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Directors of the BAA Mercury and Venus Section

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Valleys

Latin Name Latitude Longitude Length km Crater Vallis Alpes 48.5°N 3.2°E 166 km None Vallis Baade 45.9°S 76.2°W 203 km

Rupes

Name Latitude Longitude Length km Name origin Rupes Altai 24.3°S 22.6°E 427.0 km Altai Mountains Rupes Boris 33.5°W 30.5°N 4.0

Rimae (rille systems)

Name Latitude Longitude length Name Origin Rimae Alphonsus 14.0°S 02.0°W 80 km Within the crater Alphonsus Rimae Apollonius 05.0°N 53.0°E

Promontorium

Name Latitude Longitude Diameter The origin of the name Promontorium Agarum 14.0°N 66.0°E 70 km Named from a cape in

Dorsum

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Dorsa

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Catena

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Albedo

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Mountain Ranges

Montes Agricola 29.06°N 54.07°W 141 km Georgius Agricola, Earth scientist Montes Alpes 48.36°N 00.58°W 281 km The Alps, Europe Montes Apenninus 19.87°N