List of geological features on Ganymede explained

This is a list of named geological features, except craters, on Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter. The list is complete as of August 2022.

Catenae (crater chains)

Name	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Date	Namesake	Refs
		160	1997	Enki, Principal water god of the Apsu.
		66	1997	Khnum, Egyptian creation god.
		103.8	1997	Goddess of springs and canals, daughter of Enki.
		283	2000	Phoenician moon god who battled with Keret in Negeb.

Faculae

Name	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Date	Namesake	Refs
		180	1985	Abydos, Egyptian town where Osiris was worshipped.
		245	1997	Akhmim, Egyptian town where Min was worshipped.
		224	2000	Bigeh, island where Hapi, Egyptian Nile god, resided.
		369	1985	Busiris, town in lower Egypt where Osiris was first installed as local god.
		245	1985	Swamp where Isis hid Osiris' body.
		329	1985	Coptos, early town from which caravans departed.
		184	1985	Edfu, Egyptian town where Horus was worshipped.
		50	1997	Heliopolis, sacred Egyptian city of the sun.
		260	1997	Hermopolis, place where Unut was worshipped.
		361	1985	Memphis, ancient capital of lower kingdom.
		220	1985	Siwa, oasis oracle of Zeus-Ammon; visited by Alexander.
		189	1985	Egyptian town where Hatmenit and Osiris were worshipped.
		360	1985	Thebes, ancient capital of upper kingdom.

Fossae (ditches)

Name	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Date	Namesake	Refs
		370	1985	Dragon monster, or divine natural force produced by Apsu and Tiamat.
		3,700	1985	Lahmu, dragon monster, or divine natural force produced by Apsu and Tiamat.
		2,900	1985	Anzû (Zu), dragon of chaos slain by Marduk.

Paterae

Name	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Date	Namesake	Refs
		45	2015	Wadi Hammamat in Egypt, associated with petroglyphs and ancient mining.
		43	2015	Wadi in Jordan, associated with red sandstone cliffs and ancient copper mines.
		69	2015	Wadi Musa in Jordan, proximal to Petra archeological site.
		37.5	2015	Wadi El Natrun in Egypt, site of ancient monasteries, proximal to site of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s aircraft crash that inspired the novella “The Little Prince”.
		38	2015	Wadi Rum in Jordan associated with travels of T. E. Lawrence, petroglyphs, and several Neolithic sites.
		96	2015	Wadi Yaroun in Lebanon, Neolithic archaeological site.

Regiones

Name	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Date	Namesake	Refs
		3,200	1979	Edward E. American astronomer (1857-1923).
		4,440	1979	Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer (1564-1642).
		4,940	1979	Simon German astronomer (1570-1624).
		4,100	2013	Philibert Jacques British astronomer (1880-1961).
		3,900	1979	Seth Barnes American astronomer (1891-1963).
		3,800	1979	Charles D. American astronomer (1867-1951).

Sulci

Name	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Date	Namesake	Refs
		365	1997	Where Marduk's statue was carried each year.
		1,372	1979	Assyro-Babylonian; celestial-world home of Lakhmu and Lakhamu.
		1,950	1979	Sumero-Akkadian; primordial ocean.
		1,420	1979	Greek; Zeus set Ganymede among the stars as the constellation of Aquarius, the water carrier.
		1,940	1985	Assyrian town where Ishtar was worshipped.
		3,100	July 29, 2013	Assyro-Babylonian town in the land known as Akkad.
		3,300	July 29, 2013	Akkadian town, location of the Sumerian god Nabu's principal sanctuary
		2,651	1988	Town in Egypt where Bast was worshipped.
		645	1997	Ancient Phoenician city where Adonis was worshipped.
		2,988	1979	Greek; where Ganymede was abducted by Zeus disguised as an eagle.
		385	1985	Sumerian holy cosmic chamber of the gods.
		1,855	1985	Ancient Babylonian seat of sun worship, in present-day Iran.
		953	1985	Akkadian town that was built by Marduk.
		1,792	1985	Greek; where Ganymede was abducted by an eagle.
		750	1985	Sumerian mountain where winds dwell.
		1,187	1979	Assyro-Babylonian; terrestrial-world home of Lakhmu and Lakhamu.
		1,575	1985	Early Babylonian town.
		1,000	2000	Sumerian town.
		2,960	1979	Assyro-Babylonian; mountain with twin peaks where sun rose and set.
		2,680	July 29, 2013	Assyro-Babylonian; the tumult of the waves at the place where the waters of primordial freshwater ocean Apsu and salt sea Tiamat are mingled.
		5,066	1979	Greek; where Ganymede was abducted by an eagle.
		1,700	1997	City where Ishtar was worshipped.
		1,425	1985	Sumerian city.
		1,500	1979	Egyptian; chaos; primordial ocean; held germ of all things.
		900	1997	Temple that was the chief sanctuary of Isis.
		465	1979	Greek; where Ganymede and Hebe were worshipped as rain-givers.
		3,700	1979	Greek; kingdom in Asia Minor where Ganymede was born.
		2,800	2000	Assyro-Babylonian town on the banks of the Euphrates River where the gods planned the great flood.
		2,125	1979	Greek; where Ganymede and Hebe were worshipped as rain-givers.
		1,508	1985	Ancient Babylonian town.
		1,330	1979	Assyro-Babylonian; tumultuous sea from which everything was generated.
		1,270	2000	Sumerian town.
		1,145	1985	Ancient Sumerian seat of moon worship.
		2,200	1979	Babylonian city ruled by Gilgamesh.
		2,200	1997	Mayan "place of fright"; destination of those who escaped violent death.

See also

• List of quadrangles on Ganymede
• List of craters on Ganymede

References

• List of named surface features on Ganymede