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

Geologic Map of Ganymede (February 11, 2014).
Catenae (crater chains)
Name | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Date | Namesake | Refs |
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Enki Catena | 38.84°N 13.86°W | 160 | 1997 | Enki, Principal water god of the Apsu. | WGPSN |
Khnum Catena | 32.90°N 10.73°W | 66 | 1997 | Khnum, Egyptian creation god. | WGPSN |
Nanshe Catena | 15.4°N 352.9°W | 103.8 | 1997 | Goddess of springs and canals, daughter of Enki. | WGPSN |
Terah Catena | 7.1°N 277.6°W | 283 | 2000 | Phoenician moon god who battled with Keret in Negeb. | WGPSN |
Faculae
Name | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Date | Namesake | Refs |
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Abydos Facula | 33.4°N 153.4°W | 180 | 1985 | Abydos, Egyptian town where Osiris was worshipped. | WGPSN |
Akhmin Facula | 27.7°N 189.5°W | 245 | 1997 | Akhmim, Egyptian town where Min was worshipped. | WGPSN |
Bigeh Facula | 29°N 265.7°W | 224 | 2000 | Bigeh, island where Hapi, Egyptian Nile god, resided. | WGPSN |
Busiris Facula | 15.7°N 215.4°W | 369 | 1985 | Busiris, town in lower Egypt where Osiris was first installed as local god. | WGPSN |
Buto Facula | 13.2°N 203.5°W | 245 | 1985 | Swamp where Isis hid Osiris' body. | WGPSN |
Coptos Facula | 9.9°N 209.2°W | 329 | 1985 | Coptos, early town from which caravans departed. | WGPSN |
Edfu Facula | 25.7°N 147.1°W | 184 | 1985 | Edfu, Egyptian town where Horus was worshipped. | WGPSN |
Heliopolis Facula | 18.5°N 147.2°W | 50 | 1997 | Heliopolis, sacred Egyptian city of the sun. | WGPSN |
Hermopolis Facula | 22.4°N 195.3°W | 260 | 1997 | Hermopolis, place where Unut was worshipped. | WGPSN |
Memphis Facula | 14.1°N 131.9°W | 361 | 1985 | Memphis, ancient capital of lower kingdom. | WGPSN |
Siwah Facula | 7.0°N 143.1°W | 220 | 1985 | Siwa, oasis oracle of Zeus-Ammon; visited by Alexander. | WGPSN |
Tettu Facula | 37.6°N 161.2°W | 189 | 1985 | Egyptian town where Hatmenit and Osiris were worshipped. | WGPSN |
Thebes Facula | 7.1°N 202.4°W | 360 | 1985 | Thebes, ancient capital of upper kingdom. | WGPSN |
Fossae (ditches)
Name | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Date | Namesake | Refs |
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Lakhamu Fossa | 11.6°S 227.7°W | 370 | 1985 | Dragon monster, or divine natural force produced by Apsu and Tiamat. | WGPSN |
Lakhmu Fossae | 50.4°N 128.0°W | 3,700 | 1985 | Lahmu, dragon monster, or divine natural force produced by Apsu and Tiamat. | WGPSN |
Zu Fossae | 38.5°N 150.5°W | 2,900 | 1985 | Anzû (Zu), dragon of chaos slain by Marduk. | WGPSN |
Paterae
Name | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Date | Namesake | Refs |
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Hammamat Patera | 24.23°S 318.1°W | 45 | 2015 | Wadi Hammamat in Egypt, associated with petroglyphs and ancient mining. | WGPSN |
Hamra Patera | 77.35°S 171.37°W | 43 | 2015 | Wadi in Jordan, associated with red sandstone cliffs and ancient copper mines. | WGPSN |
Musa Patera | 31.35°S 188.46°W | 69 | 2015 | Wadi Musa in Jordan, proximal to Petra archeological site. | WGPSN |
Natrun Patera | 30.93°S 183.26°W | 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”. | WGPSN |
Rum Patera | 30.66°S 182.82°W | 38 | 2015 | Wadi Rum in Jordan associated with travels of T. E. Lawrence, petroglyphs, and several Neolithic sites. | WGPSN |
Yaroun Patera | 46.65°S 142.15°W | 96 | 2015 | Wadi Yaroun in Lebanon, Neolithic archaeological site. | WGPSN |
Regiones
Name | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Date | Namesake | Refs |
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Barnard Regio | 6.8°S 11.6°W | 3,200 | 1979 | Edward E.; American astronomer (1857-1923). | WGPSN |
Galileo Regio | 45°N 127°W | 4,440 | 1979 | Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer (1564-1642). | WGPSN |
Marius Regio | 2.5°N 187.7°W | 4,940 | 1979 | Simon; German astronomer (1570-1624). | WGPSN |
Melotte Regio | 12.0°S 245°W | 4,100 | 2013 | Philibert Jacques; British astronomer (1880-1961). | WGPSN |
Nicholson Regio | 33.1°S 6.4°W | 3,900 | 1979 | Seth Barnes; American astronomer (1891-1963). | WGPSN |
Perrine Regio | 34°N 28°W | 3,800 | 1979 | Charles D.; American astronomer (1867-1951). | WGPSN |
Sulci
Name | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Date | Namesake | Refs |
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Akitu Sulcus | 38.9°N 194.3°W | 365 | 1997 | Where Marduk's statue was carried each year. | WGPSN |
Anshar Sulcus | 18.0°N 197.9°W | 1,372 | 1979 | Assyro-Babylonian; celestial-world home of Lakhmu and Lakhamu. | WGPSN |
Apsu Sulci | 39.4°S 234.7°W | 1,950 | 1979 | Sumero-Akkadian; primordial ocean. | WGPSN |
Aquarius Sulcus | 52.4°N 3.9°W | 1,420 | 1979 | Greek; Zeus set Ganymede among the stars as the constellation of Aquarius, the water carrier. | WGPSN |
Arbela Sulcus | 21.1°S 349.8°W | 1,940 | 1985 | Assyrian town where Ishtar was worshipped. | WGPSN |
Babylon Sulcus | 22.5°S 264.5°W | 3,100 | July 29, 2013 | Assyro-Babylonian town in the land known as Akkad. | WGPSN |
Borsippa Sulcus | 60.0°S 359.9°W | 3,300 | July 29, 2013 | Akkadian town, location of the Sumerian god Nabu's principal sanctuary | WGPSN |
Bubastis Sulci | 72.3°S 282.9°W | 2,651 | 1988 | Town in Egypt where Bast was worshipped. | WGPSN |
Byblus Sulcus | 37.9°N 199.9°W | 645 | 1997 | Ancient Phoenician city where Adonis was worshipped. | WGPSN |
Dardanus Sulcus | 46.9°S 17.5°W | 2,988 | 1979 | Greek; where Ganymede was abducted by Zeus disguised as an eagle. | WGPSN |
Dukug Sulcus | 83.5°N 3.8°W | 385 | 1985 | Sumerian holy cosmic chamber of the gods. | WGPSN |
Elam Sulci | 58.2°N 200.3°W | 1,855 | 1985 | Ancient Babylonian seat of sun worship, in present-day Iran. | WGPSN |
Erech Sulcus | 7.3°S 179.2°W | 953 | 1985 | Akkadian town that was built by Marduk. | WGPSN |
Harpagia Sulcus | 11.7°S 318.7°W | 1,792 | 1985 | Greek; where Ganymede was abducted by an eagle. | WGPSN |
Hursag Sulcus | 9.7°S 233.1°W | 750 | 1985 | Sumerian mountain where winds dwell. | WGPSN |
Kishar Sulcus | 6.4°S 216.6°W | 1,187 | 1979 | Assyro-Babylonian; terrestrial-world home of Lakhmu and Lakhamu. | WGPSN |
Lagash Sulcus | 10.9°S 163.2°W | 1,575 | 1985 | Early Babylonian town. | WGPSN |
Larsa Sulcus | 3.8°N 248.7°W | 1,000 | 2000 | Sumerian town. | WGPSN |
Mashu Sulcus | 29.8°N 205.7°W | 2,960 | 1979 | Assyro-Babylonian; mountain with twin peaks where sun rose and set. | WGPSN |
Mummu Sulcus | 39.0°S 180.0°W | 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. | WGPSN |
Mysia Sulci | 7.0°S 7.9°W | 5,066 | 1979 | Greek; where Ganymede was abducted by an eagle. | WGPSN |
Nineveh Sulcus | 23.5°N 53.1°W | 1,700 | 1997 | City where Ishtar was worshipped. | WGPSN |
Nippur Sulcus | 36.9°N 185.0°W | 1,425 | 1985 | Sumerian city. | WGPSN |
Nun Sulci | 49.5°N 316.4°W | 1,500 | 1979 | Egyptian; chaos; primordial ocean; held germ of all things. | WGPSN |
Philae Sulcus | 65.5°N 169.0°W | 900 | 1997 | Temple that was the chief sanctuary of Isis. | WGPSN |
Philus Sulcus | 44.1°N 209.5°W | 465 | 1979 | Greek; where Ganymede and Hebe were worshipped as rain-givers. | WGPSN |
Phrygia Sulcus | 12.4°N 23.5°W | 3,700 | 1979 | Greek; kingdom in Asia Minor where Ganymede was born. | WGPSN |
Shuruppak Sulcus | 19.3°S 232.2°W | 2,800 | 2000 | Assyro-Babylonian town on the banks of the Euphrates River where the gods planned the great flood. | WGPSN |
Sicyon Sulcus | 32.7°N 18.5°W | 2,125 | 1979 | Greek; where Ganymede and Hebe were worshipped as rain-givers. | WGPSN |
Sippar Sulcus | 15.4°S 189.3°W | 1,508 | 1985 | Ancient Babylonian town. | WGPSN |
Tiamat Sulcus | 3.4°N 208.5°W | 1,330 | 1979 | Assyro-Babylonian; tumultuous sea from which everything was generated. | WGPSN |
Umma Sulcus | 4.1°N 250.0°W | 1,270 | 2000 | Sumerian town. | WGPSN |
Ur Sulcus | 49.8°N 177.5°W | 1,145 | 1985 | Ancient Sumerian seat of moon worship. | WGPSN |
Uruk Sulcus | 0.8°N 160.3°W | 2,200 | 1979 | Babylonian city ruled by Gilgamesh. | WGPSN |
Xibalba Sulcus | 43.8°N 71.1°W | 2,200 | 1997 | Mayan "place of fright"; destination of those who escaped violent death. | WGPSN |
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