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Gallifrey Macula

An annotated map of Charon, with Gallifrey Macula to the north west of Vulcan Planitia
Feature type	Macula
Location	Charon
Coordinates	25°N 25°W / 25°N 25°W / 25; -25
Discoverer	New Horizons

Gallifrey Macula /ˈɡælɪfreɪ/ is a dark surface feature on Pluto's moon Charon. It is named after the fictional planet Gallifrey in the television series Doctor Who. As a further homage to Doctor Who, Gallifrey Macula is bisected by Tardis Chasma.

References

1. "Global map of Charon". Retrieved 25 April 2018.
2. "Name Descriptions 2015-07-28 - Google Sheets". docs.google.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016.

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Geography (features)	Regions Gallifrey Mordor Oz Vulcan Mountains Kubrick Mons Chasms Caleuche Chasma Mandjet Chasma Nostromo Chasma Serenity Chasma Craters Dorothy Kirk Nasreddin Organa Pirx Ripley Vader
Astronomy	Discovery James Christy NOFS General Double planet Moons of Pluto Kuiper belt Trans-Neptunian object
Related	In mythology In fiction

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