Maui Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on

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's moon Io. It is about 38 kilometers in diameter and is located at . It is named after Māui, a

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an demigod that sought fire from Mafuike. Its name was approved by the

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in 1979. It is located southwest of the eruptive center

Maui The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, which ...

, south of

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, and southwest of the volcano Amirani. Due east are

Monan Patera Monan Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. It is about 137 kilometers in diameter and is located at . It is named after Monan, a god in Brazilian mythology that destroyed the world with fire and f ...

Monan Mons Monan may refer to: * Monan (saint) (''fl.'' 6th–7th century), Irish saint * Monan, Punjab, village in Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan * Monan Patera Monan Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon ...

, and

Ah Peku Patera Ah Peku Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. It is 85 kilometers in diameter and is located at . It is named after the Mayan thunder god Ah Peku. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomi ...

.''

NASA World Wind NASA WorldWind is an open-source (released under the NOSA license and the Apache 2.0 license) virtual globe. According to the website (https://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/), "WorldWind is an open source virtual globe API. WorldWind allow ...

'' 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.

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