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Sacajawea Patera
~420 km
Measured
Magellan PIA00485. The published scene is approximately 420 km wide at the base. The caldera itself is 120 × 215 km.
NASA’s Magellan caption prints Sacajawea’s scene as about 420 km wide at the base. The patera is a 120 by 215 km depression on Lakshmi Planum. Frame width is not caldera diameter.
Documentary plate
NASA / JPL. Magellan PIA00216. Sacajawea Patera. Frame ~420 km. Caldera 120 × 215 km.
What it supports
A NASA Photojournal measurement of the radar frame. Magellan mapped a real volcanic structure.
What it does not
Not a 420 km wide volcano. The landform is 120 × 215 km.
ExactnessApproximate
Form420
Unitkm
Strengthhard