Planetary Names

Basic Info

Feature Name	Nia Vallis
Clean Name	Nia Vallis
Feature ID	4244
Target	Mars
Feature Type	Vallis, valles

Location

Control Network

Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	-52.87 °
Southmost Latitude	-54.58 °
Eastmost Longitude	326.90 °
Westmost Longitude	323.60 °
Diameter	133.00 km
Center Latitude	-53.78 °
Center Longitude	325.30 °
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Northmost Latitude	-52.87 °
Southmost Latitude	-54.58 °
Eastmost Longitude	33.10 °
Westmost Longitude	36.40 °
Diameter	133.00 km
Center Latitude	-53.78 °
Center Longitude	34.70 °
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Northmost Latitude	-52.92 °
Southmost Latitude	-54.57 °
Eastmost Longitude	326.90 °
Westmost Longitude	323.64 °
Diameter	140.00 km
Center Latitude	-53.53 °
Center Longitude	325.19 °
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Southmost Latitude	-54.57 °
Eastmost Longitude	33.10 °
Westmost Longitude	36.36 °
Diameter	140.00 km
Center Latitude	-53.53 °
Center Longitude	34.81 °
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Quad	mc26 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1991
Continent	Africa
Ethnicity	Gambia
Origin	Lowell canal name; also classical river name.
Reference	[71] - Mars and its Satellites, A Detailed Commentary on the Nomenclature, 2nd edition, by Jürgen Blunck: Exposition Press, Smithtown, New York, 1982.
Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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Basic Info

Location

Status and Origin

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