Flexus on Europa
5 named features carry the IAU descriptor Flexus — a low curved ridge with a scalloped pattern on Europa. Nowhere else in the mapped Solar System carries the term.
Named
5
of 129 named places on Europa — 3.9%
Largest
1,312 km
Cilicia Flexus
Median size
940 km
Across the 5 with a measured diameter
Named between
1979–1985
IAU approval dates
How flexus on Europa get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 5 flexus with a recorded origin, one category covers them all, led by Greek.
Greek5
All 5 flexus on Europa
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.