Victoria Crater

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Victoria Crater is a large, scallop-edged impact crater on Mars that was extensively studied by NASA’s Opportunity rover for insights into the planet’s geologic and aqueous history.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Victoria Crater canonical 3
Victoria crater 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Martian crater ⓘ
impact crater ⓘ
containsFeature exposed stratigraphic layers ⓘ
rock outcrops ⓘ
sand dunes ⓘ
slumped material on walls ⓘ
containsRockType cross-bedded sandstones ⓘ
hematite-bearing concretions ⓘ
sulfate-bearing sedimentary rocks ⓘ
evidenceFor long-term erosion ⓘ
past water activity on Mars ⓘ
explorationEndDate 2008-08 ⓘ
explorationStartDate 2006-09 ⓘ
exploredBy Opportunity rover ⓘ
exploredByAgency NASA ⓘ
hasApproximateLatitude 2.05°S ⓘ
hasApproximateLongitude 5.50°W ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem planetocentric ⓘ
hasDepth approximately 70 meters ⓘ
hasDiameter approximately 750 meters ⓘ
hasNotableBay Bottomless Bay ⓘ
Duck Bay ⓘ
Valley Without Peril ⓘ
hasNotablePromontory Cabo Anonimo ⓘ
Cabo Frio ⓘ
Cape Verde ⓘ
hasObservationPlatform Duck Bay entry point ⓘ
crater rim ⓘ
hasRimFeature bays ⓘ
promontories ⓘ
hasRimShape scalloped ⓘ
hasRoleInMission primary science target for Opportunity extended mission ⓘ
hasScientificInterest Martian aqueous history ⓘ
Martian geologic history ⓘ
eolian processes ⓘ
impact processes ⓘ
sedimentary stratigraphy ⓘ
sulfate-rich rocks ⓘ
imagedBy HiRISE camera ⓘ
linked to: HiRISE instrument

Mars Global Surveyor ⓘ
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
locatedInRegion Meridiani Planum ⓘ
locatedOn Mars ⓘ
nameApprovedBy International Astronomical Union ⓘ
namedAfter Victoria (ship of Ferdinand Magellan) ⓘ
partOfGeologicUnit Meridiani sedimentary sequence ⓘ
linked to: Meridiani Planum
visitedBy MER-B Opportunity ⓘ
linked to: Opportunity rover

Mars Exploration Rover-B ⓘ
linked to: Opportunity rover

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Opportunity → notableSiteExplored → Victoria Crater ⓘ
subject linked to: Opportunity rover
Opportunity → exploredFeature → Victoria Crater ⓘ
Meridiani Planum → containsFeature → Victoria Crater ⓘ
MER-B → traveledTo → Victoria crater ⓘ
linked to: Victoria Crater