Shalbatana Vallis (Mars)

Word for "Mars" in Akkadian.

Shalbatana Vallis is an ancient water-worn channel on Mars, located in the Oxia Palus quadrangle at 7.8° north latitude and 42.1° west longitude. It is the westernmost of the southern Chryse outflow channels. Beginning in a zone of chaotic terrain, at 0° latitude and 46° W longitude, it ends in Chryse Planitia. Shalbatana Vallis contains our first definitive evidence of a Martian shoreline. (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 271 km

Hypanis Valles

MRV
4 Hours 14 Minutes
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3 Days 9 Hours

N 38 km

Chryse Colles(next)

Walking
11 Hours 36 Minutes

NE 168 km

Jamuna

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2 Hours 37 Minutes
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2 Days 2 Hours

W 174 km

Ochus Valles(last)

MRV
2 Hours 43 Minutes
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2 Days 4 Hours

Shalbatana Vallis

7.33° N 317.91° E

E 175 km

Dukhan

MRV
2 Hours 44 Minutes
Walking
2 Days 4 Hours

SW 391 km

Orson Welles

MRV
6 Hours 6 Minutes
Walking
4 Days 21 Hours

S 337 km

Dia-Cau

MRV
5 Hours 16 Minutes
Walking
4 Days 5 Hours

SE 311 km

Da Vinci

MRV
4 Hours 52 Minutes
Walking
3 Days 21 Hours

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