User:The Singing Badger/List of albedo features on Mars

This is a list of named albedo features on Mars. These features were originally named by earthbound astronomers and refer to colour differences visible from Earth. The names come from Classical myths and literature.

After these names were created, space probes revealed the geological nature of these features. In general, the old names have been retained, but have often been changed slightly to reflect new knowledge of their nature (for example Nix Olympica became Olympus Mons. Some names are no longer used officially.

In addition many other features on Mars have been given names based on the albedo feature in which they are located; for example the canyon Candor Chasma is named after the albedo feature of Candor, in which it is located.