Rahway Valles

{{Short description|Valles on Mars}} {{Infobox feature on celestial object |name = Rahway Valles |image = [[Image:Rahway Valles.JPG|200px]] |caption = The Rahway Valles, as seen by [[HiRISE]] (scale bar is 500 m) |coordinates = {{coord|9.4|N|186.2|W|globe:mars_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |naming = A river in New Jersey, USA }}

The '''Rahway Valles''' are a set of channels in a valley in the [[Elysium quadrangle]] of Mars, located at 9.4° North and 186.2° West. They are {{convert|500|km}} long and were named after an American river in New Jersey.<ref>https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/{{nonspecific|date=September 2021}}</ref> The region was created by [['a'ā]] and [[pāhoehoe]] lava flows from the nearby [[Elysium (volcanic province)|Elysium volcanic province]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Voigt|first1=Joana R. C.|last2=Hamilton|first2=Christopher W.|date=2018-07-15|title=Investigating the volcanic versus aqueous origin of the surficial deposits in Eastern Elysium Planitia, Mars|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001910351730831X|journal=Icarus|language=en|volume=309|pages=389–410|doi=10.1016/j.icarus.2018.03.009|bibcode=2018Icar..309..389V |s2cid=125918565 |issn=0019-1035|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

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[[Category:Elysium quadrangle]] [[Category:valleys and canyons on Mars]]