Lingulae on Mars
5 named features carry the IAU descriptor Lingula — a tongue-shaped extension of a plateau on Mars. Nowhere else in the mapped Solar System carries the term.
Named
5
of 2,049 named places on Mars — 0.2%
Largest
773 km
Gemina Lingula
Median size
551 km
Across the 5 with a measured diameter
Named between
2006–2007
IAU approval dates
How lingulae on Mars get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 5 lingulae with a recorded origin, 3 categories appear, led by Latin.
Latin2Greek2Roman1
All 5 lingulae on Mars
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.