This is a list of named geological features on Enceladus. Geological features on Enceladus are named after people and places from Burton's translation of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, also known as The Tales of the Arabian Nights.
Planitiae
Enceladean plains are called planitiae. They are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
Dorsa
Enceladean ridges are called dorsa. They are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
Sulci
Sulci are long, parallel grooves. Enceladean sulci are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
Sulcus |
Named after
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Alexandria Sulcus |
Alexandria, Egypt
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Al-Medinah Sulci |
Medina, Saudi Arabia
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Al-Yaman Sulci |
Yemen
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Andalús Sulci |
Al-Andalus
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Baghdad Sulcus |
Baghdad, Iraq
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Bulak Sulcus |
Boulaq, Egypt
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Cairo Sulcus |
Cairo, Egypt
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Camphor Sulcus |
Camphor
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Cashmere Sulci |
Kashmir
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Damascus Sulcus |
Damascus, Syria
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Hamah Sulci |
Hama, Syria
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Harran Sulci |
Harran, Turkey
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Labtayt Sulci |
Labtayt, possibly Leptis Magna
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Láhej Sulci |
Lahij, Yemen
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Makran Sulci |
Makran, Pakistan
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Misr Sulci |
Egypt
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Mosul Sulci |
Mosul, Iraq
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Samarkand Sulci |
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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Shiraz Sulcus |
Shiraz, Iran
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Sind Sulci |
Sindh, Pakistan
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Fossae
Fossae are ditches or trenches. Enceladean fossae are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
Rupes
On Enceladus, escarpments are called rupes.
Craters
Enceladean craters are named after characters in the Arabian Nights.
See also
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