 It is located at 30.4° South Latitude, 156.9° West Longitude, and is 9.8 kilometers across.Several of the southwest-northeast trending fractures that are prevalent in the region cut across Jansha, forming canyons several hundred meters deep along Jansha's rim.Jansha is named after the hero in "The Tale of Jansha" (or Janshah) from "The Book of One Thousand and One Nights".