Tawhaki Vallis (Io)

Māori lightning god.

Tawhaki Vallis is a shallow valley on Jupiter's moon Io. It is located on Io's leading hemisphere in the equatorial plains of western Media Regio in the equatorial plains of western Media Regio. The valley is 190 kilometers long, 0.5 to 6 km wide, and 40 to 65 meters deep. Due to the shallow depth and lack of brightness or color variations associated with it, Tawhaki Vallis was seen in only a single, high spatial resolution observation taken by Galileo during an Io encounter on November 26, 1999. (wikipedia entry)

A vallis is a valley. On Io they are named after named derived from nearby named feature.

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NW 112 km

Tawhaki Patera(next)

MRV
1 Hour 45 Minutes
Walking
2 Days

N 301 km

Mongibello Mons

MRV
4 Hours 42 Minutes
Walking
5 Days 10 Hours

NE 428 km

Media Regio

MRV
6 Hours 41 Minutes
Walking
7 Days 16 Hours

W 803 km

Sigurd Patera

MRV
12 Hours 32 Minutes
Walking
14 Days 10 Hours

Tawhaki Vallis

0.31° N 287.24° E

E 1075 km

Janus Patera

MRV
16 Hours 48 Minutes
Walking
19 Days 8 Hours

SW 215 km

Hi'iaka Patera

MRV
3 Hours 22 Minutes
Walking
3 Days 21 Hours

S 127 km

Shamshu Mons(last)

MRV
1 Hour 59 Minutes
Walking
2 Days 7 Hours

SE 327 km

Shamshu Patera

MRV
5 Hours 6 Minutes
Walking
5 Days 21 Hours

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