KUON GEO

Vallis Snellius

Vallis, valles · 640 km across · -30.93°, 57.84° · the Moon
谷・差し渡し約640km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Named from nearby crater.
Source of the name: The Netherlands (Dutch) (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1964 · Other features named after The Netherlands (Dutch)

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Elevation here was measured by laser from orbit (LOLA). Nothing is estimated or generated.
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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.
Snellius クレーター74 km
Stevinus クレーター107 km
Hase クレーター135 km
Rima Furnerius 谷（リマ）157 km
Furnerius クレーター168 km
Petavius クレーター185 km
Rimae Petavius 谷（リマ）187 km
Palitzsch クレーター194 km
Great-circle distances on a sphere of radius 1,737.4 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 LRO LOLA