Peace Vallis (Mars)

Named after the River in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada.

Peace Vallis is an outflow channel in Gale Crater in the Aeolis quadrangle on the planet Mars; it appears to have been carved by fluids, perhaps water. Peace Vallis is near the landing site of the Curiosity rover which started studying the valley in 2012. The name, Peace Vallis, was officially adopted by the IAU on September 26, 2012. (wikipedia entry)

A vallis is a valley. On Mars large valles are named after words for Mars/star in various languages. Small valles are named after classical or modern names of rivers.

NW 714 km

Aethiopis

MRV
11 Hours 10 Minutes
Walking
8 Days 23 Hours

N 800 km

Eddie

MRV
12 Hours 30 Minutes
Walking
10 Days

NE 588 km

Gunjur

MRV
9 Hours 11 Minutes
Walking
7 Days 9 Hours

W 225 km

Robert Sharp

MRV
3 Hours 31 Minutes
Walking
2 Days 19 Hours

Peace Vallis

-4.21° N 137.23° E

E 205 km

Aeolis Mensae

MRV
3 Hours 12 Minutes
Walking
2 Days 13 Hours

SW 48 km

Dulce Vallis(next)

Walking
14 Hours 37 Minutes

S 82 km

Farah Vallis

MRV
1 Hour 17 Minutes
Walking
24 Hours 55 Minutes

SE 15 km

Aeolis Palus(last)

Walking
4 Hours 48 Minutes

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