Arecibo Catena
27°30′S 28°24′W / 27.5°S 28.4°W / -27.5; -28.4Eponym Arecibo Observatory Geography
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Arecibo Catena (Arecibo Vallis until March 2013)[1] is a catena on Mercury. It is named after Arecibo Observatory, the former large radio telescope in Puerto Rico.[2]
It is located at latitude 27.5 S, longitude 28.4 W, in the hilly and chaotic terrain antipodal to Caloris Basin.
Arecibo Catena is connected to Petrarch crater.
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