Mars, named after Burma

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

FEATURES · 5

NAME	TYPE	SIZE	WHY THAT NAME
Doanus Vallis	valley	139.9 km	Classical river shown in Ptolemy's map; may be modern Mekong River of Burma.
Daga Vallis	valley	49.9 km	River in Burma.
Lenya	crater	15 km	Town in Burma.
Chauk	crater	10 km	Town in Burma.
Manzī	crater	7.5 km	Town in Burma.

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