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31b - Montes Apenninus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2012

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Rima Bradley 23.8°N, 1.2°W

A conspicuous, 3 km wide straight rille running parallel to the Apennines, 130 km long. It undoubtedly marks a fracture zone at the foot of the Apennines.

Rimae Fresnel 28.0°N, 4.0°E

A complex system of linear rilles with a total length of about 90 km, lying northwest of Mons Hadley. The rille system ends near Cape Fresnel (the northern outlier of the Apennines). Visually, it appears to be an extension of Hadley Rille, but geologically they are separate rille systems.

Rima Hadley 25.0°N, 3.0°E

Rima Hadley is a sinuous rille with an overall length of about 80 km. It begins at the crater Bela, which, with a size of 2 × 11 km, under particular illumination, often appears in a telescope more like a sickle-shaped mountain ridge than a crater. The rille follows the foot of the Apennines, until it turns through 90° and ends at the foot of the mountain Mons Hadley Delta. The rille is a typical lava channel with a width of between 1 and 2 km and a depth of about 300 m. On 30 July 1971, Apollo 15 landed near the rille. The rille was thoroughly investigated, photographed and measured. A descent into the rille by the crew of Apollo 15 was forbidden by the flight directors because of the steep gradients involved.

Marco Polo 15.4°N, 2.0°W

The remnants of an elongated crater, measuring 21 × 28 km, lying behind the Apennine Front.

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