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This list of geological features on Ariel itemizes the named geological features on the moon of Uranus called Ariel. Nearly all of the features are named for bright spirits of world mythologies.<ref name="Strobell1987">Template:Cite journal</ref> All information in the tables below comes from the United States Geological Survey.<ref name=USGS>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

ValleysEdit

The grooves running along the median line of chasmata are called valles.

Name Coordinates Diameter (km) Approval Date Namesake Refs
Leprechaun Vallis Template:Coord 328 1988 Leprechauns of Irish mythology Template:WGPSN
Sprite Vallis Template:Coord 305 1988 Sprites of Celtic mythology Template:WGPSN

ChasmsEdit

Arielian graben are called chasmata.

Name Coordinates Length (km) Approval Date Namesake Refs
Brownie Chasma Template:Coord 343 1988 Brownies (British folklore) Template:WGPSN
Kachina Chasma Template:Coord 622 1988 Kachina (Hopi mythology) Template:WGPSN
Kewpie Chasma Template:Coord 467 1988 Kewpie (British folklore) Template:WGPSN
Korrigan Chasma Template:Coord 365 1988 Korrigans (Breton folklore) Template:WGPSN
Kra Chasma Template:Coord 142 1988 Kra (Akan belief system) Template:WGPSN
Pixie Chasma Template:Coord 278 1988 Pixie (British folklore) Template:WGPSN
Sylph Chasma Template:Coord 349 1988 Sylph (British folklore) Template:WGPSN

CratersEdit

Name Coordinates Diameter (km) Approval Date Namesake Refs
Abans Template:Coord 20 1988 Aban (Persian mythology) Template:WGPSN
Agape Template:Coord 34 1988 Agape (Spenser) Template:WGPSN
Ataksak Template:Coord 22 1988 Ataksak (Inuit mythology) Template:WGPSN
Befana Template:Coord 21 1988 Befana (Italian folklore) Template:WGPSN
Berylune Template:Coord 29 1988 Bérylune (Maurice Maeterlinck) Template:WGPSN
Deive Template:Coord 20 1988 Deive (Lithuanian folklore) Template:WGPSN
Djadek Template:Coord 22 1988 Djadek (Czech folklore) Template:WGPSN
Domovoy Template:Coord 71 1988 Domovoi (Slavic mythology) Template:WGPSN
Finvara Template:Coord 31 1988 Finvarra (Irish mythology) Template:WGPSN
Gwyn Template:Coord 34 1988 Gwyn ap Nudd (Welsh mythology) Template:WGPSN
Huon Template:Coord 40 1988 Huon of Bordeaux (French literature) Template:WGPSN
Laica Template:Coord 30 1988 Laica (Incan mythology) Template:WGPSN
Mab Template:Coord 34 1988 Queen Mab (English folklore) Template:WGPSN
Melusine Template:Coord 50 1988 Melusine (French literature) Template:WGPSN
Oonagh Template:Coord 39 1988 Oonagh (Irish mythology) Template:WGPSN
Rima Template:Coord 41 1988 Rima (William Henry Hudson's Green Mansions) Template:WGPSN
Yangoor Template:Coord 78 1988 Yangoor (a good spirit who brings the daylight) Template:WGPSN

ReferencesEdit

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