Eruptive centers on Io
14 named features carry the IAU descriptor Eruptive center — the active source of an eruption on Io. Nowhere else in the mapped Solar System carries the term.
Named
14
of 260 named places on Io — 5.4%
Largest
509 km
Masubi
Median size
393 km
Across the 8 with a measured diameter
Named between
1979–2023
IAU approval dates
How eruptive centers on Io get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 14 eruptive centers with a recorded origin, 11 categories appear, led by Hawaii.
Hawaii3Norse2Japan1Greek1Germany1Georgia1Akkadian (Accadian)1Babylon1
All 14 eruptive centers on Io
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.