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Melas Mensa

Mensa, mensae · 245 km across · -10.72°, -74.15° · Mars
メサ・差し渡し約245km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Classical martian albedo feature, Melas.
Source of the name: Greek (Europe) · Approved by the IAU Nov 23, 2015 · 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.
Melas Chasma 大峡谷95 km
Ius Mensa メサ143 km
Melas Labes 地形193 km
Coprates Mensa メサ195 km
Candor Chaos 混沌地形242 km
Nia Tholus 丘249 km
Ceti Labes 地形251 km
Avan クレーター255 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