List of geological features on Mercury

List of geological features on Mercury is an itemization of mountains, valleys, and other landform features of the planet Mercury. Different types of features are named after different things: Mercurian ridges are called dorsa, and are named after astronomers who made detailed studies of the planet; valleys are called valles, and are named after radio telescope facilities; plains are called planitiae, and most are named after mythological names associated with Mercury; escarpments are called rupes and are named after the ships of famous explorers; long, narrow depressions are called fossae and are named after works of architecture.

See also list of craters on Mercury, list of albedo features on Mercury, and list of quadrangles on Mercury

Longitude is west longitude.

Feature	Latitude	Longitude	Named after
Mountains
Caloris Montes	39.4	187.2	Latin for 'mountains of heat'
Ridges
Antoniadi Dorsum	25.1	30.5	Eugène Antoniadi
Schiaparelli Dorsum	23	164.1	Giovanni Schiaparelli
Fossae
Pantheon Fossae	30.5	197.0	The Pantheon, Rome
Valleys
Arecibo Vallis	-27.5	28.4	Arecibo Observatory
Goldstone Vallis	-15.8	31.7	Goldstone Observatory
Haystack Vallis	4.7	46.2	Haystack Observatory
Simeiz Vallis	-13.2	64.3	Simeiz Observatory
Plains
Borealis Planitia	73.4	79.5	Latin for 'northern plain'
Budh Planitia	22	150.9	Hindu word for Mercury.
Caloris Planitia	30.5	189.8	Latin for 'heat's plain'
Odin Planitia	23.3	171.6	Norse god Odin
Sobkou Planitia	39.9	129.9	Messenger god.
Suisei Planitia	59.2	150.8	Japanese for Mercury.
Tir Planitia	0.8	176.1	Norse for Mercury.
Escarpments
Adventure Rupes	-65.1	65.5	HMS Adventure, ship of Captain Cook
Astrolabe Rupes	-42.6	70.7	Astrolabe, ship of Jules Dumont d'Urville
Beagle Rupes	-1.9	258.89	HMS Beagle, ship on which Charles Darwin sailed
Discovery Rupes	-56.3	38.3	HMS ''Discovery, ship of Captain Cook
Endeavour Rupes	37.5	31.3	HM Bark Endeavour, ship of Captain Cook
Fram Rupes	-56.9	93.3	Fram, ship of Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup and Roald Amundsen
Gjöa Rupes	-66.7	159.3	Gjøa, ship of Roald Amundsen
Heemskerck Rupes	25.9	125.3	Ship of Abel Tasman
Hero Rupes	-58.4	171.4	Ship of Nathaniel Palmer
Mirni Rupes	-37.3	39.9	Ship of Fabian von Bellingshausen
Pourquoi-Pas Rupes	-58.1	156	Pourquoi Pas? IV, ship of Jean-Baptiste Charcot
Resolution Rupes	-63.8	51.7	HMS Resolution, ship of Captain Cook
Santa María Rupes	5.5	19.7	Santa María, ship of Christopher Columbus
Victoria Rupes	50.9	31.1	Victoria, ship of Ferdinand Magellan
Vostok Rupes	-37.7	19.5	Ship of Fabian von Bellingshausen
Zarya Rupes	-42.8	20.5	Zarya, a Soviet experimental schooner
Zeehaen Rupes	51	157	Ship of Jules Dumont d'Urville

References

• Batson R.M., Russell J.F. (1994), Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 2129