List of craters on Mercury

This is a list of named craters on Mercury, the innermost planet of the Solar System (for other features, see list of geological features on Mercury).[2] Most Mercurian craters are named after famous writers, artists and composers. According to the rules by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, all new craters must be named after an artist that was famous for more than fifty years, and dead for more than three years, before the date they are named.[6] Craters larger than 250 km in diameter are referred to as "basins" (also see § Terminology).[7][8]

Mercurian: 397 craters (7.6%)Others: 1,198 craters (23.0%)

  •   Mercurian: 397 craters (7.6%)
  •   lunar: 1,624 craters (31.2%)
  •   Martian: 1,092 craters (21.0%)
  •   Venerian: 900 craters (17.3%)
  •   Others: 1,198 craters (23.0%)
Distribution of named craters in the Solar System as of 2017.[2][3][4][5][lower-alpha 1]

As of 2020, there are 413 named Mercurian craters,[2] a small fraction of the total number of named Solar System craters, most of which are lunar, Martian and Venerian craters.[3][4][5][lower-alpha 1]

Other, non-planetary bodies with numerous named craters include Callisto (141), Ganymede (131), Rhea (128), Vesta (90), Ceres (90), Dione (73), Iapetus (58), Enceladus (53), Tethys (50) and Europa (41). For a full list, see List of craters in the Solar System.

A

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Abedin61.73°N 10.66°W / 61.73; -10.66 (Abedin)116.232009Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painterWGPSN
Abu Nuwas17.63°N 21.19°W / 17.63; -21.19 (Abu Nuwas)1171976Abu Nuwas, Arabic poetWGPSN
Africanus Horton50.96°S 41.19°W / -50.96; -41.19 (Africanus Horton)1401976Africanus Horton, Sierra Leonean writerWGPSN
Ahmad Baba58.33°N 128.35°W / 58.33; -128.35 (Ahmad Baba)1261979Ahmad Baba al Massufi, West African writerWGPSN
Ailey45.58°N 177.92°E / 45.58; 177.92 (Ailey)232012Alvin Ailey, American choreographerWGPSN
Aksakov34.71°N 78.74°W / 34.71; -78.74 (Aksakov)1742012Sergey Aksakov, Russian authorWGPSN
Akutagawa48.25°N 141.09°W / 48.25; -141.09 (Akutagawa)1062015Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writerWGPSN
Al-Akhtal59.38°N 99.71°W / 59.38; -99.71 (Al-Akhtal)94.291985Akhtal, Arab poetWGPSN
Alencar63.64°S 103.78°W / -63.64; -103.78 (Alencar)1061979José de Alencar, Brazilian novelistWGPSN
Al-Hamadhani39.19°N 91.76°W / 39.19; -91.76 (Al-Hamadhani)1641979Badi' az-Zaman al-Hamadhani, Arab writerWGPSN
Al-Jāhiz1.36°N 21.76°W / 1.36; -21.76 (Al-Jāhiz)831976Al-Jahiz, Arab authorWGPSN
Alver66.97°S 77.25°E / -66.97; 77.25 (Alver)151.492013Betti Alver, Estonian poetWGPSN
Amaral26.49°S 117.82°E / -26.49; 117.82 (Amaral)1052008Tarsila do Amaral, Brazilian artistWGPSN
Amru Al-Qays12.43°N 176.11°W / 12.43; -176.11 (Amru Al-Qays)471976Imru Al-Qays Ibn Hujr, Arabic poetWGPSN
Andal47.52°S 37.71°W / -47.52; -37.71 (Andal)1091976Aandaal, Tamil writerWGPSN
Aneirin27.47°S 2.68°W / -27.47; -2.68 (Aneirin)4672014Aneirin, Welsh poet (6th century)WGPSN
Angelou80.32°N 66.71°W / 80.32; -66.71 (Angelou)182019Maya Angelou, American author and poetWGPSN
Anguissola80.69°N 217.35°W / 80.69; -217.35 (Anguissola)35.412017Sofonisba Anguissola, Italian painterWGPSN
Anyte79.5°N 210.67°W / 79.5; -210.67 (Anyte)20.922017Anyte of Tegea, Greek poetWGPSN
Apollodorus30.54°N 163.28°E / 30.54; 163.28 (Apollodorus)41.52008Apollodorus of Damascus, Ancient Greek architectWGPSN
Aristoxenus83.93°N 17.46°W / 83.93; -17.46 (Aristoxenus)52.141979Aristoxenus, Ancient Greek writerWGPSN
Aśvaghosa10.61°N 21.49°W / 10.61; -21.49 (Aśvaghosa)881976Aśvaghoṣa, Sanskrit, poetWGPSN
Atget25.57°N 166.38°E / 25.57; 166.38 (Atget)1002008Eugène Atget, French photographerWGPSN

B

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Bach69.86°S 103.01°W / -69.86; -103.01 (Bach)214.291976Johann Sebastian Bach, German composerWGPSN
Bagryana3.89°S 283.73°W / -3.89; -283.73 (Bagryana)1012015Elisaveta Bagryana, Bulgarian poetWGPSN
Balagtas22.56°S 13.9°W / -22.56; -13.9 (Balagtas)1041976Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poetWGPSN
Balanchine38.47°N 175.52°E / 38.47; 175.52 (Balanchine)382012George Balanchine, Russian choreographerWGPSN
Baranauskas50.73°N 39.76°W / 50.73; -39.76 (Baranauskas)362015Antanas Baranauskas, Lithuanian poetWGPSN
Barney11.69°S 59.71°E / -11.69; 59.71 (Barney)292013Natalie Clifford Barney, American-French playwright, poet, and novelistWGPSN
Balzac10.62°N 144.67°W / 10.62; -144.67 (Balzac)671976Honoré de Balzac, French writerWGPSN
Bartók29.22°S 135.06°W / -29.22; -135.06 (Bartók)1181979Béla Bartók, Hungarian composerWGPSN
Barma40.93°S 163.49°W / -40.93; -163.49 (Barma)1231982Postnik "Barma" Yakovlev, Russian architectWGPSN
Bashō32.39°S 170.45°W / -32.39; -170.45 (Bashō)751979Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poetWGPSN
Bechet83.08°N 93.66°W / 83.08; -93.66 (Bechet)17.62013Sidney Bechet, American jazz musician and composerWGPSN
Beckett40.2°S 111.29°E / -40.2; 111.29 (Beckett)602008Clarice Beckett, Australian painterWGPSN
Beethoven20.86°S 124.21°W / -20.86; -124.21 (Beethoven)6301976Ludwig van Beethoven, German composerWGPSN
Bek21.16°N 50.99°W / 21.16; -50.99 (Bek)322010Bek, Egyptian sculptorWGPSN
Belinskij77.09°S 103.92°W / -77.09; -103.92 (Belinskij)70.671985Vissarion Belinsky, Russian literary criticWGPSN
Bellini33.77°S 272.83°W / -33.77; -272.83 (Bellini)452019Giovanni Bellini, Italian painterWGPSN
Bello18.87°S 120.18°W / -18.87; -120.18 (Bello)1391976Andrés Bello, Venezuelan writerWGPSN
Benoit7.48°N 104.35°E / 7.48; 104.35 (Benoit)402009Rigaud Benoit, Haitian artistWGPSN
Berkel13.73°S 26.81°E / -13.73; 26.81 (Berkel)232009Sabri Berkel, Turkish painterWGPSN
Berlioz79.33°N 38.83°E / 79.33; 38.83 (Berlioz)31.442013Hector Berlioz, French composerWGPSN
Bernini80.32°S 140.97°W / -80.32; -140.97 (Bernini)168.131976Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptorWGPSN
Berry70.57°N 247.27°W / 70.57; -247.27 (Berry)252020Chuck Berry, American singer and songwriterWGPSN
Bjornson73.11°N 113.99°W / 73.11; -113.99 (Bjornson)75.931985Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian poetWGPSN
Boccaccio80.99°S 23.01°W / -80.99; -23.01 (Boccaccio)151.951976Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian writerWGPSN
Boethius0.98°S 73.64°W / -0.98; -73.64 (Boethius)1141976Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, Roman philosopherWGPSN
Botticelli63.63°N 112.35°W / 63.63; -112.35 (Botticelli)136.351979Sandro Botticelli, Italian artistWGPSN
Boznańska59.64°N 40.75°W / 59.64; -40.75 (Boznańska)722015Olga Boznańska, Polish painterWGPSN
Brahms58.32°N 177.36°W / 58.32; -177.36 (Brahms)1001979Johannes Brahms, German composerWGPSN
Bramante47.23°S 61.55°W / -47.23; -61.55 (Bramante)1561976Donato Bramante, Italian architectWGPSN
Brontë38.39°N 127.06°W / 38.39; -127.06 (Brontë)681976The Brontë family, English writers and artistsWGPSN
Brooks45.22°S 168.02°W / -45.22; -168.02 (Brooks)342015Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet and novelistWGPSN
Bruegel49.73°N 109.46°W / 49.73; -109.46 (Bruegel)721985Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Flemish painterWGPSN
Brunelleschi8.94°S 22.51°W / -8.94; -22.51 (Brunelleschi)128.571976Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architectWGPSN
Bunin84.47°N 141.76°W / 84.47; -141.76 (Bunin)372019Ivan Bunin, Russian authorWGPSN
Burke85.91°N 171.56°W / 85.91; -171.56 (Burke)28.52015Billie Burke, American actressWGPSN
Burns54.1°N 117.37°W / 54.1; -117.37 (Burns)431985Robert Burns, Scottish poetWGPSN
Byron8.44°S 33°W / -8.44; -33 (Byron)106.581976Lord Byron, English poetWGPSN

C

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Calder3.51°N 12.75°E / 3.51; 12.75 (Calder)242013Alexander Calder, American sculptorWGPSN
Callicrates66.51°S 30.37°W / -66.51; -30.37 (Callicrates)681976Kallicrates, Ancient Greek architectWGPSN
Calvino3.99°S 56.03°W / -3.99; -56.03 (Calvino)672009Italo Calvino, Italian writerWGPSN
Camões71.42°S 68.39°W / -71.42; -68.39 (Camões)701976Luís de Camões, Portuguese writerWGPSN
Canova25.6°N 3.71°W / 25.6; -3.71 (Canova)462018Antonio Canova, Italian sculptorWGPSN
Capote21.1°S 72.41°E / -21.1; 72.41 (Capote)882013Truman Capote, American AuthorWGPSN
Caravaggio3.18°N 87.24°E / 3.18; 87.24 (Caravaggio)1852013Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio, Italian painterWGPSN
Carducci36.54°S 90.39°W / -36.54; -90.39 (Carducci)108.191976Giosuè Carducci, Italian poetWGPSN
Carleton52.2°S 306.6°W / -52.2; -306.6 (Carleton)1772018William Carleton, Irish writerWGPSN
Carolan83.88°N 31.77°E / 83.88; 31.77 (Carolan)24.342015Turlough Carolan, Irish composer and performerWGPSN
Caruso2.33°S 76.36°W / -2.33; -76.36 (Caruso)312013Enrico Caruso, Italian singerWGPSN
Castiglione40.87°S 87.96°E / -40.87; 87.96 (Castiglione)802015Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian painterWGPSN
Catullus21.9°N 67.55°W / 21.9; -67.55 (Catullus)100.22012Gaius Valerius Catullus, Roman poetWGPSN
Cervantes76.09°S 124.26°W / -76.09; -124.26 (Cervantes)213.161976Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish writerWGPSN
Cézanne8.47°S 123.69°W / -8.47; -123.69 (Cézanne)671985Paul Cézanne, French painterWGPSN
Chaikovskij7.86°N 50.93°W / 7.86; -50.93 (Chaikovskij)1711976Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composerWGPSN
Chao Meng-Fu88.42°S 156.36°W / -88.42; -156.36 (Chao Meng-Fu)140.731976Zhao Mengfu, Chinese artistWGPSN
Chekhov36.2°S 61.23°W / -36.2; -61.23 (Chekhov)1941976Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and writer)WGPSN
Chesterton88.51°N 126.9°W / 88.51; -126.9 (Chesterton)37.232012Gilbert Keith Chesterton, English authorWGPSN
Chiang K'ui14.71°N 102.8°W / 14.71; -102.8 (Chiang K'ui)411976Jiang Kui, Chinese poetWGPSN
Chŏng Ch'ŏl46.87°N 117.31°W / 46.87; -117.31 (Chŏng Ch'ŏl)1431979Jeong Cheol, Korean poetWGPSN
Chopin65.45°S 123.4°W / -65.45; -123.4 (Chopin)1311976Frédéric Chopin, Polish composerWGPSN
Chu Ta2.04°N 105.66°W / 2.04; -105.66 (Chu Ta)1001976Zhu Da, Chinese painterWGPSN
Coleridge55.67°S 66.6°W / -55.67; -66.6 (Coleridge)1121976Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poetWGPSN
Copland37.63°N 72.99°E / 37.63; 72.99 (Copland)2082010Aaron Copland, American composerWGPSN
Copley38.63°S 86.01°W / -38.63; -86.01 (Copley)341976John Singleton Copley, American painterWGPSN
Couperin29.74°N 151.94°W / 29.74; -151.94 (Couperin)801979The Couperin family of French musiciansWGPSN
Cunningham30.41°N 157.07°E / 30.41; 157.07 (Cunningham)372008Imogen Cunningham, American photographerWGPSN

D

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Dali45.16°N 119.74°E / 45.16; 119.74 (Dali)1762008Salvador Dalí, Spanish painterWGPSN
Damer36.36°N 115.81°W / 36.36; -115.81 (Damer)602013Anne Seymour Damer, English sculptorWGPSN
Darío26.28°S 9.51°W / -26.28; -9.51 (Darío)1511976Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan writerWGPSN
David17.66°S 67.87°E / -17.66; 67.87 (David)232013Jacques-Louis David, French painterWGPSN
de Graft22.05°N 1.89°E / 22.05; 1.89 (de Graft)682009Joe de Graft, Ghanaian playwrightWGPSN
Debussy33.95°S 12.54°E / -33.95; 12.54 (Debussy)812010Claude Debussy, French composerWGPSN
Degas37.08°N 127.34°W / 37.08; -127.34 (Degas)541979Edgar Degas, French artistWGPSN
Delacroix44.32°S 129.51°W / -44.32; -129.51 (Delacroix)1581979Eugène Delacroix, French artistWGPSN
Derain9°S 19.7°E / -9; 19.7 (Derain)1672009André Derain, French artistWGPSN
Derzhavin45.6°N 36.93°W / 45.6; -36.93 (Derzhavin)1561979Gavril Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poetWGPSN
Despréz81.08°N 101.25°W / 81.08; -101.25 (Despréz)47.051979Josquin des Prez, Franco-Flemish composerWGPSN
Dickens73.26°S 155.96°W / -73.26; -155.96 (Dickens)77.311976Charles Dickens, English novelistWGPSN
Disney68.15°S 99.8°E / -68.15; 99.8 (Disney)1132012Walt Disney, American animatorWGPSN
Dominici1.29°N 36.49°W / 1.29; -36.49 (Dominici)202010Maria de Dominici, Maltese painterWGPSN
Donelaitis52.96°S 38.42°E / -52.96; 38.42 (Donelaitis)852013Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poetWGPSN
Donne2.92°N 14.05°W / 2.92; -14.05 (Donne)861976John Donne, English poetWGPSN
Dostoevskij44.73°S 178.11°W / -44.73; -178.11 (Dostoevskij)430.061979Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelistWGPSN
Dowland53.56°S 179.3°E / -53.56; 179.3 (Dowland)1581979John Dowland, English composerWGPSN
Driscoll30.58°N 33.58°W / 30.58; -33.58 (Driscoll)302015Clara Driscoll, American artistWGPSN
Duccio58.23°N 52.42°W / 58.23; -52.42 (Duccio)1322013Duccio di Buoninsegna, Italian painterWGPSN
Du Fu25°N 93.66°W / 25; -93.66 (Du Fu)332015Du Fu, Chinese artistWGPSN
Dürer21.51°N 118.98°W / 21.51; -118.98 (Dürer)1951976Albrecht Dürer, German artistWGPSN
Dvorák9.4°S 12.13°W / -9.4; -12.13 (Dvorák)751976Antonín Dvořák, Czech composerWGPSN

E

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Eastman9.52°N 125.76°E / 9.52; 125.76 (Eastman)672009Charles Eastman, Sioux authorWGPSN
Echegaray43.48°N 20.22°W / 43.48; -20.22 (Echegaray)631985José Echegaray, Spanish dramatistWGPSN
Egonu67.15°N 61.48°E / 67.15; 61.48 (Egonu)252012Uzo Egonu, Nigerian artistWGPSN
Eitoku21.8°S 157.18°W / -21.8; -157.18 (Eitoku)1011976Kanō Eitoku, Japanese artistWGPSN
Ellington12.88°S 26.1°E / -12.88; 26.1 (Ellington)2162012Duke Ellington, American musicianWGPSN
Eminescu10.66°N 114.21°E / 10.66; 114.21 (Eminescu)1292008Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poetWGPSN
Enheduanna48.34°N 33.59°W / 48.34; -33.59 (Enheduanna)1052015Enheduanna, Sumerian poetWGPSN
Enwonwu10.01°S 121.96°E / -10.01; 121.96 (Enwonwu)382008Ben Enwonwu, Nigerian painterWGPSN
Ensor82.32°N 17.53°W / 82.32; -17.53 (Ensor)24.922013James Ensor, Belgian painterWGPSN
Equiano40°S 30.59°W / -40; -30.59 (Equiano)1021976Olaudah Equiano, Benin writerWGPSN
Erté27.44°N 117.33°W / 27.44; -117.33 (Erté)48.52013Erté, Russian-born French artistWGPSN

F

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Faulkner8.08°N 76.97°E / 8.08; 76.97 (Faulkner)1682012William Faulkner, American authorWGPSN
Fet4.72°S 179.78°E / -4.72; 179.78 (Fet)791985Afanasy Fet, Russian poetWGPSN
Firdousi3.47°N 65.32°E / 3.47; 65.32 (Firdousi)982010Hakim Ferdowsi, Persian poetWGPSN
Flaubert13.83°S 72.7°W / -13.83; -72.7 (Flaubert)951985Gustave Flaubert, French authorWGPSN
Flaiano21.29°S 76.73°W / -21.29; -76.73 (Flaiano)432013Ennio Flaiano, Italian authorWGPSN
Fonteyn32.82°N 95.51°E / 32.82; 95.51 (Fonteyn)292012Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancerWGPSN
Fuller82.63°N 42.65°W / 82.63; -42.65 (Fuller)26.972013Richard Buckminster Fuller, American engineer and architectWGPSN
Futabatei16.05°S 83.52°W / -16.05; -83.52 (Futabatei)571976Futabatei Shimei, Japanese authorWGPSN

G

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Gainsborough35.73°S 175.48°E / -35.73; 175.48 (Gainsborough)951985Thomas Gainsborough, English painterWGPSN
Gaudí76.9°N 69.16°E / 76.9; 69.16 (Gaudí)812012Antoni Gaudí i Cornet, Spanish Catalan architectWGPSN
Gauguin66.36°N 100.01°W / 66.36; -100.01 (Gauguin)701979Paul Gauguin, French artistWGPSN
Geddes27.17°N 29.72°W / 27.17; -29.72 (Geddes)842010Wilhelmina Geddes, Irish stained glass artistWGPSN
Ghiberti48.55°S 80.15°W / -48.55; -80.15 (Ghiberti)1101976Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptorWGPSN
Giambologna42.58°S 124.11°W / -42.58; -124.11 (Giambologna)692013Giambologna, Flemish sculptorWGPSN
Gibran35.73°N 111.44°W / 35.73; -111.44 (Gibran)1062009Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese American poet and artistWGPSN
Giotto12.46°N 56.48°W / 12.46; -56.48 (Giotto)1441976Giotto di Bondone, Italian painterWGPSN
Glinka14.83°N 112.55°W / 14.83; -112.55 (Glinka)892008Mikhail Glinka, Russian composerWGPSN
Gluck37.95°N 18.78°W / 37.95; -18.78 (Gluck)1001979Christoph Willibald Gluck, Austrian composerWGPSN
Goethe81.1°N 51.03°W / 81.1; -51.03 (Goethe)317.171979Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writerWGPSN
Gogol28.26°S 147.46°W / -28.26; -147.46 (Gogol)791985Nikolai Gogol, Russian playwrightWGPSN
Gordimer87.73°N 170.9°W / 87.73; -170.9 (Gogol)582019Nadine Gordimer, South African writerWGPSN
Goya6.79°S 152.29°W / -6.79; -152.29 (Goya)1381976Francisco Goya, Spanish artistWGPSN
Grainger44.09°S 104.81°E / -44.09; 104.81 (Grainger)1132012Percy Grainger, Australian composerWGPSN
Grieg52.49°N 15.36°W / 52.49; -15.36 (Grieg)591985Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composerWGPSN
Grotell71.09°N 31.63°W / 71.09; -31.63 (Grotell)48.252012Maija Grotell, Finnish and American ceramistWGPSN
Guido d'Arezzo38.41°S 18.53°W / -38.41; -18.53 (Guido d'Arezzo)581976Guido of Arezzo, Italian music theoristWGPSN

H

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Hafiz19.5°N 79.56°E / 19.5; 79.56 (Hafiz)2802014Hafiz of Shiraz, Persian poetWGPSN
Hals54.96°S 114.99°W / -54.96; -114.99 (Hals)931985Frans Hals, Dutch painterWGPSN
Han Kan72.13°S 146.4°W / -72.13; -146.4 (Han Kan)501985Han Gan, Chinese painterWGPSN
Handel3.53°N 34.38°W / 3.53; -34.38 (Handel)1381976George Frideric Handel, German composerWGPSN
Harunobu14.88°N 140.93°W / 14.88; -140.93 (Harunobu)1071976Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese artistWGPSN
Hauptmann23.7°S 179.59°E / -23.7; 179.59 (Hauptmann)1181985Gerhart Hauptmann, German playwrightWGPSN
Hawthorne51.31°S 115.34°W / -51.31; -115.34 (Hawthorne)1201979Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelistWGPSN
Haydn27.22°S 71.64°W / -27.22; -71.64 (Haydn)2511976Joseph Haydn, Austrian composerWGPSN
Heaney33.77°S 237.71°W / -33.77; -237.71 (Heaney)1252017Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwrightWGPSN
Heine32.46°N 124.88°W / 32.46; -124.88 (Heine)731979Heinrich Heine, German poetWGPSN
Hemingway17.38°N 3.13°W / 17.38; -3.13 (Hemingway)1262009Ernest Hemingway, American writerWGPSN
Henri79.68°N 152.98°E / 79.68; 152.98 (Henri)163.82012Robert Henri, American painterWGPSN
Hesiod58.27°S 34.25°W / -58.27; -34.25 (Hesiod)1011976Hesiod, Ancient Greek poetWGPSN
Hiroshige13.34°S 26.96°W / -13.34; -26.96 (Hiroshige)1381976Andō Hiroshige, Japanese artistWGPSN
Hitomaro16.07°S 15.65°W / -16.07; -15.65 (Hitomaro)1051976Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Japanese poetWGPSN
Hodgkins29.12°N 17.97°E / 29.12; 17.97 (Hodgkins)192009Frances Hodgkins, New Zealand painterWGPSN
Hokusai57.84°N 16.65°E / 57.84; 16.65 (Hokusai)1142010Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese painterWGPSN
Holbein36.16°N 29.84°W / 36.16; -29.84 (Holbein)1151979Hans Holbein the Younger, German artistWGPSN
Holberg67.37°S 59.57°W / -67.37; -59.57 (Holberg)641976Ludvig Holberg, Danish writerWGPSN
Holst17.42°S 44.96°E / -17.42; 44.96 (Holst)1702012Gustav Holst, British composerWGPSN
Homer1.3°S 36.62°W / -1.3; -36.62 (Homer)3191976Homer, Ancient Greek poetWGPSN
Hopper12.44°S 55.96°W / -12.44; -55.96 (Hopper)362012Edward Hopper, American painterWGPSN
Horace69.34°S 50.02°W / -69.34; -50.02 (Horace)561976Horace, Roman poetWGPSN
Hovnatanian7.68°S 172.71°E / -7.68; 172.71 (Hovnatanian)342008Hakob Hovnatanian, Armenian painterWGPSN
Hugo39.61°N 48.49°W / 39.61; -48.49 (Hugo)2061979Victor Hugo, French writerWGPSN
Hun Kal0.47°S 19.93°W / -0.47; -19.93 (Hun Kal)0.931976'20' in the language of the Maya (serves as Mercury's a meridian reference point)WGPSN
Hurley87.36°S 6.99°W / -87.36; -6.99 (Hurley)672013Frank Hurley, Australian photographerWGPSN

I

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Ibsen24.35°S 35.89°W / -24.35; -35.89 (Ibsen)1591976Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwrightWGPSN
Ictinus79.56°S 174.24°W / -79.56; -174.24 (Ictinus)58.031976Iktinos, Ancient Greek architectWGPSN
Imhotep17.97°S 37.48°W / -17.97; -37.48 (Imhotep)1591976Imhotep, Ancient Egyptian architectWGPSN
Ives32.87°S 111.99°W / -32.87; -111.99 (Ives)181979Charles Ives, American composerWGPSN
Izquierdo1.66°S 107.04°E / -1.66; 107.04 (Izquierdo)1742009María Izquierdo, Mexican painterWGPSN

J

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Janáček55.72°N 154.85°W / 55.72; -154.85 (Janáček)471985Leoš Janáček, Czech composerWGPSN
Jiménez81.83°N 152.31°W / 81.83; -152.31 (Jiménez)272019Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and authorWGPSN
Jókai71.93°N 138.45°W / 71.93; -138.45 (Jókai)931979Mór Jókai, Hungarian writerWGPSN
Jobim32.45°N 66.88°W / 32.45; -66.88 (Jobim)1672015Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian composerWGPSN
Joplin38.56°S 25.51°E / -38.56; 25.51 (Joplin)1392012Scott Joplin, American composerWGPSN
Josetsu83.58°N 134.93°W / 83.58; -134.93 (Josetsu)302019Taikō Josetsu, Japanese ink painterWGPSN
Judah Ha-Levi10.79°N 108.01°W / 10.79; -108.01 (Judah Ha-Levi)851976Yehuda Halevi, Spanish-Jewish writerWGPSN

K

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Kandinsky87.89°N 78.78°E / 87.89; 78.78 (Kandinsky)602012Wassily Kandinsky, Russian painterWGPSN
Karsh35.49°S 78.85°E / -35.49; 78.85 (Karsh)582015Yousuf Karsh, Armenian-Canadian photographerWGPSN
Kālidāsā18.21°S 179.82°W / -18.21; -179.82 (Kālidāsā)1601976Kālidāsa, Sanskrit writerWGPSN
Keats70.31°S 156.65°W / -70.31; -156.65 (Keats)107.851976John Keats, English poetWGPSN
Kenkō21.35°S 16.16°W / -21.35; -16.16 (Kenkō)1051976Yoshida Kenkō, Japanese writerWGPSN
Kerouac25.21°N 129.1°E / 25.21; 129.1 (Kerouac)1102015Jack Kerouac, American writerWGPSN
Kertész27.37°N 146.08°E / 27.37; 146.08 (Kertész)322008André Kertész, Hungarian photographerWGPSN
Khansa58.95°S 51.94°W / -58.95; -51.94 (Khansa)1131976Al-Khansa, Arabic poetWGPSN
Kipling19.37°S 72.02°E / -19.37; 72.02 (Kipling)1642010Rudyard Kipling, English authorWGPSN
Kirby82.96°N 151.32°W / 82.96; -151.32 (Kipling)312019Jack Kirby, American illustratorWGPSN
Kobro82.16°S 81.22°E / -82.16; 81.22 (Kobro)542012Katarzyna Kobro, Polish sculptorWGPSN
Kofi56.75°N 117.87°E / 56.75; 117.87 (Kofi)1362012Vincent Kofi, Ghanaian sculptorWGPSN
Komeda82.74°S 90.47°E / -82.74; 90.47 (Komeda)542012Krzysztof Komeda, Polish composerWGPSN
Kōshō59.93°N 139.87°W / 59.93; -139.87 (Kōshō)641985Kōshō, Japanese sculptorWGPSN
Kuan Han-Ch'ing29.44°N 53.67°W / 29.44; -53.67 (Kuan Han-Ch'ing)1431979Guan Hanqing, Chinese playwrightWGPSN
Kuiper11.34°S 31.32°W / -11.34; -31.32 (Kuiper)621976Gerard Kuiper, American astronomerWGPSN
Kulthum50.72°N 93.53°E / 50.72; 93.53 (Kulthum)312015Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singerWGPSN
Kunisada1.37°N 113.02°E / 1.37; 113.02 (Kunisada)241.452009Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese woodblock printmakerWGPSN
Kuniyoshi57.87°S 37.49°W / -57.87; -37.49 (Kuniyoshi)272014Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese painter and printmakerWGPSN
Kurosawa52.44°S 21.49°W / -52.44; -21.49 (Kurosawa)1521976Kinko Kurosawa, Japanese musicianWGPSN
Kyōsai25.15°N 4.86°E / 25.15; 4.86 (Kyōsai)392012Kawanabe Kyōsai, Japanese artistWGPSN

L

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Lange6.28°N 100.47°E / 6.28; 100.47 (Lange)176.232009Dorothea Lange, American photographerWGPSN
Larrocha43.29°N 69.83°W / 43.29; -69.83 (Larrocha)1962013Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianistWGPSN
Laxness83.27°N 50.04°W / 83.27; -50.04 (Laxness)25.892013Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writerWGPSN
L'Engle86.63°S 69.62°E / -86.63; 69.62 (L'Engle)622013Madeleine L'Engle, American authorWGPSN
Lennon36.41°S 41.18°E / -36.41; 41.18 (Lennon)952013John Lennon, former Beatles member[9][10]WGPSN
Leopardi72.76°S 175.16°E / -72.76; 175.16 (Leopardi)71.451976Giacomo Leopardi, Italian writerWGPSN
Lermontov15.24°N 48.94°W / 15.24; -48.94 (Lermontov)1661976Mikhail Lermontov, Russian writerWGPSN
Lessing28.5°S 90.34°W / -28.5; -90.34 (Lessing)951985Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German dramatistWGPSN
Li Ch'ing-Chao77.96°S 71.17°W / -77.96; -71.17 (Li Ch'ing-Chao)691976Li Qingzhao, Chinese writerWGPSN
Li Po17.1°N 35.69°W / 17.1; -35.69 (Li Po)1261976Li Bai, Chinese poetWGPSN
Liang K'ai39.89°S 175.84°E / -39.89; 175.84 (Liang K'ai)1451979Liang Kai, Chinese artistWGPSN
Lismer81.51°N 166.37°E / 81.51; 166.37 (Lismer)139.122012Arthur Lismer, Canadian painterWGPSN
Liszt16.13°S 168.34°W / -16.13; -168.34 (Liszt)791985Franz Liszt, Hungarian composerWGPSN
Lovecraft86.24°S 73.82°W / -86.24; -73.82 (Lovecraft)51.972013H. P. Lovecraft, American authorWGPSN
Lu Hsun0.01°S 23.76°W / -0.01; -23.76 (Lu Hsun)961976Lu Xun, Chinese writerWGPSN
Lysippus1.03°N 132.75°W / 1.03; -132.75 (Lysippus)1551976Lysippos, Ancient Greek sculptorWGPSN

M

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Ma Chih-Yuan60.01°S 78.01°W / -60.01; -78.01 (Ma Chih-Yuan)1971976Ma Zhiyuan, Chinese writerWGPSN
Machaut2.05°S 82.37°W / -2.05; -82.37 (Machaut)1041976Guillaume de Machaut, French poet and composerWGPSN
Magritte72.78°S 121.63°E / -72.78; 121.63 (Magritte)1492012René Magritte, Belgian painterWGPSN
Mahler19.68°S 18.82°W / -19.68; -18.82 (Mahler)1041976Gustav Mahler, Bohemian composerWGPSN
Mansart72.72°N 123.36°W / 72.72; -123.36 (Mansart)84.971979Jules Hardouin-Mansart, French architectWGPSN
Mansur47.41°N 163.61°W / 47.41; -163.61 (Mansur)951979Ustad Mansur, Mughal artistWGPSN
March30.95°N 176.3°W / 30.95; -176.3 (March)831979Ausiàs March, Catalan poetWGPSN
Mark Twain10.91°S 138.28°W / -10.91; -138.28 (Mark Twain)1421976Mark Twain, American novelistWGPSN
Martí75.96°S 168.26°W / -75.96; -168.26 (Martí)69.481976José Martí, Cuban writerWGPSN
Martins8°S 304.93°W / -8; -304.93 (Martí)12.42019Maria Martins, Brazilian sculptorWGPSN
Martial68.47°N 178.33°W / 68.47; -178.33 (Martial)511979Martial, Roman poetWGPSN
Matabei39.85°S 14.05°W / -39.85; -14.05 (Matabei)242009Iwasa Matabei, Japanese painterWGPSN
Matisse23.83°S 90.05°W / -23.83; -90.05 (Matisse)189.041976Henri Matisse, French painterWGPSN
Melville22.01°N 9.89°W / 22.01; -9.89 (Melville)1461976Herman Melville, American novelistWGPSN
Mena0.17°S 124.73°W / -0.17; -124.73 (Mena)151976Juan de Mena, Spanish poetWGPSN
Mendelssohn70.07°N 257.45°W / 70.07; -257.45 (Mendelssohn)2912012Felix Mendelssohn, German composerWGPSN
Mendes Pinto61.65°S 17.57°W / -61.65; -17.57 (Mendes Pinto)1921976Fernão Mendes Pinto, Portuguese writerWGPSN
Michelangelo44.92°S 109.78°W / -44.92; -109.78 (Michelangelo)229.711979Michelangelo, Italian artistWGPSN
Mickiewicz23.15°N 103.23°W / 23.15; -103.23 (Mickiewicz)1031976Adam Mickiewicz, Polish writerWGPSN
Milton26.1°S 175.03°W / -26.1; -175.03 (Milton)180.851976John Milton, English poetWGPSN
Mistral4.7°N 54.67°W / 4.7; -54.67 (Mistral)1021976Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poetWGPSN
Mofolo37.68°S 28.22°W / -37.68; -28.22 (Mofolo)1031976Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho writerWGPSN
Molière15.4°N 17.71°W / 15.4; -17.71 (Molière)1391976Molière, French playwrightWGPSN
Monet44.23°N 9.77°W / 44.23; -9.77 (Monet)2031979Claude Monet, French artistWGPSN
Monk66.08°N 63.81°E / 66.08; 63.81 (Monk)122013Thelonious Monk, American jazz musicianWGPSN
Monteverdi64.49°N 81.01°W / 64.49; -81.01 (Monteverdi)1341979Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composerWGPSN
Moody13.21°S 144.85°E / -13.21; 144.85 (Moody)832008Ronald Moody, Jamaican painterWGPSN
Mozart7.75°N 169.41°E / 7.75; 169.41 (Mozart)2411976Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composerWGPSN
Munch40.48°N 152.82°E / 40.48; 152.82 (Munch)572008Edvard Munch, Norwegian painterWGPSN
Munkácsy21.95°N 101.14°E / 21.95; 101.14 (Munkácsy)1932009Mihály Munkácsy, Hungarian painterWGPSN
Murasaki12.54°S 30.4°W / -12.54; -30.4 (Murasaki)1321976Murasaki Shikibu, Japanese writerWGPSN
Mussorgskij32.82°N 97.65°W / 32.82; -97.65 (Mussorgskij)1151979Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composerWGPSN
Myron71.21°N 84.86°W / 71.21; -84.86 (Myron)251979Myron, Ancient Greek sculptorWGPSN

N

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Nabokov14.56°S 55.76°E / -14.56; 55.76 (Nabokov)1662012Vladimir Nabokov, Russian and American writerWGPSN
Namatjira58.82°N 33.04°W / 58.82; -33.04 (Namatjira)342015Albert Namatjira, Australian Aboriginal artistWGPSN
Nampeyo40.33°S 49.96°W / -40.33; -49.96 (Nampeyo)491976Nampeyo, Hopi potterWGPSN
Nāwahī35.88°N 145.26°E / 35.88; 145.26 (Nāwahī)382008Joseph Nāwahī, Hawaiian painterWGPSN
Neruda52.66°S 125.79°E / -52.66; 125.79 (Neruda)1122008Pablo Neruda, Chilean poetWGPSN
Nervo42.7°N 179.89°W / 42.7; -179.89 (Nervo)661979Amado Nervo, Mexican poetWGPSN
Neumann37.22°S 34.56°W / -37.22; -34.56 (Neumann)1221976Johann Balthasar Neumann, German architectWGPSN
Nizāmī70.46°N 166.71°W / 70.46; -166.71 (Nizāmī)771979Nizami, Persian poetWGPSN
Nureyev11.68°N 173.13°W / 11.68; -173.13 (Nureyev)162012Rudolf Nureyev, Soviet and British ballet dancerWGPSN

O

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Ōkyo70.05°S 74.66°W / -70.05; -74.66 (Ōkyo)661985Maruyama Ōkyo, Japanese painterWGPSN
Oskison60.36°N 145.24°E / 60.36; 145.24 (Oskison)1222008John Milton Oskison, Cherokee authorWGPSN
Ovid69.77°S 20.23°W / -69.77; -20.23 (Ovid)411976Ovid, Roman poetWGPSN

P

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Pahinui28.16°S 213.21°W / -28.16; -213.21 (Pahinui)542013Gabby Pahinui, Hawaiian slack-key guitarist and singerWGPSN
Pasch46.12°N 134.75°E / 46.12; 134.75 (Pasch)372012Ulrika Pasch, Swedish painterWGPSN
Petipa11.54°N 21.05°E / 11.54; 21.05 (Petipa)122012Marius Petipa, French and Russian choreographer and dancerWGPSN
Petőfi83.55°S 119.35°E / -83.55; 119.35 (Petőfi)612013Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poetWGPSN
Petrarch30.52°S 26.29°W / -30.52; -26.29 (Petrarch)1671976Petrarch, Italian poetWGPSN
Petronius86.06°N 40.51°W / 86.06; -40.51 (Petronius)362012Petronius, Roman authorWGPSN
Phidias8.97°N 149.73°W / 8.97; -149.73 (Phidias)1681976Phidias, Ancient Greek artist and architectWGPSN
Philoxenus8.68°S 111.75°W / -8.68; -111.75 (Philoxenus)871976Philoxenus of Cythera, Ancient Greek poetWGPSN
Picasso3.44°N 50.24°E / 3.44; 50.24 (Picasso)1342010Pablo Picasso, Spanish painterWGPSN
Pigalle37.65°S 9.64°W / -37.65; -9.64 (Pigalle)1531976Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptorWGPSN
Plath37.86°N 38.84°W / 37.86; -38.84 (Plath)352015Sylvia Plath, American poetWGPSN
Po Chü-I6.94°S 165.28°W / -6.94; -165.28 (Po Chü-I)701976Bai Juyi, Chinese poetWGPSN
Po Ya45.92°S 20.17°W / -45.92; -20.17 (Po Ya)1011976Bo Ya, Chinese musicianWGPSN
Poe43.76°N 159.1°E / 43.76; 159.1 (Poe)772008Edgar Allan Poe, American poetWGPSN
Polygnotus0.13°S 69.26°W / -0.13; -69.26 (Polygnotus)1241976Polygnotus, Ancient Greek painterWGPSN
Popova34.72°S 66.73°W / -34.72; -66.73 (Popova)342012Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and designerWGPSN
Praxiteles27.11°N 60.28°W / 27.11; -60.28 (Praxiteles)1981979Praxiteles, Ancient Greek sculptorWGPSN
Prokofiev85.77°N 62.92°E / 85.77; 62.92 (Prokofiev)1122012Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composerWGPSN
Proust19.56°N 47.59°W / 19.56; -47.59 (Proust)1451976Marcel Proust, French novelistWGPSN
Puccini65.39°S 45.32°W / -65.39; -45.32 (Puccini)761976Giacomo Puccini, Italian composerWGPSN
Purcell80.43°N 152.21°W / 80.43; -152.21 (Purcell)87.671979Henry Purcell, English composerWGPSN
Pushkin65.79°S 20.73°W / -65.79; -20.73 (Pushkin)2321976Alexander Pushkin, Russian poetWGPSN

Q

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Qi Baishi4.31°S 164.37°E / -4.31; 164.37 (Qi Baishi)152008Qi Baishi, Chinese painterWGPSN
Qiu Ying82.67°N 85.7°W / 82.67; -85.7 (Qiu Ying)202012Qiu Ying, Chinese painterWGPSN

R

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Rabelais60.53°S 61.81°W / -60.53; -61.81 (Rabelais)1541976François Rabelais, French writerWGPSN
Rachmaninoff27.66°N 57.37°E / 27.66; 57.37 (Rachmaninoff)3052010Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composerWGPSN
Raden Saleh2.07°N 158.83°E / 2.07; 158.83 (Raden Saleh)232008Raden Saleh, Javanese painterWGPSN
Raditladi27.15°N 119.06°E / 27.15; 119.06 (Raditladi)2582008Leetile Disang Raditladi, Botswanan writerWGPSN
Rainis4.36°N 96.21°W / 4.36; -96.21 (Rajnis)801976Rainis, Latvian writerWGPSN
Remarque84.94°N 6.46°W / 84.94; -6.46 (Remarque)25.92013Erich Maria Remarque, German authorWGPSN
Rameau54.58°S 37.24°W / -54.58; -37.24 (Rameau)581976Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composerWGPSN
Raphael20.42°S 76.35°W / -20.42; -76.35 (Raphael)3421976Raphael, Italian artistWGPSN
Ravel12.01°S 38.19°W / -12.01; -38.19 (Ravel)781985Maurice Ravel, French composerWGPSN
Rembrandt32.89°S 87.87°E / -32.89; 87.87 (Rembrandt)7162009Rembrandt, Dutch artistWGPSN
Renoir18.34°S 52.01°W / -18.34; -52.01 (Renoir)2201976Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French artistWGPSN
Repin19.12°S 63.33°W / -19.12; -63.33 (Repin)951976Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russian artistWGPSN
Riemenschneider52.75°S 99.95°W / -52.75; -99.95 (Riemenschneider)1831979Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptorWGPSN
Rilke44.81°S 12.57°W / -44.81; -12.57 (Rilke)821976Rainer Maria Rilke, German poetWGPSN
Rimbaud63.62°S 148.9°W / -63.62; -148.9 (Rimbaud)781985Arthur Rimbaud, French poetWGPSN
Rikyū79.91°N 22.74°W / 79.91; -22.74 (Rikyū)22.42013Sen no Rikyū, Japanese tea masterWGPSN
Rivera69.29°N 32.18°E / 69.29; 32.18 (Rivera)402015Diego Rivera, Mexican painterWGPSN
Rizal82.48°N 146.98°W / 82.48; -146.98 (Rivera)642019José Rizal, Filipino writerWGPSN
Rodin21.72°N 18.89°W / 21.72; -18.89 (Rodin)2301976Auguste Rodin, French sculptorWGPSN
Roerich84.39°S 58.94°W / -84.39; -58.94 (Roerich)111.672013Nicholas Roerich, Russian painterWGPSN
Rubens60.58°N 77.99°W / 60.58; -77.99 (Rubens)1581979Peter Paul Rubens, French artistWGPSN
Rublev15.12°S 157.08°W / -15.12; -157.08 (Rublev)1291976Andrei Rublev, Russian icon painterWGPSN
Rūdaki3.97°S 51.76°W / -3.97; -51.76 (Rūdaki)1241976Rudaki, Persian poetWGPSN
Rude33.22°S 79.29°W / -33.22; -79.29 (Rude)681985François Rude, French sculptorWGPSN
Rūmī24.2°S 105.3°W / -24.2; -105.3 (Rūmī)751985Mawlana Rumi, Persian poetWGPSN
Rustaveli52.41°N 82.74°E / 52.41; 82.74 (Rustaveli)2002012Shota Rustaveli, Georgian poetWGPSN
Ruysch10.7°S 94.12°E / -10.7; 94.12 (Ruysch)642013Rachel Ruysch, Netherland painterWGPSN

S

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Sadī79.24°S 51.26°W / -79.24; -51.26 (Sadī)66.541976Saadi, Persian poetWGPSN
Saikaku71.96°N 177.97°W / 71.96; -177.97 (Saikaku)641979Ihara Saikaku, Japanese poetWGPSN
Sander42.43°N 154.56°E / 42.43; 154.56 (Sander)472008August Sander, German photographerWGPSN
Sanai13.37°S 6.99°W / -13.37; -6.99 (Sanai)4902014Sanai, Persian poetWGPSN
Sapkota86.09°N 132.79°W / 86.09; -132.79 (Sapkota)27.42015Mahananda Sapkota, Nepalese poetWGPSN
Sarmiento29.27°S 170.42°E / -29.27; 170.42 (Sarmiento)951979Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian writerWGPSN
Savage8.59°S 93.41°E / -8.59; 93.41 (Savage)932013Augusta Savage, American sculptorWGPSN
Sayat-Nova27.98°S 122.7°W / -27.98; -122.7 (Sayat-Nova)1461979Sayat-Nova, Armenian poetWGPSN
Scarlatti40.7°N 101.16°W / 40.7; -101.16 (Scarlatti)1321979Domenico Scarlatti, Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composersWGPSN
Schoenberg16.06°S 136.08°W / -16.06; -136.08 (Schoenberg)281976Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composerWGPSN
Schubert43.21°S 54.26°W / -43.21; -54.26 (Schubert)1901976Franz Schubert, Austrian composerWGPSN
Scopas81.26°S 174.71°E / -81.26; 174.71 (Scopas)83.161976Scopas, Ancient Greek sculptor and architectWGPSN
Sei64.61°S 88.59°W / -64.61; -88.59 (Sei)1371976Sei Shōnagon, Japanese writerWGPSN
Seuss7.65°N 33.16°E / 7.65; 33.16 (Seuss)642012Theodor Seuss Geisel, American author and cartoonistWGPSN
Shakespeare48.1°N 152.25°W / 48.1; -152.25 (Shakespeare)3991979William Shakespeare, English writerWGPSN
Shelley47.69°S 128.27°W / -47.69; -128.27 (Shelley)1711979Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poetWGPSN
Sher-Gil45.26°S 134.74°E / -45.26; 134.74 (Sher-Gil)772008Amrita Sher-Gil, Indian painterWGPSN
Shevchenko53.64°S 46.02°W / -53.64; -46.02 (Shevchenko)1431976Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poetWGPSN
Sholem Aleichem50.92°N 90.48°W / 50.92; -90.48 (Sholem Aleichem)1961979Sholom Aleichem, Yiddish writerWGPSN
Sibelius49.5°S 145.37°W / -49.5; -145.37 (Sibelius)941985Jean Sibelius, Finnish composerWGPSN
Simonides29.13°S 44.85°W / -29.13; -44.85 (Simonides)871985Simonides of Ceos, Greek poetWGPSN
Sinan15.46°N 30.59°W / 15.46; -30.59 (Sinan)1341976Mimar Sinan, Turkish architectWGPSN
Smetana48.25°S 70.17°W / -48.25; -70.17 (Smetana)1911985Bedřich Smetana, Czech composerWGPSN
Snorri9.17°S 83.24°W / -9.17; -83.24 (Snorri)211976Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic poetWGPSN
Sophocles6.95°S 146.04°W / -6.95; -146.04 (Sophocles)1421976Sophocles, Ancient Greek dramatistWGPSN
Sor Juana50.51°N 25.59°W / 50.51; -25.59 (Sor Juana)1021979Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican writerWGPSN
Sōseki39.31°N 38.77°W / 39.31; -38.77 (Sōseki)921985Natsume Sōseki, Japanese novelistWGPSN
Sōtatsu48.73°S 18.17°W / -48.73; -18.17 (Sōtatsu)1571976Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Japanese artistWGPSN
Sousa46.69°N 0.63°E / 46.69; 0.63 (Sousa)1382012John Philip Sousa, American bandmaster and composerWGPSN
Spitteler69.18°S 60.26°W / -69.18; -60.26 (Spitteler)671976Carl Spitteler, Swiss poetWGPSN
Steichen12.79°S 77.04°E / -12.79; 77.04 (Steichen)1962010Edward Steichen, American photographerWGPSN
Stevenson2.05°N 143.88°W / 2.05; -143.88 (Stevenson)1342012Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish authorWGPSN
Stieglitz72.54°N 67.63°E / 72.54; 67.63 (Stieglitz)1002012Alfred Stieglitz, American photographerWGPSN
Strauss70.42°N 285.53°E / 70.42; 285.53 (Stieglitz)172019Strauss family of musiciansWGPSN
Stravinsky51.95°N 78.9°W / 51.95; -78.9 (Stravinsky)1291979Igor Stravinsky, Russian composerWGPSN
Strindberg53.41°N 136.67°W / 53.41; -136.67 (Strindberg)1891979August Strindberg, Swedish writerWGPSN
Sullivan16.19°S 86.88°W / -16.19; -86.88 (Sullivan)153.231976Louis Sullivan, American architectWGPSN
Sūr Dās46.98°S 93.57°W / -46.98; -93.57 (Sūr Dās)1311979Sur, Hindu, poetWGPSN
Surikov36.98°S 124.9°W / -36.98; -124.9 (Surikov)2241979Vasily Surikov, Russian artistWGPSN
Sveinsdóttir2.83°S 100.32°E / -2.83; 100.32 (Sveinsdóttir)212.792008Júlíana Sveinsdóttir, Icelandic artistWGPSN

T

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Takanobu30.66°N 108.56°W / 30.66; -108.56 (Takanobu)721985Fujiwara no Takanobu, Japanese poetWGPSN
Takayoshi37.23°S 163.82°W / -37.23; -163.82 (Takayoshi)1361979Fujiwara no Takayoshi, Japanese painterWGPSN
Tansen4.11°N 71.67°W / 4.11; -71.67 (Tansen)271976Tansen, Hindustani composerWGPSN
Thākur3.05°S 64.57°W / -3.05; -64.57 (Thākur)1111976Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writerWGPSN
Theophanes5.02°S 142.78°W / -5.02; -142.78 (Theophanes)461976Theophanes the Greek, icon painterWGPSN
Thoreau5.94°N 132.64°W / 5.94; -132.64 (Thoreau)721985Henry David Thoreau, American poetWGPSN
Tintoretto47.99°S 22.95°W / -47.99; -22.95 (Tintoretto)941976Tintoretto, Italian artistWGPSN
Titian3.69°S 42.53°W / -3.69; -42.53 (Titian)1091976Titian, Italian artistWGPSN
To Ngoc Van52.49°N 111.7°W / 52.49; -111.7 (To Ngoc Van)712009To Ngoc Van, Vietnamese painterWGPSN
Tolkien88.82°N 148.92°E / 88.82; 148.92 (Tolkien)502012J. R. R. Tolkien, English writerWGPSN
Tolstoj16.23°S 164.64°W / -16.23; -164.64 (Tolstoj)3551976Leo Tolstoy, Russian writerWGPSN
Travers28.0°S 329.1°W / -28.0; -329.1 (Tolstoj)1642018Pamela Lyndon Travers, British writerWGPSN
Ts'ai Wen-Chi23.47°N 23.15°W / 23.47; -23.15 (Ts'ai Wen-Chi)1241976Cai Wenji, Chinese poet and composerWGPSN
Ts'ao Chan13.31°S 142.35°W / -13.31; -142.35 (Ts'ao Chan)1101976Cao Xueqin, Chinese novelistWGPSN
Tsurayuki62.99°S 20.34°W / -62.99; -20.34 (Tsurayuki)831976Ki no Tsurayuki, Japanese writerWGPSN
Tung Yüan75.02°N 62.83°W / 75.02; -62.83 (Tung Yüan)60.461979Dong Yuan, Chinese artistWGPSN
Turgenev65.68°N 136.26°W / 65.68; -136.26 (Turgenev)1361979Ivan Turgenev, Russian writerWGPSN
Tyagaraja3.89°N 148.9°W / 3.89; -148.9 (Tyagaraja)971976Tyāgarāja, Indian composerWGPSN
Tryggvadóttir89.55°N 171.56°W / 89.55; -171.56 (Tryggvadóttir)312012Nína Tryggvadóttir, Icelandic artistWGPSN

U

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Unkei31.79°S 62.6°W / -31.79; -62.6 (Unkei)1211976Unkei, Japanese sculptorWGPSN
Ustad Isa31.91°S 166.11°W / -31.91; -166.11 (Ustad Isa)1381979Ustad Isa, architectWGPSN

V

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Vālmiki23.58°S 141.41°W / -23.58; -141.41 (Vālmiki)2101976Valmiki, Indian poetWGPSN
Van Dijck75.8°N 166.63°W / 75.8; -166.63 (Van Dijck)101.531979Anthony van Dyck, Flemish artistWGPSN
Van Eyck43.22°N 159.43°W / 43.22; -159.43 (Van Eyck)2711979Jan van Eyck, Flemish artistWGPSN
Van Gogh76.88°S 138.68°W / -76.88; -138.68 (van Gogh)991976Vincent van Gogh, Dutch artistWGPSN
Varma80.04°N 18.97°W / 80.04; -18.97 (Varma)302013Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painterWGPSN
Vazov65.4°S 212.33°W / -65.4; -212.33 (Vazov)332020Ivan Vazov, Bulgarian poetWGPSN
Velázquez37.59°N 55.43°W / 37.59; -55.43 (Velázquez)1281979Diego Velázquez, Spanish painterWGPSN
Verdi64.36°N 169.71°W / 64.36; -169.71 (Verdi)1451979Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composerWGPSN
Vincente56.75°S 142.96°W / -56.75; -142.96 (Vincente)1081979Gil Vicente, Portuguese writerWGPSN
Vieira da Silva1.54°N 123.41°W / 1.54; -123.41 (Vieira da Silva)2742013Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Portuguese-French painterWGPSN
Villa-Lobos5.27°N 6.79°E / 5.27; 6.79 (Villa-Lobos)672015Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composerWGPSN
Vivaldi13.76°N 85.92°W / 13.76; -85.92 (Vivaldi)2131976Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composerWGPSN
Vlaminck28.48°N 13.51°W / 28.48; -13.51 (Vlaminck)821985Maurice de Vlaminck, French painterWGPSN
Vonnegut82.72°N 249.91°W / 82.72; -249.91 (Vlaminck)26.612017Kurt Vonnegut, American writerWGPSN
Vyāsa49.79°N 84.62°W / 49.79; -84.62 (Vyāsa)2971979Vyasa, Indian poetWGPSN

W

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Wagner68.25°S 114.78°W / -68.25; -114.78 (Wagner)1341976Richard Wagner, German composerWGPSN
Wang Meng8.53°N 104.12°W / 8.53; -104.12 (Wang Meng)1651976Wang Meng, Chinese artistWGPSN
Warhol2.55°S 6.27°W / -2.55; -6.27 (Warhol)912012Andy Warhol, American artistWGPSN
Waters8.96°S 105.45°W / -8.96; -105.45 (Waters)152012Muddy Waters, American musicianWGPSN
Wen Tianxiang45.34°S 191.6°W / -45.34; -191.6 (Wagner)166.422020Wen Tianxiang, Chinese poetWGPSN
Wergeland37.93°S 56.36°W / -37.93; -56.36 (Wergeland)421976Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian writerWGPSN
Whitman41.4°N 111.64°W / 41.4; -111.64 (Whitman)641985Walt Whitman, American poetWGPSN
Wren24.84°N 35.95°W / 24.84; -35.95 (Wren)2041979Christopher Wren, English architectWGPSN

X

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Xiao Zhao10.58°N 123.84°E / 10.58; 123.84 (Xiao Zhao)242008Xiao Zhao, Chinese artistWGPSN

Y

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Yamada82.54°N 136.16°E / 82.54; 136.16 (Yamada)17.12015Kosaku Yamada, Japanese composer and conductorWGPSN
Yeats9.44°N 35.03°W / 9.44; -35.03 (Yeats)921976William Butler Yeats, Irish poetWGPSN
Yoshikawa81.21°N 106.03°E / 81.21; 106.03 (Yoshikawa)302012Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelistWGPSN
Yun Sǒn-Do73.49°S 110.08°W / -73.49; -110.08 (Yun Sǒn-Do)761976Yun Seondo, Korean poetWGPSN

Z

CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)
Approval
Year
EponymRef
Zeami2.96°S 147.41°W / -2.96; -147.41 (Zeami)1291976Zeami Motokiyo, Japanese playwrightWGPSN
Zola49.75°N 178.25°W / 49.75; -178.25 (Zola)701979Émile Zola, French novelistWGPSN

Terminology

As on the Moon and Mars, sequences of craters and basins of differing relative ages provide the best means of establishing stratigraphic order on Mercury.[11][12][13] Overlap relations among many large mercurian craters and basins are clearer than those on the Moon. Therefore, as this map shows, we can build up many local stratigraphic columns involving both crater or basin materials and nearby plains materials.

Over all of Mercury, the crispness of crater rims and the morphology of their walls, central peaks, ejecta deposits, and secondary-crater fields have undergone systematic changes with time. The youngest craters or basins in a local stratigraphic sequence have the sharpest, crispest appearance. The oldest craters consist only of shallow depressions with slightly raised, rounded rims, some incomplete. On this basis, five age categories of craters and basins have been mapped; the characteristics of each are listed in the explanation. In addition, secondary crater fields are preserved around proportionally far more craters and basins on Mercury than on the Moon or Mars, and are particularly useful in determining overlap relations and degree of modification.

Because only limited photographic evidence was available from Mariner 10's three flybys of the planet, these divisions are often tentative. The five crater groups, from youngest to oldest, are:

  • c5: Fresh-appearing, sharp-rimmed, rayed craters. Highest albedo in map area; haloes and rays may extend many crater diameters from rim crests. Superposed on all other map units. Generally smaller and fewer than older craters.
  • c4: Fresh but slightly modified craters—Similar in morphology to c5 craters but without bright haloes or rays; sharp rim crests; continuous ejecta blankets; very few superposed secondary craters. Floors consist of crater or smooth plains materials.
  • c3: Modified craters—Rim crest continuous but slightly rounded and subdued. Ejecta blanket generally less extensive than those of younger craters of similar size. Superposed craters and rays common; smooth plains and intermediate plains materials cover floors of many craters. Central peaks more common than in c4 craters, probably because of larger average size of c3 craters.
  • c2: Subdued craters—Low-rimmed, relatively shallow craters, many with discontinuous rim crests. Floors covered by smooth plains and intermediate plains materials. Crater density of ejecta blankets similar to that of intermediate plains material.
  • c1 Degraded craters—Similar to c2 crater material but more deteriorated; many superposed craters.

See also

Note

  1. The total number of features also includes names that have been dropped or not yet unapproved by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

References

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