Baltis Vallis (Venus)

Syrian word for planet Venus.

Baltis Vallis is a sinuous channel on Venus ranging from one to three kilometers wide and nearly 7,000 kilometers long, slightly longer than the Nile and the longest known channel of any kind in the solar system. It is thought that it once held a river of lava known as a lava channel. The lava must have had a very low viscosity, possibly due to a carbonatite composition. At the volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai in Tanzania, natrocarbonatite lava erupts at around 780 K (wikipedia entry)

A vallis is a valley. On Venus words for the planet Venus in various world languages (if 400 km and longer); if shorter they are named after river goddesses.

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NW 756 km

Pasha(next)

MRV
11 Hours 49 Minutes
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6 Days 3 Hours

N 531 km

Vedma Dorsa

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8 Hours 18 Minutes
Walking
4 Days 7 Hours

NE 1352 km

Fedosova Patera

MRV
21 Hours 8 Minutes
Walking
10 Days 23 Hours

W 1301 km

Avene

MRV
20 Hours 20 Minutes
Walking
10 Days 13 Hours

Baltis Vallis

37.3° N 161.4° E

E 1103 km

Datsolalee

MRV
17 Hours 14 Minutes
Walking
8 Days 22 Hours

SW 972 km

Oshalche(last)

MRV
15 Hours 11 Minutes
Walking
7 Days 21 Hours

S 1458 km

Qulzhan

MRV
22 Hours 47 Minutes
Walking
11 Days 19 Hours

SE 1086 km

Hoku-ao Vallis

MRV
16 Hours 58 Minutes
Walking
8 Days 19 Hours

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