List of geological features on Miranda

This is a list of named geological features on Miranda.

Craters

Mirandan craters are named after male characters in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Crater	Coordinate	Diameter (km)	Named after
Alonso	Template:Coord	25.0	Alonso, King of Naples
Ferdinand	Template:Coord	17.0	Ferdinand, Alonso's son
Francisco	Template:Coord	14.0	Francisco, a lord of Naples
Gonzalo	Template:Coord	11.0	Gonzalo, A lord of Naples
Prospero	Template:Coord	21.0	Prospero, the magician
Stephano	Template:Coord	16.0	Stephano, the drunken butler
Trinculo	Template:Coord	11.0	Trinculo, the jester

This naming scheme results in many Mirandan craters sharing names with other Uranian moons: Ferdinand, Francisco, Prospero, Stephano, and Trinculo.

Coronae

Mirandan coronae are named after the locations of plays by Shakespeare.

Corona	Named after
Arden Corona	Forest of Arden (As You Like It)
Elsinore Corona	Elsinore (Hamlet)
Inverness Corona	Inverness (Macbeth)

Regions

Mirandan geological regions are called regiones. They are named after the locations of plays by Shakespeare.

Regio	Coordinate	Diameter (km)	Named after
Dunsinane Regio	Template:Coord	244.0	Dunsinane Hill (Macbeth)
Ephesus Regio	Template:Coord	225.0	Ephesus (The Comedy of Errors)
Mantua Regio	Template:Coord	399.0	Mantua (The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Romeo and Juliet)
Sicilia Regio	Template:Coord	170.0	Sicily (The Winter's Tale)

Scarps

Mirandan scarps are called rupes. They are named after the locations of plays by Shakespeare.

Rupes	Named after
Argier Rupes	Algiers (The Tempest)
Verona Rupes	Verona (Romeo and Juliet)

Sulci

Mirandan sulci are named after the locations of plays by Shakespeare.

Sulcus	Named after
Naples Sulcus	Naples (The Tempest)
Syracusa Sulcus	Syracuse (The Comedy of Errors)

External links

• USGS: Miranda nomenclature