Ares Vallis (Mars)

Word for 'Mars' in Greek.

The valley 'flows' northwest out of the hilly Margaritifer Terra, where the Iani Chaos depression and 3° North. Ares Vallis was the landing site of NASA's Mars Pathfinder spacecraft, which studied a region of the valley near the border with Chryse in 1997. It has been argued that Uzboi, Ladon, Margaritifer and Ares valles, although now separated by large craters, once comprised a single outflow channel flowing north into Chryse Planitia. (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 318 km

Kok

MRV
4 Hours 58 Minutes
Walking
3 Days 23 Hours

N 430 km

Tile

MRV
6 Hours 43 Minutes
Walking
5 Days 9 Hours

NE 438 km

Coogoon Valles

MRV
6 Hours 50 Minutes
Walking
5 Days 11 Hours

W 260 km

Chryse

MRV
4 Hours 4 Minutes
Walking
3 Days 6 Hours

Ares Vallis

10.29° N 334.39° E

E 468 km

Oxia Palus

MRV
7 Hours 19 Minutes
Walking
5 Days 21 Hours

SW 156 km

Silinka Vallis(next)

MRV
2 Hours 26 Minutes
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1 Day 23 Hours

S 254 km

Galilaei(last)

MRV
3 Hours 58 Minutes
Walking
3 Days 4 Hours

SE 389 km

Taytay

MRV
6 Hours 4 Minutes
Walking
4 Days 21 Hours

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