Abisme /æˈbiːm/ is a large impact basin located in
Cassini Regio
Cassini Regio (adjective ''Cassinian'' ) is the enigmatic dark area that covers the leading half of Saturn's moon Iapetus. It is named after Giovanni Cassini, the discoverer of Iapetus; ' Regio' is a term used in planetary geology for a large a ...
Clarin Clarin or Clarín may refer to:
Geography
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*Clarin, Misamis Occidental, a municipality in the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines
*River Clarin, a river in Ireland
Media
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, Dapamort, Johun and Valdebron can be found inside Abisme. It was imaged for the first time by the Cassini spacecraft in 2004.
Nomenclature
Abisme is named after a Saracen
baron
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in the Old French epic poem
Song of Roland
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;this name was approved by the
International Astronomical Union
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(IAU) on 16 August 2013.
See also
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List of geological features on Iapetus
Most Iapetian geological features are named after characters and locations in the Old French epic poem ''The Song of Roland'', specifically the English translation by Dorothy L. Sayers.Map of Iapetus