This is a directory of lists of geological features on planets excepting Earth, moons and

asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere. ...

s ordered by increasing distance from the Sun.

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. Accordi ...

* List of geological features on Mercury

Venus

* List of craters on Venus *

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 This is a list of montes (mountains, singular ''mons'') on the planet Venus. Venusian mountains are all named after goddesses in the mythologies of various cultures, except for the Maxwell Montes. The four main mountain ranges of Venus are named A ...

List of terrae on Venus This is a list of terrae, or major landmasses, on Venus. In accordance to the International Astronomical Union's rules of planetary nomenclature, they are named after goddesses of love. There are only three named terrae on Venus: *Aphrodite T ...

Earth

* ''see also Geology, Plate tectonics, 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 Ear ...

The Moon

* List of craters on the Moon *

List of maria on the Moon This is a list of ''maria'' (large, dark, basaltic plains) on the Moon. It includes other basaltic plains, including the one ''oceanus'' as well as features known by the names ''lacus'', ''palus'' and ''sinus''. The modern system of lunar nomencla ...

* List of mountains on the Moon * List of valleys on the Moon

Mars

List of craters on Mars __NOTOC__ This is a list of craters on Mars. Impact craters on Mars larger than exist by the hundreds of thousands, but only about one thousand of them have names. Names are assigned by the International Astronomical Union after petitioning by ...

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 * List of valles on Mars * 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 ...

* ''see also List of Martian canals''

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 * List of geological features on 243 Ida and Dactyl * List of craters on 253 Mathilde *

List of geological features on 433 Eros This is a list of named geological features on asteroid 433 Eros. Regions Regions (geologically distinct areas) on Eros are named after the co-discoverers of the asteroid. Dorsa Dorsa (ridges) on Eros are named after astronomers who stud ...

List of geological features on 951 Gaspra This is a list of named geological features on asteroid 951 Gaspra. Regiones Gaspran regiones (geologically distinct areas) are named after astronomers and scientists closely associated with the asteroid. See a labeled mahere Craters Gasp ...

* List of geological features on 25143 Itokawa

Jupiter

Io

List of mountains on Io More than 135 mountains have been identified on the surface of Jupiter's moon Io. Despite the extensive active volcanism taking place on Io, most mountains on Io are formed through tectonic processes. These structures average 6 km (4 ...

* List of volcanic features on Io *

List of regions on Io This is a list of named regions on Jupiter's 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 bright regions on Io's surface with many curre ...

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 This is a list of lineae on Europa. Most Europan lineae are named after characters and places in the legends of Cadmus and Europa; others are named after important megalithic stone rows built by the Neolithic peoples of Britain and France. S ...

* List of geological features on Europa

Ganymede

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

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. Catenae (crater chains) Faculae Fossae (ditches) Paterae Regiones Sulci See also *List of ...

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 This is a list of named geological features on Callisto, a moon of Jupiter. This list is complete as of August 2022. Catenae Callistoan catenae (crater chains) are named after rivers, valleys, and ravines in myths and folktales of cultures of ...

Saturn

* List of geological features on Mimas * List of geological features on Enceladus *

List of geological features on Tethys This is a list of named geological features on Tethys (moon), Tethys. Tethyan geological features are named after people and places in Homer's ''The Iliad'' and ''The Odyssey''. Chasmata There are two named Chasma, chasmata on Tethys. Montes ...

List of geological features on Dione This is a list of named geological features on Dione, a moon of Saturn. Dionean geological features are named after people and places in Roman mythology. Catenae Catenae are crater chains. They are named after rivers in Roman mythology. Chas ...

* List of geological features on Rhea *

List of geological features on Titan This is a list of named geological features on Saturn's moon Titan. Official names for these features have only been announced very recently, as Titan's surface was virtually unknown before the arrival of the '' Cassini–Huygens'' probe. Some fe ...

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 Most Iapetian geological features are named after characters and locations in the Old French epic poem ''The Song of Roland'', specifically the English translation by Dorothy L. Sayers.List of geological features on Ariel *

List of geological features on Umbriel Umbriel is a moons of Uranus, moon of Uranus discovered on October 24, 1851, by William Lassell. It was discovered at the same time as Ariel (moon), Ariel and named after a character in Alexander Pope's 1712 poem ''The Rape of the Lock''. Umbri ...

List of geological features on Titania This is a list of named geological features on Titania (moon), Titania. Chasms Titanian chasms are called chasmata. They are named after the locations of plays by William Shakespeare. Scarps Titanian escarpments are called rupes. They are na ...

List of geological features on Oberon This is a list of named geological features (mostly Impact crater, craters) on Oberon (moon), Oberon. Chasmata There is one named chasm on Oberon (moon), Oberon. Craters Oberonian craters are named after characters in the plays of William ...

List of geological features on Miranda This is a list of named geological features on Miranda (moon), Miranda. Craters Mirandan Impact crater, craters are named after characters in Shakespeare's ''The Tempest (play), The Tempest''. This naming scheme results in many Mirandan cra ...

* List of geological features on Puck

Neptune

List of geological features on Triton This is a list of named geological features, of various kinds, on Triton, the planet Neptune's largest moon. Catenae (crater chains) Cavi Tritonian cavi are named after mythological water spirits. Craters Dorsa (ridges) Fossae (di ...

List of geological features on Proteus Proteus (), also known as Neptune VIII, is the second-largest Neptune, Neptunian natural satellite, moon, and Neptune's largest Inner moon, inner satellite. Discovered by ''Voyager 2'' spacecraft in 1989, it is named after Proteus, the shape ...

Kuiper belt

List of geological features on Pluto This is a list of named geological features on Pluto, identified by scientists working with data from the '' New Horizons'' spacecraft. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially approved the first 14 names on 8 August 2017 (announced ...

List of geological features on Charon The geological features of Charon (moon), Charon, the largest moon of Pluto, are being mapped by scientists using data from the ''New Horizons'' spacecraft. The team has given provisional names to the most prominent. , only some of the names hav ...

External links

USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
(also includes nomenclature for satellites and minor planets/asteroids)
''The ~~Nine~~ Planets''
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