Term used in naming geographic features on other planets (or moons). It describes a large basin or low plain.

The most famous one likely being Utopia Planitia on Mars, this is a real place but is best known as a major ship yard in the fictional Star Trek universe. In the real world, the U.S. Viking 2 landed on Utopia Planitia in September of 1976.

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