The name is from the Inuktitutadlivun, "those beneath us", referring to the souls of the departed and by extension to the underworld itself. The name was officially approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2017.
References
^ "Adlivun Cavus". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program. (Center Latitude: -15.40°, Center Longitude: 188.86°)
^Franz Boaz (1888) "The Central Eskimo", in Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology. Smithsonian Institution, Washington.
