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List of geological features on Enceladus
List of geological features on Enceladus
Planitia Diyar Planitia Sarandib Planitia Dorsum Cufa Dorsa Ebony Dorsum Sulcus Alexandria Sulcus Baghdad Sulcus Cairo Sulcus Camphor Sulcus Cashmere Sulci Damascus Sulcus Hamah Sulci Harran Sulci Labtayt Sulci Láhej Sulci Mosul Sulci Samarkand Sulci Named after Diyar Serendib Named after Cufa Ebony Named after Alexandria, Egypt Baghdad, Iraq Cairo, Egypt Camphor Kashmir Damascus, Syria Hama, Syria Harran, Turkey Labtayt, possibly Leptis Magna Lahij, Yemen Mosul, Iraq Samarkand, Uzbekistan
This is a list of named geological features on Enceladus. Geological features on Enceladus are named after people and places from the Arabian Nights, a collection from folk tales from the Middle East.
Sulci
Sulci are long, parallel grooves. Enceladean sulci are named after the locations of events in the One Thousand and One Nights.
Planitiae
Enceladean plains are called planitiae. They are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
Fossae
Fossae are ditches or trenches. Enceladean fossae are named after the locations of events in the One Thousand and One Nights.
Dorsa
Enceladean ridges are called dorsa. They are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
Craters
Enceladean craters are named after characters in the One Thousand and One Nights.
See also
• List of quadrangles on Enceladus
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Fossa Anbar Fossae Bassorah Fossa Daryabar Fossa Isbanir Fossa Khorasan Fossa
List of geological features on Enceladus
Named after Anbar, Iraq Basra, Iraq Daryabar Isbanir Khorasan • Labeled Enceladus Map
External links
• USGS: Enceladus nomenclature
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Crater Ahmad Al-Bakbuk Al-Fakik Al-Haddar Al-Kuz Al-Mustazi Aladdin Ali Baba Ayyub Aziz Behram Dalilah Duban Dunyazad Fitnah Ghanim Gharib Hassan Jansha Julnar Khusrau Marjanah Musa Omar Otbah Peri-Banu Rayya Salih Samad Shahrazad Shahryar Shakashik Sharrkan Shirin Sindbad Zumurrud Named after Ahmad Al-Bakbuk Al-Fakik Al-Haddar Al-Kuz Al-Mustazi Aladdin Ali Baba Ayyub Aziz Bahram Dalilah Duban Dunyazad Fitnah Ghanim Gharib Hassan Jansha Julnar
List of geological features on Enceladus
Sassanid ruler Khosrau II Marjanah Musa Omar Otbah Peri-Banu Rayya Salih Samad Shahrazad Shahryar Shakashik Sharrkan Shirin Sindbad Zumurrud
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List of geological features on Enceladus
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