About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Impact craters on Jupiter's moons, Surface features of Io, Surface features on Callisto, Pan, List of volcanic features on Io, List of craters on Callisto, List of mountains on Io, List of paterae on Io, Valhalla, Lofn, List of geological features on Ganymede, List of geological features on Io, Tawhaki Vallis, List of regions on Io, Tvashtar Paterae, List of geological features on Europa, List of lineae on Europa, List of craters on Europa, Danube Planum, Tohil Mons, Asgard, Egypt Mons, Amaterasu Patera, Silpium Mons, List of geological features on Callisto, Monan Patera, Svarog Patera, Pwyll, Viracocha Patera, List of quadrangles on Ganymede, Ganymede City, Babbar Patera, Conamara Chaos, List of geological features on Jupiter's inner moons, Kami-Nari Patera, Pyerun Patera, Manua Patera, Adlinda, Enki Catena, Fuchi Patera, Kinich Ahau Patera, Asha Patera, Mithra Patera, Memphis Facula, Galileo Regio, Arcas, List of quadrangles on Io, Lyctos Facula, Gaea, Jalkr, Keelut, Har, Uruk Sulcus, Gomul Catena, Tindr, Ida Facula. Excerpt: This is a list of named volcanic surface features 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 volcanic features on Io's surface with the majority currently not having an officially approved name. The names of volcanic features on Io use a combination of a name derived from a mythological figures from around the world related to the Sun, fire, volcanoes, thunder, or smithing, places from the Greek mythological story of Io, Dante's Inferno, or from the name of a nearby feature on Io's surface and an approved descriptive term. The descriptive term used is based on the type of feature named and how it was first discovered. Volcanoes that were first observed as an active featur...