Cufa Dorsa

Cufa Dorsa is a prominent tectonic ridge (dorsum) on Saturn's moon Enceladus[1].

Geography

It is located on Enceladus's Trailing Hemisphere[2], it is 9km in diameter[1]. It was created through thrust faulting and compressional forces[3].

Naming

It was named after a city in the Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman[1][4].

References

  1. ^ a b c "Planetary Names". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Enceladus: Trailing Hemisphere - NASA Science". 29 December 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  3. ^ Pappalardo, Robert T.; Crow-Willard, E.; Golombek, M. (October 2010). "Thrust Faulting as the Origin of Dorsa in the Trailing Hemisphere of Enceladus". AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts #42. 42: 16.02.
  4. ^ Burton, Richard Francis. The Book of the thousand nights and a night: a plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights' entertainments. Harold B. Lee Library. [London?] : Privately printed by the Burton Club.
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