Viracocha Patera (Io)

Qechua sun god.

Viracocha Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. Viracocha Patera is a Voyager spacecraft-detected hot spot. (wikipedia entry)

A patera is an irregular crater, or a complex one with scalloped edges. Usually the dish-shaped depression atop a volcano. On Io they are named after words for fire, sun or thunder; volcano gods, heroes, goddesses or mythical blacksmiths.

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NW 796 km

Rarog Patera

MRV
12 Hours 26 Minutes
Walking
14 Days 8 Hours

N 273 km

Ülgen Patera(next)

MRV
4 Hours 16 Minutes
Walking
4 Days 22 Hours

NE 246 km

Silpium Mons

MRV
3 Hours 51 Minutes
Walking
4 Days 10 Hours

W 381 km

Lerna Regio

MRV
5 Hours 57 Minutes
Walking
6 Days 20 Hours

Viracocha Patera

-61.75° N 79.93° E

E 431 km

Mithra Patera

MRV
6 Hours 44 Minutes
Walking
7 Days 18 Hours

SW 1552 km

Hiruko Patera

MRV
24 Hours 15 Minutes
Walking
27 Days 22 Hours

S 451 km

Nemea Planum

MRV
7 Hours 3 Minutes
Walking
8 Days 3 Hours

SE 1160 km

Crimea Mons

MRV
18 Hours 8 Minutes
Walking
20 Days 21 Hours

Tour so far: Visited 101 locations over 26,012 km. Next: Ülgen Patera
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