Planitia
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Year named | Name origin |
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Aibarchin Planitia | 73.0S | 25.0E | 1,200.0 | 1997 | Uzbek "Alpamysh" epic tale heroine. |
Aino Planitia | 40.5S | 94.5E | 4,985.0 | 1982 | Finnish heroine who became water spirit. |
Akhtamar Planitia | 27.0N | 65.0E | 2,700.0 | 1997 | Armenian epic heroine. |
Alma-Merghen Planitia | 76.0S | 100.0E | 1,500.0 | 1997 | Mongol/Tibet/Buryat "Gheser" epic tale heroine. |
Atalanta Planitia | 45.6N | 165.8E | 2,050.0 | 1982 | Greek mythical heroine. |
Audra Planitia | 59.8N | 92.3E | 1,860.0 | 1991 | Lithuanian sea mistress. |
Bereghinya Planitia | 28.6N | 23.6E | 3,900.0 | 1985 | Slavic water spirit. |
Dzerassa Planitia | 15.0S | 295.0E | 2,800.0 | 1997 | Ossetian epic heroine; golden-haired daughter of water king. |
Fonueha Planitia | 44.0S | 48.0E | 3,000.0 | 1997 | Samoan folktale blind old woman who became the shark. |
Ganiki Planitia | 40.0N | 202.0E | 5,160.0 | 1985 | Orochian (Siberia) water spirit, mermaid. |
Guinevere Planitia | 21.9N | 325.0E | 7,520.0 | 1982 | British, wife of Arthur. |
Gunda Planitia | 16.0S | 267.0E | 1,200.0 | 1997 | Abkhazian epic heroine, beautiful sister of the giant knights. |
Helen Planitia | 51.7S | 263.9E | 4,360.0 | 1982 | Greek; "the face that launched 1000 ships." |
Hinemoa Planitia | 5.0N | 265.0E | 3,700.0 | 1997 | Māori tale heroine; swam across Rotorua Lake to her friend. |
Imapinua Planitia | 60.0S | 142.0E | 2,100.0 | 1997 | E. Greenland Eskimo sea mistress. |
Kanykey Planitia | 10.0S | 350.0E | 2,100.0 | 1997 | Kyrgyz "Manas" epic tale heroine, wife of the knight Manas. |
Kawelu Planitia | 32.8N | 246.5E | 3,910.0 | 1985 | Hawaiian mythological heroine, died and brought back to life. |
Laimdota Planitia | 58.0S | 117.0E | 1,800.0 | 1997 | Latvian myth heroine. |
Lavinia Planitia | 47.3S | 347.5E | 2,820.0 | 1982 | Roman; wife of Aeneas. |
Leda Planitia | 44.0N | 65.1E | 2,890.0 | 1982 | Mother of Helen, Castor. |
Libuše Planitia | 60.0N | 290.0E | 1,200.0 | 1997 | Czech tales heroine, wiser of three sisters. |
Llorona Planitia | 18.0N | 145.0E | 2,600.0 | 1997 | Mexican/Spanish folktale heroine. |
Louhi Planitia | 80.5N | 120.5E | 2,440.0 | 1985 | Karelo-Finn mother of the North. |
Lowana Planitia | 43.0N | 98.0E | 2,700.0 | 1997 | Australian aboriginal tale heroine; lived alone by the sea weaving baskets. |
Mugazo Planitia | 69.0S | 60.0E | 1,500.0 | 1997 | Vietnamese tale heroine. |
Navka Planitia | 8.1S | 317.6E | 2,100.0 | 1982 | East-Slavic mermaid. |
Niobe Planitia | 21.0N | 112.3E | 5,008.0 | 1982 | Greek; her 12 children killed by Artemis and Apollo. |
Nsomeka Planitia | 53.0S | 195.0E | 2,100.0 | 1994 | Bantu culture heroine. |
Nuptadi Planitia | 73.0S | 250.0E | 1,200.0 | 1997 | Mandan (US Plains) folk heroine; had magic shell robe. |
Rusalka Planitia | 9.8N | 170.1E | 3,655.0 | 1982 | Russian mermaid. |
Sedna Planitia | 42.7N | 340.7E | 3,570.0 | 1982 | Eskimo; her fingers became seals and whales. |
Snegurochka Planitia | 86.6N | 328.0E | 2,775.0 | 1985 | Snow maiden in Russian folktales, melted in spring. |
Sogolon Planitia | 8.0N | 107.0E | 1,600.0 | 1997 | Mandingo (Mali) epic heroine, buffalo-woman, mother of giant. |
Tahmina Planitia | 23.0S | 80.0E | 3,000.0 | 1997 | Iranian epic heroine, wife of knight Rustam. |
Tilli-Hanum Planitia | 54.0N | 120.0E | 2,300.0 | 1997 | Azeri "Ker-ogly" epic tale heroine. |
Tinatin Planitia | 15.0S | 15.0E | 0.0 | 1994 | Georgian epic heroine. |
Undine Planitia | 13.0N | 303.0E | 2,800.0 | 1997 | Lithuanian water nymph, mermaid. |
Vellamo Planitia | 45.4N | 149.1E | 2,155.0 | 1985 | Karelo-Finn mermaid. |
Vinmara Planitia | 53.8N | 207.6E | 1,635.0 | 1985 | Swan maiden whom sea god Qat kept on Earth by hiding her wings (New Hebrides). |
Wawalag Planitia | 30.0S | 217.0E | 2,600.0 | 1997 | Yulengor (Arnhemland) tale heroines, two sisters who evolved language. |
Zhibek Planitia | 40.0S | 157.0E | 2,000.0 | 1997 | Kazakh "Kyz-Zhibek" epic tale heroine. |
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