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An extensive lowland plain on a planetary surface; pl.vastitates. The name, which means ‘desolation’ or ‘vastness’, is not a geological term, but is used in the nomenclature of individual features, for example Vastitatis Borealis on Mars.
From: vastitas in A Dictionary of Astronomy »
Subjects: Astronomy and Astrophysics.
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