Crater in this false-color image taken by the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.
Close-up of Cape Verde.
References
- Mars Exploration Rover Mission: 2006 Opportunity Updates
- Mission Updates by Steve Squyres, including reference on naming
Features on Mars visited by Opportunity | ||
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| Rocks | ||
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