Bach Quadrangle
The Bach quadrangle encompasses the south polar part of Mercury poleward of latitude 65° S. It is named after the prominent crater Bach within the quadrangle, which is in turn named after Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach. The quadrangle is now called H-15. Adjacent quadrangles to the north of Bach are Discovery quadrangle (0° to 90° W), Michelangelo quadrangle (90° to 180° W), Neruda quadrangle (180° to 270° W), and Debussy quadrangle (270° to 0° W). It is opposite the Borealis quadrangle at the north pole. ''Mariner 10'' photography About half of the region was beyond the terminator during the three ''Mariner 10'' encounters and hence not visible. The entire mapped area was covered by near-vertical photography from the second encounter, and the eastern part, from longitude 15° to about 110°, was covered by oblique photography from the first encounter. No third-encounter images were acquired. The entire visible area may be viewed stereoscopically by comb ...
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H-15 Bach Quadrangle
H15, H.15 or H-15 may refer to : * H-15 (Michigan county highway), a road in the United States * Highway H15 (Ukraine), a road in Ukraine * British NVC community H15, a Heaths in the British National Vegetation Classification system, type of heath community in the British National Vegetation Classification * , a 1934 British Royal Navy E class destroyer * , a World War II British Royal Navy R class destroyer * LSWR H15 class, a 1914 British class of steam locomotives * Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 {{Letter-Number Combination Disambiguation ...
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