List of craters on Ganymede

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Template:Short description Template:No 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.

List

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

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Dropped or not approved names

Crater Coordinates Diameter
(km)		 Approval
Year		 Eponym Ref
Keret Template:Coord 36.0 1979 Dropped. Keret, Phoenician hero. Name dropped because feature not found on imagery. Template:WGPSN
Khnum Template:Coord 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 Template:Coord 100.0 2000 Dropped name. Wadjet, Egyptian cobra goddess. Same crater as Nut. Template:WGPSN

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