Krun is the westernmost of the "

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", a series of equatorial dark regions on

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. It is named after

Krun Krun (; myz, ࡊࡓࡅࡍ) or Akrun () is a Mandaean lord of the underworld. According to Mandaean cosmology, he dwells in the lowest depths of creation, supporting the entirety of the physical world. In mythology Krun is the greatest of the ...

, the greatest of the five

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lords of the

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Krun is the third largest equatorial dark region on Pluto, after the Cthulhu Macula and the

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. It extends nearly to 180 degrees longitude, the Plutonian longitude opposite Charon. PIA20733-Pluto-KrunMaculaHighlands-20150714

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'', pilots a large mecha named the after the dark region.

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