North Polar Basin (Mars)
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The North Polar Basin is a large basin in the northern region on Mars. In the named for the North Polar Basin on Earth, due to its similar location. Chryse Planitia, the landing site of the Viking 1 lander, is a bay which empties into this basin.
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- Martel, L.M.V. (June, 2001), "Outflow Channels May Make a Case for a Bygone Ocean on Mars", Planetary Science Research Discoveries. http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/June01/MarsChryse.html. (retrieved 17 August 2005)
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