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.

Planitiae

Enceladean plains are called planitiae. They are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.

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! Planitia !! Named after

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| Diyar Planitia || Diyar

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| Sarandib Planitia || Serendib

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Dorsa

Enceladean ridges are called dorsa. They are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.

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! Dorsum !! Named after

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| Cufa Dorsa || Cufa

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| Ebony Dorsum || Ebony

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Sulci

Sulci are long, parallel grooves. Enceladean sulci are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.

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! Sulcus !! Named after

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| Alexandria Sulcus || Alexandria, Egypt

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| Al-Medinah Sulci || Medina, Saudi Arabia

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| Al-Yaman Sulci || Yemen

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| Andalús Sulci || Al-Andalus

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| Baghdad Sulcus || Baghdad, Iraq

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| Bulak Sulcus || Boulaq, Egypt

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| Cairo Sulcus || Cairo, Egypt

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| Camphor Sulcus || Camphor

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| Cashmere Sulci || Kashmir

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| Damascus Sulcus || Damascus, Syria

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| Hamah Sulci || Hama, Syria

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| Harran Sulci || Harran, Turkey

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| Labtayt Sulci || Labtayt, possibly Leptis Magna

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| Láhej Sulci || Lahij, Yemen

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| Makran Sulci || Makran, Pakistan

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| Misr Sulci || Egypt

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| Mosul Sulci || Mosul, Iraq

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| Samarkand Sulci || Samarkand, Uzbekistan

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| Shiraz Sulcus || Shiraz, Iran

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| Sind Sulci || Sindh, Pakistan

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Fossae

Fossae are ditches or trenches. Enceladean fossae are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.

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! Fossa !! Named after

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| Anbar Fossae || Anbar, Iraq

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| Bassorah Fossa || Basra, Iraq

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| Bishangarh Fossae || Bishangarh

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| Daryabar Fossa || Daryabar

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| Isbanir Fossa || Isbanir

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| Kaukabán Fossae || Kaukaban, Yemen

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| Khorasan Fossa || Khorasan

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Rupes

On Enceladus, escarpments are called rupes.

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! Rupes !! Named after

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| Samaria Rupes || Samaria, from Khudadad and His Brothers

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Craters

Enceladean craters are named after characters in the Arabian Nights.

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! Crater !! Named after

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| Ahmad || Ahmad

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| Ajib || Brother of Gharib in "The History of Gharib and His Brother Ajib."

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| Al-Bakbuk || Al-Bakbuk

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| Al-Fakik || Al-Fakik

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| Al-Haddar || Al-Haddar

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| Al-Kuz || Al-Kuz

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| Al-Mustazi || Al-Mustazi

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| Aladdin || Aladdin

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| Ali Baba || Ali Baba

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| Ayyub || Ayyub

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| Aziz || Aziz

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| Bahman || Oldest prince in "The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette"

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| Behram || Bahram, likely influenced by Bahram V

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| Dalilah || Dalilah

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| Duban || Duban

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| Dunyazad || Dunyazad

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| Fitnah || Fitnah

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| Ghanim || Ghanim

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| Gharib || Gharib in "The History of Gharib and His Brother Ajib."

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| Harun || Harun al-Rashid

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| Hassan || Hassan

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| Hisham || Caliph in "The Caliph Hisham and the Arab Youth"

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| Ishak || Character in "Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant"

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| Jaafar || Jafar ibn Yahya

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| Jansha || Janshah

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| Julnar || Julnar the Sea-Born and Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia

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| Kamar || Kamar al-Akmár in "The Ebony Horse"

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| Kasim || Brother of Ali Baba

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| Khusrau || Sassanid ruler Khosrau II

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| Maaruf || Hero of "Maaruf the Cobbler and His Wife Fatimah"

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| Marjanah || Marjanah

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| Masrur || Eunuch in "Nur al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis al-Jalis"

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| Morgiana || Slave girl in "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"

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| Musa || Musa

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| Mustafa || Mustafa in Aladdin

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| Omar || Omar

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| Otbah || Otbah and Rayya

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| Parwez || Second prince in "The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette"

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| Peri-Banu || Peri-Banu

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| Perizadah || Youngest princess in "The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette"

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| Rayya || Otbah and Rayya

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| Sabur || King of Persia in "The Ebony Horse", likely influenced by Shapur II

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| Salih || Salih

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| Samad || Samad

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| Shahrazad || Shahrazad

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| Shahryar || Shahryar

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| Shakashik || Shakashik

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| Sharrkan || Sharrkan

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| Shirin || Shirin

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| Sindbad || Sindbad

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| Yunan || King of Persian city in "The Tale of the Vizier and the Sage Duban"

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| Zaynab || Daughter of Dalilah in "The Rogueries of Dalilah the Crafty and Her Daughter Zaynab the Coney-Catcher"

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| Zumurrud || Zumurrud

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See also

  • List of quadrangles on Enceladus
  • USGS: Enceladus nomenclature
  • Labeled Enceladus Map