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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Alajen Vallis
Clean Name Alajen Vallis
Feature ID 155
Target Venus
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -2.70 °
Southmost Latitude -3.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 337.20 °
Westmost Longitude 335.60 °
Diameter 200.00 km
Center Latitude -3.30 °
Center Longitude 337.10 °
Quad v43 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2000
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Iran
Origin Talysh (Caspian Sea, SW coast) river deity.
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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