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Usiku Cavus

Cavus, cavi · 42 km across · -11.2°, -96.3° · Mars
窪地・差し渡し約42km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Swahili word for night.
Source of the name: Swahili (Africa) · Approved by the IAU Nov 06, 2017 · Other features named after Swahili

SEE IT · 地図で見る

Elevation here was measured by laser from orbit (MOLA), and the night-time infrared comes from THEMIS.
Open the map centred on Usiku Cavus

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Nat Cavus 窪地54 km
Malam Cavus 窪地105 km
Noctis Tholus 丘128 km
Noc Cavus 窪地132 km
Layl Cavus 窪地142 km
Oudemans クレーター276 km
Syria Colles 小丘289 km
Dalu Cavus 窪地300 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