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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 2016.
Catenae (crater chains) [ ]
Name
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter
Year named
Namesake
Enki Catena
38.84N
13.86W
160
1997
Enki , Principal water god of the Apsu.
32.9N
349.27W
66
1997
Khnum , Egyptian creation god.
15.4N
352.9W
103.8
1997
Goddess of springs and canals, daughter of Enki.
7.1N
277.6W
283
2000
Phoenician moon god who battled with Keret in Negeb.
Faculae [ ]
Name
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter
Year named
Namesake
33.4N
153.4W
180
1985
Abydos , Egyptian town where Osiris was worshipped.
27.7N
189.5W
245
1997
Akhmim , Egyptian town where Min was worshipped.
29.0N
94.3W
224
2000
Bigeh , island where Hapi, Egyptian Nile god, resided.
15.7N
215.4W
369
1985
Busiris , town in lower Egypt where Osiris was first installed as local god.
13.2N
203.5W
245
1985
Swamp where Isis hid Osiris' body.
9.9N
209.2W
329
1985
Coptos , early town from which caravans departed.
25.7N
147.1W
184
1985
Edfu , Egyptian town where Horus was worshipped.
18.5N
147.2W
50
1997
Heliopolis , sacred Egyptian city of the sun.
22.4N
195.3W
260
1997
Hermopolis , place where Unut was worshipped.
Memphis Facula
14.1N
131.9W
361
1985
Memphis , ancient capital of lower kingdom.
7.0N
143.1W
220
1985
Siwa , oasis oracle of Zeus-Ammon; visited by Alexander.
37.6N
161.2W
189
1985
Egyptian town where Hatmenit and Osiris were worshipped.
7.1N
202.4W
360
1985
Thebes , ancient capital of upper kingdom.
Fossae (ditches) [ ]
Name
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter
Year named
Namesake
11.6S
227.7W
370
1985
Dragon monster, or divine natural force produced by Apsu and Tiamat.
50.4N
128.0W
3,700
1985
Lahmu , dragon monster, or divine natural force produced by Apsu and Tiamat.
38.5N
150.5W
2,900
1985
Anzû (Zu) , dragon of chaos slain by Marduk.
Paterae [ ]
Regiones [ ]
Name
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter
Year named
Namesake
6.8S
11.6W
3,200
1979
Edward E. ; American astronomer (1857-1923).
Galileo Regio
45N
127W
4,440
1979
Galileo Galilei , Italian astronomer (1564-1642).
2.5N
187.7W
4,940
1979
Simon ; German astronomer (1570-1624).
12S
245W
4,100
2013
Philibert Jacques ; British astronomer (1880-1961).
Nicholson Regio
33.1S
6.4W
3,900
1979
Seth Barnes ; American astronomer (1891-1963).
34N
28W
3,800
1979
Charles D. ; American astronomer (1867-1951).
Sulci [ ]
Name
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter
Year named
Namesake
38.9N
194.3W
365
1997
Where Marduk's statue was carried each year.
18.0N
197.9W
1,372
1979
Assyro-Babylonian; celestial-world home of Lakhmu and Lakhamu.
39.4S
234.7W
1,950
1979
Sumero-Akkadian; primordial ocean.
52.4N
3.9W
1,420
1979
Greek; Zeus set Ganymede among the stars as the constellation of Aquarius, the water carrier.
21.1S
349.8W
1,940
1985
Assyrian town where Ishtar was worshipped.
72.3S
282.9W
2,651
1988
Town in Egypt where Bast was worshipped.
37.9N
199.9W
645
1997
Ancient Phoenician city where Adonis was worshipped.
46.9S
17.5W
2,988
1979
Greek; where Ganymede was abducted by Zeus disguised as an eagle.
83.5N
3.8W
385
1985
Sumerian holy cosmic chamber of the gods.
58.2N
200.3W
1,855
1985
Ancient Babylonian seat of sun worship, in present-day Iran.
7.3S
179.2W
953
1985
Akkadian town that was built by Marduk.
11.7S
318.7W
1,792
1985
Greek; where Ganymede was abducted by an eagle.
9.7S
233.1W
750
1985
Sumerian mountain where winds dwell.
6.4S
216.6W
1,187
1979
Assyro-Babylonian; terrestrial-world home of Lakhmu and Lakhamu.
10.9S
163.2W
1,575
1985
Early Babylonian town.
3.8N
248.7W
1,000
2000
Sumerian town.
29.8N
205.7W
2,960
1979
Assyro-Babylonian; mountain with twin peaks where sun rose and set.
7.0S
7.9W
5,066
1979
Greek; where Ganymede was abducted by an eagle.
23.5N
53.1W
1,700
1997
City where Ishtar was worshipped.
36.9N
185.0W
1,425
1985
Sumerian city.
49.5N
316.4W
1,500
1979
Egyptian; chaos; primordial ocean; held germ of all things.
65.5N
169.0W
900
1997
Temple that was the chief sanctuary of Isis.
44.1N
209.5W
465
1979
Greek; where Ganymede and Hebe were worshipped as rain-givers.
12.4N
23.5W
3,700
1979
Greek; kingdom in Asia Minor where Ganymede was born.
19.3S
232.2W
2,800
2000
Assyro-Babylonian town on the banks of the Euphrates River where the gods planned the great flood.
32.7N
18.5W
2,125
1979
Greek; where Ganymede and Hebe were worshipped as rain-givers.
15.4S
189.3W
1,508
1985
Ancient Babylonian town.
3.4N
208.5W
1,330
1979
Assyro-Babylonian; tumultuous sea from which everything was generated.
4.1N
250.0W
1,270
2000
Sumerian town.
49.8N
177.5W
1,145
1985
Ancient Sumerian seat of moon worship.
Uruk Sulcus
0.8N
160.3W
2,200
1979
Babylonian city ruled by Gilgamesh.
43.8N
71.1W
2,200
1997
Mayan "place of fright"; destination of those who escaped violent death.
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