This is a directory of lists of geological features on

planet A planet is a large, Hydrostatic equilibrium, rounded Astronomical object, astronomical body that is generally required to be in orbit around a star, stellar remnant, or brown dwarf, and is not one itself. The Solar System has eight planets b ...

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Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habitability, harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all ...

moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It Orbit of the Moon, orbits around Earth at Lunar distance, an average distance of (; about 30 times Earth diameter, Earth's diameter). The Moon rotation, rotates, with a rotation period (lunar ...

s and

asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet—an object larger than a meteoroid that is neither a planet nor an identified comet—that orbits within the Solar System#Inner Solar System, inner Solar System or is co-orbital with Jupiter (Trojan asteroids). As ...

s ordered by increasing distance from the

Sun The Sun is the star at the centre of the Solar System. It is a massive, nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core, radiating the energy from its surface mainly as visible light a ...

. Bodies in a planetary system are ordered similarly.

Mercury

* List of craters on Mercury *

List of geological features on Mercury Different types of geological features on the planet Mercury are named after different things: Mercurian ridges are called dorsa, and are named after astronomers who made detailed studies of the planet; valleys are called valles, and are named ...

Venus

List of craters on Venus This is a list of craters on Venus, named by the International Astronomical Union's (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. All craters on Venus are named after famous women or female first names. ''(For features on Venus oth ...

* List of coronae on Venus * List of mountains on Venus *

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 ...

Earth

* ''see also

Geology Geology (). is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Earth ...

Plate tectonics Plate tectonics (, ) is the scientific theory that the Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since 3–4 billion years ago. The model builds on the concept of , an idea developed durin ...

, Geologic eras, Geological history of Earth''

The Moon

List of craters on the Moon This is a list of named lunar craters. The large majority of these features are impact craters. The Planetary nomenclature, crater nomenclature is governed by the International Astronomical Union, and this listing only includes features that are ...

* List of maria on the Moon *

List of mountains on the Moon This is a list of mountains on the Moon (with a scope including all named ''mons'' and ''montes'', planetary science jargon terms roughly equivalent to 'isolated mountain'/'massif' and 'mountain range'). Caveats * This list is not comprehensiv ...

* 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 ...

List of mountains on Mars alt=four peaks, Comparison of Mount Sharp (Aeolis Mons) to three Earth peaks This is a list of all named mountains on Mars. Naming Most Martian mountains have a name including one of the following astrogeological terms: * '' Mons'' — lar ...

List of rocks on Mars Martian rocks and outcrops have been studied ''in-situ'' by various landers and rovers. While many of the rocks identified on the Martian surface are similar to each other, some have been considered scientifically important or otherwise notabl ...

* List of valles on Mars * List of chasmata on Mars * List of plains on Mars * List of terrae on Mars * List of areas of chaos terrain on Mars * List of surface features of Mars seen by the Spirit rover * List of surface features of Mars seen by the Opportunity rover * ''see also List of Martian canals''

Phobos and Deimos

Asteroids

* List of geological features on Ceres * 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 * List of geological features on 951 Gaspra * List of geological features on 25143 Itokawa

Jupiter

Io

* List of mountains on Io * List of volcanic features on Io * List of regions on Io

Europa

List of craters on Europa This is a list of craters on Europa. The surface of Jupiter Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the List of Solar System objects by size, largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a Jupiter mass, mass more than 2.5 time ...

* List of lineae on Europa * 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 ...

* List of geological features on Ganymede

Callisto

* List of craters on Callisto * List of geological features on Callisto

Saturn

* List of geological features on Mimas * List of geological features on Enceladus * List of geological features on Tethys * List of geological features on Dione * List of geological features on Rhea * List of geological features on Titan * List of geological features on Hyperion * List of geological features on Iapetus * List of geological features on Phoebe

Uranus

* List of geological features on Puck *

List of geological features on Miranda A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...

* List of geological features on Ariel * List of geological features on Umbriel * List of geological features on Titania * List of geological features on Oberon

Neptune

* List of geological features on Proteus *

List of geological features on Triton This is a list of named geological features on Triton. Catenae (crater chains) Cavi Tritonian cavi are named after mythological water spirits. Craters Dorsa (ridges) Fossae (ditches) Tritonian fossae are named after sacred bodies o ...

Kuiper belt

* List of geological features on Pluto * List of geological features on Charon

External links

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