Uruk Sulcus

Uruk Sulcus
A close-up of a chaotic section of Uruk Sulcus, where older and newer terrains are mixing and merging, imaged by the Galileo space probe on September 7 1997.
Feature typeSulcus
Coordinates0°48′N 160°18′W / 0.8°N 160.3°W / 0.8; -160.3
Length2,200 km (1,400 mi)
EponymUruk

Uruk Sulcus is a bright region of grooved terrain on Jupiter's largest moon moon Ganymede. Its length is approximately 2,200 km (1,400 mi) and is thought to be younger than the darker material in nearby Galileo Regio and similar regions elsewhere on the moon.

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