Banff on Mars
I was reading through one of the local papers this week and came across an article titled "Banff now literally out of this world"... shall I go on?
Apparently way back in 1976 the International Astronomical Union committee approved naming a crater on Mars "Banff" after our beautiful little mountain town. Mayor John Stutz is quoted as saying "My understanding is that it's the most beautiful mountainous crater on the whole planet, so what a great fit because that's certainly what we are about in Banff."
Wikipedia states that there are hundreds of thousands of craters on Mars, but only some of them have names. If they are less then 60km in diameter then they are named after towns on earth. The Banff crater is 5km in diameter.
For full crater details and a map with Banff crater marked check out MarsMap.net
For a full list of named craters on Mars check out Wikipedia
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