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Laestrygon (Laestrigon)

Albedo Feature · 0°, 160° · Mars
地形

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Man-eating giants who lived in the west.
Source of the name: Greek (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1958 · Other features named after Greek

SEE IT · 地図で見る

Elevation here was measured by laser from orbit (MOLA), and the night-time infrared comes from THEMIS.
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NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Tombaugh クレーター240 km
Zephyria Fluctus 地形268 km
Zephyria 地形296 km
Lethe Vallis 352 km
Elysium Planitia 平原358 km
Cerberus Tholi 372 km
Zephyria Planum 台地377 km
Asau クレーター382 km
Great-circle distances on a sphere of radius 3,396.19 km.
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