List of geological features on Ceres

Official Nomenclature of Ceres
(August 2015)

The IAU has adopted two themes for naming surface features on Ceres: agriculture deities for craters and agricultural festivals for everything else.

As of October 2015, the IAU has approved names for 83 geological features on Ceres: craters, montes, catenae, rupēs, plana, tholi and planitiae.

Piazzi, named after Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres, is a dark region southwest of Dantu crater in ground-based images that was named before Dawn arrived at Ceres.

Craters

Nomenclature map (September 2015)
Elevations (red=high; blue=low)

Ceres is saturated with impact craters. Many have a central pit or bright spot.

In the first batch of 17 names approved by the IAU, craters north of 20° north latitude had names beginning with A–G (with Asari being the furthest north), those between 20° north and south latitude beginning with H–R, and those further south beginning with S–Z (with Zadeni being the furthest south).

Feature	Named after	Diameter (km)	Image
Abellio	Abellio, Gaul (Celtic) god of the apple tree	32
Achita	Tiv god of agriculture	41
Annona	Annona, Roman goddess of crops and of the harvest	60
Anura	Arawak (Guyana) spirit of the tobacco seeds	38
Asari	Assyrian god of agriculture (in the image at right, Asari is just above center)	52
Attis	Attis, Greek and Phrygian god of vegetation and of fertility	23
Azacca	Azaka Medeh, Haitian loa of agriculture (Close-up Image-1; Close-up Image-2)	50
Belun	Belarus god of the fields	37
Besua	Besuā, a minor Egyptian grain god	17
Bonsu	Batek (Malaysia) god who watches over the fruits and flowers	31
Chaminuka	Shona (Zimbabwe) spirit who provides rains in times of droughts	120
Coniraya	Coniraya, Inca lunar deity responsible for agricultural terracing and irrigation	136
Consus	Consus, ancient Roman agricultural god who watched over the harvested and stored crop.	64
Cozobi	Cozobi, Zapotec (south Mexico) god of maize and of abundant food	23
Dada	Nigerian god of vegetables	12
Dantu	Dantu, Ga god associated with the planting of grain (Close-up Image-1; Close-up Image-2)	125
Darzamat	Darzamate or Dārza-māte; Latvian spirit, 'mother of the garden'	94
Datan	Polish god of the tilling of the soil (Close-up Image-1; Close-up Image-2))	60
Doliku	Dahomeyan (Benin) god of the fields	15
Ernutet	Ernutet, Egyptian cobra-headed goddess of the harvest	57
Ezinu	Sumerian goddess of grain (Close-up Image-1; Close-up Image-2; Close-up Image-3)	120
Fejokoo	Aboh (Igbo) deity who provided the yam (in the image at right, Fejokoo is just right of center) (Close-up Image)	70
Fluusa	Oscan (ancient southern Italy) goddess of flowers, counterpart of the Roman goddess Flora.	58
Gaue	Germanic goddess to whom offerings are made for the rye harvest	84
Geshtin	Sumerian goddess of the grapevine and wine	77
Ghanan	Chanan, Tzeltal god of maize	70
Hamori	Japanese god, protector of tree leaves (Close-up Image)	60
Haulani	Hau-lani, Hawaiian plant goddess (Context Image)	34	100px
Heneb	Early Egyptian god of grain, produce and vineyards	41
Homshuk	Sierra Popoluca (south Mexico) spirit of corn (maize)	68
Ikapati	Lakapati or Ikapati, Tagalog goddess of the cultivated lands (Close-up Image)	50
Inamahari	One of a pair (male and female) of Siouan (South Carolina, perhaps Catawba) deities invoked for success at the sowing season	76
Insitor	Insitor, helper god of Ceres and Roman agricultural deity in charge of the sowing	27
Jaja	Abkhaz harvest goddess	21
Jarimba	Yarimba, Antakirinya (Australia) god of flowers and fruit	69
Jarovit	Jarovit (Yarovit), proto-Slavic god of fertility and harvest, who comes down to the Underworld after each harvest and returns each spring (Close-up Image)	66
Juling	Sakai/Orang Asli (Malaysia) spirit of the crops (Close-up Image)	20
Kaikara	Konjo and Banyoro (Uganda) goddess of harvest	75
Kait	Hattic goddess of grain (Asia Minor). Defines zero degrees longitude on Ceres	0.4
Kerwan	Hopi spirit of the sprouting maize	284
Kirnis	Kirnis, Lithuanian spirit and guardian of cherry trees (in the image at right, Kirnis is near the terminator at 4 o'clock from the bright spots)	115
Kondos	Finnish agricultural deity	43.5
Kumitoga [kumiˈtoŋa]	Kumitoga (Kumitonga), Tuamotuan goddess of feasting mats and one of three goddesses of plant life	98
Kupalo	Russian (Slavic) god of vegetation and of the harvest	26
Liber	Liber, Roman god of agriculture	23
Lono	Lono, Hawaiian god of agriculture	20
Meanderi	Ngaing (New Guinea) goddess of taro, sugar cane and other foods (Close-up Image)	103
Messor	Messor, helper god of Ceres and Roman god of harvesting, of cutting of the grain (Close-up Image)	40
Mondamin	Ojibwe corn (maize) god (Lake Superior area, Canada and the United States) (Close-up Image-1; Close-up Image-2)	128
Nawish	Acoma guardian of the field	79
Ninsar	Ninsar, Sumerian goddess of plants and vegetation	40
Occator	Occator, helper god of Ceres and Roman agricultural deity of the harrowing "Region A" in ground-based images (Close-up Image-1; Close-up Image-2; Close-up Image-3; Close-up Image-4; Close-up Image-5)	92
Oltagon	Philippine agricultural goddess	28
Omonga	Mori (Tomori) rice spirit that dwells in the Moon	77
Oxo [ˈoʃu]	Candomblé (and Yoruba) god of agriculture (Context Image)	15	100px
Piuku	Carib (Barama River, Guyana) god of the manioc	31
Rao	Mangarevan god involved in the planting of turmeric	12
Rongo	Rongo, Maori god of cultivation	68
Roskva	Teutonic goddess who symbolises the ripe fields of harvest	22
Sekhet	Egyptian name of Isis as goddess of cultivated lands and fields	41
Shakaema	Shakaëma, Jivaro (Ecuador and Peru) god of vegetation invoked in the planting and cultivation of bananas	49
Sintana	Kogi deity who produced fertile black earth (Close-up Image-1; Close-up Image-2)	61
Tahu	Maori (New Zealand) personification of all food	25
Tafakula	Tongan (Polynesia) goddess invoked for favourable seasons for the crops	34
Takel	Yak Takel, Semang goddess of the tuber harvest	21
Tibong	Land Dayak (Borneo) malevolent spirit who devours and depletes the rice	37
Toharu	Pawnee god of food and vegetation (Close-up Image)	87
Tupo	An obscure Mangarevan god of disorder (perhaps the same as Tu or Tupa), involved in turmeric planting (Close-up Image)	37
Urvara	Ancient titular deity of plants (Iranian) and fertile fields (Indian)	163
Victa	Roman goddess of food and nourishment	30
Vinotonus	Britonic god of the vine (wine)	140
Yalode	Dahomeyan goddess worshipped by women at harvest rites (Close-up Image-1; Close-up Image-2)	271
Zadeni	Zadeni, ancient Georgian god of bountiful harvests (Close-up Image)	129

Montes

Feature	Named after	Diameter (km)	Image
Ahuna Mons	Ahuna, the Sumi (Nagaland, northeast India) traditional post-harvest festival that signifies the celebration of the season's harvest's thanksgiving (Close-up Image)	20
Liberalia Mons	Liberalia, ancient Roman festival to honour Liber and Libera, deities of the vine, worshipped, along with Ceres as fertility gods, held on 17 March	90
Ysolo Mons	Ysolo, the Albanian festival marking the first day of the eggplant harvest	17

Catenae

Feature	Named after	Diameter (km)	Image
Gerber Catena	Udmurt (Volga-Ural region, Russia) agricultural festival after the spring sowing in June	100
Samhain Catena	Samhain, the Gaelic festival at the end of the harvest season, which was observed in Ireland and Scotland during seven days in October and November, nearly halfway between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice	168

Rupēs

Feature	Named after	Diameter (km)	Image
Niman Rupes	Hopi (southwestern United States) ritual ending the kachina (spiritual beings) season, celebrating the kachinas' return to their spiritual home in July and their part in the blossoming of plant life	45

Plana

Feature	Named after	Diameter (km)	Image
Erntedank Planum	Also Erntedanktag or Erntedankfest, harvest thanksgiving festival in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in September or October	555

Tholi

Feature	Named after	Diameter (km)	Image
Dalien Tholus	Bon Dalien, Khmer (Cambodia) festival at the end of the rice harvest (January to February)	22
Wangala Tholus	Garo people (Meghalaya and Assam states, northeast India and Bangladesh) post-harvest three-day festival that marks the end of the agricultural year (November)	50

Planitiae

Feature	Named after	Diameter (km)	Image
Vendimia Planitia	The Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia grape harvest festival in Mendoza, Argentina during the first week of March, one of the most important festivals in the country	750

Bright spots

Main article: Bright spots on Ceres

Number	Location	Image
1	In Haulani crater	100px
2	Near Dantu crater	100px
3	East of Toharu crater
4	Probably south of Nawish crater
5	In Occator crater