Canso (crater)

Canso is a Martian crater. It lies about 450 kilometres west of the Viking 1 lander, slightly northeast of Lunae Planum, and west of Chryse Planitia, in the Lunae Palus quadrangle. The crater is named after Canso, a fishing town in Nova Scotia. The name was officially adopted in 1988 by the International Astronomical Union's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (IAU/WGPSN). * Canso Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). * Canso Crater North Wall and Floor, as seen by HiRISE.

Canso (crater)

Canso is a Martian crater. It lies about 450 kilometres west of the Viking 1 lander, slightly northeast of Lunae Planum, and west of Chryse Planitia, in the Lunae Palus quadrangle. The crater is named after Canso, a fishing town in Nova Scotia. The name was officially adopted in 1988 by the International Astronomical Union's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (IAU/WGPSN). * Canso Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). * Canso Crater North Wall and Floor, as seen by HiRISE.