Syrtis

Kaiser Sea and the Hour Glass Sea, but is now usually termed Syrtis

To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Mark Wicks

This great dark spot here, called the Syrtis Major, is to the right of the center, and here you see it three hours later to the left of the center, thus showing the rotation of the planet on its axis, producing day and night.

Photographing the Sky 1920

We have coasted along past Carmel and Joppa, and, after narrowly escaping being driven in a storm on the dangerous quicksand called the Syrtis, we have entered one of the mouths of the Nile.

Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt James Baikie 1898

This feature is part of a Martian shield volcano known as Syrtis Major, near the northwest rim of a giant impact basin called Isidis Planitia.

Cosmic Log 2010

The plumes were detected over locales that show either evidence of ancient ground ice or the flow of liquid water, including an area east of Arabia Terra, the Nili Fossae region and the southeast quadrant of an ancient volcano called Syrtis Major.

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The natives of the place moreover said that this lake had an outlet under ground to the Syrtis which is in Libya, turning towards the interior of the continent upon the Western side and running along by the mountain which is above Memphis.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

The natives of the place moreover said that this lake had an outlet under ground to the Syrtis which is in Libya, turning towards the interior of the continent upon the Western side and running along by the mountain which is above Memphis.

An Account of Egypt: Being the Second Book of His Histories Called Euterpe. Paras. 60-77 Herodotus 1909

The natives of the place moreover said that this lake had an outlet under ground to the Syrtis which is in Libya, turning towards the interior of the continent upon the Western side and running along by the mountain which is above Memphis.

The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883

The natives of the place moreover said that this lake had an outlet under ground to the Syrtis which is in

An Account of Egypt 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883

In 1659 the Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens produced the first drawing that shows a known Martian feature, a roughly triangular dark blotch that appears on the planet’s face, today known as Syrtis Major.

The Case for Mars Robert Zubrin 1996