List_of_geological_features_on_Enceladus
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.
Enceladean plains are called planitiae. They are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
| Planitia | Named after |
|---|---|
| Diyar Planitia | Diyar |
| Sarandib Planitia | Serendib |
Enceladean ridges are called dorsa. They are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
Sulci are long, parallel grooves. Enceladean sulci are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
| Sulcus | Named after |
|---|---|
| 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 are ditches or trenches. Enceladean fossae are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
| Fossa | Named after |
|---|---|
| Anbar Fossae | Anbar, Iraq |
| Bassorah Fossa | Basra, Iraq |
| Bishangarh Fossae | Bishangarh |
| Daryabar Fossa | Daryabar |
| Isbanir Fossa | Isbanir |
| Kaukabán Fossae | Kaukaban, Yemen |
| Khorasan Fossa | Khorasan |
On Enceladus, escarpments are called rupes.
| Rupes | Named after |
|---|---|
| Samaria Rupes | Samaria, from Khudadad and His Brothers |
Enceladean craters are named after characters in the Arabian Nights.
| Crater | Named after |
|---|---|
| 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 |
- List of quadrangles on Enceladus