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Mars, named after Kyrgyzstan

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

NAMETYPESIZEWHY THAT NAME
Talascrater30 kmTown in Kyrgyzstan.
Tokmokcrater9.5 kmTown in Kyrgyzstan.
Naryncrater3.9 kmTown in Kyrgyzstan.
Names and their origins come from the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS Astrogeology), retrieved 2026-08-14.
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DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA MGS MOLA · NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS