Vastitates on Mars
1 named feature carries the IAU descriptor Vastitas — an extensive plain — the term is used for exactly one feature on Mars. Nowhere else in the mapped Solar System carries the term.
Named
1
of 2,049 named places on Mars — 0.0%
Largest
2,003 km
Vastitas Borealis
Median size
2,003 km
Across the 1 with a measured diameter
Named between
1973–1973
IAU approval dates
How vastitates on Mars get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 1 vastitates with a recorded origin, one category covers them all, led by Latin.
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All 1 vastitates on Mars
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.