Eridania Planitia is a plain located east of
Hellas Planitia, in the southern highlands of
Mars. Its name was approved on September 22, 2010; it is named after the closest
classical albedo feature
The classical albedo features of Mars are the light and dark features that can be seen on the planet Mars through an Earth-based telescope. Before the age of space probes, several astronomers created maps of Mars on which they gave names to the fe ...
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List of plains on Mars
This is a list of plains on Mars. Such features are named after the nearest classical albedo feature in compliance with the International Astronomical Union's rules of planetary nomenclature. Plains may be named denoted "planitia" or "planum", de ...
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Eridania Lake
Eridania Lake is a theorized ancient lake on Mars with a surface area of roughly 1.1 million square kilometers. It is located at the source of the Ma'adim Vallis outflow channel and extends into Eridania quadrangle and the Phaethontis quadr ...
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Plains on Mars
Eridania quadrangle