Mojave (crater)

Mojave (crater)
THEMIS daytime infrared image mosaic showing Mojave (center) and its surroundings. The outflow channel Tiu Valles snakes through the image south-north to the right of Mojave.
PlanetMars
Coordinates7°30′N 33°00′W / 7.5°N 33.0°W / 7.5; -33.0
QuadrangleOxia Palus
EponymMojave, California, USA

Mojave is a 58 km diameter impact crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars, located at 7.5° N and 33.0° W. It was named after the town of Mojave in southern California, U.S.[1]

Dissected Wall of Mojave Crater, reprocessed from HiRISE data

The crater is located within the Martian Xanthe Terra region.

  1. ^ "Mojave". USGS planetary nomenclature page. USGS. Retrieved 2014-03-06.