Ithaca Chasma (Tethys)

An Ionian island, home of Odysseus.

Ithaca Chasma is up to 100 km wide, 3 to 5 km deep and 2,000 km long, running approximately three-quarters of the way around Tethys' circumference, making it one of the longer valleys in the Solar System. Ithaca Chasma may have originated when the water ocean inside Tethys froze. This would have caused the surface to crack in order to accommodate the resulting increase in volume. (wikipedia entry)

A chasma is a deep, elongated, steep-sided depression. On Tethys they are named after people and places from Homer's Odyssey.

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NW 326 km

Periboea

MRV
5 Hours 5 Minutes

N 538 km

Halius

MRV
8 Hours 25 Minutes

NE 779 km

Diomedes

MRV
12 Hours 10 Minutes

W 188 km

Neleus

MRV
2 Hours 56 Minutes

Ithaca Chasma

-14.0° N 353.9° E

E 307 km

Salmoneus(next)

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4 Hours 47 Minutes

SW 564 km

Eurymachus

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8 Hours 48 Minutes

S 208 km

Telemus(last)

MRV
3 Hours 15 Minutes

SE 783 km

Ajax

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12 Hours 14 Minutes
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