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Shamshu Mons
Shamshu Mons is a 210-km-wide tectonic mountain on Jupiter's moon Io, named in 2000 for an Arabian sun goddess and bordered by active Shamshu Patera.
Silpium Mons
Silpium Mons is a 114.5-km-wide mountain on Jupiter's volcanic moon Io, centered at 52.6°S, 272.4°W, IAU-approved in 1979 and named for the Greek legendary place where Io dies of grief.
Skythia Mons
Skythia Mons, a 249.62-km-diameter, 5.6-km-high tectonic mountain (mons) on Jupiter's moon Io at 26.33°N, 97.81°W, IAU-approved 1997, named for Scythia from the myth of Io's wanderings.
Telegonus Mensae
Telegonus Mensae, a tabular mesa (mensa) on Jupiter's moon Io named for the Egyptian king whom Io married; a ~1.5-2 km-high slumping plateau imaged by Galileo, with landslides and SO2 sapping.
Tohil Mons
Tohil Mons is a tectonic mountain on Jupiter's moon Io at 28.9°S, 160.3°W, rising about 5.4–6 km above the plains, best imaged by Galileo, and incised by paterae near Tohil Patera.
Tvashtar Mensae
Tvashtar Mensae, also known as Tvashtar Paterae and Tvashtar Catena, is a volcanic complex on Jupiter's moon Io near its north pole, a site of repeated powerful eruptions.
Zal Montes
Zal Montes is a 436 km wide mountain complex on Jupiter's moon Io, made of two massifs, South and North Zal Mons, that flank the volcanic depression Zal Patera.