Kanehekili Fluctus (Io)

Hawaiian thunder god.

Kanehekili Fluctus is a lava flow field on Jupiter's moon, Io. This lava field covers roughly 34,500 square kilometres The hotspot was detected by the Galileo Solid State Imaging experiment on orbits by Galileo. (wikipedia entry)

A fluctus is a terrain covered by outflow of liquid. On Io they are named after a name related to a nearby named feature; alternatively words for fire, sun or thunder; volcano gods, goddesses and heroes, or mythical blacksmiths.

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NW 369 km

Janus Patera(last)

MRV
5 Hours 46 Minutes
Walking
6 Days 15 Hours

N 833 km

Lei-zi Fluctus

MRV
13 Hours 1 Minute
Walking
15 Days

NE 815 km

Karei Patera

MRV
12 Hours 44 Minutes
Walking
14 Days 16 Hours

W 958 km

Shamshu Patera

MRV
14 Hours 58 Minutes
Walking
17 Days 6 Hours

Kanehekili Fluctus

-17.18° N 326.63° E

E 705 km

Grian Patera

MRV
11 Hours 1 Minute
Walking
12 Days 16 Hours

SW 774 km

Tarsus Regio

MRV
12 Hours 6 Minutes
Walking
13 Days 22 Hours

S 7 km

Kanehekili(next)

Walking
3 Hours 12 Minutes

SE 568 km

Cataquil Patera

MRV
8 Hours 52 Minutes
Walking
10 Days 5 Hours

Tour so far: Visited 18 locations over 5,780 km. Next: Kanehekili
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