Lyctos Facula

Lyctos Facula is a bright mountain on one of Jupiter's smallest moons Amalthea.

It is believed to have a width of 25 kilometers[1] and height of 20 kilometers (65,617 feet), almost two and a half times higher than Mount Everest (29,029 feet)[citation needed].

[1] It was discovered by Voyager 1 in 1979 and in the same year named for the region of Crete in which Zeus was raised.

[2] Firstly it was named simply Lyctos.

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