Haystack Vallis

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Haystack Vallis
Feature type Vallis (crater chain)
Coordinates 4°42′N 46°12′W / 4.7, -46.2
Eponym Haystack Observatory

Haystack Vallis is a valley at 4.7° N, 46.2° W on Mercury. It superficially resembles a graben but is actually a chain of overlapping secondary craters.[1] It was named after Haystack Observatory.

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