Adlivun Cavus

Adlivun Cavus is a small depression on the southern tip of Sputnik Planitia, which is a basin on the dwarf planet Pluto. It was discovered by the New Horizons spacecraft in 2015.

Adlivun Cavus

Feature type	cavus
Location	Southern Sputnik Planitia, Pluto
Coordinates	15°24′S 188°51′E[1]
Diameter	~21.4 km[1]
Discoverer	New Horizons
Naming	adlivun spirits

The name is from the Inuktitut adlivun, "those beneath us", referring to the souls of the departed and by extension to the underworld itself.^[2] The name was officially approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2017.^[1]