List of craters on Ganymede

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:More footnotes Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System, and has a hard surface with many craters. Most of them are named after figures from Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and other ancient Middle Eastern myths, Others are named after relatives of the mythological Trojan prince Ganymede from Greek mythology.

List

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Achelous		40	1979	Achelous, Greek river god; father of Callirrhoe, Ganymede's mother.	Template:WGPSN
Adad		39	1979	Adad, Assyro-Babylonian god of thunder.	Template:WGPSN
Adapa		57	1979	Adapa, Assyro-Babylonian; lost immortality when, at Ea's advice, he refused food of life.	Template:WGPSN
Agreus		63	1985	Agreus, Hunter god in Tyre.	Template:WGPSN
Agrotes		74	1985	Agrotes, Tyre; greatest god of Gebal; farmer god.	Template:WGPSN
Aleyin		12.4	1997	Aleyin, Son of BaTemplate:Ayinal, spirit of springs.	Template:WGPSN
Ammura		61.5	1979	Ammura, Phoenician; god of the west.	Template:WGPSN
Amon		102	1985	Amon, Theban king of gods.	Template:WGPSN
Amset		11	1997	Amset, One of the four gods of the dead, son of Horus.	Template:WGPSN
Anat		2.9	1985	Anat, Assyro-Babylonian goddess of dew. Note: Defines 128 degrees longitude on Ganymede.	Template:WGPSN
Andjeti		52	1985	Andjeti, Egyptian; first god of Busirus.	Template:WGPSN
Anhur		25	1997	Anhur, Egyptian warrior god.	Template:WGPSN
Antum		14.75	1985	Antum, Babylonian; wife of Anu.	Template:WGPSN
Anu		55	1979	Anu, Sumerian-Akkadian god of power, of heavens.	Template:WGPSN
Anubis		114	1988	Anubis, Egyptian jackal-headed god who opened the underworld to the dead.	Template:WGPSN
Anzu		210	2000	Anzu, Gigantic lion-headed bird-like figure, the Sumerian Thunderbird.	Template:WGPSN
Apophis		57	2000	Apophis, Egyptian gigantic serpent symbolizing chaos or nonexistence.	Template:WGPSN
Ashîma		84	1985	Ashîm, Semitic-Arab god of fate.	Template:WGPSN
Asshur		25.5	1979	Asshur, Assyro-Babylonian warrior god.	Template:WGPSN
Atra-hasis		133	2000	Atra-hasis, Exceedingly wise' hero of Akkadian myth, survived the great flood.	Template:WGPSN
Aya		38	1979	Aya, Assyro-Babylonian; wife of Shamash.	Template:WGPSN
[[BaTemplate:Ayinal (crater)|BaTemplate:Ayinal]]		43	1979	[[BaTemplate:Ayinal]], Phoenician; Canaanite god.	Template:WGPSN
Bau		77	1988	Bau, Goddess who breathed into men the breath of life; daughter of Anu and patroness of Lagash.	Template:WGPSN
Bes		63	1985	Bes, Egyptian god of marriage.	Template:WGPSN
Chrysor		7	1997	Chrysor, Phoenician god; inventor of bait, fishing hooks and line, first to sail.	Template:WGPSN
Cisti		70	1997	Cisti, Iranian healing god.	Template:WGPSN
Damkina		190	2006	Damkina, Babylonian sky and health deity, queen of the gods, and mother of Marduk in some accounts.	Template:WGPSN
Danel		56	1979	Danel, Phoenician; mythical hero versed in art of divination.	Template:WGPSN
Dendera		82	2000	Dendera, Town where Hathor was chief goddess. (Name changed from Dendera Facula.)	Template:WGPSN
Diment		40	1979	Diment, Egyptian goddess of the dwelling place of the dead.	Template:WGPSN
Ea		20	1997	Ea, Assyro-Babylonian god of water, wisdom, and the earth.	Template:WGPSN
El		55	1997	El, "Father of Men", existed before the birth of gods.	Template:WGPSN
Enkidu		122	1982	Enkidu, Friend of Gilgamesh.	Template:WGPSN
Enlil		34.6	1979	Enlil, Assyro-Babylonian; nature god of the air, hurricanes, and nature.	Template:WGPSN
En-zu		5	1997	Enzu, Babylonian moon god.	Template:WGPSN
Epigeus		343	1997	Epigeus, Phoenician god.	Template:WGPSN
Erichthonius		31	1997	Erichthonius, Possible father of Ganymede.	Template:WGPSN
Eshmun		98	1979	Eshmun, Phoenician; divinity of Sidon.	Template:WGPSN
Etana		46	1979	Etana, Assyro-Babylonian; asked the eagle for an herb to give him an heir.	Template:WGPSN
Gad		72	1985	Gad, Semitic god of fate or good fortune.	Template:WGPSN
Geb		60	1985	Geb, Heliopolis Earth god.	Template:WGPSN
Geinos		56	1985	Geinos, Tyre; god of brick making.	Template:WGPSN
Gilgamesh		153	1979	Gilgamesh, Assyro-Babylonian; sought immortality after Enkidu died.	Template:WGPSN
Gir		73	1985	Gir, Sumerian god of summer heat.	Template:WGPSN
Gula		38	1979	Gula, Assyro-Babylonian; medicine goddess.	Template:WGPSN
Gushkin		40.5	2016	Gushkin-Banda, Sumerian patron god of goldsmiths.	Template:WGPSN
Halieus		90	1985	Halieus, Tyre; fisherman god.	Template:WGPSN
Hapi		96	1988	Hapi, Egyptian god of the Nile.	Template:WGPSN
Harakhtes		108	2000	Harakhtes, "Horus of the Two Horizons", form of Egyptian god Horus who represents the path of the sun.	Template:WGPSN
Haroeris		70	2000	Haroeris, Egyptian sky god whose eyes are the sun and the moon, a form of Horus.	Template:WGPSN
Hathor		173	1979	Hathor, Egyptian goddess of joy and love.	Template:WGPSN
Hay-tau		27	1997	Hay-tau, Nega god, spirit of forest vegetation.	Template:WGPSN
Hedetet		106	2000	Hedetet, Egyptian scorpion goddess.	Template:WGPSN
Hershef		120	2000	Hershef, Egyptian ram-headed god.	Template:WGPSN
Humbaba		40	2000	Humbaba, Babylonian terrifying guardian of the cedar forests.	Template:WGPSN
Ilah		76	1985	Ilah, First Sumerian sky god.	Template:WGPSN
Ilus		90	1985	Ilus, Ganymede's brother.	Template:WGPSN
Irkalla		117	1985	Irkalla, Sumerian goddess of underworld, seen by Enkidu in a dream.	Template:WGPSN
Ishkur		67	1985	Ishkur, Sumerian god of rain.	Template:WGPSN
Isimu		89.5	1985	Isimu, Sumerian god of vegetation.	Template:WGPSN
Isis		75	1979	Isis, Egyptian goddess; wife of Osiris.	Template:WGPSN
Kadi		87	1985	Kadi, Babylonian goddess of justice.	Template:WGPSN
Khensu		17	1997	Khensu, Egyptian moon god.	Template:WGPSN
Khepri		47	1997	Khepri, God of transformations for the Heliopitans.	Template:WGPSN
Khonsu		80	1988	Khonsu, Egyptian moon god.	Template:WGPSN
Khumbam		57	1979	Khumbam, Assyro-Babylonian; Elamite creator god.	Template:WGPSN
Kingu		78	1988	Kingu, Assyro-Babylonian; conquered leader of Tiamat's forces whose blood was used to create man.	Template:WGPSN
Kishar		78	1979	Kishar, Assyro-Babylonian; terrestrial progenitor goddess.	Template:WGPSN
Kittu		15	1985	Kittu, Assyro-Babylonian god of justice.	Template:WGPSN
Kulla		93	1985	Kulla, Sumerian god of brick making.	Template:WGPSN
Lagamal		131	2000	Lagamal, Son of Babylonian god Ea.	Template:WGPSN
Laomedon Template:IPAc-en		64	2019	Laomedon, king of Troy, nephew of Ganymede.	Template:WGPSN
Latpon		43	1997	Latpon, One of the sons of El.	Template:WGPSN
Lugalmeslam		64	1997	Lugalmeslam, Sumerian god of the underworld.	Template:WGPSN
Lumha		58	1985	Lumha, Title of Enki as patron of singers; also Babylonian priest.	Template:WGPSN
Maa		31	1997	Maa, Egyptian god of the sense of sight.	Template:WGPSN
Mehit		47	1985	Mehit, Egyptian lion-headed goddess; Anhur's wife.	Template:WGPSN
Melkart		105	1979	Melkart, Phoenician; divinity of Tyre.	Template:WGPSN
Menhit		140	2006	Menhit, Egyptian lion and war goddess.	Template:WGPSN
Min		33	1988	Min, Egyptian fertility god.	Template:WGPSN
Mir		8	1985	Mir, West Semitic god of wind.	Template:WGPSN
Misharu		88	1985	Misharu, Assyro-Babylonian god of law.	Template:WGPSN
Mont		15	1997	Mont, Theban war god.	Template:WGPSN
Mor		41	1979	Mor, Phoenician; spirit of the harvest.	Template:WGPSN
Mot		23	1997	Mot, Spirit of the harvest, one of the sons of El.	Template:WGPSN
Mush		99	1985	Mush, Sumerian male deity; upper parts are human, lower parts a serpent.	Template:WGPSN
Nabu		40	1979	Nabu, Sumerian god of intellectual activity.	Template:WGPSN
Nah-Hunte		47	2000	Nah-Hunte, Elamite god of light and justice.	Template:WGPSN
Namtar		50	1979	Namtar, Assyro-Babylonian plague demon.	Template:WGPSN
Nanna		56	1985	Nanna, Sumerian moon god; god of wisdom.	Template:WGPSN
Nefertum		29	1997	Nefertum, Original divine son of the Memphis triad, son of Ptah.	Template:WGPSN
Neheh		54	1985	Neheh, Egyptian god of eternity.	Template:WGPSN
Neith		90	1988	Neith, Egyptian warrior goddess; goddess of domestic arts.	Template:WGPSN
Nergal		9.6	1997	Nergal, Assyro-Babylonian king of the underworld.	Template:WGPSN
Nidaba		199	1985	Nidaba, Sumerian grain goddess.	Template:WGPSN
Nigirsu		53	1979	Nigirsu, Assyro-Babylonian; god of the fields, war god.	Template:WGPSN
Ningishzida		32	1997	Ningishzida, Sumerian vegetation god.	Template:WGPSN
Ninkasi		81	1988	Ninkasi, Sumerian goddess of brewing.	Template:WGPSN
Ninki		194	1985	Ninki, Consort to Ea, Babylonian god of water.	Template:WGPSN
Ninlil		91	1985	Ninlil, Chief Assyrian goddess; Asshur's consort.	Template:WGPSN
Ninsum		88	1985	Ninsum, Minor Babylonian goddess of wisdom; Gilgamesh's mother.	Template:WGPSN
Nut		90	1979	Nut, Egyptian goddess of the sky.	Template:WGPSN
Osiris		107	1979	Osiris, Egyptian god of the dead.	Template:WGPSN
Ptah		30	1988	Ptah, Sovereign god of Memphis; patron of artisans.	Template:WGPSN
Punt		135	1997	Punt, Land east of Egypt where Bes originated. Changed from Punt Facula.	Template:WGPSN
Ruti		16	1979	Ruti, Phoenician; Byblos god.	Template:WGPSN
Saltu		40	2006	Saltu, Babylonian goddess of discord and hostility.	Template:WGPSN
Sapas		56	1979	Shapash, Assyro-Babylonian; torch of the gods.	Template:WGPSN
Sati		95	1988	Sati, Wife of Khnum, Egyptian god of the Cataracts.	Template:WGPSN
Sebek		61	1979	Sebek, Egyptian crocodile god.	Template:WGPSN
Seima		38	1985	Seima, Mother goddess of the Arameans.	Template:WGPSN
Seker		103	1988	Seker, Egyptian god of the dead at Memphis.	Template:WGPSN
Selket		168	1985	Selket, Tutelary goddess who guarded intestines of the dead.	Template:WGPSN
Serapis		169	1997	Serapis, Egyptian healing god.	Template:WGPSN
Shu		44	1988	Shu, Egyptian god of air.	Template:WGPSN
Sin		19	1979	Sin, Babylonian moon god.	Template:WGPSN
Tammuz		51	1985	Tammuz, Egyptian childbirth goddess.	Template:WGPSN
Tanit		26	1979	Tanit, Akkadian youthful god of vegetation; Ishtar's son.	Template:WGPSN
Tashmetum		135	2000	Tashmetum, Assyro-Babylonian; Carthaginian goddess.	Template:WGPSN
Ta-urt		94	1988	Taurt, Egyptian childbirth goddess.	Template:WGPSN
Teshub		188	1994	Teshub, Elamite god of the tempest.	Template:WGPSN
Thoth		102	1985	Thoth, Egyptian moon god; invented all arts and sciences.	Template:WGPSN
Tros		94	1979	Tros, Greek; father of Ganymede.	Template:WGPSN
Upuant		17	1997	Upuant, Jackal-headed warrior god, god of the dead.	Template:WGPSN
We-ila		36	2000	We-ila, Akkadian god from whom the hero Atra-hasis was created.	Template:WGPSN
Wepwawet		86	2000	Wepwawet, Ancient Egyptian jackal deity.	Template:WGPSN
Zakar		170	1997	Zakar, Assyrian supreme deity.	Template:WGPSN
Zaqar		33	1979	Zaqar, Assyro-Babylonian; Sin's messenger who brought dreams to men.	Template:WGPSN

Dropped or not approved names

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Keret		36.0	1979	Dropped. Keret, Phoenician hero. Name dropped because feature not found on imagery.	Template:WGPSN
Khnum		45.0	–	Not approved named. Khnum, Egyptian ram-headed creation god. Note: Provisional name Khnum changed to Nah-Hunte because of duplication with Khnum Catena.	Template:WGPSN
Wadjet		100.0	2000	Dropped name. Wadjet, Egyptian cobra goddess. Same crater as Nut.	Template:WGPSN

External links

• USGS: Ganymede nomenclature
• USGS: Ganymede Nomenclature: Craters