List of quadrangles on Mercury

The surface of the planet Mercury has been divided into the following quadrangles:

Name	Number	Namesake	Area^[1]	Notes
Borealis	H-1	Borealis Planitia^[2]	North pole to 67° latitude	Provisionally called "Goethe", but renamed by the International Astronomical Union in 1976 (IAU, 1977).^[1] Map.
Victoria	H-2	Victoria Rupes	0 to 90° longitude, 21 to 66° latitude	Also called Aurora.^[1] Map.
Shakespeare	H-3	Shakespeare crater	90 to 180° longitude, 21 to 66° latitude	Also called Caduceata.^[1] Map.
Liguria	H-4	Liguria albedo feature	270 to 180° longitude, 21 to 66° latitude
Apollonia	H-5	Apollonia albedo feature	360 to 270° longitude, 21 to 66° latitude
Kuiper	H-6	Kuiper crater	0 to 72° longitude, −22 to 22° latitude	Also called Tricrena^[1] Map
Beethoven	H-7	Beethoven crater	72 to 144° longitude, −22 to 22° latitude	Also called Solitudo Lycaonis^[1] Map
Tolstoj	H-8	Tolstoj crater	144 to 216° longitude, −22 to 22° latitude	Provisionally called "Tir", but renamed by the International Astronomical Union in 1976 (IAU, 1977).^[1] Also called Phaethontias.^[1] Map
Solitudo Criophori	H-9	Solitudo Criophori albedo feature	216 to 288° longitude, −22 to 22° latitude
Pieria	H-10	Pieria albedo feature	288 to 360° longitude, –22 to 22° latitude
Discovery	H-11	Discovery Rupes^[2]	0 to 90° longitude, −21 to −66° latitude	Also called Solitudo Hermae Trismegisti^[1] Map.
Michelangelo	H-12	Michelangelo crater	90 to 180° longitude, −21 to -66° latitude	Also called Solitudo Promethei^[1] Map
Solitudo Persephones	H-13	Solitudo Persephones albedo feature	180 to 270° longitude, −21 to –66° latitude
Cyllene	H-14	Cyllene albedo feature	270 to 360° longitude, −21 to −66° latitude
Bach	H-15	Bach crater	South pole to −67° latitude	Also called Australia. Map.

Relationship of the quadrangles to each other on the surface of Mercury (North is at the top):^[1]

Quadrangles on Mercury
H-1 Borealis (features)
H-5 Apollonia (features)		H-4 Liguria (features)		H-3 Shakespeare (features)		H-2 Victoria (features)
H-10 Pieria (features)	H-9 Solitudo Criophori (features)		H-8 Tolstoj (features)		H-7 Beethoven (features)		H-6 Kuiper (features)
H-14 Cyllene (features)		H-13 Solitudo Persephones (features)		H-12 Michelangelo (features)		H-11 Discovery (features)
H-15 Bach (features)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Schaber, Gerald G.; John F. McCauley (1980). Geologic Map of the Tolstoj (H-8) Quadrangle of Mercury. U.S. Geological Survey. USGS Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I–1199, as part of the Atlas of Mercury, 1:5,000,000 Geologic Series. http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/PlanetaryMapping/DIGGEOL/mercury/h8/h8.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
^ ^a ^b "SP-423 Atlas of Mercury". NASA.gov. http://history.nasa.gov/SP-423/topo.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-12.