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Fluctus MANATUM FOSSEY .PISCOPIA .7km 0° 280° 300° 320° 340° 0° 20° 40° 60° . 80° 100° 120° 140° CORPMAN 160° 180° 200° 220° 240° 260° 0° .CARRENO 1969 TESSERA Kaltash s Kuan-Yin tu VENERA-5 . Corona Seia c Corona JOLIOT-CURIE OVDA REGIO TETHIS REGIO Ongwuti Mons lu 1978 Thermuthis Corona MARKHAM o F ×VENERA-12 Verdandi Ningy PHOEBE 1982 × VENERA-7 VENERA-6 Corona DOLYA ×VENERA-13 1970 1969 Corona A P I H R Thouris x 1972 O D I T TESSERA s C E A NAVKA PLANITIA i Corona Nabuzana RAE l T VEGA-2 × × VENERA-8 l h E V-38 I a e R R V-37 V-39 Corona V l A T V-32 . 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