This compressed resolution radar mosaic from Magellan at 49 degrees north latitude, 165 degrees east longitude with dimensions of 460 x 460 kilometers (285 x 285 miles), shows a 600 kilometer (360 mile) segment of the longest channel discovered on Venus to date. The channel is approximately 1.8 kilometers (1.1 miles) wide. At over 7000 kilometers (4200 miles) long, it is over several hundred kilometers longer than the Nile River, Earth's longest river; thus, making it the longest known channel in the solar system. Both ends of the channel are obscured, however, so its original length is unknown.
