Melas Chasma

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Melas Chasma is a canyon on Mars, the widest segment of the Valles Marineris canyon system, and thought to be an ideal site for a human colony given that it has the highest air pressure of any site on the planet.

It is located east of Ius Chasma at 9.8°S, 283.6°E in Coprates quadrangle.