Mars, named after Botswana

3 named features. The International Astronomical Union records why each name was chosen, and those reasons are printed below exactly as they were approved.

FEATURES · 3

NAME	TYPE	SIZE	WHY THAT NAME
Okavango Valles	valley	285.1 km	River in Botswana.
Kayne	crater	33.8 km	Town in Botswana.
Tsau	crater	6.6 km	Town in Botswana.

Names and their origins come from the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS Astrogeology), retrieved 2026-08-14.
All named features ｜ KUON MARS map ｜ About the map ｜ The temperature on Mars ｜ How far away Mars is

DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA MGS MOLA · NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS