List of geological features on Enceladus

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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.

## Contents

* 1 Planitiae
* 2 Dorsa
* 3 Sulci
* 4 Fossae
* 5 Rupes
* 6 Craters
* 7 See also
* 8 External links

## Planitiae

Enceladean plains are called planitiae. They are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.

Planitia | Named after

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Diyar Planitia | Diyar
Sarandib Planitia | Serendib

## Dorsa

Enceladean ridges are called dorsa. They are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.

Dorsum | Named after

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Cufa Dorsa | Cufa
Ebony Dorsum | Ebony

## Sulci

Sulci are long, parallel grooves. Enceladean sulci are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.

Sulcus | Named after

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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

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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

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Samaria Rupes | Samaria, from Khudadad and His Brothers

## Craters

Enceladean craters are named after characters in the Arabian Nights.

Crater | Named after

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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
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"
Jaʽafar | Jaʻfar 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
Maʽaruf | Hero of "Maʽaruf 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"
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

## External links

* USGS: Enceladus nomenclature
* Labeled Enceladus Map

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Surface features of space objects

Moons|

| Moon|

* Features
* Craters

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Mars|

* Phobos
* Deimos

Jupiter|

* Europa
* Ganymede
* Callisto
* Io

Saturn|

* Titan
* Rhea
* Iapetus
* Hyperion
* Enceladus
* Tethys
* Dione

Uranus|

* Ariel
* Umbriel
* Titania
* Oberon
* Miranda
* Puck

Neptune|

* Triton
* Proteus

Pluto|

Charon

Planets|

| Mercury|

* Features
* Craters

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Venus|

* Features
* Craters
* Montes
* Coronae

Mars|

* "Canals" (list)
* Canyons
* Catenae
* Chaos terrain
* Craters
* Fossae
* Gullies
* Mensae
* Labyrinthi
* Mountains
* by height
* Observed rocks
* Outflow channels
* Plains
* Valley network
* Valleys
* Gravity

Dwarf planets|

* Pluto
* Ceres
* Vesta

Asteroids|

* 21 Lutetia
* 253 Mathilde
* 433 Eros
* 951 Gaspra
* 25143 Itokawa
* Ida and Dactyl

Craters in the Solar System|

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