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Craters on Callisto

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Adlinda

Adlinda is an 840 km multi-ring impact basin (large ringed feature) on Jupiter's moon Callisto at 48.5S, 35.6W, IAU-named 1979 from Eskimo myth; third largest after Valhalla and Asgard, oldest and most degraded, partly buried by Lofn ejecta.

Akycha (crater on Callisto)

Akycha is an IAU-named impact crater on Callisto, Jupiter's heavily cratered outer large moon, 81 km across near 72.6 degrees latitude, 318.7 degrees longitude; named in 1979 from an Alaskan Eskimo name of the sun.

Alfr (crater on Callisto)

Alfr is a 96-kilometer-wide impact crater on Callisto, Jupiter's outer Galilean moon, named by the IAU in 1979 after a Norse mythological dwarf and centered near 9.9° south latitude.

Audr (crater on Callisto)

Audr is an 80.80-km-wide IAU-approved impact crater on Callisto at −30.90°, 80.60°, named in 1997 after Ottar's ancestor from Norse mythology, per USGS Gazetteer.

Bavörr (crater on Callisto)

Bavörr (Bavorr) is an 85.3-km-wide IAU-approved impact crater on Callisto at 49.1°N, 20.0°W, named in 1979 after a Norse dwarf, following the moon's Far North mythology naming theme.

Brami (crater on Callisto)

Brami is a 19-km-wide impact crater on Callisto at 75.70°N, 28.80°W, IAU-approved in 1979 and named after a Norse figure, Ottar's ancestor, under the Far North mythology naming theme.

Buri (crater on Callisto)

Buri is an IAU-approved impact crater on Jupiter's moon Callisto, named for a Norse dwarf in 1979; about 86 km across at 37.5 degrees south, it shows water-ice-rich rays in Galileo infrared images.

Burr (crater on Callisto)

Burr is a 75-km-wide bright ray impact crater on Callisto, Jupiter's second-largest moon, named after a Norse giant and giving its name to the Burrian period.

Debegey (crater on Callisto)

Debegey is a 125 km wide impact crater on Callisto at 10.20°N, 166.20°W, named in 2006 after the Yukagir mythological hero, the first man of NE Siberian mythology.

Fadir (crater on Callisto)

Fadir is a 78.6 km diameter impact crater on Callisto at 56.6°N, 12.6°W, IAU-approved in 1979, named for a Norse farmer; cited as a probably relaxed crater.

Finnr (crater on Callisto)

Finnr is an 80-km-diameter impact crater on Jupiter's moon Callisto at 15.5°N, 4.3°W, named after a Norse dwarf and approved by the IAU in 1979.

Gloi (crater on Callisto)

Gloi is a 115.30-km-diameter impact crater on Callisto at 49.00°N, 245.00°W, adopted by the IAU in 1979 and named after a Norse dwarf; it names a USGS 1:5,000,000 quadrangle map of the moon.

Grimr (crater on Callisto)

Grimr is a 103.20-km-diameter IAU-approved impact crater on Callisto at 41.50°N, 214.60°W, named in 1979 after a Norse name for Odin, within the size range of pit and dome crater morphologies.

Haki (crater on Callisto)

Haki is a 72.20-km-wide impact crater on Callisto at 25.00°N, 315.10°W, adopted by the IAU in 1979 and named after a Norse giant, one of about 150 major cataloged Callisto craters.

Hödr (crater on Callisto)

Hödr (Hodr) is a 76.5-km-wide IAU-approved impact crater on Callisto at 69.1N, 89.2W, named in 1979 after Baldr's blind brother in Norse mythology; distinct from the separate crater Höldr.

Hoenir (crater on Callisto)

Hoenir is an 81.10 km diameter impact crater on Callisto at 33.70°S, 260.90°W, IAU-approved in 1979 and named for the Norse god who gave souls to the first humans.

Högni (crater on Callisto)

Högni (Hogni) is a 76-km-wide impact crater on Callisto at 11.8°S, 4.8°W, named in 1979 by the IAU after the Norse figure Ottar's ancestor, from lists by Kaare Aksnes.

Igaluk (crater on Callisto)

Igaluk is a 111.70 km diameter impact crater on Callisto at 5.6°N, 316°W, named for the Alaskan Eskimo name of the Moon and approved by the IAU in 1979.

Ilma (crater on Callisto)

Ilma is a 102-km-wide impact crater on Jupiter's moon Callisto at 29.9°S, 167.2°W, named in 1988 after a Finnish celestial divinity of air; it also names the USGS Jc-12 quadrangle map.

Ivarr (crater on Callisto)

Ivarr is a 73.10 km impact crater on Callisto at 5.80S, 321.40W, named from Norse mythology as Ottar's ancestor and approved by the IAU in 1979 (Gazetteer feature 2760).

Jalkr (crater on Callisto)

Jalkr is a 93.5 km dome crater on Callisto at 38.6°S, 82.7°W, named for an Odin epithet and approved by the IAU in 1997 from Norse mythology lists by Kaare Aksnes.

Kol Facula

Kol Facula is a 390-km-wide bright spot (facula) on Callisto, Jupiter's outermost large moon, centered at 4.50°N, 282.70°W; IAU-approved in 2006 and named after an Icelandic frost or storm giant.

Lodurr (crater on Callisto)

Lodurr is a 72-km-diameter impact crater on Callisto at -50.80°, 270.10°, adopted by the IAU in 1979 and named after the Norse god who gave first humans goodly color.

Lofn (crater on Callisto)

Lofn is a large impact crater on Jupiter's moon Callisto, approved by the IAU in 1997 and named for the Norse goddess of marriage. About 200 km across at 56.5°S, it is among Callisto's youngest large impact features, possibly penetrating ductile ice or liquid water.

Loni (crater on Callisto)

Loni is an impact crater on Callisto, Jupiter's second-largest moon, measuring 85 kilometers across and named after a Norse dwarf, with the name adopted by the IAU in 1979.

Numi-Torum (crater on Callisto)

Numi-Torum is a 75.60 km wide impact crater on Callisto, Jupiter's second-largest moon, named in 1997 for the Mansi creator god of Siberia and centered in its southern hemisphere.

Oluksak (crater on Callisto)

Oluksak is a 63.5 km impact crater on Callisto at 86.7°N, 47.8°W, named for an Eskimo god of lakes and IAU-approved in 1997; it lies in the size range of Callisto's central pit craters.

Rigr (crater on Callisto)

Rigr is a 72.5-km-diameter impact crater on Jupiter's moon Callisto at 70.8° N, 244.6° W, approved by the IAU in 1979 and named after a Norse name of the god Heimdall.

Seqinek (crater on Callisto)

Seqinek is an impact crater on Callisto, Jupiter's outermost large moon, recorded on the USGS geological map I-2770 and in the USGS-IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature; Callisto's ancient icy crust preserves dense cratering.

Skuld (crater on Callisto)

Skuld is a 91.8 km impact crater on Callisto at 10.0°N, 37.9°W, named in 1979 after the Norse maiden near Yggdrasill who governed human fate; 13th largest Callisto crater.