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]. It is one of two named
faculae that appear on
Amalthea, the other being
Ida Facula.[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.[1][3]