This is a directory of lists of geological features on

planet A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is neither a star nor its remnant. The best available theory of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to create a you ...

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Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth's surfa ...

moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...

s and asteroids ordered by increasing distance from the

Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. The Sun radiates this energy mainly as light, ultraviolet, and infrared radi ...

Mercury

List of craters on Mercury This is a list of named craters on Mercury, the innermost planet of the Solar System ''(for other features, see list of geological features on Mercury)''. Most Mercurian craters are named after famous writers, artists and composers. Accor ...

List of geological features on Mercury List of geological features on Mercury is an itemization of mountains, valleys, craters and other landform features of the planet Mercury. Different types of features are named after different things: Mercurian ridges are called dorsa, and are na ...

Venus

List of craters on Venus This is a list of craters on Venus, named by the International Astronomical Union's (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. All craters on Venus are named after famous women or female first names. ''(For features on Venus othe ...

List of coronae on Venus This is a list of named coronae on Venus. With a few exceptions, cytherean coronae are named after fertility and earth goddesses. List of coronae on Venus See also *List of montes on Venus *List of craters on Venus This is a list of cr ...

* List of mountains on Venus * List of terrae on Venus

Earth

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Geology Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ea ...

Plate tectonics Plate tectonics (from the la, label=Late Latin, tectonicus, from the grc, τεκτονικός, lit=pertaining to building) is the generally accepted scientific theory that considers the Earth's lithosphere to comprise a number of large ...

, Geologic eras,

Geological history of Earth Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ea ...

The Moon

List of craters on the Moon This is a list of named lunar craters. The large majority of these features are impact craters. The crater nomenclature is governed by the International Astronomical Union, and this listing only includes features that are officially recognized b ...

* List of maria on the Moon *

List of mountains on the Moon Mountains on the Moon have heights defined relative to various vertical datums. In the 1960s, the U.S. Army Mapping Service used elevation relative to 1,737,988 meters from the center of the Moon. In the 1970s, the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency us ...

List of valleys on the Moon There are several large valleys that have been given names on the surface of the Moon. These are listed below. Most of these valleys are named after a nearby crater; see the list of craters on the Moon for more information. See also * List of ...

Mars

* List of craters on Mars *

List of mountains on Mars This is a list of all named mountains on Mars. Most mountains have a name including one of the following elements: * ''Mons'': a large, isolated, mountain. * ''Montes'', plural of ''mons'': a mountain range. * ''Tholus'': a small dome-shaped mount ...

List of rocks on Mars This is an alphabetical list of named rocks (and meteorites) found on Mars, by mission. This list is a sampling of rocks viewed, and is not an exhaustive listing. A more complete listing may be found on the various NASA mission web sites. This lis ...

List of valles on Mars Valles (singular vallis) on Mars are similar to valleys on Earth. Some features that take this title may be better described as canyons or chasmata; see List of Chasmata on Mars. Coordinates are given as planetocentric latitude with east longitud ...

* List of chasmata on Mars *

List of plains on Mars This is a list of plains on Mars. Such features are named after the nearest classical albedo feature in compliance with the International Astronomical Union's rules of planetary nomenclature. Plains may be named denoted "planitia" or "planum", de ...

List of terrae on Mars A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

List of areas of chaos terrain on Mars This is a list of areas of chaos terrain officially named by the International Astronomical Union on the planet Mars. Chaos terrain (or chaotic terrain) is an astrogeological term used to denote planetary surface areas where features such as ridg ...

List of surface features of Mars seen by the Spirit rover The Mars Exploration Rover mission successfully landed and operated the rovers ''Spirit'' and ''Opportunity'' on the planet Mars from 2004 to 2018. During ''Spirit''s six years of operation and ''Opportunity''s fourteen years of operation, the ...

List of surface features of Mars seen by the Opportunity rover The Mars Exploration Rover mission successfully landed and operated the rovers ''Spirit'' and ''Opportunity'' on the planet Mars from 2004 to 2018. During ''Spirit''s six years of operation and ''Opportunity''s fourteen years of operation, the ...

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List of Martian canals This is an incomplete list of Martian canals from the erroneous belief in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that "Martian canals" existed on the surface of the red planet. These canals were named by Giovanni Schiaparelli and Percival Lowell ...

Phobos and Deimos

Asteroids

List of geological features on Ceres Ceres is a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The IAU has adopted two themes for naming surface features on Ceres: agricultural deities for craters and agricultural festivals for everything else. ...

List of geological features on Vesta This is a list of named geological features, of various kinds, on asteroid 4 Vesta Vesta ( minor-planet designation: 4 Vesta) is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of . It was discovered by the German astro ...

List of geological features on 243 Ida and Dactyl This is a list of named geological features on asteroid 243 Ida and its moon, Dactyl. Ida Regiones Idaean regiones (geologically distinct areas) are named after the discoverer of the asteroid, and the places where he worked. Dorsa Crate ...

* List of craters on 253 Mathilde * List of geological features on 433 Eros * List of geological features on 951 Gaspra * List of geological features on 25143 Itokawa

Jupiter

Io

* List of mountains on Io *

List of volcanic features on Io This is a list of named volcano, volcanic surface features on Jupiter's moon Io (moon), Io. These names have been approved for use by the International Astronomical Union. The features listed below represent a subset of the total known volcani ...

* List of regions on Io

Europa

List of craters on Europa This is a list of craters on Europa. The surface of Jupiter's moon Europa is very young, geologically speaking, and as a result there are very few craters. Furthermore, as Europa's surface is potentially made of weak water ice over a liquid ocean, ...

* List of lineae on Europa *

List of geological features on Europa This is a list of named geological features on Europa (moon), Europa, a moon of the planet Jupiter. Craters and lineae are listed on separate pages: list of craters on Europa and list of lineae on Europa. Cavi Cavi are irregular steep-sided depre ...

Ganymede

List of craters on Ganymede Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System The Solar System Capitalization of the name varies. The International Astronomical Union, the authoritative body regarding astronomical nomenclature, specifies capitalizing the names of all in ...

* List of geological features on Ganymede

Callisto

List of craters on Callisto This is a list of named craters on Callisto, one of the many moons of Jupiter, the most heavily cratered natural satellite in the Solar System ''(for other features, see list of geological features on Callisto)''. As of 2020, the Working Group ...

* List of geological features on Callisto

Saturn

* List of geological features on Mimas *

List of geological features on Enceladus This is a list of named geological features on Enceladus. Geological features on Enceladus (moon), Enceladus are named after people and places from Richard Francis Burton, Burton's translation of ''The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night'', al ...

* List of geological features on Tethys * List of geological features on Dione *

List of geological features on Rhea This is a list of Planetary nomenclature, named geological features on Rhea (moon), Rhea, the second largest moon of Saturn. Planetary features are approved by the International Astronomical Union's (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomencla ...

* List of geological features on Titan *

List of geological features on Hyperion This is a list of Planetary nomenclature, named geological features on Hyperion (moon), Hyperion, a moon of Saturn. Dorsa There is one named Wrinkle-ridge, dorsum (ridge) on Hyperion. Craters This is a list of Impact crater, craters on ...

* List of geological features on Iapetus

Uranus

* List of geological features on Ariel * List of geological features on Umbriel * List of geological features on Titania * List of geological features on Oberon * List of geological features on Miranda * List of geological features on Puck

Neptune

* List of geological features on Triton * List of geological features on Proteus

Kuiper belt

* List of geological features on Pluto * List of geological features on Charon

External links

USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
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for satellites and minor planets/asteroids)
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