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Venus Nomenclature: Planitia, planitiae

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Direction of Increasing Longitude: east
Longitude Range: 0° to 360°

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Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -73.0 25.0 1,200.0 5 Uzbek "Alpamysh" epic tale heroine.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -40.5 94.5 4,985.0 5 Finnish heroine who became water spirit.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 27.0 65.0 2,700.0 5 Armenian epic heroine.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -76.0 100.0 1,500.0 5 Mongol/Tibet/Buryat "Gheser" epic tale heroine.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 45.6 165.8 2,050.0 5 Greek mythical heroine.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 61.0 72.0 1,900.0 5 Lithuanian sea mistress.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 28.6 23.6 3,900.0 5 Slavic water spirit.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -15.0 295.0 2,800.0 5 Ossetian epic heroine; golden-haired daughter of water king.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -44.0 48.0 3,000.0 5 Samoan folktale blind old woman who became the shark.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 40.0 202.0 5,160.0 5 Orochian (Siberia) water spirit, mermaid.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 21.9 325.0 7,520.0 5 British, wife of Arthur.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -16.0 267.0 1,200.0 5 Abkhazian epic heroine, beautiful sister of the giant knights.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -51.7 263.9 4,360.0 5 Greek; "the face that launched 1000 ships."
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 5.0 265.0 3,700.0 5 Maori tale heroine; swam across Rotorua Lake to her friend.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -60.0 142.0 2,100.0 5 E. Greenland Eskimo sea mistress.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -10.0 350.0 2,100.0 5 Kyrgyz "Manas" epic tale heroine, wife of the knight Manas.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 32.8 246.5 3,910.0 5 Hawaiian mythological heroine, died and brought back to life.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -58.0 117.0 1,800.0 5 Latvian myth heroine.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -47.3 347.5 2,820.0 5 Roman; wife of Aeneas.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 44.0 65.1 2,890.0 5 Mother of Helen, Castor.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 60.0 290.0 1,200.0 5 Czech tales heroine, wiser of three sisters.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 18.0 145.0 2,600.0 5 Mexican/Spanish folktale heroine.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 80.5 120.5 2,440.0 5 Karelo-Finn mother of the North.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 43.0 98.0 2,700.0 5 Australian aboriginal tale heroine; lived alone by the sea weaving baskets.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -69.0 60.0 1,500.0 5 Vietnamese tale heroine.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -8.1 317.6 2,100.0 5 East-Slavic mermaid.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 21.0 112.3 5,008.0 5 Greek; her 12 children killed by Artemis and Apollo.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -53.0 195.0 2,100.0 5 Bantu culture heroine.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -73.0 250.0 1,200.0 5 Mandan (US Plains) folk heroine; had magic shell robe.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 3.0 170.0 3,600.0 5 Russian mermaid.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 42.7 340.7 3,570.0 5 Eskimo; her fingers became seals and whales.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 86.6 328.0 2,775.0 5 Snow maiden in Russian folktales, melted in spring.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 8.0 107.0 1,600.0 5 Mandingo (Mali) epic heroine, buffalo-woman, mother of giant.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -23.0 80.0 3,000.0 5 Iranian (Farsi) epic heroine, wife of knight Rustam.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 54.0 120.0 2,300.0 5 Azeri "Ker-ogly" epic tale heroine.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -2.0 16.0 2,500.0 5 Georgian epic heroine.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 13.0 303.0 2,800.0 5 Lithuanian water nymph, mermaid.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 45.4 149.1 2,155.0 5 Karelo-Finn mermaid.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 53.8 207.6 1,635.0 5 Swan maiden whom sea god Qat kept on Earth by hiding her wings (New Hebrides).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -30.0 217.0 2,600.0 5 Yulengor (Arnhemland) tale heroines, two sisters who evolved language.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available -40.0 157.0 2,000.0 5 Kazakh "Kyz-Zhibek" epic tale heroine.

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