Marte Vallis is a valley in the Amazonis quadrangle of Mars, located at 15 North and 176.5 West.
[2] It has been identified as an outflow channel, carved in the geological past by catastrophic release of water from aquifers beneath the Martian surface.
[3] The surface material is thought to have been created out of 'a'ā and pāhoehoe lava flows from the Elysium volcanic province in the west.
[4] Marte Vallis is the site of the first discovery of columnar jointing on Mars.
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