A map of Pluto showing the names officially approved by the IAU as of 3 February 2021.
This is a list of named geological features on Pluto, identified by scientists working with data from the New Horizons spacecraft. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially approved the first 14 names on 8 August 2017 (announced 7 September 2017),[1] with additional names following in each subsequent year, but many of the names listed on this page are still informal.[2] The IAU has determined that names will be chosen from the following themes:[3][4]
Names for the underworld from the world's mythologies
Gods, goddesses, and dwarfs associated with the underworld
Heroes and other explorers of the underworld
Writers associated with Pluto and the Kuiper belt
Pioneering space missions and spacecraft
Scientists and engineers associated with Pluto and the Kuiper belt
^"Pluto Features Given First Official Names". NASA. 2017-09-07.
^"Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature". International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). Retrieved 12 August 2018.
^"Informal Names for Features on Pluto". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^"Naming of Astronomical Objects". IAU – International Astronomical Unition. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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