List of mountains on Io
Encyclopedia
More than 135 mountain
s have been identified on the surface of Jupiter's moon Io
. Despite the extensive active volcanism
taking place on Io, most mountains on Io are formed through tectonic processes. These structures average 6 km (4 mi) in height and reach a maximum of 17.5 ± 1.5 km (10.9 ± 1 mi) at South Boösaule Montes. Mountains often appear as large (the average mountain is 157 km (98 mi) long), isolated structures with no apparent global tectonic patterns outlined, as is the case on Earth. To support the tremendous topography observed at these mountains requires compositions consisting mostly of silicate rock, as opposed to sulfur.
Mountains on Io (generally, structures rising above the surrounding plains) have a variety of morphologies. Plateau
s are most common. These structures resemble large, flat-topped mesa
s with rugged surfaces. Other mountains appear to be tilted crustal blocks, with a shallow slope from the formerly flat surface and a steep slope consisting of formerly sub-surface materials uplifted by compressive stresses. Both types of mountains often have steep scarps
along one or more margins. Only a handful of mountains on Io appear to have a volcanic origin. These mountains resemble small shield volcano
es, with steep slopes (6–7°) near a small, central caldera
and shallow slopes along their margins. These volcanic mountains are often smaller than the average mountain on Io, averaging only 1 to 2 km (0.6 to 1.2 mi) in height and 40 to 60 km (25 to 37 mi) wide. Other shield volcanoes with much shallower slopes are inferred from the morphology of several of Io's volcanoes, where thin flows radiate out from a central patera, such as at Ra Patera
.
Some of Io's mountains have received official names from the International Astronomical Union
. The names are a combination of a name of a person or place derived from the Greek mythological
story of Io
, Dante's Inferno
, or from the name of a nearby feature on Io surface and an approved descriptive term. The descriptive terms, or categories, used for these mountains depends on their morphology, which is a reflection of the mountain's age, geologic origin (volcanic or tectonic), and mass wasting processes. Mountains consisting of massifs, ridges, or isolated peaks use the descriptive term, Mons or the plural Montes, the Latin
term for mountain. These features are named after prominent locations from the Greek mythological
travels of Io or places mentioned in Dante's Inferno. Plateaus are normally given the descriptive term Mensa
(pl. Mensae), the Latin term for mesa
, though some mountains with plateau morphology use Mons. Ionian mensae are named after mythological figures associated with the Io myth, characters from Dante's Inferno. Like mountains, these features can also be named after nearby volcanoes. Some units of layered plains have names using the descriptive term planum
(pl. plana). However other more mountainous structures, such as Danube Planum, use the term. Partly as a result of the inconsistent use of this term, planum has not been used since the Voyager
era. Ionian plana are named after locations associated with the Io myth. Rare cases of volcanic mountains, such as the shield volcano Tsũi Goab Tholus, use the term Tholus (plural: Tholi). Ionian tholi are named after people associated with the Io myth or nearby features on Io's surface.
See also the list of volcanic features on Io and the list of regions on Io.
. Coordinates and Length come from the USGS website that hosts that nomenclature list. Height information from Paul Schenk's 2001 paper, "The mountains of Io: Global and geological perspectives from Voyager and Galileo". When the name refers to multiple mountains, the tallest peak from Schenk et al. 2001 is listed. Those whose heights come from another sources are noted and sourced in the table. Height ranges result from uncertainties due to different methods used to determine the height of the mountain.
:Category:Lists of mountains
Mountain
Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
s have been identified on the surface of Jupiter's moon Io
Io (moon)
Io ) is the innermost of the four Galilean moons of the planet Jupiter and, with a diameter of , the fourth-largest moon in the Solar System. It was named after the mythological character of Io, a priestess of Hera who became one of the lovers of Zeus....
. Despite the extensive active volcanism
Volcano
2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...
taking place on Io, most mountains on Io are formed through tectonic processes. These structures average 6 km (4 mi) in height and reach a maximum of 17.5 ± 1.5 km (10.9 ± 1 mi) at South Boösaule Montes. Mountains often appear as large (the average mountain is 157 km (98 mi) long), isolated structures with no apparent global tectonic patterns outlined, as is the case on Earth. To support the tremendous topography observed at these mountains requires compositions consisting mostly of silicate rock, as opposed to sulfur.
Mountains on Io (generally, structures rising above the surrounding plains) have a variety of morphologies. Plateau
Plateau
In geology and earth science, a plateau , also called a high plain or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain. A highly eroded plateau is called a dissected plateau...
s are most common. These structures resemble large, flat-topped mesa
Mesa
A mesa or table mountain is an elevated area of land with a flat top and sides that are usually steep cliffs. It takes its name from its characteristic table-top shape....
s with rugged surfaces. Other mountains appear to be tilted crustal blocks, with a shallow slope from the formerly flat surface and a steep slope consisting of formerly sub-surface materials uplifted by compressive stresses. Both types of mountains often have steep scarps
Escarpment
An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that occurs from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations.-Description and variants:...
along one or more margins. Only a handful of mountains on Io appear to have a volcanic origin. These mountains resemble small shield volcano
Shield volcano
A shield volcano is a type of volcano usually built almost entirely of fluid lava flows. They are named for their large size and low profile, resembling a warrior's shield. This is caused by the highly fluid lava they erupt, which travels farther than lava erupted from more explosive volcanoes...
es, with steep slopes (6–7°) near a small, central caldera
Caldera
A caldera is a cauldron-like volcanic feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption, such as the one at Yellowstone National Park in the US. They are sometimes confused with volcanic craters...
and shallow slopes along their margins. These volcanic mountains are often smaller than the average mountain on Io, averaging only 1 to 2 km (0.6 to 1.2 mi) in height and 40 to 60 km (25 to 37 mi) wide. Other shield volcanoes with much shallower slopes are inferred from the morphology of several of Io's volcanoes, where thin flows radiate out from a central patera, such as at Ra Patera
Ra Patera
Ra Patera is an extraterrestrial volcano located on Io. An active volcano, it was first studied in 1979 via Voyager stereo imagery to determine its geology, topography, and the source of its eruptions. When first discovered, the mountain reached about in height and featured numerous lava flows of...
.
Some of Io's mountains have received official names from the International Astronomical Union
International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union IAU is a collection of professional astronomers, at the Ph.D. level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy...
. The names are a combination of a name of a person or place derived from the Greek mythological
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
story of Io
Io (mythology)
Io was, in Greek mythology, a priestess of Hera in Argos, a nymph who was seduced by Zeus, who changed her into a heifer to escape detection. His wife Hera set ever-watchful Argus Panoptes to guard her, but Hermes was sent to distract the guardian and slay him...
, Dante's Inferno
Inferno (Dante)
Inferno is the first part of Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. It is an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through what is largely the medieval concept of Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as...
, or from the name of a nearby feature on Io surface and an approved descriptive term. The descriptive terms, or categories, used for these mountains depends on their morphology, which is a reflection of the mountain's age, geologic origin (volcanic or tectonic), and mass wasting processes. Mountains consisting of massifs, ridges, or isolated peaks use the descriptive term, Mons or the plural Montes, the Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
term for mountain. These features are named after prominent locations from the Greek mythological
Mythology
The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...
travels of Io or places mentioned in Dante's Inferno. Plateaus are normally given the descriptive term Mensa
Mensae
Mensae may refer to:* Amphisbaena mensae, Castro-Mello, 2000, a worm lizard species in the genus Amphisbaena* the plural for mensa, a tableland structure in geology* structures on Mars :...
(pl. Mensae), the Latin term for mesa
Mesa
A mesa or table mountain is an elevated area of land with a flat top and sides that are usually steep cliffs. It takes its name from its characteristic table-top shape....
, though some mountains with plateau morphology use Mons. Ionian mensae are named after mythological figures associated with the Io myth, characters from Dante's Inferno. Like mountains, these features can also be named after nearby volcanoes. Some units of layered plains have names using the descriptive term planum
Plana
Plana may refer to:* plural of Latin word Planum used in planetary geology* Planá is name of several locations in the Czech Republic* Plana Peak in Antarctica* Plana Cays in the Bahamas* Plana in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
(pl. plana). However other more mountainous structures, such as Danube Planum, use the term. Partly as a result of the inconsistent use of this term, planum has not been used since the Voyager
Voyager program
The Voyager program is a U.S program that launched two unmanned space missions, scientific probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. They were launched in 1977 to take advantage of a favorable planetary alignment of the late 1970s...
era. Ionian plana are named after locations associated with the Io myth. Rare cases of volcanic mountains, such as the shield volcano Tsũi Goab Tholus, use the term Tholus (plural: Tholi). Ionian tholi are named after people associated with the Io myth or nearby features on Io's surface.
See also the list of volcanic features on Io and the list of regions on Io.
List of Named Ionian Mountains
The following table lists those positive topographic structures (mountains, plateaus, shield volcanoes, and layered plains) that have been given names by the International Astronomical UnionInternational Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union IAU is a collection of professional astronomers, at the Ph.D. level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy...
. Coordinates and Length come from the USGS website that hosts that nomenclature list. Height information from Paul Schenk's 2001 paper, "The mountains of Io: Global and geological perspectives from Voyager and Galileo". When the name refers to multiple mountains, the tallest peak from Schenk et al. 2001 is listed. Those whose heights come from another sources are noted and sourced in the table. Height ranges result from uncertainties due to different methods used to determine the height of the mountain.
| Mountain | Named after | Coordinates | Length | Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apis Tholus | Apis Epaphus In Greek mythology, Epaphus , also called Apis, was the son of Zeus and Io and a king of Egypt.The name/word Epaphus means "Touch". This refers to the manner in which he was conceived, by the touch of Zeus' hand. He was born in Euboea or, according to others, in Egypt, on the river Nile, after... (Greek Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece... ) |
10.9°S 347.88°W | 145.71 km | N/A |
| Argos Planum | Argos Argos Argos is a city and a former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argos-Mykines, of which it is a municipal unit. It is 11 kilometres from Nafplion, which was its historic harbour... |
47.98°S 317.81°W | 195.45 km | 3.2 km |
| Boösaule Montes | Boösaule Boösaule In Greek mythology, Boösaule was the cave where Io gave birth to Epaphus.... (Greek Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece... ) |
3.68°S 269.09°W | 546.98 km | 17.5-18.2 km |
| Capaneus Mensa | Capaneus Capaneus In Greek mythology, Capaneus was a son of Hipponous and either Astynome or Laodice , and husband of Evadne, with whom he fathered Sthenelus. Some call his wife Ianeira.... (The Divine Comedy The Divine Comedy The Divine Comedy is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature... ) |
16.4°S 121.59°W | 291.49 km | 9.2-9.5 km |
| Caucasus Mons | Caucasus Caucasus The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea... |
32.38°S 238.57°W | 152.44 km | 10.6 km |
| Crimea Mons | Crimea Crimea Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name... |
76.16°S 241.18°W | 143.31 km | 3.7 km |
| Danube Planum Danube Planum Danube Planum is a rifted mesa on the surface of Jupiter's moon Io. It is located on Io's trailing hemisphere at . Danube Planum is 244.22 kilometers across and 5.5 km tall... |
Danube River | 22.73°S 257.44°W | 244.22 km | 5.5 km |
| Dodona Planum | Dodona Dodona Dodona in Epirus in northwestern Greece, was an oracle devoted to a Mother Goddess identified at other sites with Rhea or Gaia, but here called Dione, who was joined and partly supplanted in historical times by the Greek god Zeus.The shrine of Dodona was regarded as the oldest Hellenic oracle,... |
58.8°S 347.51°W | 522.83 km | N/A |
| Dorian Montes | Dorian | 25.89°S 198.13°W | 495.25 km | 8.5-9.2 km |
| Echo Mensa | Echo Echo (mythology) In Greek mythology, Ekho , "echo", itself from ἦχος , "sound") was an Oread who loved her own voice. Zeus loved consorting with beautiful nymphs and visited them on Earth often. Eventually, Zeus's wife, Hera, became suspicious, and came from Mt... (Greek Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece... ) |
80.0°S 355.63°W | 203.41 km | 1.5 km |
| Egypt Mons Egypt Mons Egypt Mons is a mountain on Jupiter's moon Io. It is 10 kilometers in height, making it the 11th tallest mountain on Io, and taller than Mount Everest. Although the U.S. Geological Survey gives a diameter of 193.7 kilometers, the Io Mountain Database gives a length of 133.8 kilometers and a width... |
Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... |
41.49°S 257.6°W | 193.66 km | 10.0 km |
| Epaphus Mensa | Epaphus Epaphus In Greek mythology, Epaphus , also called Apis, was the son of Zeus and Io and a king of Egypt.The name/word Epaphus means "Touch". This refers to the manner in which he was conceived, by the touch of Zeus' hand. He was born in Euboea or, according to others, in Egypt, on the river Nile, after... (Greek Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece... ) |
52.97°S 239.99°W | 203.41 km | N/A |
| Ethiopia Planum | Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2... |
45.3°S 24.59°W | 331.32 km | 4.5 km |
| Euboea Montes | Euboea Euboea Euboea is the second largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. The narrow Euripus Strait separates it from Boeotia in mainland Greece. In general outline it is a long and narrow, seahorse-shaped island; it is about long, and varies in breadth from to... |
48.89°S 338.77°W | 439.94 km | 10.3-13.4 km |
| Euxine Mons | Euxine | 26.27°N 126.49°W | 286.17 km | 7.7 km |
| Gish Bar Mons | Gish Bar (Babylonian) | 18.6°N 87.7°W | 110.0 km | 9.7-11.0 km |
| Haemus Montes | Haemus Haemus In Greek mythology, King Haemus of Thrace was the son of Boreas. He was vain and haughty and compared himself and his wife, Queen Rhodope, to Zeus and Hera. The gods changed him and his wife into mountains... (Greek Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece... ) |
69.71°S 46.23°W | 333.56 km | 10.8 km |
| Hermes Mensa | Hermes Hermes Hermes is the great messenger of the gods in Greek mythology and a guide to the Underworld. Hermes was born on Mount Kyllini in Arcadia. An Olympian god, he is also the patron of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of the cunning of thieves, of orators and... (Greek Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece... ) |
43.48°S 246.3°W | 134.8 km | N/A |
| Hi'iaka Montes | Hi'iaka Hi'iaka In Hawaiian mythology, Hiiaka is a daughter of Haumea and Kāne. She was the patron goddess of Hawaii and the hula dancers, and takes on the task of bearing the clouds - variously, those of storms and those produced by her sister's volcanos, and lived in a grove of Lehua trees which are sacred to... (Hawaiian Hawaiian mythology Hawaiian mythology refers to the legends, historical tales and sayings of the ancient Hawaiian people. It is considered a variant of a more general Polynesian mythology, developing its own unique character for several centuries before about 1800. It is associated with the Hawaiian religion... ) |
5.13°S 81.8°W | 406.34 km | 11.1 km |
| Hybristes Planum | Hybristes | 54.41°S 18.45°W | 195.1 km | N/A |
| Inachus Tholus | Inachus Inachus In Greek mythology, Inachus was a king of Argos after whom a river was called Inachus River, the modern Panitsa that drains the western margin of the Argive plain... (Greek Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece... ) |
16.18°S 347.76°W | 176.96 km | 1.8 km |
| Ionian Mons | Ionian Sea Ionian Sea The Ionian Sea , is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. It is bounded by southern Italy including Calabria, Sicily and the Salento peninsula to the west, southern Albania to the north, and a large number of Greek islands, including Corfu, Zante, Kephalonia, Ithaka, and... |
8.61°N 236.56°W | 159.08 km | 12.7 km |
| Iopolis Planum | Iopolis Iopolis Iopolis or Ione was a town on Mount Silpion near Antioch, where Io was worshipped as a moon goddess.... |
35.31°S 332.72°W | 240.16 km | 4.5 km |
| Iynx Mensa | Iynx Iynx In Greek mythology, Iynx was an Arkadian Oreiad nymph; a daughter of the god Pan and either Peitho or Echo. She cast a spell on Zeus which caused him to fall in love with Io... (Greek Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece... ) |
62.25°S 303.98°W | 121.64 km | 4.5 km |
| Lyrcea Planum | Lyrcea Lyrcea In Greek mythology, Lyrcea was a plain where Io was born.... |
41.92°S 268.83°W | 423.71 km | N/A |
| Monan Mons | Monan Monan Patera Monan Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. It is about 113 kilometers in diameter and is located at . It is named after Monan, a god in Brazilian mythology that destroyed the world with fire and floods... (Brazilian Brazilian mythology The term Brazilian mythology is used to describe a series of cultural elements of diverse origin that are found in Brazil, comprising folk tales, traditions, characters and beliefs regarding places, peoples and entities. It is a subset of the Brazilian folklore... ) |
15.2°N 104.5°W | 297.0 km | 6.5 km |
| Mongibello Mons | Mount Etna Mount Etna Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, close to Messina and Catania. It is the tallest active volcano in Europe, currently standing high, though this varies with summit eruptions; the mountain is 21 m higher than it was in 1981.. It is the highest mountain in... |
22.75°N 66.95°W | 183.37 km | 8.6 km |
| Nemea Planum | Nemea Nemea Nemea is an ancient site near the head of the valley of the River Elissos in the northeastern part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. Formerly part of the territory of Cleonae in Argolis, it is today part of the prefecture of Corinthia... |
72.82°S 267.72°W | 835.05 km | 2.8-6.0 km |
| Nile Montes | Nile Nile The Nile is a major north-flowing river in North Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. It is long. It runs through the ten countries of Sudan, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Egypt.The Nile has two major... |
52.07°N 250.02°W | 449.99 km | 5.5-6.5 km |
| Ot Mons | Ot Ot Ot is the Mongolian goddess of marriage. In Mongolian folklore she is referred to as the "queen of fire". The word ōt means 'fire' in the Turkic languages. She was said to have been born at the beginning of the world, when the earth and sky separated... (Mongolian) |
4.21°N 215.64°W | 154.71 km | 3.6 km |
| Pan Mensa | Pan Pan (mythology) Pan , in Greek religion and mythology, is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music, as well as the companion of the nymphs. His name originates within the Greek language, from the word paein , meaning "to pasture." He has the hindquarters, legs,... (Greek Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece... ) |
50.88°S 31.77°W | 218.09 km | 5.0 km |
| Pillan Mons | Pillan Pillan The Pillan is a powerful and respected male spirit in Mapuche mythology.... (Araucanian) |
8.81°S 246.72°W | 163.0 km | 5.0-5.3 km |
| Prometheus Mensa | Prometheus Prometheus In Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan, the son of Iapetus and Themis, and brother to Atlas, Epimetheus and Menoetius. He was a champion of mankind, known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals... (Greek Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece... ) |
1.9°S 151.9°W | 184.0 km | N/A |
| Rata Mons | Rātā Rata (Maori mythology) In Māori mythology, accounts vary somewhat as to the ancestry of Rātā. Usually he is a grandson of Tāwhaki and son of Wahieroa. Wahieroa is treacherously killed by Matuku-tangotango, an ogre... (Maori Maori mythology Māori mythology and Māori traditions are the two major categories into which the legends of the Māori of New Zealand may usefully be divided... ) |
36.3°S 201.16°W | 169.93 km | 7.0-8.1 km |
| Seth Mons | Seth (Egyptian Egyptian mythology Ancient Egyptian religion was a complex system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals which were an integral part of ancient Egyptian society. It centered on the Egyptians' interaction with a multitude of deities who were believed to be present in, and in control of, the forces and elements of nature... ) |
10.72°S 134.19°W | 135.96 km | 7.0-7.5 km |
| Shamshu Mons | Shamsu (Arabian Arabian mythology Arabian mythology comprises the ancient, pre-Islamic beliefs of the Arabs. Prior to Islam the Kaaba of Mecca was covered in symbols representing the myriad demons, djinn, demigods, or simply tribal gods and other assorted deities which represented the polytheistic culture of pre-Islamic Arabia... ) |
12.0°S 71.51°W | 215.12 km | 2.9 km |
| Silpium Mons Silpium Mons Silpium Mons is a mountain on Jupiter's moon Io. It is 5.6 kilometers in height, 113 kilometers in length, and 79.7 kilometers in width. It covers an area of 7073 km2. It is a striated ridge, meaning it is an elevated structure dominated by one or more prominent linear or arcurate rises. It is... |
Silpium Silpium In Greek mythology, Silpium is the place where Io dies of grief in some versions of the legend.... (Greek Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece... ) |
52.71°S 272.34°W | 114.54 km | 5.5 km |
| Skythia Mons | Scythia Scythia In antiquity, Scythian or Scyths were terms used by the Greeks to refer to certain Iranian groups of horse-riding nomadic pastoralists who dwelt on the Pontic-Caspian steppe... (Greek Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece... ) |
26.21°N 99.01°W | 253.35 km | 5.5-6.0 km |
| Telegonus Mensae | Telegonus Telegonus Telegonus is the name of three different characters in Greek mythology.-Son of Odysseus:In Greek mythology, Telegonus was the youngest son of Circe and Odysseus.... (Greek Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece... ) |
53.31°S 115.89°W | 336.99 km | 2.7-4.0 km |
| Tohil Mons Tohil Mons Tohil Mons is a mountain on the moon of Io, one of Jupiter's moons. It stands at 5400 m and is located in the Culann–Tohil region of Io's antijovian hemisphere.It was named after the Mayan weather god Tohil.... |
Tohil Tohil Tohil was a deity of the K'iche' Maya in the Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica. At the time of the Spanish Conquest, Tohil was the patron god of the K'iche'. Tohil's principal function was that of a fire deity and he was also both a sun god and the god of rain. Tohil was also associated with... (Mayan) |
29.5°S 160.49°W | 371.47 km | 9.0-9.4 km |
| Tsũi Goab Tholus | Tsui (Khoikhoi Khoikhoi mythology This is a summary of some of the gods, heroes and monsters that appear in the beliefs of the Khoikhoi, an ethnic group from southern Africa.- Gods and heroes :... ) |
0.1°S 163.0°W | 53.0 km | 0.8 km |
| Tvashtar Mensae | Tvashtar (Hindu Hindu mythology Hindu religious literature is the large body of traditional narratives related to Hinduism, notably as contained in Sanskrit literature, such as the Sanskrit epics and the Puranas. As such, it is a subset of Nepali and Indian culture... ) |
61.6°N 119.94°W | 326.4 km | 6.0-6.6 km |
| Zal Montes | Zal Zal Zāl , also transliterated Zaal, is a legendary Persian warrior from the old Persian "The Book of Kings/ The king of books" or Shahnameh.-Background:... (Iranian Iranian mythology Iranian mythologies include:*Persian mythology*Scythian mythology*Ossetic mythology... ) |
38.08°N 77.0°W | 428.17 km | 7.4 km |
See also
:Category:Lists of mountains
- List of mountain ranges
- List of highest mountains
- List of peaks by prominence
- MountaineeringMountaineeringMountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists...