Burroughs (crater)

Burroughs
Planet Mars
Coordinates 72°30′S 243°06′W / 72.5°S 243.1°W / -72.5; -243.1Coordinates: 72°30′S 243°06′W / 72.5°S 243.1°W / -72.5; -243.1
Diameter 104.0 kilometres (64.6 mi)
Eponym Edgar Rice Burroughs

Burroughs is a large crater on Mars at latitude 72.5S / longitude 243.1W, with a diameter of 104.0 kilometres (64.6 mi). It is named after Edgar Rice Burroughs, the American science fiction novelist who wrote a series of fantasy novels set on the planet.

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