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Chryse Planitia22.27° N, 47.95° W

The “Plains of Gold”: a low, flat region in the north of Mars. Viking 1 landed on a smooth plain here. The name comes from old telescope maps.

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Utopia Planitia47.67° N, 134.28° E

The “Plain of Utopia”: a huge, low plain on Mars, about 3,500 km across. Viking 2 landed here. The name comes from old telescope maps of Mars.

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Ares Vallis19.33° N, 33.55° W

A long valley on Mars. “Vallis” means valley, and “Ares” is the Greek word for Mars.

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Gusev crater14.57° S, 175.48° E

A large crater on Mars, about 160 km wide, named after Matvei Gusev, a Russian astronomer who lived from 1826 to 1866.

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Meridiani Planum1.95° S, 5.53° W

A high, flat plain on Mars. It was named because it lies close to Mars’ prime meridian, the line of 0° longitude. Opportunity landed here in 2004.

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Elysium Planitia4.50° N, 135.62° E

A smooth, flat plain of old lava on Mars where InSight landed. “Elysium” comes from the ancient Greek name for a paradise after death, the Elysian Fields.

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Vastitas Borealis68.22° N, 125.75° W

Means “the Northern Vastness”. It is the name for the wide, mysterious northern plains of Mars.

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Valinor Hills, Jezero crater18.50° N, 77.32° E

A crater on Mars, about 45 km wide, that once held a lake. It is named after a town in Bosnia and Herzegovina; “jezero” means “lake” in several Slavic languages.