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Page 1 57° 50° 40° 30° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20° -30° -40° -50° -57° 57° 50 180° 0° DODONA PLANUM 210° 330° 150° 30° 60° -60° . Bochica Hatchawa Patera . Patera . Nusku Patera Hiruko . Heno . Inti . Patera Patera Patera 70° -70° 240° 300° 60° 120° Tvashtar . Taranis Patera Iynx TARSUS Aramazd Mensa . Patera Tvashtar Paterae Haemus REGIO Montes Mensae LERNA REGIO 80° Echo -80°Mensa . Chors Nile Montes N Patera E M Viracocha E . Patera A 90° CHALYBES 270° 90° P 270° L A . Mithra N Patera U REGIO M . Vivasvant Patera . Crimea Mons 80° -80° Pyerun . Patera Dazhbog 120° 60° Patera . 300° 240° 70° -70° ILLYRIKON REGIO 60° -60° 30° 150° 330° 210° 0° 180° NORTH POLAR REGION SOUTH POLAR REGION 180° 170° 160° 150° 140° 130° 120° 110° 100° 90° 80° 70° 60° 50° 40° 30° 20° 10° 0° 350° 340° 330° 320° 310° 300° 290° 280° 270° 260° 250° 240° 230° 220° 210° 200° 190° 180° 57° 57° Nile Montes Dazhbog Patera CHALYBES REGIO 50° 50° . Kinich Ahau . Savitr Patera Patera Surt Zal Montes Lei-Kung Zal Fluctus . Fo Patera 40° 40° Thor Patera . Amaterasu . Dusura Patera Patera BULICAME . Manua Patera . Shango _ REGIO Arinna Patera Ukko Atar Fluctus . Patera . Patera Heiseb Isum 30° . 30° Fuchi Patera Patera Reshef Euxine . Patera Mons Patera Volund . Thomagata Amirani Patera . Shakuru Skythia Mons Girru . Mongibello . Tiermes Patera . Susanoo Donar Surya Estan Patera Patera . Patera Mons Patera Fluctus Patera Monan Daedalus 20° . Patera Loki . 20° Zamama Maui . Gish Bar Patera Mons Mulungu Steropes Maui . Patera . Patera Ruaumoko . Camaxtli Patera Gish Bar Sobo Patera . Patera Patera Fluctus Monan Loki Chaac . Ababinili Tien Mu Mons Llew . Balder Patera . Fjorgynn Patera . Patera . Patera Acala Fluctus Patera Namarrkun Patera Grannos Ah Peku Lei-zi Fluctus Fluctus Ionian 10° . 10° Patera Patera Yaw Patera Mons . Mentu Patera MEDIA REGIO Patera Khalla COLCHIS BOSPHORUS . Ot Belenus . Tawhaki Patera COLCHIS Mons REGIO Michabo . Patera Tol-Ava Hephaestus Patera Tawhaki . Carancho . Patera ~ Vallis Patera Patera Tsui Goab Prometheus Karei Ruwa . Nyambe Patera 0° . Hi'iaka Montes . Reshet 0° Aidne Tsui~ Goab . Tholus . Patera . Cuchi Patera Patera Patera Patera . Ot . Prometheus Patera Fluctus . Patera Sêd . Purgine Patera Prometheus . Emakong Hi'iaka . Patera Mensa . Janus . Dingir Patera Seth Patera Patera . Sigurd Patera Patera Patera Patera REGIO Ra Pillan Kami-Nari Asha . Paterae . REGIO . Shamshu . Horus Patera Mazda Boösaule Montes Mons Patera Patera -10° Seth Patera Apis -10° Grian . Mama Patera Kibero . Galai Mons Shamshu . Patera Tholus . Patera Mons Patera Patera . Pillan Reiden . Mafuike . Ilmarinen Gibil Patera Patera Patera . Huo Shen . Patera Inachus Patera Patera . Itzamna Tung Yo . Kava . Ninurta . Mihr Patera Patera Tholus Mensa Kanehekili Fluctus Patera Patera Tupan Capaneus Sui Jen . Tung Yo Patera Podja Patera Pele Patera Fluctus Patera -20° . Kanehekili . -20° Culann Patera . Shoshu . Haokah Angpetu Patera . Wabasso Patera . Masaya Patera Patera Danube Patera . Cataquil . Planum Patera Vahagn Patera Marduk . Fluctus Tohil Patera . Talos Paterae . Radegast Patera . Ekhi Tohil Mons Patera Dorian Montes -30° Marduk -30° . Mbali . Menahka Patera Patera Sengen Caucasus Wayland Taw . Mons . Pautiwa Patera Patera . Altjirra Patera . Rata Mons . Shamash Malik TARSUS Patera Patera Patera Uta Fluctus . MYCENAE REGIO Patera Uta . Rata Patera Patera Iopolis Planum . Nina Laki-oi . Lu Huo m Arusha . Babbar nu Patera . Patera Patera la Patera Patera . P -40° . -40° Maasaw . Ülgen Agni Egypt Rarog Patera . Patera a Hermes Patera e Mons Patera c r Mensa y L BACTRIA Euboea Päive . Fluctus Ethiopia Planum . REGIO Patera Argos Planum Masubi Kane . Aten . Svarog Patera Euboea Montes Patera Patera . Kurdalagon . Siun -50° -50° Patera Patera Pan Mensa Gabija Telegonus Silpium . Patera . Sethlaus REGIO Mons Epaphus Patera Catha Mensa . Patera Hybristes Planum Creidne Patera Mensae Masubi Fluctus . Pyerun Patera -57° -57° 180° 170° 160° 150° 140° 130° 120° 110° 100° 90° 80° 70° 60° 50° 40° 30° 20° 10° 0° 350° 340° 330° 320° 310° 300° 290° 280° 270° 260° 250° 240° 230° 220° 210° 200° 190° 180° CONTROLLED PHOTOMOSAIC MAP OF IO .
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