Dorsa Dana [SEP] located on astronomical body
Dorsa Dana
Dorsa Dana is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Smythii on the Moon. It is 82 km long and was named after American geologist James Dwight Dana in 1976.
the Royal Society in 1877, the Wollaston Medal by the Geological Society of London in 1874 and the Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1882. Dana was president of the Geological Society of America in 1890.
Named in honor of Dana.
- Dana Park in Albany, New York, with a fountain/monument in his honor
- Mount Dana (and the nearby Dana Meadows) in the Sierra Nevada, California, US
- Dorsa Dana (a wrinkle-ridge system) on