Feature |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Named after |
Mountains |
Caloris Montes | 39.4 | 187.2 | Latin for 'mountains of heat' |
Ridges |
Antoniadi Dorsum | 25.1 | 30.5 | Eugène Antoniadi |
Schiaparelli Dorsum | 23 | 164.1 | Giovanni Schiaparelli |
Fossae |
Pantheon Fossae | 30.5 | 197.0 | The Pantheon, Rome |
Valleys |
Angkor Vallis | 57.3 | 246.0 | Angkor, ancient city in Cambodia |
Cahokia Vallis | 65.6 | 233.1 | Cahokia Mounds, ancient city in Illinois, United States |
Caral Vallis | 62.6 | 230.6 | Caral, ancient city in Peru |
Paestum Vallis | 60.5 | 233.5 | Paestum, ancient city in Campania, Italy |
Timgad Vallis | 60.8 | 243.1 | Timgad, ancient city in Algeria |
Plains |
Borealis Planitia | 73.4 | 79.5 | Latin for 'northern plain' |
Budh Planitia | 22 | 150.9 | Hindu word for Mercury |
Caloris Planitia | 30.5 | 189.8 | Latin for 'heat's plain' |
Odin Planitia | 23.3 | 171.6 | Norse god Odin |
Sobkou Planitia | 39.9 | 129.9 | Messenger god |
Suisei Planitia | 59.2 | 150.8 | Japanese for Mercury |
Tir Planitia | 0.8 | 176.1 | Norse for Mercury |
Escarpments |
Adventure Rupes | -65.1 | 65.5 | HMS Adventure, ship of Captain Cook |
Alvin Rupes | 8.3 | 208.6 | DSV Alvin, American deep-ocean research submersible |
Astrolabe Rupes | -42.6 | 70.7 | Astrolabe, ship of Jules Dumont d'Urville |
Beagle Rupes | -1.9 | 258.89 | HMS Beagle, ship on which Charles Darwin sailed |
Belgica Rupes | -50.5 | 296.3 | Belgica, Belgian ship that was the first to winter in the Antarctic |
Blossom Rupes | -3.0 | 270.2 | HMS Blossom, English ship that explored the Northwest Passage under Frederick William Beechey |
Calypso Rupes | 19.5 | 316.5 | RV Calypso, oceanographic research vessel of Jacques-Yves Cousteau |
Carnegie Rupes | 58.5 | 53.3 | Carnegie, research vessel used for magnetic surveys |
Discovery Rupes | -56.3 | 38.3 | HMS Discovery, ship of Captain Cook |
Duyfken Rupes | -21.4 | 131.8 | Duyfken, ship of Willem Janszoon |
Eltanin Rupes | -74.8 | 269.2 | USNS Eltanin, American icebreaker and Antarctic research vessel |
Endeavour Rupes | 37.5 | 31.3 | HM Bark Endeavour, ship of Captain Cook |
Enterprise Rupes | -36.5 | 283.5 | USS Enterprise, American ship that explored the Mississippi, Amazon, and Madeira Rivers |
Fram Rupes | -56.9 | 93.3 | Fram, ship of Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup and Roald Amundsen |
Gjöa Rupes | -66.7 | 159.3 | Gjøa, ship of Roald Amundsen |
Heemskerck Rupes | 25.9 | 125.3 | Ship of Abel Tasman |
Hero Rupes | -58.4 | 171.4 | Hero, ship of Nathaniel Palmer |
La Duaphine Rupes | 66.3 | 26.6 | Ship of Giovanni da Verrazzano |
Mirni Rupes | -37.3 | 39.9 | Mirny, ship of Mikhail Lazarev |
Nautilus Rupes | -28.2 | 293.3 | EV Nautilus, research vessel operated by Robert Ballard |
Palmer Rupes | -26.3 | 106.6 | Nathaniel B. Palmer, American icebreaker and Antarctic research vessel operated |
Paramour Rupes | -0.1 | 212.5 | HMS Paramour English research vessel commanded by Edmond Halley |
Pourquoi-Pas Rupes | -58.1 | 156 | Pourquoi Pas? IV, ship of Jean-Baptiste Charcot |
Resolution Rupes | -63.8 | 51.7 | HMS Resolution, ship of Captain Cook |
Santa María Rupes | 5.5 | 19.7 | Santa María, ship of Christopher Columbus |
Terror Rupes | -72.1 | 275.7 | HMS Terror, English ship of Arctic and Antarctic exploration |
Unity Rupes | 27.1 | 275.1 | Unity, English ship on which Edmond Halley sailed to Saint Helena |
Victoria Rupes | 50.9 | 31.1 | Victoria, ship of Ferdinand Magellan |
Vostok Rupes | -37.7 | 19.5 | Vostok, ship of Fabian von Bellingshausen |
Zarya Rupes | -42.8 | 20.5 | Zarya, a Soviet experimental schooner |
Zeehaen Rupes | 51 | 157 | Ship of Jules Dumont d'Urville |
Crater Chains |
Arecibo Catena | -27.5 | 28.4 | Arecibo Observatory |
Goldstone Catena | -15.8 | 31.7 | Goldstone Observatory |
Haystack Catena | 4.7 | 46.2 | Haystack Observatory |