Glenelg, Mars

Glenelg, Mars (or Glenelg Intrigue) is a location on Mars near the Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity rover) landing site (Bradbury Landing) in Gale Crater marked by a natural intersection of three kinds of terrain.

Name
The location was named Glenelg by NASA scientists for two reasons: all features in the immediate vicinity were given names associated with Yellowknife in northern Canada, and Glenelg is the name of a geological feature there. Furthermore, the name is a palindrome, and as the Curiosity rover is planned to visit the location twice (once coming, and once going) this was an appealing feature for the name. The original Glenelg is a village in Scotland which on 20 October 2012 had a ceremony, including a live link to NASA, to celebrate their "twinning" with Glenelg on Mars.

The trek to Glenelg will send the rover 400 m east-southeast of its landing site. One of the three types of terrain intersecting at Glenelg is layered bedrock, which is attractive as the first drilling target.

Images
 Image:PIA17085-MarsCuriosityRover-TraverseMap-Sol351-20130801.jpg|First-year and first-mile traverse map of the Curiosity rover on Mars (1 August 2013) (3-D). Image:PIA16150 fig1-Mars Curiosity Rover-Glenelg Terrain.jpg|Curiosity's view of the Glenelg Area'' – where three terrains merge (19 September 2012). Image:PIA16237-MarsCuriosityRover-BurwashRock-20121029.jpg|"Burwash" rock on Mars - as viewed by the MAHLI camera on the Curiosity rover (29 October 2012). Image:PIA16236-MarsCuriosityRover-EtThenRock-20121029.jpg|"Et-Then" rock on Mars - as viewed by the MAHLI camera on the Curiosity rover (29 October 2012). Image:PIA16550-MarsCuriosityRover-ShalerOutcrop-20121207.jpg|"Shaler" rock outcrop near the Glenelg Area on Mars - as viewed by the MastCam on the Curiosity rover (7 December 2012).