title: List of geological features on Enceladus
text: # List of geological features on Enceladus
  
  This is a list of named geological features on Enceladus. Geological features on Enceladus are named after people and places from Burton's translation of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, also known as The Tales of the Arabian Nights.
  
  ## Planitiae
  
  Enceladean plains are called planitiae. They are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
  
  | Planitia | Named after |
  | - | - |
  | Diyar Planitia | Diyar |
  | Sarandib Planitia | Serendib |
  
  ## Dorsa
  
  Enceladean ridges are called dorsa. They are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
  
  | Dorsum | Named after |
  | - | - |
  | Cufa Dorsa | Cufa |
  | Ebony Dorsum | Ebony |
  
  ## Sulci
  
  Sulci are long, parallel grooves. Enceladean sulci are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
  
  | Sulcus | Named after |
  | - | - |
  | Alexandria Sulcus | Alexandria, Egypt |
  | Al-Medinah Sulci | Medina, Saudi Arabia |
  | Al-Yaman Sulci | Yemen |
  | Andalús Sulci | Al-Andalus |
  | Baghdad Sulcus | Baghdad, Iraq |
  | Bulak Sulcus | Boulaq, Egypt |
  | Cairo Sulcus | Cairo, Egypt |
  | Camphor Sulcus | Camphor |
  | Cashmere Sulci | Kashmir |
  | Damascus Sulcus | Damascus, Syria |
  | Hamah Sulci | Hama, Syria |
  | Harran Sulci | Harran, Turkey |
  | Labtayt Sulci | Labtayt, possibly Leptis Magna |
  | Láhej Sulci | Lahij, Yemen |
  | Makran Sulci | Makran, Pakistan |
  | Misr Sulci | Egypt |
  | Mosul Sulci | Mosul, Iraq |
  | Samarkand Sulci | Samarkand, Uzbekistan |
  | Shiraz Sulcus | Shiraz, Iran |
  | Sind Sulci | Sindh, Pakistan |
  
  ## Fossae
  
  Fossae are ditches or trenches. Enceladean fossae are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
  
  | Fossa | Named after |
  | - | - |
  | Anbar Fossae | Anbar, Iraq |
  | Bassorah Fossa | Basra, Iraq |
  | Bishangarh Fossae | Bishangarh |
  | Daryabar Fossa | Daryabar |
  | Isbanir Fossa | Isbanir |
  | Kaukabán Fossae | Kaukaban, Yemen |
  | Khorasan Fossa | Khorasan |
  
  ## Rupes
  
  On Enceladus, escarpments are called rupes.
  
  | Rupes | Named after |
  | - | - |
  | Samaria Rupes | Samaria, from Khudadad and His Brothers |
  
  ## Craters
  
  Enceladean craters are named after characters in the Arabian Nights.
  
  | Crater | Named after |
  | - | - |
  | Ahmad | Ahmad |
  | Ajib | Brother of Gharib in "The History of Gharib and His Brother Ajib." |
  | Al-Bakbuk | Al-Bakbuk |
  | Al-Fakik | Al-Fakik |
  | Al-Haddar | Al-Haddar |
  | Al-Kuz | Al-Kuz |
  | Al-Mustazi | Al-Mustazi |
  | Aladdin | Aladdin |
  | Ali Baba | Ali Baba |
  | Ayyub | Ayyub |
  | Aziz | Aziz |
  | Bahman | Oldest prince in "The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette" |
  | Behram | Bahram |
  | Dalilah | Dalilah |
  | Duban | Duban |
  | Dunyazad | Dunyazad |
  | Fitnah | Fitnah |
  | Ghanim | Ghanim |
  | Gharib | Gharib in "The History of Gharib and His Brother Ajib." |
  | Harun | Harun al-Rashid |
  | Hassan | Hassan |
  | Hisham | Caliph in "The Caliph Hisham and the Arab Youth" |
  | Ishak | Character in "Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant" |
  | Jaʽafar | Jaʻfar ibn Yahya |
  | Jansha | Janshah |
  | Julnar | Julnar the Sea-Born and Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia |
  | Kamar | Kamar al-Akmár in "The Ebony Horse" |
  | Kasim | Brother of Ali Baba |
  | Khusrau | Sassanid ruler Khosrau II |
  | Maʽaruf | Hero of "Maʽaruf the Cobbler and His Wife Fatimah" |
  | Marjanah | Marjanah |
  | Masrur | Eunuch in "Nur al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis al-Jalis" |
  | Morgiana | Slave girl in "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" |
  | Musa | Musa |
  | Mustafa | Mustafa in Aladdin |
  | Omar | Omar |
  | Otbah | Otbah and Rayya |
  | Parwez | Second prince in "The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette" |
  | Peri-Banu | Peri-Banu |
  | Perizadah | Youngest princess in "The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette" |
  | Rayya | Otbah and Rayya |
  | Sabur | King of Persia in "The Ebony Horse" |
  | Salih | Salih |
  | Samad | Samad |
  | Shahrazad | Shahrazad |
  | Shahryar | Shahryar |
  | Shakashik | Shakashik |
  | Sharrkan | Sharrkan |
  | Shirin | Shirin |
  | Sindbad | Sindbad |
  | Yunan | King of Persian city in "The Tale of the Vizier and the Sage Duban" |
  | Zaynab | Daughter of Dalilah in "The Rogueries of Dalilah the Crafty and Her Daughter Zaynab the Coney-Catcher" |
  | Zumurrud | Zumurrud |
  