Icaria Fossae (Mars)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Fossa, fossae
- IAU definition
Long, narrow depression
- Diameter
- 2,115.4 km, 62 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 48.09° S, 234.84° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- 1985
- Origin of the name
From albedo feature at 44S, 130W.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Icaria Fossae.
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 | 1,897 | September 15, 1997 | June 30, 2001 |
| Mars Global Surveyor · Mars Orbiter Camera | 29,894 | September 19, 1997 | October 17, 2006 |
| 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter · Thermal Emission Imaging System | 87,963 | February 19, 2002 | November 30, 2025 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Planetary Fourier Spectrometer | 4,806 | January 21, 2004 | December 29, 2018 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Observatoire Mineralogie, Eau, Glaces, Activite | 1,738 | January 21, 2004 | January 13, 2024 |
| ESA's Mars Express · High Resolution Stereo Camera | 2,281 | January 31, 2004 | March 9, 2026 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionsphere Sounding | 10,252 | July 6, 2005 | April 17, 2022 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars | 85,376 | September 29, 2006 | May 7, 2022 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment | 4,869 | October 3, 2006 | July 27, 2026 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Context Camera | 4,620 | October 3, 2006 | May 30, 2026 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Shallow Radar | 6,071 | December 6, 2006 | August 30, 2025 |
| ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter · Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System | 7,339 | May 5, 2018 | November 30, 2024 |
| Viking Orbiter 1 and 2 · Visual Imaging Subsystem Camera A/B | 1,768 | 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/2640
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms