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Table 12: Names From Martian Literature

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Origin Usage Aaanthor Urbs -48 45 A Barsoomian name. A deserted city in the green

Barsoomian Kingdom of Torquas described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Thuvia, Maid of Mars, 1916. Location per Gangale.

Alexandria Urbs * * Alexandria, numerous cities in the Middle East founded by Alexander III (the Great) of Macedonia (356-323 B.C.), most notably on the coast of Egypt in the Nile delta.

A colonial settlemen mentioned in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Green Mars, 1985.

Aluminum City Urbs * * The element with the atomic number 13.

A colonial settlement mentioned in Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Naming of Names,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

Amakasfe Urbs * * A Martian fictional name. The capital city of Mars described in Percy Greg’s Across the Zodiac, 1880.

America the Beautiful

Urbs * * From the United States of America. An American colonial settlement mentioned in Philip K. Dick’s Martian Time-Slip, 1964.

Amhor Urbs-civitas 45 262 A Barsoomian name. A red Barsoomian city-state ruled by Prince Jal Had, mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Master Mind of Mars, 1927. Location per Gangale.

Anyder Canalis 44 108 "Waterless"; a river in "Utopia" by Thomas More.

1905 Lowell.

Argzoon Civitas * * A Vashuvian name. A nation of blue giants in the far north of Vashu, described in Michael Moorcock’s Warriors of Mars, 1965.


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Origin Usage Mountains of Argzoon

Montes * * A Vashuvian name. In the far north of Vashu, described in Michael Moorcock’s Warriors of Mars, 1965.

Arianrhod Regio * * A Martian fictional name. A region referred to in Leigh Brackett’s The Nemesis From Terra, 1961.

Port Armstrong Urbs * * Possibly an early explorer of Mars, per Poul Anderson's "Duel On Syrtis," 1951.

A colonial settlement referred to in Poul Anderson’s ‘Duel On Syrtis,’ 1951.

Artolian Hills Colles 55 181 A Barsoomian name. Surrounding Duhor, mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Synthetic Men of Mars, 1940. Location per Gangale.

Asde-Trahi Urbs * * A Vashuvian name. A village in the Kingdom of Mendishar, described in Michael Moorcock’s Blades of Mars, 1965.

Askinta Urbs * * A Martian fictional name. A village described in Percy Greg’s Across the Zodiac, 1880.

Asnyca Mons * * A Martian fictional name. The mountain on which the spacecraft Astronaut landed, described in Percy Greg’s Across the Zodiac, 1880.

Bagarad Regio * * A Vashuvian name. A tribal region described in Michael Moorcock’s Barbarians of Mars, 1965.

Balki Lacus * * A Malacandrian name. A lake in a deep canyon (handramit) in C. S. Lewis’ Out of the Silent Planet, 1938.

Bantoom Urbs-civitas * * A Barsoomian name. The city-state of the kaldanes, a race of disembodied heads who were able to exchange headless bodies; located in the southwestern region of Barsoom; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Chessmen of Mars, 1922.


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Origin Usage Barrakesh Urbs-civitas -11 341 A Martian fictional name. A city-state described in Leigh

Brackett’s The Sword of Rhiannon, 1953. Location per 1976 Howes.

Bernard Baruch Canal

Canalis * * Bernard Baruch (1870–1965), American financier, stock investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant.

Described in Philip K. Dick’s Martian Time-Slip, 1964.

Black River Flumen * * Captain John Black, commander of the Third Expedition in Ray Bradbury's "The Third Expedition," The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

Referred to in Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Naming of Names,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

Blue Mountains Montes * * The part of the visible spectrum between green and indigo.

Referred to in Ray Bradbury’s ‘Ylla,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

Bunchewood Park

Urbs * * Ralph Bunche (1904-1971), American political scientist, 1950 Nobel laureate.

A colonial settlement mentioned in Philip K. Dick’s Martian Time-Slip, 1964.

Caer Dhu Urbs * * A Martian fictional name. The city of the serpent people, described in Leigh Brackett’s The Sword of Rhiannon, 1953.

Caer Hebra Urbs-civitas * * A Martian fictional name. The city-state of the Sky Folk, described in Leigh Brackett’s The Nemesis From Terra, 1961.

Canalia Urbs * * An artificial waterway. A city mentioned in Carl Jacobi’s ‘The Martian Calendar,’ 1957.

Carzax Flumen * * A Vashuvian name. A river described in Michael Moorcock’s Warriors of Mars, 1965.


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Origin Usage Cend-Amrid Urbs * * A Vashuvian name. A city struck by a plague caused by the

opening of a biological weapon left over from the Mightiest War between the Yaksha and the Sheev; described in Michael Moorcock’s Barbarians of Mars, 1965.

Charax Urbs 60 150 Classical spelling of Kerak, a city in Jordan on the Wadi Keruk.

Terran name of the Martian city near South Colony, the southern residence of Jim Marlowe and Frank Sutton in Robert A. Heinlein’s Red Planet, 1949. The city was described as being located at latitude of 60, between the double canal Strymon; however, the Strymon is in the northern hemisphere. Heinlein may have been confused by the early astronomical convention of drawing Martian maps with south at the top.

Charontis Urbs 20 162 In Greek mythology, the ferryman of the dead; the meeting place of several netherworld rivers.

A colonial settlement mentioned in Lin Carter’s The Man Who Loved Mars, 1973.

Christoffsen Port Urbs * * Possibly an early explorer of Mars, per Lin Carter's The Man Who Loved Mars, 1973.

A colonial settlement mentioned in Lin Carter’s The Man Who Loved Mars, 1973.

Chun Planum -20 140 A Martian fictional name. The plateau region of the nation of the Moon Dragon, described in Lin Carter’s The Man Who Loved Mars, 1973.

Corn Town Urbs * * A small hard seed; the seeds of a cereal grass and especially of the important cereal crop of a particular region; a plant that produces corn.



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Origin Usage Cynia Station Urbs -32 123 Classical name of Lago d'Antolico, a

salt lake of Acarnania. Colonial settlement in Robert A. Heinlein’s Red Planet, 1949.

Cynia Urbs -32 123 Classical name of Lago d'Antolico, a salt lake of Acarnania.

Terran name of a Martian city in Robert A. Heinlein’s Red Planet, 1949. The residence of the Martians Gekko and G’kuro. Both the Martian city and the Terran settlement are described as located at the meeting of the Strymon and the Oeroe, which do not meet on Lowell's 1905 map, the only map on which they appear.

Detroit II Urbs * * A city in Michigan, USA. A colonial settlement mentioned in Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Naming of Names,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

Dia-Sao Urbs * * A Martian fictional name. The setting for Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Lost City of Mars,’ 1967.

Valley Dor Vallis -90 0 A Barsoomian name. Near the south pole, on the shore of the Lost Sea of Korus, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Gods of Mars, 1913.

Drallab Insula * * A Vashuvian name. An island mentioned in Michael Moorcock’s Barbarians of Mars, 1965.

Driscoll Forest Silva * * Benjamin Driscoll, who planted forests across Mars in Ray Bradbury's "The Green Morning," The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

Mentioned in Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Naming of Names,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

Drywater Urbs * * Lacking precipitation or humidity. A colonial settlement mentioned in Robert A. Heinlein’s ‘The Green Hills of Earth,’ 1947.

Drylands Regio -50 205 Territories lacking precipitation or humidity.

Described in Lin Carter’s The Man Who Loved Mars, 1973.


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Origin Usage Eastern Drylands

Regio -40 70 Territories lacking precipitation or humidity.

Mentioned in various works by Leigh Brackett. Location per 1976 Howes.

Northern Drylands

Regio 10 20 Territories lacking precipitation or humidity.

Mentioned in various works by Leigh Brackett. Location per 1976 Howes.

Duhor Urbs 55 181 A Barsoomian name. Capital city of the Kingdom of Duhor; mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Master Mind of Mars, 1927. Location per Gangale.

Duhor Civitas 55 181 A Barsoomian name. Red Barsoomian kingdom ruled by the jeddak Kor San, father of Valla Dia; mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Master Mind of Mars, 1927. Location per Gangale.

Dusar Civitas 15 20 A Barsoomian name. Red Barsoomian kingdom ruled by the jeddak Nutus, father of prince Astok; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ ‘Thuvia, Maid of Mars,’ 1916.

Dusar Urbs 15 20 A Barsoomian name. The capital city of the Kingdom of Dusar; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ ‘Thuvia, Maid of Mars,’ 1916. Location per Gangale.

Earth Settlement 101

Urbs * * The third planet from the Sun. A colonial settlement mentioned in Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Off Season,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

Ecasfe Urbs * * A Martian fictional name. In the dominion of Elcavoo, described in Percy Greg’s Across the Zodiac, 1880.

Elcavoo Civitas * * A Martian fictional name. One of the twelve dominions of Mars, ruled by Endo Zampta; described in Percy Greg’s Across the Zodiac, 1880.


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Origin Usage Electric Village Urbs * * Of, related to, or operated by electricity. A colonial settlement mentioned in Ray

Bradbury’s ‘The Naming of Names,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

Eniall Mountains Montes * * A Martian fictional name. Mentioned in Ray Bradbury’s ‘Night Meeting,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

Exum Urbs 0 0 A Barsoomian name. Deserted city mentioned as being the ‘Barsoomian Greenwich’ in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Synthetic Men of Mars, 1940, although this honor is given to the deserted city of Horz in Thuvia, Maid of Mars, 1916.

Farad Urbs * * "River" in fictional Martian. The capital city of the nation of the Moon Dragon in Chun, described in Lin Carter’s The Man Who Loved Mars, 1973.

Faye-Empo Urbs * * A Martian fictional name. A city mentioned in Carl Jacobi’s ‘The Martian Calendar,’ 1957.

Fiola Urbs * * A Vashuvian name. A city mentioned in Michael Moorcock’s Barbarians of Mars, 1965.

First Town Urbs * * Preceding all others in time, order, or importance.

A colonial settlrment mentioned in Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Green Morning,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

Gathol Civitas 5 345 A Barsoomian name. A red Barsoomian kingdom ruled by the jed Gahan, mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Chessmen of Mars, 1922. Location per Gangale.

Gathol Urbs 5 345 A Barsoomian name. The capital city of the Kingdom of Gathol, mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Chessmen of Mars, 1922. Location per Gangale.


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Origin Usage Geneva II Urbs * * A city in Switzerland. A colonial settlement mentioned in

Philip K. Dick’s Martian Time-Slip, 1964.

Ghasta Urbs-civitas -75 250 A Barsoomian name. A white Barsoomian city-state described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Fighting Man of Mars, 1931. Location per Gangale.

Desert Gol Regio -65 0 A Nume name. In Mari state, the weapons proving ground for the United Martian States, described Kurd Lasswitz’s Auf Zwei Planeten, 1897.

Golana Regio * * A Vashuvian name. A region of quicksand described in Michael Moorcock’s Barbarians of Mars, 1965.

Gooli Civitas 30 250 A Barsoomian name. A nation of kangaroo-like humanoids on the island of Ompt in the Toonolian Marshes between Morbus and Phundahl, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Synthetic Men of Mars, 1940. Location per Gangale.

Grand Canal Canalis * * "Great" or "large." The subject and title of a poem by Rhysling in Robert A. Heinlein’s ‘The Green Hills of Earth,’ 1947.

Green City Urbs * * The color of the part of the spectrum that is between yellow and blue.

A colonial settlement near the Eniall Mountains, mentioned in Ray Bradbury’s ‘Night Meeting,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

Green Valley Vallis * * The color of the part of the spectrum that is between yellow and blue.

Green Valley, mentioned in Ray Bradbury’s ‘Ylla,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.


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Origin Usage Haal Flumen * * A Vashuvian name. A river described in Michael Moorcock’s

Warriors of Mars, 1965. Hareton Rill Chasma * * Probably a member of an early

expedition to Mars, per Lin Carter's The Man Who Loved Mars, 1973.

A canyon leading into the Chun plateau, described in Lin Carter’s The Man Who Loved Mars, 1973.

Hastor Urbs -35 105 A Barsoomian name. A city in the red Barsoomian Kingdom of Helium, where construction facilities for the air navy were located; mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Gods of Mars, 1913. Location per Gangale.

Hed Civitas * * A Nume name. One of the United Martian States, located in the southern hemisphere near the Desert Gol; mentioned in Kurd Lasswitz’s Auf Zwei Planeten, 1897.

Lesser Helium Urbs -30 105 A Barsoomian name. A city located next to the capital of the Kingdom of Helium; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars, 1912. Location per Gangale.

Helium Civitas -30 105 A Barsoomian name. A red Barsoomian kingdom, ruled by jeddak Tardos Mors, grandfather of Dejah Thoris; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars, 1912. Location per Gangale.

Helium Forest Silva -30 105 A Barsoomian name. Described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ ‘John Carter and the Giant of Mars,’ 1940. Location per Gangale.

Valley of Helium Vallis -30 105 A Barsoomian name. Mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ ‘John Carter and the Giant of Mars,’ 1940. Location per Gangale.


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Origin Usage Greater Helium Urbs -30 105 A Barsoomian name. The capital city of the Kingdom of

Helium; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars, 1912. Location per Gangale.

Herodotus Canal Canalis * * Herodotus, Greek historian Described in Philip K. Dick’s Martian Time-Slip, 1964.

Hespiridum Urbs -31 102 In Greek mythology, the daughters of Hesperus.

Terran name of a Martian city, described in Robert A. Heinlein’s, Red Planet, 1949.

Hinkston Creek Urbs * * Samuel Hinkston, archaeologist on the Third Expedition in Ray Bradbury's "The Third Expedition," The Martian Chronicles, 1950.


Hohr Vallis -75 250 A Barsoomian name. A valley in the crater of an extinct volcano, wherein lies the white Barsoomian city-state of Ghasta, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Fighting Man of Mars, 1931. Location per Gangale.

Holtville Springs Urbs * * Possibly an early settler on Mars A colonial settlement mentioned in Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Silent Towns,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

Horz Urbs 0 337 A Barsoomian name. A deserted city marking the prime meridian of Barsoom, mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Thuvia, Maid of Mars, 1916, although this honor is given to the deserted city of Exum in The Synthetic Men of Mars, 1940. Location per Gangale.


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Origin Usage How-Far? Urbs * * A whimsical name reminscent of the

American Old West A colonial settlement mentioned in Robert A. Heinlein’s ‘The Green Hills of Earth,’ 1947.

Hraefnian Hills Colles * * A Martian fictional name. In the Syrtis Major region, described in Poul Anderson’s ‘Duel On Syrtis,’ 1951.

Hualokka Regio * * A Martian fictional name. The Sacred Land in the interior of Chun, wherein lay the ruined city of Ilionis, described in Lin Carter’s The Man Who Loved Mars, 1973.

Ilionis Urbs * * A Martian fictional name. The Gateway to the Gods, a ruined city in Chun, described in Lin Carter’s The Man Who Loved Mars, 1973.

Illall Urbs 90 * A Barsoomian name. In the yellow Barsoomian Kingdom of Okar, located near the North Pole, mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Warlord of Mars, 1914.

Invak Urbs-civitas 0 105 A Barsoomian name. A red Barsoomian city-state ruled by the jeddak Ptanus, whose people had the power to render themselves invisible; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Llana of Gathol, 1948. Location per Gangale.

Iopr Urbs * * A Martian fictional name. A Martian town mentioned in Ray Bradbury’s ‘*,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

Iridala Civitas * * A Vashuvian name. A nation near Karnala in the southern hemisphere of Vashu, mentioned in Michael Moorcock’s Warriors of Mars, 1965.


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Origin Usage Iron Town Urbs * * The element with the atomic number

26. A colonial settlement mentioned in Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Naming of Names,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

Ishal Urbs * * A Vashuvian name. A city mentioned in Michael Moorcock’s Barbarians of Mars, 1965.

River Iss Flumen -90 * A Barsoomian name. Running through the Valley Dor and emptying into the Lost Sea of Korus; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Gods of Mars, 1913.

Jahar Civitas -69 179 A Barsoomian name. A red Barsoomian kingdom ruled by the jeddak Tul Axtar; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Fighting Man of Mars, 1931. Location per Gangale.

Jahar Urbs -69 179 A Barsoomian name. The capital city of the kindgom of Jahar; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Fighting Man of Mars, 1931. Location per Gangale.

Farad-i-Janhg Flumen * * "Death" in fictional Martian. The River of Death, located in Hareton Rill; described Lin Carter’s The Man Who Loved Mars, 1973.

Jekkara Urbs-civitas -8 298 A Martian fictional name. A city-state described in Leigh Brackett’s The Sword of Rhiannon, 1953. Location per 1976 Howes.

Jhama Urbs -66 269 A Barsoomian name. A deserted city occupied by the Jaharan scientist Phor Tak after being exiled by Tul Axtar, jeddak of Jahar; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Fighting Man of Mars, 1931. Location per Gangale.

K’cocroom Insula * * A Vashuvian name. An island mentioned in Michael Moorcock’s Barbarians of Mars, 1965.


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Origin Usage Kadabra Urbs 90 * A Barsoomian name. The capital city of the yellow

Barsoomian Kingdom of Okar; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Warlord of Mars, 1914.

Kahora Urbs 12 223 A Martian fictional name. A city mentioned in Leigh Brackett’s The Nemesis From Terra, 1961. Location per 1976 Howes.

Kamtol Urbs-civitas 15 334 A Barsoomian name. A black Barsoomian city-state ruled by the jeddak Doxus, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Llana of Gathol, 1948. Location per Gangale.

Kaol Civitas 0 270 A Barsoomian name. A red Barsoomian kingdom ruled by the jeddak Kulan Tith, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Warlord of Mars, 1914. Location per Gangale.

Kaolian Forest Silva 0 270 A Barsoomian name. Located in the Kingdom of Kaol, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Warlord of Mars, 1914. Location per Gangale.

Kaol Urbs 0 270 A Barsoomian name. The capital city of the Kingdom of Kaol, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Warlord of Mars, 1914. Location per Gangale.

Karappa Urbs -4 178 A Martian fictional name. Mentioned in Leigh Brackett’s ‘Mars Minus Bisha,’ 1954. Location per 1976 Howes.

Karnala Civitas * * A Vashuvian name. A nation described in Michael Moorcock’s Warriors of Mars, 1965.

Karthedon Oasis 7 348 A Martian fictional name. An oasis described in Leigh Brackett’s ‘The Last Days of Shandakor,’ 1952. Location per 1976 Howes.


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Origin Usage Kast Urbs * * A Nume name. A city mentioned in Kurd Lasswitz’s Auf

Zwei Planeten, 1897. Kathyun Urbs -20 28 A Martian fictional name. A city described in various works by

Leigh Brackett. Location per 1976 Howes.

Inner Kesh Regio -45 30 A Martian fictional name. A region described in various works by Leigh Brackett. Location per 1976 Howes.

Outer Kesh Regio 10 330 A Martian fictional name. A region described in various works by Leigh Brackett. Location per 1976 Howes.

Kesh Regio * * A Martian fictional name. A region mentioned in Leigh Brackett’s ‘The Beast Jewell of Mars,’ 1948.

Kharif Regio * * A Martian fictional name. A region mentioned in Leigh Brackett’s ‘The Road to Sinharat,’ 1963.

Khondar Regio * * A Martian fictional name. The land of the Sea Kings, described in Leigh Brackett’s The Sword of Rhiannon, 1953.

Kla Urbs * * A Nume name. The capital city of the United Martian States, described in Kurd Lasswitz’s Auf Zwei Planeten, 1897.

Kobol Urbs-civitas * * A Barsoomian name. A city-state mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Master Mind of Mars, 1927.

Korad Urbs * * A Barsoomian name. A dead city in the green Barsoomian Kingdom of Thark, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars, 1912.

Lost Sea of Korus

Mare -90 * A Barsoomian name. Located near the south pole, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Gods of Mars, 1913.


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Origin Usage Korvas Urbs * * A Barsoomian name. A deserted city west of Helium in the

green Barsoomoan Kingdom of Thark, occupied by Pew Mogel, a scientist created and trained by Ras Thavas of Toonol; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ ‘John Carter and the Giant of Mars,’ 1940.

Kukan Urbs * * A Martian fictional name. A ruined city explored by an archaeological expedition in H. Beam Piper’s ‘Omnilingual,’ 1947.

Kushat Urbs 51 161 A Martian fictional name. A city described in various works by Leigh Brackett. Location per 1976 Howes.

Lewistown Urbs * * John L. Lewis, American labor union leader.

A colonial settlement described in Philip K. Dick’s Martian Time-Slip, 1964.

Lhak Urbs 24 120 A Martian fictional name. A ruined city described in Leigh Brackett’s ‘The Beast Jewell of Mars,’ 1948. Location per 1976 Howes.

Lincoln Head Urbs * * Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 17th president of the United States of America 1861-1865.

A colonial settlement described in George O. Smith’s ‘Lost Art,’ 1943.

Lothar Urbs-civitas -44 29 A Barsoomian name. A white Barsoomian city-state ruled by the jeddak Tario, whose inhabitants were able to manifest phantoms; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Thuvia, Maid of Mars, 1916. Location per Gangale.

Lotharian Hills Colles -44 29 A Barsoomian name. Outside the city of Lothar; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Thuvia, Maid of Mars, 1916. Location per Gangale.


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Origin Usage Lustig Corners Urbs * * The navigator on the Third Expedition

in Ray Bradbury's "The Third Expedition," The Martian Chronicles, 1950.


Manataj Urbs * * A Barsoomian name. A city in the red Barsoomian Kingdom of Manator, mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Chessmen of Mars, 1922.

Manator Civitas 5 334 A Barsoomian name. A red Barsoomian kingdom containing the cities of Manator, Manatos, and Manataj; whose jeddak O-Tar was succeeded by A-Kor, his son by Haja, princess of Gathol; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Chessmen of Mars, 1922. Location per Gangale.

Manator Urbs 5 334 A Barsoomian name. The capital city of the Kingdom of Manator, mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Chessmen of Mars, 1922. Location per Gangale.

Manatos Urbs * * A Barsoomian name. A city in the red Barsoomian Kingdom of Manator ruled by the jed U-Thor; mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Chessmen of Mars, 1922.

Marentina Urbs * * A Barsoomian name. A city in the yellow Barsoomian Kingdom of Okar, ruled by Prince Talu, located near the north pole, mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Warlord of Mars, 1914.

Marlin Village Urbs * * Any of several large game fish of the genus Makaira.

A colonial settlement mentioned in Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Silent Towns,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.


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Origin Usage Marsport Urbs * * The name of the fourth planet from the

Sun, taken from the Roman god of war. 1) A colonial settlement, located near the equator, mentioned in Robert A. Heinlein’s Red Planet, 1949; 2) A colonial settlement mentioned in C. M. Kornbluth and Judith Merril’s Outpost Mars, 1951; 3) A colonial settlement referred described in Isaac Asimov’s ‘I’m in Marsport Without Hilda,’ 1957.

Mars Junction Urbs * * The name of the fourth planet from the Sun, taken from the Roman god of war.


Marsopolis Urbs * * The name of the fourth planet from the Sun, taken from the Roman god of war.

A colonial settlement mentioned in Robert A. Heinlein’s ‘The Green Hills of Earth,’ 1947, and Podkayne of Mars, 1963.

Mekh Regio 30 140 A Martian fictional name. A region described in Leigh Brackett’s ‘The Last Days of Shandakor,’ 1952. Location per 1976 Howes.

Meldilorn Insula * * A Malacandrian name. The island of the eldila, the residence of Oyarsa, described in C. S. Lewis’s Out of the Silent Planet, 1938.

Mendishar Civitas * * A Vashuvian name. A nation of blue giants in the far north of Vashu, whose bradhi Jewar Baru was succeeded by Hool Hadj; described in Michael Moorcock’s Blades of Mars, 1965.

Mendisharling Urbs * * A Vashuvian name. The capital city of Mendishar, described in Michael Moorcock’s Blades of Mars, 1965.


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Origin Usage Meridian City Urbs 180 0 Meridies, "mid-day" in Latin. A colonial settlement described in

Arthur C. Clarke’s ‘The Trouble With Time,’ 1960.

Mih-Sa-Voh Urbs * * A Vashuvian name. The Jewelled City, described in Michael Moorcock’s Blades of Mars, 1965.

Mishim Tep Civitas * * A Vashuvian name. A kingdom whose bradhi was Bolig Fas Ogdai; described in Michael Moorcock’s Warriors of Mars, 1965, and Blades of Mars, 1965.

Modnaf Regio * * A Vashuvian name. A region of flowers whose seductive scent induced lethargy and then a creeping madness; described in Michael Moorcock’s Barbarians of Mars, 1965.

Morbus Urbs 23 263 A Barsoomian name. The deserted city taken over by the Toonolian scientist Ras Thavas’s race of synthetic men, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Synthetic Men of Mars, 1940. Location per Gangale.

Narbia Regio * * A Martian fictional name. A region mentioned in Anthony Boucher’s ‘*,’ 1943.

Narlet Urbs * * A Vashuvian name. The city of thieves, described in Michael Moorcock’s Warriors of Mars, 1965.

Narrissan Urbs 18 134 A Martian fictional name. A city described in various works by Leigh Brackett. Location per 1976 Howes.

Navvaash Civitas * * A Vashuvian name. A nation north of Karnala and south of Vladnyar, mentioned in Michael Moorcock’s Warriors of Mars, 1965.


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Origin Usage New Amsterdam Urbs * * From the capital city of The

Netherlands. A colonial settlement established by the survivors of the first expedition to Mars in John Varley’s ‘In the Hall of the Martian Kings,’ 1977.

New Boston Urbs * * From a city in Massachusetts, USA. A colonial settlement referred to in Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Silent Towns,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

New Chicago Urbs * * From a city on Lake Michigan in Illinois, USA.

A colonial settlement mentioned in Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Silent Towns,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

New Israel Urbs * * Frem Israel, a nation-state in Southwest Asia.

An Israeli colonial settlement described in Philip K. Dick’s Martian Time-Slip, 1964.

New New York Urbs * * From city in New York state, USA. A colonial settlement mentioned in Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Silent Towns,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

Niophar Urbs * * A Martian fictional name. An ancient city mentioned in Lin Carter’s The Man Who Loved Mars, 1973.

North Colony Urbs 55 80 The direction to the right of west. A colonial settlement located near the Martian city of Copais, mentioned in Robert A. Heinlein’s Red Planet, 1949.

Nosirrah Insula * * A Vashuvian name. An island mentioned in Michael Moorcock’s Barbarians of Mars, 1965.

Nova Britannia Urbs * * From the Classical name of Britain, the large island north of France.

A British colonial settlement mentioned in Philip K. Dick’s Martian Time-Slip, 1964.

Novaya Respublica

Civitas -35 275 "New Republic" in Russian. A Soviet republic in Thaumasia, described in Willy Ley’s ‘At The Perihelion,’ 1937.


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Origin Usage Okar Civitas 90 * A Barsoomian name. A yellow Barsoomian kingdom, ruled by

Salensus Oll, located near the north pole, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Warlord of Mars, 1914.

Okar Urbs 90 * A Barsoomian name. The capital city of the Kingdom of Okar, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Warlord of Mars, 1914.

Omad Urbs * * A Martian fictional name. A city mentioned in Lin Carter’s The Man Who Loved Mars, 1973.

Sea of Omean Mare -90 * A Barsoomian name. An underground sea in the land of the First Born, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Gods of Mars, 1913.

Ompt Insula 30 250 A Barsoomian name. The island of the Gooli nation in the Toonolian Marshes, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Synthetic Men of Mars, 1940. Location per Gangale.

Onvak Urbs-civitas * * A Barsoomian name. A city-state mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Llana of Gathol, 1948.

Opquel Urbs * * A Vashuvian name. A city mentioned in Michael Moorcock’s Barbarians of Mars, 1965.

Mountains of Otz Montes -90 * A Barsoomian name. Located near the south pole, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Gods of Mars, 1913.

Otz Valley Vallis -90 * A Barsoomian name. Located near the south pole, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Gods of Mars, 1913.

Panar Civitas 90 * A Barsoomian name. A red Barsoomian kingdom near the north pole ruled by the jeddak Hin Abtol; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Llana of Gathol, 1948.


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Origin Usage Pankor Urbs * * A Barsoomian name. The capital city of the red Barsoomian

Kingdom of Panar, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Llana of Gathol, 1948.

Pax Grove Urbs * * "Peace" in Latin. A colonial settlement mentioned in Philip K. Dick’s Martian Time-Slip, 1964.

Peregrine Mountain

Mons * * Father Peregrine, a character in Ray Bradbury's "The Luggage Store," The Martian Chronicles, 1950.


Phundahl Civitas 41 223 A Barsoomian name. A red Barsoomian kingdom ruled by the jeddara Xaxa until deposed by Dar Tarus; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Master Mind of Mars, 1927. Location per Gangale.

Phundahl Urbs 40 217 A Barsoomian name. The capital city of the Kingdom of Phundahl. Location per Gangale.

Planetogorod Urbs * * Planet city in Russian. The capital city of Novaya Respublica, described in Willy Ley’s ‘At The Perihelion,’ 1937.

Polodona Latitude 0 * A Barsoomian name. The equator of Barsoom, mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Chessmen of Mars, 1922.

Ptarth Civitas 27 188 A Barsoomian name. A red Barsoomian kingdom, ruled by Thuvan Dihn, father of Thuvia; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Gods of Mars, 1913. Location per Gangale.

Ptarth Urbs 27 188 A Barsoomian name. The capital city of the Kingdom of Ptarth; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Gods of Mars, 1913. Location per Gangale.


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Origin Usage Purha Regio * * A Vashuvian name. The country of the race of cat-faced

humanoids created by the Jihadoo, described in Michael Moorcock’s Barbarians of Mars, 1965.

Qualveskinta Urbs * * A Martian fictional name. A city mentioned in Percy Greg’s Across the Zodiac, 1880.

Rainbow Ridge Dorsum -15 310 An arc that exhibits in concentric bands the colors of the spectrum and that is formed opposite the Sun by the refraction and reflection of the Sun's rays in raindrops, spray, or mist.

Described in Arthur C. Clarke’s The Sands of Mars, 1951.

Ranelca Mons * * A Martian fictional name. A mountain described in Percy Greg’s Across the Zodiac, 1880.

Raxar Urbs-civitas * * A Barsoomian name. A city-state between Panar and Gathol, mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Llana of Gathol, 1948.

Red Town Urbs * * The longest wavelength in the visible spectrum.


Red Desert Regio * * The longest wavelength in the visible spectrum.

A region mentioned in G. O. Smith’s ‘Lost Art,’ 1943.

Rimrock Hills Colles * * * Mentioned in C. M. Kornbluth and Judith Merril’s Outpost Mars, 1951.

Roosevelt City Urbs * * Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd president of the United States of America (1933-1945).


Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mountains

Montes * * Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd president of the United States of America (1933-1945).

Described in Philip K. Dick’s, Martian Time-Slip, 1964.


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Origin Usage Royal Range Montes * * Of or pertaining to a king or queen. A mountain range mentioned in C. M.

Kornbluth and Judith Merril’s Outpost Mars, 1951.

Ruh Urbs-civitas -35 137 A Martian fictional name. A city-state described in Leigh Brackett’s The Nemesis From Terra, 1961. Location per 1976 Howes.

Ryan’s Plain Planitia * * Jin Ryan, an early explorer of Mars, mentioned in C. M. Kornbluth and Judith Merril’s Outpost Mars, 1951.

Where Jim Ryan died, mentioned in C. M. Kornbluth and Judith Merril’s Outpost Mars, 1951.

S’sidla Insula * * A Vashuvian name. An island mentioned in Michael Moorcock’s Barbarians of Mars, 1965.

Sala-Ras Urbs * * A Vashuvian name. A city in the Kingdom of Mendishar, mentioned in Michael Moorcock’s Blades of Mars, 1965.

Sark Civitas * * A Martian fictional name. An empire allied with the Dhuvians, ruled by Garach, father of Ywain; described in Leigh Brackett’s The Sword of Rhiannon, 1953.

Sark Urbs * * A Martian fictional name. The capital city of the Sark Empire. New Scotland Regio * * The country in northern Britain, part of

the United Kingdom. A region mentioned in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Green Mars, 1985.

Second Try Urbs * * Next to the first in place, time, value excellence, or degree.


Sei Urbs * * A Nume name. A city in Mari state, located in the southern hemisphere, mentioned in Kurd Lasswitz’s Auf Zwei Planeten, 1897.

Sek Regio -65 * A Nume name. A desert region, mentioned in Kurd Lasswitz’s Auf Zwei Planeten, 1897.


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Origin Usage Serocasfe Urbs * * A Martian fictional name. A city mentioned in Percy Greg’s

Across the Zodiac, 1880. Gulf of Serocasfe

Sinus * * A Martian fictional name. Described in Percy Greg’s Across the Zodiac, 1880.

Shador Insula -90 * A Barsoomian name. The island prison in the Sea of Omean in the land of the First Born, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Gods of Mars, 1913.

Shandakor Urbs-civitas 36 43 A Martian fictional name. A city-state which possessed a machine capable of projecting holographic images of the past throughout the city, giving it the appearance of being fully populated; described in Leigh Brackett’s ‘The Last Days of Shandakor,’ 1952. Location per 1976 Howes.

Sheev Civitas * * A Vashuvian name. An ancient nation whose technological civilization was destroyed in the Mightiest War against Yaksha; mentioned in Michael Moorcock’s Barbarians of Mars, 1965.

Shun Regio * * A Martian fictional name. A region mentioned in Leigh Brackett’s The Sword of Rhiannon, 1953.

Lower Shun Regio -20 0 A Martian fictional name. A region mentioned in various works by Leigh Brackett. Location per 1976 Howes.

Upper Shun Regio 40 290 A Martian fictional name. A region mentioned in various works by Leigh Brackett. Location per 1976 Howes.


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Origin Usage Sinharat Urbs -31 13 A Martian fictional name. The Forbidden City of the Rama,

described in Leigh Brackett’s ‘The Road to Sinharat,’ 1963. Location per 1976 Howes.

South Colony Urbs -60 * The direction to the left of west. A colonial settlement, the southern hemisphere residence of Jim Marlowe and Frank Sutton, described in Robert A. Heinlein’s Red Planet, 1950, as being between the double canal Strymon, although the Strymon was drawn in the northern hemisphere as a single canal per 1905 Lowell, the only map on which it appeared. Heinlein may have been confused by the early astronomical convention of drawing Martian maps with south at the top.

Space Port Urbs * * The region beyond the atmosphere of a planet.

A spaceport in Novaya Respublica described in Willy Ley’s ‘At the Perihelion,’ 1937.

Spender Hill Collis * * A member of the Fourth Expedition in Ray Bradbury's "--And the Moon Be Still As Bright," The Martian Chronicles, 1950.


Srinai Civitas * * A Vashivian name. A nation allied with the Karnala, mentioned in Michael Moorcock’s Warriors of Mars, 1965.

Steel Town Urbs * * An iron-based alloy. A colonial settlement mentioned in Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Naming of Names,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.


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Origin Usage Sun Lake City Urbs -25 267 Anglicized Solis Lacus. 1) A colonial settlement, the setting for

C. M. Kornbluth and Judith Merril’s, Outpost Mars, 1951. 2) A colonial settlement mentioned in Lin Carter’s The Man Who Loved Mars, 1973.

Syl Flumen -75 270 A Barsoomian name. An underground river running from Tjanath to Ghasta, probably a tributary of the Iss; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Fighting Man of Mars, 1931. Location per Gangale.

Senator Taft Canal

Canalis * * Robert Alphonso Taft (1889–1953), American statesman.

Mentioned in Philip K. Dick’s Martian Time-Slip, 1964.

Tamboina Oasis 25 110 A Martian fictional name. An oasis described in Leigh Brackett’s ‘The Road to Sinharat,’ 1963. Location per 1976 Howes.

Tarak Urbs-civitas 20 46 A Martian fictional name. A city-state mentioned in Leigh Brackett’s The Sword of Rhiannon, 1953. Location per 1976 Howes.

Tenth City Urbs * * Next to the ninth in place, time, value excellence, or degree.

A colonial settlement mentioned in Ray Bradbury’s ‘Interim,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

New Texas City Urbs * * From Texas City, a city in Texas, USA. A colonial settlement described in Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Silent Towns,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

Thark Civitas -25 90 A Barsoomian name. A green Barsoomian kingdom ruled by Tal Hajus until deposed by Tars Tarkas; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars, 1912. Location per Gangale.


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Origin Usage Thark Urbs -25 90 A Barsoomian name. The capital city of the Kingdom of

Thark; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars, 1912. . Location per Gangale.

Thavas Insula 16 275 A Barsoomian name. An island in the Toonolian Marshes west of Toonol, occupied by the scientist Ras Thavas; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Master Mind of Mars, 1927. Location per Gangale.

Throxeus Mare 0 345 A Barsoomian name. The largest of the five ancient oceans on Barsoom, mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Thuvia, Maid of Mars, 1916. Location per Gangale.

Thurd Civitas * * A Barsoomian name. A green Barsoomian kingdom, ancient enemy of Torquas, mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Thuvia, Maid of Mars, 1916.

Tjanath Urbs-civitas -75 290 A Barsoomian name. A red Barsoomian city-state ruled by the jed Haj Osis; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Fighting Man of Mars, 1931. Location per Gangale.

Toonol Civitas 16 275 A Barsoomian name. A red Barsoomian kingdom on the eastern edge of the Toonolian Marshes ruled by the jeddak Vobis Kan, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Master Mind of Mars, 1927. Location per Gangale.


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Palus 30 250 A Barsoomian name. One of the last remnants of the ancient oceans of Barsoom, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Master Mind of Mars, 1927. Location per Gangale.

Toonol Urbs 16 275 A Barsoomian name. The capital city of the Kingdom of Toonol, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Master Mind of Mars, 1927. Location per Gangale.

Gulf of Torquas Sinus -30 40 A Barsoomian name. A former stretch of water described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Fighting Man of Mars, 1931. Location per Gangale.

Torquas Civitas -30 40 A Barsoomian name. A green Barsoomian kingdom ruled by Hortan Gur; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Thuvia, Maid of Mars, 1916. Location per Gangale.

Torquas Urbs -30 40 A Barsoomian name. The capital city of the Kingdom of Torquas, described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Thuvia, Maid of Mars, 1916. Location per Gangale.

U-Gor Regio -40 10 A Barsoomian name. A province of the red Barsoomian Kingdom of Jahar which became overpopulated due to the policies of the jeddak Tul Axtar and whose starving people resorted to cannibalism; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Fighting Man of Mars, 1931. Location per Gangale.

Valkis Urbs-civitas -28 332 A Martian fictional name. The city-state of thieves, described in Leigh Brackett’s The Nemesis From Terra, 1961. Location per 1976 Howes.


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Origin Usage Varl Urbs -15 20 A Martian fictional name. A city mentioned in the works of Leigh

Brackett. Location per 1976 Howes. Varnal Urbs * * A Vashuvian name. Capital city of Karnala, described in

Michael Moorcock’s Warriors of Mars, 1965.

Vladnyar Civitas * * A Vashuvian name. A nation to the north of Navvaash, the original home of Horguhl, mentioned in Michael Moorcock’s Warriors of Mars, 1965.

Walavala Civitas * * A Vashuvian name. A nation near Karnala, mentioned in Michael Moorcock’s Warriors of Mars, 1965.

Henry Wallace Canyon

Chasma * * American politician (1888–1965), 33rd Vice President of the United States (1941-1945).

Described in Philip K. Dick’s Martian Time-Slip, 1964.

Warhoon Civitas -50 105 A Barsoomian name. A green Barsoomian kingdom ruled by Bar Comas until deposed by Dak Kova; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars, 1912. Location per Gangale.

Warhoon Urbs -50 105 A Barsoomian name. The capital city of the Kingdom of Warhoon; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars, 1912. Location per Gangale.

George Washington Canal

Canalis * * American revolutionary general and first president of the United States of America.

Mentioned in Philip K. Dick’s Martian Time-Slip, 1964.

Wilder Town Urbs * * The commander of the Fourth Expedition in Ray Bradbury's "-- And The Moon Be Still As Bright," The Martian Chronicles, 1950.



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Origin Usage Xanator Urbs * * A Barsoomian name. A deserted city in the green

Barsoomian Kingdom of Torquas; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Fighting Man of Mars, 1931.

Xi City Urbs * * A Martian fictional name. A city Mentioned in Ray Bradbury’s ‘Ylla,’ The Martian Chronicles, 1950.

Yaksha Civitas * * A Vashuvian name. An ancient nation whose technological civilization was destroyed in the Mightiest War against Sheev; mentioned in Michael Moorcock’s Barbarians of Mars, 1965.

William Butler Yeats Canal

Canalis * * Irish poet (1865-1939). Mentioned in Philip K. Dick’s Martian Time-Slip, 1964.

Yeolarn Urbs * * A Martian fictional name. A city mentioned in Lin Carter’s The Man Who Loved Mars, 1973.

Ygnarh Urbs * * A Martian fictional name. A ruined city mentioned in Lin Carter’s The Man Who Loved Mars, 1973.

Nathaniel York Town

Urbs * * Nathaniel York, commander in the First Expedition in Ray Bradbury's "Ylla," The Martian Chronicles, 1950.


Zodanga Civitas -30 173 A Barsoomian name. A red Barsoomian kingdom formerly ruled by the jeddak Than Kosis; annexed by Helium, under which it was ruled for a time by the appointed jed Zat Arras; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars, 1912. Location per Gangale.

Zodanga Urbs -30 173 A Barsoomian name. The capital city of the Kingdom of Zodanga; described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars, 1912. Location per Gangale.


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Origin Usage Zor Urbs-civitas -35 115 A Barsoomian name. A city-state annexed by Helium,

formerly ruled by the jed Zu Tith; mentioned in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ ‘Skeleton Men of Jupiter,’ 1943. Locarion per Gangale.

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