Victoria - working names of features Options

[jamescanvin]

Very soon we're going to have a hell of a lot of features of Victoria to discuss, so I think it's about time we had some way of telling each other which bits we are talking about. (A bit like naming craters Alpha, Beta.. Zeta, etc)

I know Stu started to label a few features, but only a few, and there are A LOT!

I've tried to divide Victoria into logical sections and given each a letter. Then within each region I've numbered each point of the rim that appears to bend in the opposite way to the curve of the crater, hence numbering "Capes". Some are quite subtle and therefore may not be seen very well in reality but I think it's better to have them all in there.

Here is the map, it is externally linked so should be updated with the latest version. (Now updated with the (half scale) HiRise image)



(Click image for larger version, ~400kB)

So:
A1 is Cape Verde
A2 is The Beacon
P4 is Cabo Frio
and as of the 943 drive we can see the far rim between E2 and K1.

Of course I'm sure that some of the more prominent features will soon acquire more meaningful names, but this should still help us all follow what we're all talking about!

Bays are given the same designation as the cape on there 'clockwise side', thus most of the major bays (which tend to separate lettered regions) then have a "1" designation (making the rule easier to remember). Bay A1, where Oppy is heading first is Duck Bay and the bay that Fredk has measured the slope of is Bay I1. Most of the major bays are marked in red.

JPL's names are also added, as are their numbered capes and bays - in square brackets.
Informal UMSF names are added within round brackets.

James

[Guest_Bobby_*]

I think all the features should be named for all the diehards in both forums who talk about The Rovers and their Journeys and Discoveries. It would be great to honor us all.

Just imagine seeing Tesheiner Ridge, fredk outlook, Horton's viewpoint, Stu Ripples down at the bottom, Doug's overhang or jamescanvin Coffee Stop at Beacon??? LOL

[imipak]

I think all the features should be named for all the diehards in both forums who talk about The Rovers and their Journeys and Discoveries. It would be great to honor us all.

Just imagine seeing Tesheiner Ridge, fredk outlook, Horton's viewpoint, Stu Ripples down at the bottom, Doug's overhang or jamescanvin Coffee Stop at Beacon??? LOL

I'm with you on that Bobby! Also, I seem to remember after Stu pointed out the interesting south-west bays, some possible gullies, interesting overhangs and some other features, that someone else suggested at least one being named "Stu's inlets" (or ramps, bays, whatever they were being referred to at the time.) Can't find the post though... this was a quite a few months back, IIRC.

IMO A1, B1 etc are (a) very dull, ( entirely arbitrary ( c) forgettable (d) no fun! These are "informal" names after all, it's not as if it really means anything except here on UMSF, for the next few days/weeks until we learn the official names. Also, a semi-objective way to allocate names would be by total number of posts... eg. on the route map thread, that gives us the following candidate names:

Tesheiner
djellison
dilo
Bill Harris
Sunspot
Phil Stooke
RNeuhaus
CosmicRocker
Pando
dot.dk
jamescanvin
climber
Shaka
gregp1962
alan
ElkGroveDan
mhoward
Bob Shaw
Toma B
algorimancer
OWW
SigurRosFan
paxdan
ustrax
dvandorn
ToSeek
lyford
Nirgal
TheChemist
marswiggle
hortonheardawho
[... etc ..]

...which would all look good with 'Cape' or 'Bay' after them.

[climber]

Tesheiner
djellison
dilo
Bill Harris
Sunspot
Phil Stooke
RNeuhaus
CosmicRocker
Pando
dot.dk
jamescanvin
climber
Shaka
gregp1962
alan
ElkGroveDan
mhoward
Bob Shaw
Toma B
algorimancer
OWW
SigurRosFan
paxdan
ustrax
dvandorn
ToSeek
lyford
Nirgal
TheChemist
marswiggle
hortonheardawho
[... etc ..]
...which would all look good with 'Cape' or 'Bay' after them.

Can also be sorted out by :
+ near or far rimers
+ bet before or after arrival at VC