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Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey
GAZETTEER OF VENUSIAN NOMENCLATURE
by Joel F. Russell 1
Open-File Report 94-235
May 1994
Tills report is preliminary and lias not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government,
Appendix 1: Feature types and name categories...............26
Appendix 2: Sources of names and general bibliography.......27
INTRODUCTION
"...a rose, by any other name..."-Shakespeare
Planetary nomenclature, like terrestrial nomenclature, is used to uniquely identify a feature on the surface of a planet or satellite so that the feature can be easily located, described, and discussed. This report contains information on all surface feature nomenclature for Venus approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) through December 1993.
Planetary nomenclature is adjudicated by the IAU through the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). The WGPSN reviews all name proposals for adherence to IAU rules and guidelines regarding planetary nomenclature. Rules are defined to ensure that the nomenclature is clear, unambiguous, international in scope, and noncontroversial.
The Venusian nomenclature is based on an overall theme of the feminine; as Venus is the only major planet named for a female deity, the IAU chose to give all features on Venus female names. Guidelines for the kinds of names that may be applied to specific feature types are outlined in Appendix 1. Some features are given names commemorative of historical women; such persons must be noteworthy in some way and must have been deceased for at least 3 years. They cannot be a political or military figure from the 19th or 20th centuries nor a religious figure of any century (there are, of course, a few exceptions).
Descriptor terms, or feature types, are an integral part of planetary feature names (except for craters, for which the feature type is implied). Feature types (Appendix 1) are intentionally loosely defined, so as to place features in broad categories without implying geologic history or geomorphology.
Suggestions for names must go through a lengthy review process before they are approved, and, therefore, candidate names should be submitted to the IAU well before they are needed. To make proposals, or to obtain more information regarding rules and the review process, contact Joel Russell, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Dr., Flagstaff AZ 86001, or phone 602-556-7211; internet [email protected].
This gazetteer is divided into two parts. The first lists names that have been given full approval by the IAU. The second part contains all names that have provisional approval; these names have been recommended by the WGPSN but have not yet been voted upon by the IAU General Assembly, which meets only every 3 years. Provisional names may be used in publication, but their provisional status must be indicated. (The U.S. Geological Survey, for example, places an asterisk (*) after provisional names and explains its meaning.) All provisional names in this report should receive full approval at the General Assembly scheduled for August 1994.
Feature information includes the feature name, the center
latitude and longitude, the diameter or long dimension in kilometers, and a brief description of the origin of the feature name.
Appendix 1 lists the types of features approved for Venus, their definitions, and the guidelines used in selecting names for each feature type. Appendix 2 contains lists of most of the sources of names and a general bibliography.
65.0 Ancient Greek astronomer. 40.0 Maria; Italian mathematician (1718-1799). 37.0 Roman empress (c. 13 B.C.-A.D. 33). 43.0 Anna; Soviet poet (1889-1966). 63.0 Louisa M.; American author (1832-1888). 14.0 Portuguese first name. 22.0 Ayesha; Egyptian author, feminist (1840
-1902).16.0 Ostrogoth queen (c. A.D. 498-535). 33.0 Carmen; Spanish Gypsy dancer (1913-1963). 25.0 Egyptian princess (718-655 B.C.). 30.0 Iranian doctor.38.0 Greek physician, poet (fl. c. 300 B.C.). 23.0 Roman empress, wife of Marcus Aurelius
(A.D. 125-175). 15.0 Russian first name. 20.0 Russian first name.22.0 Greek first name; crater defines longitude. 11.0 Scandinavian first name. 31.0 Mother of Julius Caesar. 21.0 Tamil poet (c. 100 B.C.). 27.0 Thekla; Polish composer (1834-1861). 42.0 Chinese historian (c. A.D. 35-100). 27.0 Olivia; Spanish medical writer (b.
1562).79.0 Valeria; Soviet singer (1892-1967). 49.0 Agniya; Soviet poet (1906-1981). 54.0 Clara; American Red Cross founder (1821
-1912). 33.0 Laura; Italian physicist, mathematician
(1711-1778). 25.0 Aphra; English novelist, poet, playwright
(1640-1689).25.0 Sarah; French actress (1844-1923). 20.0 Finnish first name. 23.5 Lithuanian first name. 21.0 Karen; Danish author (1885-1962). 91.0 Norwegian biologist. 62.0 Nadia; French pianist, composer (1881
-1979). 35.0 Margaret; American photojournalist (1905
-1971).11.0 Irish first name.22.0 Frances; Canadian novelist (1724-1789). 24.0 Elizabeth; British poet (1806-1861). 22.0 Pearl S.; American writer (1892-1973). 20.0 Adriana; Bulgarian princess (1878-1955). 31.0 Maria; Greek-American opera singer
-1917). -24.2 344.1 41.0 Rachel; American biologist, author (1907
-1964).
-26.5-39.5-33.261.3
-59.546.732.9
-11.511.315.0
-17.5-26.322.1
28.239.543.9
-21.420.3
-18.0 22.617.216.6
61.345.327.4
19.0
32.4
31.662.036.0 60.1 36.126.5
21.2
45.348.428.3-5.70.52.4
21.3-3.9
339.937.865.6
307.9354.5123.2336.2
342.489.354.126.531.34.3
106.8297.8
0.0335.2331.8353.6137.2146.9109.3
223.0146.2337.5
64.7
142.0
84.5322.031.8
145.6127.099.3
147.9
348.8296.6
4.8349.6143.127.0
140.616.1
name
CRATERS (cont.)
Gather Chapelle
ChiyojoChristieCleopatra
Cochran
Cori
Cotton Cunitz
Cynthia Danilova Dashkova de Beauvoir de Lalande Deken Deledda Deloria
DevorguillaDickinsonDoloresDuncanEdgeworthEfimova
Erika Ermolova Erxleben Eve
FedoretsFerberFernandezFerrierFestaFlagstad
FrankFredegondeFridaGalinaGeopert-Meyer
GerdaGermainGinaGloriaGolubkinaGreenaway
lat long
Approved names
size name origin
47.16.4
-47.828.365.9
51.8
25.4
70.714.5
-16.7-26.478.32.0
20.447.176.0
-32.0
15.374.351.568.132.281.0
72.060.2
-50.9-32.0
59.626.476.315.811.5
-54.3
-13.1-50.568.147.559.8
45.9-38.078.168.560.322.9
106.8103.8
95.772.67.0
143.2
72.7
300.3350.9
347.4337.3306.296.1
355.0288.3127.597.0
3.9177.3201.4291.822.7
222.5
175.1154.239.40.1
65.113.017.1
111.327.218.9
12.993.155.5
307.126.8
91.063.675.594.0
286.5145.0
27.021.0
43.025.0
105.0
100.0
55.0
47.053.0
16.049.048.058.021.048.032.037.0
23.069.012.043.031.029.0
11.064.030.023.0
54.023.021.033.025.040.0
23.026.022.018.033.0
30.036.014.020.031.092.0
Willa; American novelist (1876-1947).Georgette; Am. photojournalist, killed inViet Nam (1919-1965).Japanese poet.Agatha; British novelist (1891-1976).Egyptian queen, notable for love affairswith Julius Caesar and Mark Antony(69-30 B.C.).Jacqueline; American aviatrix (c. 1906-1980).Gerty; Czech biochemist, Nobel laureate(1896-1957).Egenni; French physicist (1881-1967).Maria; Polish astronomer-mathematician(1610-1664).First name from Greek.Maria; Russian ballet dancer (b. 1793).Yekaterina; Russian philologist (1743-1810)Simone; French writer (1908-1986).Marie-Jeanne; French astronomer (1768-1832)Agatha; Dutch novelist (1741-1804).Grazia; Italian novelist (1871-1936).Ella; Dakota (Sioux) anthropologist (1888-1971).Irish heroine (d. 1193). Emily; American poet (1830-1886). Spanish first name.Isadora; American dancer (1878-1927). Maria; Irish writer (1767-1849). (Simonovich-Efimova) Nina; Soviet painter and puppet-theatre designer (1877-1948). Hungarian, German first name. Mariya; Russian actress (1853-1928). Dorothea; first woman Ph.D in Germany. Hebrew first name; Pioneer Venus longitude- setting feature.Valentina; Soviet astronomer (1923-1976). Edna; American author (1887-1968). M. A.; Spanish actress (18th century). Kathleen; English opera singer (1912-1953). Italian painter. Kirsten; Norwegian opera singer (1895-1962).Anne; Dutch diarist, heroine (1929-1945).Prankish queen (d. A.D. 597).Swedish first name.Bulgarian first name.Maria; Polish physicist, Nobel laureate(1907-1972).Danish, German first name.Sophie; French mathematician (1776-1831).Italian first name.Portuguese first name.Anna; Soviet sculptor (1864-1927).Kate; English author, illustrator(1846-1901).
Yvette; French singer (1865-1944). Wilhelmina; Austrian violinist (1839-1911), Fumiko; Japanese writer (1903-1951)1 Lillian; American playwright, author (1905-1984).Sonja; Norwegian skater (1912-1969).Barbara; English sculptor (1903-1975).Japanese queen (4th Cen. A.D.).Billie; American singer (1915-1959).Mary; 19th Cen. English naturalist,geologist.Chinese warrior (c. A.D. 590).Chinese engineer.Korean poet (16th Century A.D.)Hindu first name.Russian first name.Serbocroatian first name.Polish first name.French first name.Sophia; British pioneer woman physician(1840-1912).Irene; French physicist, Nobel laureate(1897-1956).Portuguese first name.Czech, German first name.Raden Adjeng; Javanese educator (1879-1904).Angelica; German painter (1741-1807). Fanny; English actress (1809-1893). Mihri; Turkish poet (1456-1514). Mariya; Soviet marine geologist (c. 1910-1978).Lydia; Estonian poet (1843-1886). Kathe; German artist (1867-1945). Marie; French novelist (1634-1693). Marie; French medical researcher (1769-1821).Selma; Swedish novelist (1858-1940).Wanda; Polish pianist (1877-1959).Spanish, Italian first name.Inge; Danish geophysicist (1888-?).Russian first name.Chinese essayist, scholar (1085-1151).Russian first name.Russian first name.Jenny; Swedish singer (1820-1887).Swedish first name.Maria; Swiss entomologist (1750-1831).Russian first name.Danish first name.Anna; Italian actress (1908-1973).Anna; Italian anatomist, teacher (1716-1774).Hungarian first name.Daughter of Galileo.
name
CRATERS (cont.)
Marsh
Masha Mead
Meitner Merian Millay Mona Lisa
MonikaMontessoriMoses
Mu GuiyingMukhinaNadiraNanaNataliaNemcovaNijinskayaObukhovaO'ConnorOdiliaOlyaOrlovaOsipenkoParraPattiPiaf
Ngaio; New Zealand playwright, novelist(1899-1982).Russian first name.Margaret; American anthropologist (1901-1978).Lise; Austrian physicist (1878-1968).Maria; Dutch entomologist (1647-1717).Edna; American poet (1892-1950).Leonardo da Vinci's model, real name LisaGiacondo (b. c. 1474).German first name.Maria; Italian educator (1870-1952).A., "Grandma"; American painter (20thcentury).Chinese warrior.Vera; Soviet sculptor (1889-1953).Uzbek poet (1791-1842).Serbocroatian first name.Romanian first name.Bozena; Czech novelist, poet (1820-1882).Bronislava; Russian dancer (1891-1972).Nadezhda; Soviet singer (1886-1961).Flannery; American novelist (1925-1964).Portuguese first name.Russian first name.Lyubov; Soviet actress (1902-1975).Polina; Soviet aviator (1907-1939).Chilean writer.Adelina; Italian singer (1843-1919).Edith; French singer, songwriter (1915-1963).Estonian first name.Russian first name.Aleksandra; Russian explorer (1843-1893).Catharina; Australian writer (1884-1969).Bulgarian first name.Hindu first name.Julie; French patriot; defied Napoleon.First name from Latin.Margaretta; English botanist (1804-1899).Italian first name.Christina; English poetess (1830-1894).First name from Persian.Varvara; Russian medical doctor (1844-1899).Lidiya; Soviet singer (1900-1973).Hebrew first name.16th Cen. Korean poet.Artist's model, wife of Rembrandt.Caterina; 19th Century Italian astronomer.First name from Celtic.Marie; French writer (1626-1696).Scandinavian first name.French first name.Soviet astronomer.Romanian first name.
Gertrude; American writer (1874-1946).Swedish first name.Mary; Queen of Scots (1542-1587).Russian first name.Maria; Italian ballet dancer (1804-1884)Georgian first name.Russian first name.Lidiya; Soviet astronomer (1855-1931).Marina; Soviet poet (1892-1941).Hungarian first name.French first name.Sigrid; Norwegian author (1882-1949).Danish first name.First name from Latin.Marie; French painter (1755-1842).Anna; Russian chemist (1800-1876).Regina; German physician, educator (1771-1849).Lilian; English writer (1864-1960).Polish first name.Edith; American writer (1862-1937).Laura; American writer (1867-1957).Virginia; British writer (1882-1941).Wife of Socrates (5th Cen. B.C.).Chinese novelist (1911-1942).Aleksandra; Soviet actress (1866-1964).Bulgarian first name.Maria; Russian astronomer (1870-1934).Chinese poet (1126-1200).Romanian first name.Serbocroatian first name.Russian first name.Lidiya; Russian aviatrix (1890-1916).
Indian forest goddess.Greek goddess of hunt/moon.Slavic forest witch.Georgian; goddess of hunt (?).Hausa (W. Sudan) great huntress.Czechoslovakian goddess of hunt.Roman goddess of hunt/moon.Western Lapp forest maiden.Greek moon goddess.Chinese moon goddess.Hawaiian moon goddess.Aztec wife of the sun god; probably moongoddess.Roman sky goddess; sister and consort ofJupiter.Ketian (Siberia) ruler of forest animals.Dravidian (India) hunting goddess.Marian (Volga Finn) forest goddess.Mbundu goddess of the spirit of the hunt.Lithuanian main forest goddess.
Saami-Lapp fishing goddess. Lithuanian sea goddess. Greek; mother of Sirens. Chinese sea goddess.
Armenian goddess of fertility.Chibchan (S. Amer. Indian) goddessof fertility.Sumerian fertility goddess.Norse earth goddess.Kataba (Colombia) fertility goddess.Aztec earth goddess.Greek goddess of fertility.Amelia; American aviatrix (1897-1937).Iroquois earth goddess.Tuamotu earth mother.Ancient Italian goddess of spring andflowers.Teutonic goddess of fertility.Norse fertility goddess.Ainu (Japan) earth goddess.Slavonic personification of fertility.Fon (Benin) goddess of fertility.Persian fertility/moon goddess.Beautiful Egyptian queen.Egyptian grain goddess.Masai earth/fertility goddess.Florence; English nurse (1820-1910).Iroquois corn spirit.Greek fertility goddess.Bini (S. Nigeria) goddess of fertility.Mongolian earth mother.Roman goddess of fruits.Aztec fertility goddess.
Saami-Lapp goddess of spring andfertility.Finnish goddess of harvest, earth.Celtic fertility goddess.
Navajo (N. America) spirit of light andsky.Arab sky goddess.Lithuanian goddess of sun rays.Lithuanian dawn goddess.Vietnamese sky goddess.Lithuanian goddess of evening light.Lithuanian goddess of night darkness.Slavic goddess of day, light.South Slavic rain goddess.Chinese lightning goddess.Norse, wife of supreme god Odin.Greek goddess, personification of day.Greek sky goddess, wife of Zeus.Greek goddess of rainbow.Moldavian witch who directed the winds.Roman sky goddess; sister and consort ofJupiter.Georgian sky maiden, daughter of weathergod.Latvian witch, flies in sky.Polynesian goddess, creator of heavens.Marian (Volga Finn) wind goddess.Greek cloud goddess.Greek goddess of whirlwind.Greek dew goddess.Estonian sky maiden.Hungarian wind goddess.Ulchian (Siberia) sky goddess.Babylonian sky goddess.Etruscan dawn goddess.Ketian (Siberia) sky goddess.Etruscan goddess, same as Hera or Juno.Mordvinian (Volga Finn) wind goddess.East Slav witch.Marian (Volga Finn) daughter of main god;she came down from heaven to the earth.Moldavian dawn goddess.
Irish earth mother. Ethiopian earth mother. Semitic mother goddess. Roman goddess of silence.
Antiope Linea Guor Linea Hariasa Linea Hippolyta Linea Kalaipahoa Linea Kara Linea
Lampedo Linea Molpadia Linea Morrigan Linea Penardun Linea Vihansa Linea
MONTES
Akna Montes Api Mons Atira Mons
B&cuma Mons Bunzi Mons Cotis Mons
Oanu Montes Eostre Mons Freyja Montes Furki Mons
Gula Mons Hallgerda Mons Hathor Mons Innini Mons
Jael Mons Kurukulla Mons Maat Mons
Maxwell Montes Melia Mons
lat
Approved names
long size name origin
38.0-61.035.050.271.963.664.539.5
-62.062.752.358.2
-40.020.019.0
-42.0-60.5-44.0
57.0-48.0-54.5-54.054.0
68.938.952.2
34.045.844.1
58.545.174.135.9
21.953.1
-38.7-34.6
51.248.70.5
65.262.8
222.1344.046.5
109.5254.664.9
252.5247.3347.0356.419.97.0
350.00.0
15.0345.0338.0306.0
295.0359.0311.0344.020.0
318.254.7
267.6
21.9354.9233.1
334.0329.1333.8236.4
359.1198.3324.7328.5
120.8103.0194.6
3.3119.3
855.0700.0240.0141.0512.0536.0
*244.0800.0243.0971.0357.0
1240.01050.0
**
2400.0700.0
*1350.03200.0975.0
*
830.0190.0152.0
130.036.062.0
808.026.0
579.079.0
276.057.0
333.0339.0
36.059.0
395.0
797.0311.0
Roman war goddess, wife of Mars.Greek war goddess.Amazon queen in Scythian epic tales.Old English goddess, connected with Mars,Yakutian (Siberia) goddess of bloodshed.Greek war goddess.Roman goddess of war.Norse Valkyrie.Greek goddess of victory.Norse Valkyrie.Norse Valkyrie.Norse battle goddesses.
Amazon awarded to Theseus.Northern European Valkyrie.German war goddess.Amazon queen.Hawaiian war goddess.Valkryie maiden who, in Icelandic legend,sang so sweetly that the enemy could notdefend themselves.Scythian Amazon queen.Amazon.Celtic war goddess.Celtic sky goddess.German war goddess.
Yucatan goddess of birth.Scythian goddess of earth.Pawnee (N. America) wife of Great SpiritTirawa.Woyo (Zaire) rainbow goddess.Woyo (Zaire) rainbow goddess.Thracian goddess, mother of gods, similarto Cybele.Celtic mother of gods.Teutonic goddess of spring.Norse mother of Odin.Chechen and Ingush (Caucasus) goddess,wife of thunder god Sela.Babylonian earth mother, creative force.Icelandic goddess of vanity.Egyptian sky goddess.Babylonian Earth mother worshipped atKish.Hebrew goddess of dawn.Etan goddess of wealth.Ancient Egyptian goddess of truth andjustice.James C.; British physicist (1831-1879).Greek nymph.
* size not yet defined. 10
name
MONTES (cont.)
Mentha Hone
Hilda Hone Mokosha Hone Muta Mons Nepthys Hone Nokomis Montes Ozza Hone Renpet Mons Rhea Mons Sapas Mons Sekmet Mons
Seshat Mons Sif Mons Tefnut Mons Tepev Mons Thallo Mons
Roman goddess, personification of thehuman mind.Lithuanian goddess of love.East Slavic main goddess.Roman goddess of silence.Egyptian goddess of barren lands.Algonquin (N. America) earth mother.Persian goddess honored by the Koreishies,Egyptian goddess of springtime and youth.Greek Titaness.Phoenician goddess.Ancient Egyptian goddess of war andbattle.Egyptian goddess of writing.Teutonic goddess, Thor's wife.Ancient Egyptian goddess of dew or rain.Quiche Mayan creator goddess.Greek goddess of vegetation flowering(Spring Hora).Greek Titaness.Indian goddess of dawn.Ancient Italian sea goddess.
Mary; English paleontologist (1799-1847). Susan B.; American suffrage leader (1820-1906).Virginia; American doctor (1909-1974).One of most outstanding women of ancientGreece (c. 470-429 B.C.).Egyptian who defeated Portugese.Mary; American educator (1875-1955).(Boudicca); queen and heroine of Iceni(English Celtic tribe) (d. A.D. 62).Frederika; Swedish writer, reformer,feminist (1801-1865).Rosalba; Italian portrait painter (1675-1757).Mary; American Impressionist painter(1844-1926).Edith; British nurse, heroine (1865-1915),Claudine; French novelist (1873-1954).Charlotte; French patriot (1768-1798).Emily Sarah; British educator, collegefounder (1830-1921).George; (Mary Ann Evans) English writer(1819-1880).Egyptian pharoah (1479 B.C.).Chinese, converted silk worm product intothread and material (2698 B.C.).German writer (c. A.D. 935-975).Sikibu; Japanese writer (974-1036).Helen; blind and deaf American writer(1880-1968).
Helena; Austrian historical writer(1410-1471).Etan goddess of wealth.(Malina); Aztec Indian guide, interpreter(1501-1550).(Ann Zingha) queen, head of Amazon band(1582-1663).Powhatan Indian peacemaker (1595-1617).Queen of Delhi Sultanate (India) (A.D.1236-1240).Blackfoot Indian woman who guided Lewis& Clark expedition to the PacificNorthwest (1786-1812).Nelly; German-born Swedish playwright,poet (1891-1970).George (Aurore Dupin); French novelist(1804-1876).Lyric poet; Lesbos, Asia Minor (fl.between 160-580 B.C.).Ernestine; German singer (1861-1936).
Marie; English paleontologist (1880-1959).Hebrew medical scholar (1500 B.C.).Nurse who started Salem witch hunt(c. 1692).Italian physician (A.D. 1097).
Victoria; American-English lecturer (1838-1927).Russian, wife of Prince Igor; patientlyawaited his return from captivity (12thcentury).
Finnish heroine who became water spirit.Greek; huntress associated with goldenapples.Lithuanian sea mistress.Slavic water spirit.Orochian (Siberia) water spirit, mermaid.British, wife of King Arthur.Greek; "the face that launched 1000 ships.Hawaiian mythological heroine; died andbrought back to life.Trojan; wife of Aeneas.Mother of Helen and of Castor and Pollux.Karelo-Finn mother of the North.Arab mother-goddess Allat as goddess ofgood fortune.Greek; her 12 children killed by Artemisand Apollo.Russian mermaid.Eskimo; her fingers became seals andwhales.
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name
PLANITIAE (cont.)
SnegurochkaPlanitia
Vellamo Planitia Vinmara Planitia
PLANUM
Lakshmi Planum
Approved names
lat long size name origin
86.6 328.0 2773.0 Snow maiden in Russian folktales, meltedin spring.
45.4 149.1 2154.0 Karelo-Finn mermaid. 53.8 207.6 1634.0 Swan maiden whom sea god Qat kept on Earth
by hiding her wings (New Hebrides).
68.6 339.3 2343.0 Indian goddess of love and war.
REGIONES
Alpha Regio Asteria Regio At la Regio Bell Regio Beta Regio Dione Regio Eistla Regio Hyndla Regio Imdr Regio Metis Regio Mnemosyne Regio Ovda Regio
Phoebe RegioTethus RegioThemis RegioThetis RegioUlfrun Regio
First letter in Greek alphabet.Greek Titaness.Norse giantess, mother of Heimdall.English giantess.Second letter in Greek alphabet.Greek Titaness; 1st wife of Zeus.Norse giantess.Norse wood giantess.Norse giantess.Greek Titaness.Greek Titaness.Marijian; Titaness having supernaturalpower.Greek Titaness.Greek Titaness.Greek Titaness.Greek Titaness.Norse giantess.
Roman goddess of hearth and baking ofbread.Lithuanian goddess of fire and hearth,Greek hearth goddess.Adygan (Caucasus) goddess of hearth.Siberian; Turco-Tatar goddess of thehearth fire.Roman hearth goddess.
Greek goddess of love. Babylonian goddess of love. Slavic goddess of love.
Greek goddess of necessity. Greek; one of three Fates. Greek; one of three Fates. Latvian goddess of fate.
Roman goddess of chance.Aztec goddess of fate.Ulchian (Siberia) folklore toad thatbrings happiness.Greek; one of three Fates.Latvian and Lithuanian goddess of fate.Ancestress who possesses the book of fatein Mongol, Tibetan, Buriat mythologies.Semitic goddess of fate.Egyptian goddess of fortune.Greek fate goddess.Greek goddess of fate.Babylonian; Ishtar as the goddess of fate.Greek Titaness.One of the names of Fortuna, Roman goddessof chance.
Igbo (Nigeria) goddess who created Earthand vegetation.Phoenician goddess of love, fertility andwar; personification of planet Venus.Egyptian goddess of joy.Celtic goddess of wisdom, doctoring,smithing.German/Norse vegetation goddess.Phrygian (Phoenician) Earth goddess.Earth Goddess of Leti and Babar(southwestern islands, eastern Indonesia).One of the main figures in Hatti (proto-Hittite) mythology; sun goddess and motherof gods.
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name
CRATERS
Abigail Abington
Adaiah Adamson
Addams
Aethelflaed
Aimee Aita Ajana Akeley
Akiko
Aksentyeva
AlimaAlimatAlisonAlmaAnaxandraAndreianova
Anuah Asmik Audrey Austen
Baker
Balch
Baranamtarra
Barrymore
Bascom
Bashkirtseff
Bathaheba Beecher
BerggoltsBernadetteBickerdyke
Blackburne
Blanche Bly
Provisional names
lat long size name origin
-52.2-47.8
-47.3-14.8
-56.1
-18.2
16.2 8.9
-29.1 8.0
30.7
-42.0
-45.9-29.6-4.0-2.4 44.2-3.0
14.93.9
23.8-25.0
62.6
29.9
17.9
-52.3
-10.3
14.7
-15.1 13.1
-63.4-46.7-82.0
11.0
-8.5 37.7
111.1277.8
253.3 29.6
98.9
196.5
127.1 270.7 175.5 244.4
187.1
271.9
229.2 205.9 165.6 228.7 162.1 68.7
86.5 166.4 348.1 168.3
40.5
282.9
267.8
195.6
302.2
194.0
49.3 253.5
53.0 285.6 170.8
183.8
157.8 305.5
19.0 22.5
19.0 20.0
90.0
17.0
17.5 13.5 14.5 24.5
23.5
43.0
12.5 13.5 15.5 17.0 21.0 70.0
13.0 17.5 15.2 46.0
105.0
37.0
25.0
50.0
36.0
38.0
36.0 35.0
31.0 14.5 39.0
33.0
18.0 20.0
First name from Hebrew.Frances; English actress(1737-1815).Hebrew first name.Joy; Austrian author, animalexpert (1910-1980).Jane; American social reformer(1860-1935).Leader of the Mercians (England)(c. 884-918).French first name.Estonian first name.Altai (central Asia) first name.Delia; American explorer(1875-1970).Yosano; Japanese tanka poet(1878-1942).Zinaida; Soviet geophysicist,astronomer (1900-1969).Tatar first name.Osset (Georgia) first name.Irish first name.Kazakh first name.Greek artist (fl. c. 228 B.C.).Elena; Russian ballerina (c.1821-c. 1855).Armenian first name.Armenian first name.English first name.Jane; English novelist (1775-1817).Josephine; American expatriatedancer, singer (1906-1975).Emily; American economist,Nobel laureate (1867-1961).Mesopotamian queen (c. 2500B.C.).Ethel; American actress(1879-1959).Florence; American geologist(1862-1945).Marie; Russian painter, diarist(c. 1859-1884).Hebrew queen (c. 1030 B.C.).Catherine; American educator,author (1800-1878).Olga; Russian poet (1910-1975).French first name.Mary; American Civil War nurse(1817-1901).Anna; English biologist (1726-1793).French first name.Nellie; American journalist(1867-1892).
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name
CRATERS, cont,
Boivin
Boleyn Bonheur
Bonnin
Boyd
Boye
Bradstreet
Bryce
Bugoslavskaya
Caccini
Caiwenji
Caldwell
Caroline Carr
Carter
Castro
Centlivre
Chloe Cline
Cohn
Colleen Comnena
Conway
Corinna Corpman
Cortese
Danute Daphne Datsolalee
de Ayala
de Beausoleil
Provisional names
lat long size name origin
4.3 299.5 18.0
24.49.8
-6.2
-39.3
-9.6
16.5
-62.6
-23.0
17.4
-12.4
23.6
6.8 -24.0
5.3
3.3
19.1
-7.4 -21.8
-33.2
-60.8 1.2
48.3
22.8 0.3
-11.4
-63.5 41.3 38.3
12.3
-5.0
219.9 288.7
117.6
221.3
292.3
47.6
197.1
300.4
170.4
287.5
112.1
306.3 295.7
67.2
233.9
290.4
98.6 317.0
208.1
162.2 343.7
39.1
40.5 151.8
218.3
56.5 280.4 171.6
31.9
102.9
69.0 105.0
40.0
25.0
29.5
39.0
24.5
29.5
38.0
22.0
44.0
17.0 30.0
17.5
22.5
25.5
19.0 40.0
20.5
13.5 19.5
50.0
21.0 52.0
27.5
14.0 14.0 18.5
20.0
30.0
Marie; French medical researcher(1773-1847).Ann; English queen (1507-1536).Rosa; French painter (1822-1899).Gertrude (Zitkala-sa) Dakotareformer, writer (1875-1938).Louise; American explorer(1887-1972).Karen; Swedish poet, novelist(1900-1941).Anne; American poet (c. 1612-1672).Lucy; Australian medicalpioneer (1897-1968).Yevgenia; Soviet astronomer(1899-1960).Francesca; Italian poet,composer (c. 1581-c. 1640).Chinese painter, calligrapher(907-960).Taylor; American author (1900-1985).First name from French.Emily; Canadian artist (1871-1945).Maybelie; American singer,songwriter (1909-1978).Rosalie; Spanish poet, novelist(1837-1885).Susannah; English actress,playwright (c. 1667-1723).First name from Greek.Patsy; American singer (1932-1963).Carola; Australian artist (1892-1964).Irish first name. Anna; Byzantine princess, physician, writer (1083-1148). Anne Finch; English natural scientist (1631-1679). Greek poet (fl. c.1490 B.C.). Elizabeth; Polish astronomer, wife of Hevelius (17th cen.). Isabella; Italian physician, medical writer (d. 1561). Lithuanian first name. First name from Greek. Washo Indian artist, basketmaker (1835-1925). Josefa; Spanish painter (1630-1684).Martine; French earth scienceresearcher (17th century).
Anne; French historian, novelist (1766-1817). Lydia; American pathologist (1859-1928). First name from Hebrew. First name from Hebrew. First name from Greek. Emilie; French mathemetician, physicist (1706-1749). Ariel; American writer (1898-1981).Tilly; American geologist(1897-1967).Irish first name.Italian first name.Latvian first name.Irish first name.Greek poet (c. 500 B.C.).Josefa; Filipino organizer ofGirl Scouts of thePhilippines (1898-1945).Isabella d'; Italianbusinesswoman (1474-1539).First name from Latin.First name from Persian.Byzantine empress (c. 401-460).First name from Greek.Tatar first name.Anglo-Saxon first name.Azerbaijanian first name.First name from Latin.Marie; French medical writer,charity worker (17th century).Dian; American zoologist,conservationist (1932-1985).Italian first name.Japanese first name.First name from Hebrew.Beatrix; Italian physician,educator (1473-1535).Judith; French novelist (1845-1917).Vera; Soviet astronomer (1899-1954).Artemisia; Italian painter(1593-c. 1652).Alessandra; Italian anatomist(1307-1326).First name from Latin.Dame Mary; Australian poet (1865-1962).Susan; American playwright, novelist (c. 1876-1948). (Godgifu); Mercian noblewoman (c. 1040-1085).
97.7 30.0 Natalya; Russian artist (1881-1962).First name from Latin.Lithuanian first name.Isabella; Irish playwright(1852-1932).German first name.Sarah; American abolitionist(1792-1873).Chinese painter, calligrapher(1262-1319).First name from Norse.Nell; English actress,courtesan (1650-1687).First name from Hebrew.First name; form of Hester.French physician, hospitalfounder (c. 1098-1164).Julia; American biographer/poet (1819-1910).Peggy; American warcorrespondent (1889-1967).Zora; American anthropologist/writer (c. 1901-1960).Fusaye; Japanese feminist(1893-1981).Latvian first name.Scandinavian first name.Eskimo first name.First name from Greek.Of Castile; Spanish queen(1451-1504).First name from French.First name from Greek.Hebrew first name.Jerusha; Indian physician.German first name.Hebrew first name.Amy; Australian aviator (1903-1941).Anandibai; Indian pioneerphysician (1865-1887).Spanish first name.Hebrew first name.Frida; Mexican artist (1910-1954).First female ruler of Hawaii (c. 1555).Kamchatka first name. Sakhalin first name. Chief of Maui (c. 1450). Elizabeth; Australian nurse/ therapist (1886-1952).
306.3 23.5 Mary; English explorer, writer(1862-1900).
98.8 13.0 Latvian first name.
268.9 337.5 95.8
213.2 215.3
181.8
326.3 37.2
102.6 350.1 51.9
174.6
263.3
94.5
156.4
307.4 308.8 239.2 134.0 204.1
123.8 99.8
342.7 105.6 276.4 247.2 254.5
288.8
89.9 104.5 178.8
163.1
314.2 249.8 25.6
271.1
19.0 15.0 20.5
20.0 37.0
46.0
15.0 31.5
19.0 14.0 40.0
39.0
47.5
65.0
36.0
10.5 15.0 16.5 13.0
175.0
16.5 9.0
16.6 50.0 13.5 18.0 24.5
33.5
19.0 20.0 36.0
18.5
17.0 16.0 25.0 55.0
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name
CRATERS , cont.
Kitna Klafsky
Konopnicka
Langtry
Laurencin
Lazarus
Leah Lebedeva
Leila Lenore
Leonard
Letitia Leyster
LidaLiedeLilianLinetaLockwood
Lois Lonsdale
Lucia Lydia Lyon
Ma Shouzhen
MacDonald
Madeleine Mahina Makola Maltby
Manton
Maranda Margarita Marie Markham
Martinez
Marzhan Masako
Provisional naae*
lat long size name origin
-28.9-20.8
14.5
-17.0
-15.4
-52.8
-34.2 45.2
-44.3 38.7
-73.8
34.6 1.0
-29.1-23.3 25.6-5.0
-32.8
-17.9 55.6
-62.1 10.7
-66.5
-35.7
30.0
-4.7-2.0-3.8
-23.3
9.3
4.9 12.8
-21.7-4.1
-11.7
-58.9-30.2
277.3 188.0
166.7
155.0
46.4
127.2
187.7 49.6
86.6292.3
185.0
288.6 259.9
94.5 266.5 336.0 354.1 51.5
214.7 222.1
67.8 340.8 270.5
92.4
120.7
293.2 182.2 106.7 119.8
26.8
169.8 9.2
232.4 155.6
174.7
248.5 53.1
15.5 27.5
19.5
52.0
30.0
26.0
15.0 42.0
19.0 15.5
37.0
16.0 45.0
14.0 21.5 13.5 15.3 23.0
15.0 44.5
17.0 15.0 13.5
20.0
19.0
17.5 15.5 18.0 40.0
17.5
14.0 12.5 14.5 69.0
25.0
20.0 26.0
Kamchatka first name. Katherina; Hungarian opera singer (1855-1896). Marie; Polish author (1842-1910).Lillie; English actress (1853-1929).Marie; French painter (1885-1956).Emma; American poet (1849-1887).Hebrew first name.Sarah; Russian sculptor (1881-1968).First name from Arabic.Greek first name (form ofHelen).Wrexie; American assistant toPercival Lowell (1867-1937).First name from Latin.Judith; Dutch painter (1609-1660).First name from Greek. Estonian first name. First name from Hebrew. Latvian first name. Belva; American lawyer, feminist (1830-1917). First name from Greek. Kathleen; English physicist, crystallographer (1903-1971). First name from Latin. First name from Greek. Mary; American educator, college president (1797-1849). Chinese poet, painter (1592-1628).Flora; Scottish heroine (1722-1790).French first name.Hawaiian first name.Hawaiian first name.Margaret; American physicist(1860-1944).Sidnie; English zoologist(1902-1980).Latvian first name.Greek first name.French first name.Beryl; English aviator (1902-1986).Maria; Pueblo Indian artist,potter (1886-1980).Karakal (Uzbekistan) first name.Japanese ruler (1157-1225).
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name
CRATERS , cont.
Medhavi
MeganMelanie Melba
Merit Ptah
Michelle Mirabeau
Miriam Montagu
Montez Moore
Morisot
Mowatt
Mumtaz-Mahal
Munter
Muriel Nadine Nalkowska
Naomi Nevelson
Nilsson
Nin
NinaNoreenO'Keeffe
Oakley
Olesnicka
Olga Orczy
Pamela Pena
Peck
Phaedra Phryne
Phyllis
Provisional n
lat long size name origin
-19.5
-61.7-62.8
4.7
11.3
-19.51.1
36.536.9
17.9-30.3
-61.2
-14.7
30.3
-15.3
-41.77.8
28.2
6.0-35.3
-76.0
-3.9
-55.5 33.5 24.5
-29.3
18.3
26.2 3.6
11.1-23.6
-29.0
35.9-46.2
12.3
115.7 18.5
40.6 30.0 Ramabai; Bast Indian author,humanitarian (1858-1922).
130.6 17.5 Welsh first name. 144.3 16.0 First name from Greek. 193.4 23.5 Nellie; Australian opera
Russian first name.Helen; American pediatrician,heart researcher (1898-1986).First name from Greek.M. Carey; American collegepresident (1857-1935).Alice; American writer, artpatron (1877-1967).Frances; English novelist (1780-1863).Sojourner; American abolition ist (1797-1883). Georgian first name. Harriet; American abolitionist (1820-1913). Marie; Swiss wax artist (1760-1850).Nadezhda; Russian artist (1885-1961).Uzbek poet (c. 1780-c. 1850). Helene; Romanian poet, novelist (1866-1947). Suzanne; French painter (1865-1840).Latvian first name.Persian first name.First name from Latin.Slavic first name.First name from Latin.Estonian first name.Maria; Austrian pianist (1759-1834).Anna; Dutch linguist, writer, artist (1607-1678). Bertha; Austrian journalist, pacifist (1843-1914). Chinese astronomer, geophysi- cist (18th century). Mercy; American colonial poet, historian (1728-1814). Clara; German pianist, composer (1819-1896). Simone; French author (1909-1943).Chinese painter (1595-1634).Rebecca; Irish novelist, critic,actress (1892-1983).Phillis; first black writer ofnote in America (1753-1784).Sarah; American physicist,astronomer (1847-1927).Mary; American astronomer (1847-1921).Emma; American educator (1787-1870).
Modoc Indian heroine, peacemaker (c. 1848-1932).Sarah; Piute Indian interpreter, activist (c. 1844-1891). Mary; English author (1759-1797).Fanny; American mountaineer,author (1859-1925).Chinese empress (c. 624-705).Caroline; American educator ofthe deaf (1848-1933).Charlotte; English writer (1823-1901).Yayoi; Japanese physician,college founder (c. 1872-1959).French first name.Adela; Bolivian poet (1854-1928).Queen of Palmyra (Syria) (third century A.D.). Azerbaijanian first name.
Norse goddess of giving. Akkadian earth goddess. Hindu fertility goddess. Indian goddess of wealth. Persian fertility goddess. Sumerian harvest goddess. Hittite fertility goddess. Navajo sacred being of fertility.Norse primordial nourisher. Mesopotamian nature/fertility goddess.Japanese love/fertility goddess.Hindu earth goddess. Hindu earth goddess. Celtic fertility goddess. Celtic fertility goddess. Irish fertility goddess. Roman virgin/fertility goddess Celtic (Scottish) fertility goddess.Greek fertility goddess. Roman harvest goddess. Hebrew fertility goddess. Aztec earth goddess. Teutonic fertility goddess. Roman goddess of plenty. Phrygian fertility goddess. Philistine fertility goddess. Vedic goddess of plenty. Celtic fertility goddess.
FLUCTUS Ovda Fluctus -6.1 95.5 310.0 Named from regio where feature
is located.
THOLUS Mahuea Tholus
VALLES
Bayara Vallis
Lo Shen Valles Vakarine Vallis
Sati Vallis Bennu Vallis Saga Vallis
Anuket Vallis Kallistos Vallis
Baltis Vallis Ta'urua Vallis
-37.5
45.6
-12.8 5.0
3.21.3
76.1
66.7-51.1
37.3-80.2
164.7 110.0
16.5 500.0
89.6336.4
334.4341.2340.6
8.021.5
161.4247.5
225.0625.0
225.0710.0450.0
350.0900.0
6000525.0
Maori (New Zealand) fire goddess.
Dogon (Mali) word for planetVenus.Chinese river goddess.Lithuanian word for planetVenus.Egyptian river goddess.Egyptian word for planet Venus,Norse goddess in the form of awaterfall.Egyptian river goddess.Ancient Greek name for planetVenus.Syrian word for planet Venus.Tahitian word for planet Venus.
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APPENDIX 1: FEATURE TYPES AND NAME CATEGORIES
FEATURE TYPE
Chasma, chasmata ColiesCorona, coronae Crater, craters Dorsum, dorsa Far nun, farra Fluctus, fluctus Fossa, fossae Linea, lineae Mons, montes Patera, paterae Planitia, planitiae Planum, piana Regio, regiones Reticulum, reticula Rupes, rupes Terra, terrae Tessera, tesserae Tholus, tholi Vallis, valles
DESCRIPTOR TERMS (FEATURE TYPES) APPROVED FOR USE ON VENUS
DESCRIPTION
CanyonSmall hilla or knobs (used in plural only)Raised, ovoid featureBowl-shaped depressionRidgePancake-like structureFlow terrainLong, narrow, shallow (grabenlike) depressionElongate markingMountainShallow crater; scalloped, complex edgeLow plainPlateau or high plainRegionReticular (netlike) patternScarpExtensive land mass"Tile"; terrain having polygonal patternSmall domical mountain or hillValley
Goddesses of hunt; Moon goddessesGoddesses, miscellaneousFertility and earth goddessesOver 20 km, famous women; under 20 km, common femalefirst namesSky goddessesGoddesses, miscellaneousGoddesses, miscellaneousGoddesses, miscellaneousGoddesses of warGoddesses, miscellaneous (also one radar scientist)Famous womenMythological heroinesLakshmi; goddess of prosperityGiantesses and Titanesses (also Greek alphanumeric)Goddesses, miscellaneousGoddesses of hearth and homeGoddesses of loveGoddesses of fate or fortuneGoddesses, miscellaneousWord for planet Venus in various world languages;river goddesses for smaller valles
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APPENDIX 2: SOURCES OF NAMES AND GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
SOURCES OF MYTHOLOGICAL NAMES
Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames; Hamlyn PublishingGroup Ltd., New York, 1976.
Handbook of Greek Mythology, by H. J. Rose; E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1959. The Mythology of All Races (13 vols.), edited by John Arnott MacCulloch and George Foot Moore; Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., New York, 1964. Comparative Cultures; Human Relations Area File Inc., New Haven, Conn. Primal Myths: Creating the World, by Barbara C. Sproul; Harper & Row, New York, 1979. Dictionary of Classical Mythology, by J. E. Zimmerman; Harper and Row, New York, 1971. Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols (3 vols.), by Gertrude Jobes; Scarecrow Press,
Inc., New York, 1962.Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood, by Merlin Stone; Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1984. Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends, A. Cotterell; Macmillan Publishing
Co., New York, 1989. The Book of Goddesses and Heroines, by P. Monaghan; Llewellyn Publications, St. Paul, Minn.,
1990.
SOURCES OF HISTORICAL NAMES
Index to Women of the World, by N.O. Ireland; F.W. Faxon Co., Westwood, Mass., 1988. Index to Women of the World, A Supplement, by N.O. Ireland; Scarecrow Press, Inc., Metuchen,
New Jersey, 1988.An Account of the Polynesian Race, by A. Fernandez; Tuttle Press, 1969.Great North American Indians, by F. Dockstader; Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, 1977. Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, by I. Asimov; Doubleday & Co.,
Garden City, New York, 1972. World Who's Who in Science, edited by Alien G. Debus; Western Publishing Company, Hannibal,
Mo., 1968; New York, 1973. Webster's Biographical Dictionary; G. & C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and
other editions).List provided by Women's Study Program, Brown University, Providence, R.I. List provided by V.G. Suriquez, University of Hawaii at Manoa. List provided by S.V. Meschel, University of Chicago. List provided by The Age (newspaper), Melbourne, Australia. List provided by George Burba, Vernadsky Institute, Moscow.
SOURCE OF COMMON FIRST NAMES
Dictionary of First Names, by Alfred J. Kolatch; Putnam Publishing Group, New York, 1990. List provided by Mikhail Ya. Marov, Academy of Science, Moscow.
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Burba, George A., 1990, Names on the maps of Venus: a pre-Magellan review: Earth, Moon andPlanets, no.50/51, Klewer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Holland, p 541-558.
Russell, J.F. and Batson, R.M., Nomenclature, in The Encyclopedia of Planetary Sciences;Chapman and Hall, in press.
Strobell, M.E. and Masursky, Harold, 1990, Planetary Nomenclature, in Greeley, Ronald andBatson, R.M., eds., Planetary Mapping: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England,p. 96-140.
Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, 1980, in Proceedings of the 17th GeneralAssembly, Montreal, 1979: Transactions of the International Astronomical Union, v. 17B,p.285-304.1983, in Proceedings of the 18th General Assembly, Patras, 1982: Transactions of the"international Astronomical Union, v. 18B, p.331-346.1986, in Proceedings of the 19th General Assembly, Delhi, 1985: Transactions of the
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International Astronomical Union, v. 19B, p.339-353._1986, Annual gazetteer of planetary nomenclature: USGS Open-File Report 84-692. [1989, in Proceedings of the 20th General Assembly, Baltimore, 1988: Transactions of "the International Astronomical Union, v. 20B, p.369-372._1992, ±n Proceedings of the 21st General Assembly, Buenos Aires, 1991: Transactions 'of the International Astronomical Union, v. 21B, p.357-363.