The Catalog of Planetary Maps.
Sources: The research that led to this catalog was supported by Fulbright Hungary Grant No. 1222202, awarded to H. Hargitai for research at USGS Astrogeology, Flagstaff, Arizona (advisor: Trent Hare), and by the ICA Commission on Planetary Cartography (advisor: Kira Shingareva). Most of the data is based on the inventory of the map library of USGS Astrogeology.
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Топографическая карта на район действия Лунохода-2
Scale 1: 50 000 000
Topograficheskaya karta na rayon deystviya Lunokhoda-2
Topographic map of the Lunokhod-2 operating area
Moon — map
Topograficheskaya Karta na rajon dejstviya Lunokhoda-2
VN-B-3-41-C
Krater Lemon'e
Crater Le Monnier
Lonokhod 2 traverse
Eksperimentalnij Obrazets
Кратер Пологий = Shallow crater
Мыс Дальний = Distant Cape
Борозда Прямая = Straight Furrow
Бухта Круглая = Round Bay
Мыс Ближный = Near Cape
Борозда Незаметная = Subdued Furrow
Холмы Встречные = Counterside Hills
April 1973
Published by: MIIGAiK, Moscow
100 copies
With Russian informal nomenclature
Map provided courtesy of the USGS Flagstaff Library.
Плановая и высотная основы получены фотограмметрическим путём.
Карта составлена с привлечением снимков с космического корабля „Аполлон-15“.
Для облегчения работы с картой, деталям рельефа присвоены условные названия и обозначения.
Подписано к печати 7.VI-1973 г.
Т-00456. Тираж 100.
КПЛ МИИГАиК. Заказ 304.
English:
The planimetric and elevation bases were obtained by photogrammetric methods.
The map was compiled using images from the Apollo 15 spacecraft.
To facilitate use of the map, relief features have been given provisional names and designations.
Approved for printing June 7, 1973.
T-00456. Print run: 100.
KPL MIIGAiK. Order 304.