This is an incomplete list of Martian canals from the erroneous belief in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that "

Martian canals During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was erroneously believed that there were "canals" on the planet Mars. These were a network of long straight lines in the equatorial regions from 60° north to 60° south latitude on Mars, observed ...

" existed on the surface of the red planet. These canals were named by Giovanni Schiaparelli and

Percival Lowell Percival Lowell (; March 13, 1855 – November 12, 1916) was an American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, and furthered theories of a ninth planet within the Solar System. ...

, amongst others, after real and legendary rivers of various places on Earth or the mythological underworld. A partial list of names are provided below with the regions that the canals were thought to connect.

A

B-D

E-F

G-H

I-M

N-O

P-R

S-X

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External links

Mars and Its Canals by Percival Lowell (1906)
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Martian Canals Albedo features on Mars

Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Roman god of war. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin at ...