This is a list of geological features on Mercury. There is a separate List of craters on Mercury. This is a list of named craters on Mercury. ...

Craters

• See list of craters on Mercury

External link: [1] (http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/FeatureTypesData2.jsp?systemID=1&bodyID=9&typeID=9&system=Mercury&body=Mercury&type=Crater,%20craters&sort=AName&show=Fname&show=Lat&show=Long&show=Diam&show=Stat&show=Orig) This is a list of named craters on Mercury. ...

Mountains

External link: [2] (http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/FeatureTypesData2.jsp?systemID=1&bodyID=9&typeID=27&system=Mercury&body=Mercury&type=Mons,%20montes&sort=AName&show=Fname&show=Lat&show=Long&show=Diam&show=Stat&show=Orig)

Ridges

Mercurian ridges are called dorsa, and are named after astronomers who made detailed studies of the planet. Dorsum (pl. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ...

External link: [3] (http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/FeatureTypesData2.jsp?systemID=1&bodyID=9&typeID=10&system=Mercury&body=Mercury&type=Dorsum,%20dorsa&sort=AName&show=Fname&show=Lat&show=Long&show=Diam&show=Stat&show=Orig) Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (March 14, 1835 – July 4, 1910) was an Italian astronomer. ...

Valleys

Mercurian valleys are called valles, and are named after radio telescope facilities. Fljótsdalur in East-Iceland A valley is a landform, which can range from a few square miles (square kilometers) to hundreds or even thousands of square miles (square kilometers) in area. ... Vallis (plural valles) is the Latin word for valley. ... The Parkes 64 metre radio telescope in New South Wales, Australia (the bigger of the two shown) In contrast to an ordinary telescope, which produces visible light images, a radio telescope sees radio waves emitted by radio sources, typically by means of a large parabolic (dish) antenna, or arrays of...

External link: [4] (http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/FeatureTypesData2.jsp?systemID=1&bodyID=9&typeID=46&system=Mercury&body=Mercury&type=Vallis,%20valles&sort=AName&show=Fname&show=Lat&show=Long&show=Diam&show=Stat&show=Orig) The Arecibo Observatory is located in Arecibo, Puerto Rico on the north coast of the island. ... The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC) —commonly called the Goldstone Observatory— is located in Californias Mojave Desert (USA). ... Semeis Observatory (also spelled Semeiz) was an astronomy research observatory until the mid 1950s. ...

Plains

Mercurian plains are called planitiae, and most are named after mythological names associated with Mercury. Planitia is the Latin word for plain. ... Mercury is a god, also known as the god of trade, profit and commerce. ...

External link: [5] (http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/FeatureTypesData2.jsp?systemID=1&bodyID=9&typeID=31&system=Mercury&body=Mercury&type=Planitia,%20planitiae&sort=AName&show=Fname&show=Lat&show=Long&show=Diam&show=Stat&show=Orig) Hindi (हिन्दी) is a language spoken in most states in northern and central India. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure trace Potassium 31. ... The Caloris Basin, also called Caloris Planitia, is an impact crater, on Mercury, which is ~1350km in diameter. ... Odin, Icelandic/Old Norse Óðinn, Swedish Oden, Anglo-Saxon and Old Saxon Woden, Old Franconian Wodan, Alemannic Wuodan, German Wotan or Wothan Lombardic Godan. ... Suisei (水星) is a figure of Japanese mythology and is the messenger god. ... Old Norse is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until the 13th century. ...

Scarps

Mercurian scarps are called rupes and are named after the ships of famous explorers. In geology, an escarpment is a transition zone between different physiogeographic provinces that involves an elevation differential, often involving high cliffs. ... Rupes is the Latin word for cliff. It is used in planetary geology to refer to escarpments on other planets and moons. ... See also explorations, sea explorers, astronaut, conquistador, travelogue, the History of Science and Technology and Biography. ...

External link: [6] (http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/FeatureTypesData2.jsp?systemID=1&bodyID=9&typeID=38&system=Mercury&body=Mercury&type=Rupes,%20rup|-es&sort=AName&show=Fname&show=Lat&show=Long&show=Diam&show=Stat&show=Orig) British explorer James Cook is most noted for having discovered Australia and Hawaii. ... Rear Admiral Jules Sébastien César Dumont dUrville (May 23, 1790 – May 8, 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer, who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. ... British explorer James Cook is most noted for having discovered Australia and Hawaii. ... Endeavour replica in Cooktown harbour HM Bark Endeavour was originally a small merchant collier named Earl of Pembroke, built in Whitby, North Yorkshire. ... British explorer James Cook is most noted for having discovered Australia and Hawaii. ... The Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program of the United States Navy might be considered the beginning of the final phase in the shift of mission for destroyers from a surface attack role to that of a submarine hunter. ... Fridtjof Nansen Fridtjof Nansen (born October 10, 1861 in Kristiania Oslo - died May 13, 1930 in Oslo) was a Norwegian explorer, scientist and diplomat. ... Roald Amundsen Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (July 16, 1872–June 18?, 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. ... Roald Amundsen Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (July 16, 1872–June 18?, 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. ... Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603 - 1659) was a Dutch seafarer and explorer, born in Lutjegast, a village in the province of Groningen, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644, in the service of the VOC (Dutch East India Company). ... Nathaniel Palmer (1799 - 1877) was a sailor in the United States Navy. ... Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (Беллинсгаузен, Фаддей Фаддеевич, Faddey Faddeyevich Bellinsgauzen in Russian) (September 20, 1778 - January 13, 1852) served as a naval officer of the Russian Empire and commanded the second expedition to circumnavigate Antarctica. ... HMS Resolution was a sloop of the Royal Navy, the ship in which Captain James Cook made his second and third voyages of exploration in the Pacific. ... British explorer James Cook is most noted for having discovered Australia and Hawaii. ... Santa Maria Rupes is a scarp on Mercury. ... Christopher Columbus For information about the director, see the article on Chris Columbus. ... Ferdinand Magellan (Spring 1480 – April 27, 1521; Portuguese: Fernão de Magalhães; Spanish: Fernando/Hernando de Magallanes) was a Portuguese sea explorer who sailed for Spain. ... Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (Беллинсгаузен, Фаддей Фаддеевич, Faddey Faddeyevich Bellinsgauzen in Russian) (September 20, 1778 - January 13, 1852) served as a naval officer of the Russian Empire and commanded the second expedition to circumnavigate Antarctica. ... Two-masted fishing schooner A schooner is a type of sailing ship characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts. ... Rear Admiral Jules Sébastien César Dumont dUrville (May 23, 1790 – May 8, 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer, who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. ...

External links

• USGS: Mercury nomenclature (http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/SystemSearch2.jsp?System=Mercury)