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.
Planitia Named after Diyar Planitia Diyar Sarandib Planitia Serendib
Dorsa Enceladean ridges are called dorsa. They are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights. Dorsa Named after Location Notes Cufa Dorsa Cufa, the eponymous city in the Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman. (Center Latitude: 3.19°, Center Longitude: 286.17°; Planetographic, +West) On the trailing hemisphere, it was formed through thrust faulting and compressional forces. It is in diameter, and its name was officially approved by the International Astronomical Union on 7 November 2006. Ebony Dorsum Ebony, a city in the Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman in diameter. Its name was officially approved by the International Astronomical Union on 7 November 2006.
Sulci Sulci are long, parallel grooves. Enceladean sulci are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
Sulcus Named after Alexandria Sulcus Alexandria, Egypt Al-Medinah Sulci Medina, Saudi Arabia Al-Yaman Sulci Yemen Andalús Sulci Al-Andalus Baghdad Sulcus Baghdad, Iraq Bulak Sulcus Boulaq, Egypt Cairo Sulcus Cairo, Egypt Camphor Sulcus Camphor Cashmere Sulci Kashmir Damascus Sulcus Damascus, Syria Hamah Sulci Hama, Syria Harran Sulci Harran, Turkey Labtayt Sulci Labtayt, possibly Leptis Magna Láhej Sulci Lahij, Yemen Makran Sulci Makran, Pakistan Misr Sulci Egypt Mosul Sulci Mosul, Iraq Samarkand Sulci Samarkand, Uzbekistan Shiraz Sulcus Shiraz, Iran Sind Sulci Sindh, Pakistan
Fossae Fossae are ditches or trenches. Enceladean fossae are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
Fossa Named after Anbar Fossae Anbar, Iraq Bassorah Fossa Basra, Iraq Bishangarh Fossae Bishangarh Daryabar Fossa Daryabar Isbanir Fossa Isbanir Kaukabán Fossae Kaukaban, Yemen Khorasan Fossa Khorasan
Rupes On Enceladus, escarpments are called rupes.
Rupes Named after Samaria Rupes Samaria, from Khudadad and His Brothers
Craters
Enceladean craters are named after characters in the Arabian Nights.
Crater Named after Ahmad Ahmad Ajib Brother of Gharib in "The History of Gharib and His Brother Ajib." Al-Bakbuk Al-Bakbuk Al-Fakik Al-Fakik Al-Haddar Al-Haddar Al-Kuz Al-Kuz Al-Mustazi Al-Mustazi Aladdin Aladdin Ali Baba Ali Baba Ayyub Ayyub Aziz Aziz Bahman Oldest prince in "The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette" Behram Bahram, likely influenced by Bahram V Dalilah Dalilah Duban Duban Dunyazad Dunyazad Fitnah Fitnah Ghanim Ghanim Gharib Gharib in "The History of Gharib and His Brother Ajib." Harun Harun al-Rashid Hassan Hassan Hisham Caliph in "The Caliph Hisham and the Arab Youth" Ishak Character in "Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant" Jaafar Jafar ibn Yahya Jansha Janshah Julnar Julnar the Sea-Born and Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia Kamar Kamar al-Akmár in "The Ebony Horse" Kasim Brother of Ali Baba Khusrau Sassanid ruler Khosrau II Maaruf Hero of "Maaruf the Cobbler and His Wife Fatimah" Marjanah Marjanah Masrur Eunuch in "Nur al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis al-Jalis" Morgiana Slave girl in "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" Musa Musa Mustafa Mustafa in Aladdin Omar Omar Otbah Otbah and Rayya Parwez Second prince in "The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette" Peri-Banu Peri-Banu Perizadah Youngest princess in "The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette" Rayya Otbah and Rayya Sabur King of Persia in "The Ebony Horse", likely influenced by Shapur II Salih Salih Samad Samad Shahrazad Shahrazad Shahryar Shahryar Shakashik Shakashik Sharrkan Sharrkan Shirin Shirin Sindbad Sindbad Yunan King of Persian city in "The Tale of the Vizier and the Sage Duban" Zaynab Daughter of Dalilah in "The Rogueries of Dalilah the Crafty and Her Daughter Zaynab the Coney-Catcher" Zumurrud Zumurrud
See also
List of quadrangles on Enceladus
References
External links USGS: Enceladus nomenclature Labeled Enceladus Map