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

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's moon Io. It is about 137 kilometers in diameter and is located at . It is named after Monan, a god in

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that destroyed the world with fire and floods. Its name was adopted by the

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in 1997. Monan Patera forms an unusual worm-shaped depression at the north end of the elongate mountain Monan Mons, south of which is Ah Peku Patera. To the west is the eruptive center Amirani, and to the north is Skythia Mons. To the east are

Gish Bar Patera Gish Bar Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. It is 106.3 by 115.0 kilometers and 9,600 km2 in area. It is located at . It is named after the Babylonian sun god Gish Bar. Its name was approved ...

, Gish Bar Mons, and Estan Patera. Monan Patera's similar north and south margins indicate it may have formed as a pull-apart basin and subsequently was filled with lava.

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