List of geological features on Ganymede
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This is a list of named geological features, except craters, on Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter. The list is complete as of August 2022.
Catenae (crater chains)
[edit | edit source]| Name | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Date | Namesake | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enki Catena | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 160 | 1997 | Enki, Principal water god of the Apsu. | WGPSN |
| Khnum Catena | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 66 | 1997 | Khnum, Egyptian creation god. | WGPSN |
| Nanshe Catena | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 103.8 | 1997 | Goddess of springs and canals, daughter of Enki. | WGPSN |
| Terah Catena | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 283 | 2000 | Phoenician moon god who battled with Keret in Negeb. | WGPSN |
Faculae
[edit | edit source]| Name | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Date | Namesake | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abydos Facula | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 180 | 1985 | Abydos, Egyptian town where Osiris was worshipped. | WGPSN |
| Akhmin Facula | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 245 | 1997 | Akhmim, Egyptian town where Min was worshipped. | WGPSN |
| Bigeh Facula | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 224 | 2000 | Bigeh, island where Hapi, Egyptian Nile god, resided. | WGPSN |
| Busiris Facula | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 369 | 1985 | Busiris, town in lower Egypt where Osiris was first installed as local god. | WGPSN |
| Buto Facula | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 245 | 1985 | Swamp where Isis hid Osiris' body. | WGPSN |
| Coptos Facula | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 329 | 1985 | Coptos, early town from which caravans departed. | WGPSN |
| Edfu Facula | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 184 | 1985 | Edfu, Egyptian town where Horus was worshipped. | WGPSN |
| Heliopolis Facula | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 50 | 1997 | Heliopolis, sacred Egyptian city of the sun. | WGPSN |
| Hermopolis Facula | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 260 | 1997 | Hermopolis, place where Unut was worshipped. | WGPSN |
| Memphis Facula | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 361 | 1985 | Memphis, ancient capital of lower kingdom. | WGPSN |
| Siwah Facula | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 220 | 1985 | Siwa, oasis oracle of Zeus-Ammon; visited by Alexander. | WGPSN |
| Tettu Facula | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 189 | 1985 | Egyptian town where Hatmenit and Osiris were worshipped. | WGPSN |
| Thebes Facula | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 360 | 1985 | Thebes, ancient capital of upper kingdom. | WGPSN |
Fossae (ditches)
[edit | edit source]| Name | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Date | Namesake | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakhamu Fossa | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 370 | 1985 | Dragon monster, or divine natural force produced by Apsu and Tiamat. | WGPSN |
| Lakhmu Fossae | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 3,700 | 1985 | Lahmu, dragon monster, or divine natural force produced by Apsu and Tiamat. | WGPSN |
| Zu Fossae | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 2,900 | 1985 | Anzû (Zu), dragon of chaos slain by Marduk. | WGPSN |
Paterae
[edit | edit source]| Name | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Date | Namesake | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammamat Patera | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 45 | 2015 | Wadi Hammamat in Egypt, associated with petroglyphs and ancient mining. | WGPSN |
| Hamra Patera | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 43 | 2015 | Wadi in Jordan, associated with red sandstone cliffs and ancient copper mines. | WGPSN |
| Musa Patera | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 69 | 2015 | Wadi Musa in Jordan, proximal to Petra archeological site. | WGPSN |
| Natrun Patera | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 37.5 | 2015 | Wadi El Natrun in Egypt, site of ancient monasteries, proximal to site of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's aircraft crash that inspired the novella “The Little Prince”. | WGPSN |
| Rum Patera | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 38 | 2015 | Wadi Rum in Jordan associated with travels of T. E. Lawrence, petroglyphs, and several Neolithic sites. | WGPSN |
| Yaroun Patera | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 96 | 2015 | Wadi Yaroun in Lebanon, Neolithic archaeological site. | WGPSN |
Regiones
[edit | edit source]| Name | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Date | Namesake | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnard Regio | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 3,200 | 1979 | Edward E.; American astronomer (1857–1923). | WGPSN |
| Galileo Regio | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 4,440 | 1979 | Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer (1564–1642). | WGPSN |
| Marius Regio | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 4,940 | 1979 | Simon; German astronomer (1570–1624). | WGPSN |
| Melotte Regio | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 4,100 | 2013 | Philibert Jacques; British astronomer (1880–1961). | WGPSN |
| Nicholson Regio | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 3,900 | 1979 | Seth Barnes; American astronomer (1891–1963). | WGPSN |
| Perrine Regio | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 3,800 | 1979 | Charles D.; American astronomer (1867–1951). | WGPSN |
Sulci
[edit | edit source]| Name | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Date | Namesake | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akitu Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 365 | 1997 | Where Marduk's statue was carried each year. | WGPSN |
| Anshar Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 1,372 | 1979 | Assyro-Babylonian; celestial-world home of Lakhmu and Lakhamu. | WGPSN |
| Apsu Sulci | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 1,950 | 1979 | Sumero-Akkadian; primordial ocean. | WGPSN |
| Aquarius Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 1,420 | 1979 | Greek; Zeus set Ganymede among the stars as the constellation of Aquarius, the water carrier. | WGPSN |
| Arbela Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 1,940 | 1985 | Assyrian town where Ishtar was worshipped. | WGPSN |
| Babylon Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 3,100 | July 29, 2013 | Assyro-Babylonian town in the land known as Akkad. | WGPSN |
| Borsippa Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 3,300 | July 29, 2013 | Akkadian town, location of the Sumerian god Nabu's principal sanctuary | WGPSN |
| Bubastis Sulci | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 2,651 | 1988 | Town in Egypt where Bast was worshipped. | WGPSN |
| Byblus Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 645 | 1997 | Ancient Phoenician city where Adonis was worshipped. | WGPSN |
| Dardanus Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 2,988 | 1979 | Greek; where Ganymede was abducted by Zeus disguised as an eagle. | WGPSN |
| Dukug Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 385 | 1985 | Sumerian holy cosmic chamber of the gods. | WGPSN |
| Elam Sulci | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 1,855 | 1985 | Ancient Babylonian seat of sun worship, in present-day Iran. | WGPSN |
| Erech Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 953 | 1985 | Akkadian town that was built by Marduk. | WGPSN |
| Harpagia Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 1,792 | 1985 | Greek; where Ganymede was abducted by an eagle. | WGPSN |
| Hursag Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 750 | 1985 | Sumerian mountain where winds dwell. | WGPSN |
| Kishar Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 1,187 | 1979 | Assyro-Babylonian; terrestrial-world home of Lakhmu and Lakhamu. | WGPSN |
| Lagash Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 1,575 | 1985 | Early Babylonian town. | WGPSN |
| Larsa Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 1,000 | 2000 | Sumerian town. | WGPSN |
| Mashu Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 2,960 | 1979 | Assyro-Babylonian; mountain with twin peaks where sun rose and set. | WGPSN |
| Mummu Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 2,680 | July 29, 2013 | Assyro-Babylonian; the tumult of the waves at the place where the waters of primordial freshwater ocean Apsu and salt sea Tiamat are mingled. | WGPSN |
| Mysia Sulci | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 5,066 | 1979 | Greek; where Ganymede was abducted by an eagle. | WGPSN |
| Nineveh Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 1,700 | 1997 | City where Ishtar was worshipped. | WGPSN |
| Nippur Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 1,425 | 1985 | Sumerian city. | WGPSN |
| Nun Sulci | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 1,500 | 1979 | Egyptian; chaos; primordial ocean; held germ of all things. | WGPSN |
| Philae Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 900 | 1997 | Temple that was the chief sanctuary of Isis. | WGPSN |
| Philus Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 465 | 1979 | Greek; where Ganymede and Hebe were worshipped as rain-givers. | WGPSN |
| Phrygia Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 3,700 | 1979 | Greek; kingdom in Asia Minor where Ganymede was born. | WGPSN |
| Shuruppak Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 2,800 | 2000 | Assyro-Babylonian town on the banks of the Euphrates River where the gods planned the great flood. | WGPSN |
| Sicyon Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 2,125 | 1979 | Greek; where Ganymede and Hebe were worshipped as rain-givers. | WGPSN |
| Sippar Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 1,508 | 1985 | Ancient Babylonian town. | WGPSN |
| Tiamat Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 1,330 | 1979 | Assyro-Babylonian; tumultuous sea from which everything was generated. | WGPSN |
| Umma Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 1,270 | 2000 | Sumerian town. | WGPSN |
| Ur Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 1,145 | 1985 | Ancient Sumerian seat of moon worship. | WGPSN |
| Uruk Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 2,200 | 1979 | Babylonian city ruled by Gilgamesh. | WGPSN |
| Xibalba Sulcus | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | 2,200 | 1997 | Mayan "place of fright"; destination of those who escaped violent death. | WGPSN |
See also
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