List of geological features on Mercury is an itemization of mountains, valleys, craters and other landform features of the planet Mercury. Different types of features are named after different things: Mercurian ridges are called dorsa, and are named after astronomers who made detailed studies of the planet; valleys are called valles, and are named after ancient abandoned cities, towns, and settlements; crater chains are called catenae and are named after radio telescope facilities; plains are called planitiae, and most are named after mythological names associated with Mercury; escarpments are called rupes and are named after the ships of famous explorers; long, narrow depressions are called fossae and are named after works of architecture; bright spots are called faculae and are named after the word snake in various languages.
See also list of craters on Mercury, list of albedo features on Mercury, and list of quadrangles on Mercury
Longitude is west longitude.
| Feature | Latitude | Longitude | Named after | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountains | ||||
| 39.4 | 187.2 | Latin for 'mountains of heat' | ||
| Ridges | ||||
| 25.1 | 30.5 | Eugène Antoniadi | ||
| 23 | 164.1 | Giovanni Schiaparelli | ||
| Fossae | ||||
| -32.77 | 271.5 | Borobudur | ||
| 30.19 | 197.17 | The Pantheon, Rome | ||
| Valleys | ||||
| 57.3 | 246.0 | Angkor, ancient city in Cambodia | ||
| 65.6 | 233.1 | Cahokia Mounds, ancient city in Illinois, United States | ||
| 62.6 | 230.6 | Caral, ancient city in Peru | ||
| 60.5 | 233.5 | Paestum, ancient city in Campania, Italy | ||
| 60.8 | 243.1 | Timgad, ancient city in Algeria | ||
| Plain | ||||
| 6.7 | 289.38 | Māori word for Mercury | ||
| 73.4 | 79.5 | Latin for 'northern plain' | ||
| 22 | 150.9 | Hindu word for Mercury | ||
| 30.5 | 189.8 | Latin for 'plain of heat' | ||
| -8.78 | 245.78 | Quechua word for Mercury | ||
| -6.24 | 98.66 | Gaulish equivalent of the Roman god Mercury | ||
| 31.4 | 227.9 | Irish and Scottish Gaelic word for Mercury | ||
| 23.3 | 171.6 | Norse god Odin | ||
| 18.26 | 337.61 | Arabic word for Mercury | ||
| -16.25 | 271.63 | Akkadian messenger god | ||
| -2.82 | 55.57 | Babylonian word for the planet Mercury | ||
| 39.9 | 129.9 | Messenger god | ||
| 57.54 | 209.61 | Ancient Greek word for Mercury | ||
| 59.2 | 150.8 | Japanese for Mercury | ||
| 0.8 | 176.1 | Persian for Mercury | ||
| -31.05 | 350.81 | Etruscan messenger god equivalent of Roman god Mercury | ||
| -65.5 | 270.17 | Swahili name for Mercury | ||
| Escarpments | ||||
| Acadia Rupes | 8.17 | 329.00 | CSS Acadia, Canadian hydrographic survey and oceanographic research vessel | |
| -65.1 | 65.5 | HMS Adventure, ship of Captain Cook | ||
| -70.48 | 186.49 | Altair, Mexican research vessel | ||
| 8.3 | 208.6 | DSV Alvin, American deep-ocean research submersible | ||
| Antares Rupes | 18.06 | 229.42 | Antares, Mexican oceanographic research vessel | |
| Arquipelago Rupes | 7.36 | 229.31 | Arquipelago, Portuguese coastal research vessel[1] | |
| -42.6 | 70.7 | Astrolabe, ship of Jules Dumont d'Urville | ||
| -1.9 | 258.89 | HMS Beagle, ship on which Charles Darwin sailed | ||
| -50.5 | 296.3 | Belgica, Belgian ship that was the first to winter in the Antarctic | ||
| -3.0 | 270.2 | HMS Blossom, English ship that explored the Northwest Passage under Frederick William Beechey | ||
| 19.5 | 316.5 | RV Calypso, oceanographic research vessel of Jacques-Yves Cousteau | ||
| 58.5 | 53.3 | Carnegie, research vessel used for magnetic surveys | ||
| -12.58 | 109.92 | Challenger, survey ship used to undertake the first global marine research expedition | ||
| -56.3 | 38.3 | HMS Discovery, ship of Captain Cook | ||
| -21.4 | 131.8 | Duyfken, ship of Willem Janszoon | ||
| -74.8 | 269.2 | USNS Eltanin, American icebreaker and Antarctic research vessel | ||
| 37.5 | 31.3 | HM Bark Endeavour, ship of Captain Cook | ||
| -36.5 | 283.5 | USS Enterprise, American ship that explored the Mississippi, Amazon, and Madeira Rivers | ||
| -56.9 | 93.3 | Fram, ship of Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup and Roald Amundsen | ||
| -66.7 | 159.3 | Gjøa, ship of Roald Amundsen | ||
| 25.9 | 125.3 | Ship of Abel Tasman | ||
| -58.4 | 171.4 | Hero, ship of Nathaniel Palmer | ||
| -29.8 | 330.8 | Kainan Maru, Japanese ship of Nobu Shirase Antarctic exploration | ||
| 66.3 | 26.6 | Ship of Giovanni da Verrazzano | ||
| -37.3 | 39.9 | Mirny, ship of Mikhail Lazarev | ||
| -28.2 | 293.3 | EV Nautilus, research vessel operated by Robert Ballard | ||
| -26.3 | 106.6 | Nathaniel B. Palmer, American icebreaker and Antarctic research vessel operated | ||
| -0.1 | 212.5 | HMS Paramour English research vessel commanded by Edmond Halley | ||
| Pelagia Rupes | 15.33 | 218.59 | RV Pelagia Dutch research and survey vessel | |
| -58.1 | 156 | Pourquoi Pas? IV, ship of Jean-Baptiste Charcot | ||
| -63.8 | 51.7 | HMS Resolution, ship of Captain Cook | ||
| 5.5 | 19.7 | Santa María, ship of Christopher Columbus | ||
| -72.1 | 275.7 | HMS Terror, English ship of Arctic and Antarctic exploration | ||
| 27.1 | 275.1 | Unity, English ship on which Edmond Halley sailed to Saint Helena | ||
| Vejas Rupes | 35.71 | 162.25 | Vejas, Lithuanian research vessel | |
| 50.9 | 31.1 | Victoria, ship of Ferdinand Magellan | ||
| -37.7 | 19.5 | Vostok, ship of Fabian von Bellingshausen | ||
| 44.02 | 72.36 | Argentinian ship involved in oceanographic surveys in Southwestern Atlantic | ||
| -42.8 | 20.5 | Zarya, a Soviet experimental schooner | ||
| 51 | 157 | Ship of Abel Tasman | ||
| Crater Chains | ||||
| -27.5 | 28.4 | Arecibo Observatory | ||
| -15.8 | 31.7 | Goldstone Observatory | ||
| 4.7 | 46.2 | Haystack Observatory | ||
| Faculae | ||||
| 21.7 | 214.6 | Somali word for snake | ||
| 22.4 | 213.7 | Igbo word for snake | ||
| -49.8 | 349.5 | Quechuan word for snake | ||
| Bibilava Faculae | 16.4 | 202.8 | Malagasy word for snake | |
| Bitin Facula | -51.55 | 28.45 | Cebuano word for snake | |
| Ejo Faculae | 14.5 | 200.5 | Yoruba word for snake | |
| -2.9 | 321.4 | Fijian and Samoan word for snake | ||
| Havu Facula | -52.22 | 28.45 | Kannada word for snake | |
| Ibab Facula | 14.5 | 199.2 | Amharic word for snake | |
| Inyoka Faculae | 14.0 | 197.7 | Zulu and Xhosa word for snake | |
| Maciji Facula | 14.9 | 196.0 | Hausa word for snake | |
| -52.7 | 342.2 | Maori word for snake | ||
| 36.0 | 295.5 | Irish and Scottish Gaelic word for snake | ||
| 35.9 | 302.7 | Welsh word for snake | ||
| Nzoka Facula | 15.4 | 194.7 | Kamba word for snake | |
| Orm Faculae | 26.58 | 59.68 | Swedish word for snake | |
| -57.76 | 31.79 | Tamil word for snake | ||
| -53.07 | 30.87 | Sinhalese word for snake | ||
| 24.5 | 179.3 | Afrikaans word for snake | ||
| 26.1 | 300.4 | Basque word for snake | ||
| Thueban Facula | 48.7 | 200.5 | Arabic word for snake | |
| -55.1 | 29.95 | Malay word for snake | ||
| -46.32 ° | 191.22 | Chinese word for silver snake | ||
| -37.35 | 267.75 | Serbian word for snake | ||