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25. Chaotic Terrain
25. Chaotic Terrain

Regions of jumbled, rocky material such as shown here are called chaotic terrain. Many regions of chaotic terrain are circular in form, suggesting that buried impact craters may play a role in the formation of these collapse features.

Crater is 62 km in diameter and located at 0.3° S, 22.7° W; Viking Orbiter frame 651A81

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