List of geological features on Ganymede

Geologic Map of Ganymede (February 11, 2014).

This is a list of named geological features on Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter.

Catenae (crater chains)

Name	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter	Year named	Namesake
Enki Catena	38.8N	13.6W	161.3	1997	Principal water god of the Apsu.
Khnum Catena	32.9N	349.1W	66.0	1997	Egyptian creation god.
Nanshe Catena	15.4N	352.9W	103.8	1997	Goddess of springs and canals, daughter of Enki.
Terah Catena	7.1N	277.5W	283.0	2000	Phoenician moon god who battled with Keret in Negeb.

Faculae

Name	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter	Year named	Namesake
Abydos Facula	33.4N	153.4W	180.0	1985	Egyptian town where Osiris was worshipped.
Akhmin Facula	27.7N	189.5W	245.0	1997	Egyptian town where Min was worshipped.
Bigeh Facula	29.0N	94.3W	224.0	2000	Island where Hapi, Egyptian Nile god, resided.
Busiris Facula	15.7N	215.4W	369.0	1985	Town in lower Egypt where Osiris was first installed as local god.
Buto Facula	13.2N	203.5W	245.0	1985	Swamp where Isis hid Osiris' body.
Coptos Facula	9.9N	209.2W	329.0	1985	Early town from which caravans departed.
Dendera Facula	0.0N	257.0W	114.0	1985	Town where Hathor was chief goddess. Name changed to Dendera.
Edfu Facula	25.7N	147.1W	184.0	1985	Egyptian town where Horus was worshipped.
Heliopolis Facula	18.5N	147.2W	50.0	1997	Sacred Egyptian city of the sun.
Hermopolis Facula	22.4N	195.3W	260.0	1997	Place where Unut was worshipped.
Memphis Facula	14.1N	131.9W	361.0	1985	Ancient capital of lower kingdom.
Ombos Facula	4.8N	236.0W	170.0	1985	Egyptian town where Sebek's triad worshipped; present Kom Ombo.
Punt Facula	26.1S	242.2W	228.0	1985	Land east of Egypt where Bes originated. Changed to Punt (crater).
Sais Facula	37.9N	14.2W	137.0	1988	Capital of Egypt in mid-7th century B.C.
Siwah Facula	7.0N	143.1W	220.0	1985	Oasis oracle of Zeus-Ammon; visited by Alexander.
Tettu Facula	37.6N	161.2W	189.0	1985	Egyptian town where Hatmenit and Osiris were worshipped.
Thebes Facula	7.1N	202.4W	360.0	1985	Ancient capital of upper kingdom.

Fossae (ditches)

Name	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter	Year named	Namesake
Lakhamu Fossa	11.6S	227.7W	370.0	1985	Dragon monster, or divine natural force produced by Apsu and Tiamat.
Lakhmu Fossae	50.4N	128.0W	3,700.0	1985	Dragon monster, or divine natural force produced by Apsu and Tiamat.
Zu Fossae	38.5N	150.5W	2,900.0	1985	Dragon of chaos slain by Marduk.

Regiones

Name	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter	Year named	Namesake
Barnard Regio	10.7S	19.0W	3,200.0	1979	Edward E.; American astronomer (1857-1923).
Galileo Regio	47.0N	129.6W	5,000.0	1979	Italian astronomer (1564-1642).
Marius Regio	6.8N	181.2W	4,000.0	1979	Simon; German astronomer (1570-1624).
Nicholson Regio	33.5S	4.8W	3,900.0	1979	Seth Barnes; American astronomer (1891-1963).
Perrine Regio	33.2N	32.6W	3,800.0	1979	Charles D.; American astronomer (1867-1951).

Sulci

Name	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter	Year named	Namesake
Akitu Sulcus	38.9N	194.3W	365.0	1997	Where Marduk's statue was carried each year.
Anshar Sulcus	18.0N	197.9W	1,372.0	1979	Assyro-Babylonian; celestial-world home of Lakhmu and Lakhamu.
Apsu Sulci	39.4S	234.7W	1,950.0	1979	Sumero-Akkadian; primordial ocean.
Aquarius Sulcus	52.4N	3.9W	1,420.0	1979	Greek; Zeus set Ganymede among the stars as the constellation of Aquarius, the water carrier.
Arbela Sulcus	21.1S	349.8W	1,940.0	1985	Assyrian town where Ishtar was worshipped.
Bubastis Sulci	72.3S	282.9W	2,651.0	1988	Town in Egypt where Bast was worshipped.
Byblus Sulcus	37.9N	199.9W	645.0	1997	Ancient Phoenician city where Adonis was worshipped.
Dardanus Sulcus	46.9S	17.5W	2,988.0	1979	Greek; where Ganymede was abducted by Zeus disguised as an eagle.
Dukug Sulcus	83.5N	3.8W	385.0	1985	Sumerian holy cosmic chamber of the gods.
Elam Sulci	58.2N	200.3W	1,855.0	1985	Ancient Babylonian seat of sun worship, in present-day Iran.
Erech Sulcus	7.3S	179.2W	953.0	1985	Akkadian town that was built by Marduk.
Harpagia Sulcus	11.7S	318.7W	1,792.0	1985	Greek; where Ganymede was abducted by an eagle.
Hursag Sulcus	9.7S	233.1W	750.0	1985	Sumerian mountain where winds dwell.
Kishar Sulcus	6.4S	216.6W	1,187.0	1979	Assyro-Babylonian; terrestrial-world home of Lakhmu and Lakhamu.
Lagash Sulcus	10.9S	163.2W	1,575.0	1985	Early Babylonian town.
Larsa Sulcus	3.8N	248.7W	1,000.0	2000	Sumerian town.
Mashu Sulcus	29.8N	205.7W	2,960.0	1979	Assyro-Babylonian; mountain with twin peaks where sun rose and set.
Mysia Sulci	7.0S	7.9W	5,066.0	1979	Greek; where Ganymede was abducted by an eagle.
Nineveh Sulcus	23.5N	53.1W	1,700.0	1997	City where Ishtar was worshipped.
Nippur Sulcus	36.9N	185.0W	1,425.0	1985	Sumerian city.
Nun Sulci	49.5N	316.4W	1,500.0	1979	Egyptian; chaos; primordial ocean; held germ of all things.
Philae Sulcus	65.5N	169.0W	900.0	1997	Temple that was the chief sanctuary of Isis.
Philus Sulcus	44.1N	209.5W	465.0	1979	Greek; where Ganymede and Hebe were worshipped as rain-givers.
Phrygia Sulcus	12.4N	23.5W	3,700.0	1979	Greek; kingdom in Asia Minor where Ganymede was born.
Shuruppak Sulcus	19.3S	232.2W	2,800.0	2000	Assyro-Babylonian town on the banks of the Euphrates River where the gods planned the great flood.
Sicyon Sulcus	32.7N	18.5W	2,125.0	1979	Greek; where Ganymede and Hebe were worshipped as rain-givers.
Sippar Sulcus	15.4S	189.3W	1,508.0	1985	Ancient Babylonian town.
Tiamat Sulcus	3.4N	208.5W	1,330.0	1979	Assyro-Babylonian; tumultuous sea from which everything was generated.
Umma Sulcus	4.1N	250.0W	1,270.0	2000	Sumerian town.
Ur Sulcus	49.8N	177.5W	1,145.0	1985	Ancient Sumerian seat of moon worship.
Uruk Sulcus	0.8N	160.3W	2,200.0	1979	Babylonian city ruled by Gilgamesh.
Xibalba Sulcus	43.8N	71.1W	2,200.0	1997	Mayan "place of fright"; destination of those who escaped violent death.

See also

• List of quadrangles on Ganymede

References

• USGS nomenclature for Ganymede