List of geological features on Rhea - Definition and Overview

This is a list of named geological features on Rhea.

Chasms

Rhean chasms are called chasmata. They are named after mountains in Chinese mythology.

Rhean craters are named after figures from the mythologies of various non-European cultures.

Crater	Named after
Aananin	Aananin (Korean)
Adjua	Adjua (Ul'ch people of Siberia)
Agunua	Agunua (Solomon Islands)
Ameta	Ameta (Seram, Indonesia)
Arunaka	Arunaka (Incan)
Atum	Atum (Egyptian)
Bulagat	Bulagat (Buryat people of Siberia)
Bumba	Bumba (Bushongo people of the Congo)
Burkhan	Burkhan (Buryat people of Siberia)
Con	Kon (Incan)
Djuli	Djuli (Neghidahan people of Ukraine)
Ellyay	Ellyay (Yakut people of Siberia)
Faro	Faro (Mande people of West Africa)
Haik	Haik (Armenian)
Haoso	Haoso (Manchuria)
Heller	Heller (Auracanin)
Iraca	Iraca (Incan)
Izanagi	Izanagi (Japanese)
Izanami	Izanami (Japanese)
Jumo	Jumo (Marijan people of the Volga)
Karora	Karora (Aranda people of Australia)
Khado	Khado (Nganasan)
Kiho	Kiho (Polynesian)
Kumpara	Kumpara (Jivaro people of Ecuador)
Leza	Leza (Tongan)
Lowa	Lowa (Marshall Islands)
Malunga	Malunga (Bantu)
Manoid	Manoid (Negrito people of the Malay Peninsula)
Melo	Melo (Minyong people of India)
Mubai	Mubai (Tibetan)
Num	Num (Samoyed)
Ormazd	Ormazd (Zoroastrian)
Pan Ku	Pan Ku (Hmong)
Pedn	Pedn (Negrito people of the Malay Peninsula)
Qat	Qat (New Hebrides)
Sholmo	Sholmo (Buryat people of Siberia)
Taaroa	Ta'aroa (Hawaiian)
Thunupa	Thunpa (Incan)
Tika	Tika (Abkhazia)
Tirawa	Tirawa (Pawnee)
Tore	Tore (Pygmy people of Africa)
Torom	Torom (Ostiak people of Siberia)
Uku	Uku (Estonian)
Whanin	Hwanin (Korean)
Wuraka	Wuraka (Kakadu people of Australia)
Xamba	Xamba (Bushman)
Xu	!Xu (Bushman)
Yu-Ti	Yu-Ti (Chinese)

USGS: Rhea nomenclature (http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/saturn/rheaTOC.html)

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