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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Saga Vallis
Clean Name Saga Vallis
Feature ID 5275
Target Venus
Feature Type Vallis, valles

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 76.10 °
Southmost Latitude 76.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 340.60 °
Westmost Longitude 340.60 °
Diameter 450.00 km
Center Latitude 76.10 °
Center Longitude 340.60 °
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Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1994
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Norse
Origin Norse goddess in the form of a waterfall.
Reference [111] - The Book of Goddesses and Heroines, by P. Monaghan: Llewellyn Publications, St. Paul, Minn., 1990.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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