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Mars, named after Sanskrit
2 named features. The International Astronomical Union records why each name was chosen, and those reasons are printed below exactly as they were approved.
FEATURES · 2
NAME
TYPE
SIZE
WHY THAT NAME
Mangala Valles
valley
900 km
Word for "Mars" in Sanskrit.
Mangala Fossa
fossa
695 km
Named for nearby valles.
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