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{{Short description|Martian mesa}}
{{Infobox feature on celestial object
|name        = Sacra Mensa
|image       = Kasei Valles topolabled.JPG
|caption     = Map of the northern [[Astronomy:Kasei Valles|Kasei Valles]] region.  Map location is in [[Astronomy:Lunae Palus quadrangle|Lunae Palus quadrangle]]. Sacra Mensa is the highland located between North Kasei Channel and Kasei Valles Canyon. Flow was from bottom left to right. Image is approx. 1600 km across, and the channel system extends another 1200 km south of this image to [[Astronomy:Echus Chasma|Echus Chasma]].
|type        = Mensa
|coordinates = {{coord|24.6|N|66.5|W|globe:mars_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
}}'''Sacra Mensa''' is a mesa in the [[Astronomy:Lunae Palus quadrangle|Lunae Palus quadrangle]] of Mars, located between the northern and southern channels of the [[Astronomy:Kasei Valles|Kasei Valles]].<ref>[http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20061128a THEMIS]</ref> Located roughly 66.5° west longitude and 24.6° north latitude, the mesa is a highland between two deep outflow valleys. The mesa is located just west of the [[Astronomy:Sharonov (Martian crater)|Sharonov]] impact crater.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Mars_Express/SEMH916LARE_1.html Kasei Valles outflow channel system] - [[Organization:European Space Agency|European Space Agency]]
*[http://spaceinimages.esa.int/Images/2013/06/Kasei_Valles_mosaic Kasei Valles mosaic] (ESA)

{{Geography of Mars}}


[[Category:Lunae Palus quadrangle]]

{{Sourceattribution|Sacra Mensa}}