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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Fara Vallis
Clean Name Fara Vallis
Feature ID 1910
Target Venus
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -0.60 °
Southmost Latitude -1.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 346.00 °
Westmost Longitude 344.40 °
Diameter 260.00 km
Center Latitude -1.20 °
Center Longitude 345.50 °
Quad v43 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2000
Continent Africa
Culture Madagascar
Origin Malagasy (Madagascar) water goddess.
Reference [65] - Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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