List of craters on Mercury

This article should list only official names approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).^[1]

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: 414 craters (7.9%)
•   Lunar: 1,624 craters (31.1%)
•   Martian: 1,092 craters (20.9%)
•   Venusian: 900 craters (17.2%)
•   Others: 1,198 craters (22.9%)

Distribution of named craters in the Solar System as of 2017^{[update][2][3][4][5][a]}

As of 2021^[update], there are 414 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][a]

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.

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• A
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• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
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• Q
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Map of named mercury craters as of 2022^[update]

A

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Abedin	61.73°N 10.66°W / 61.73; -10.66 (Abedin)	116.23	2009	Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter	WGPSN
Abu Nuwas	17.63°N 21.19°W / 17.63; -21.19 (Abu Nuwas)	117	1976	Abu Nuwas, Arabic poet	WGPSN
Africanus Horton	50.96°S 41.19°W / -50.96; -41.19 (Africanus Horton)	140	1976	Africanus Horton, Sierra Leonean writer	WGPSN
Ahmad Baba	58.33°N 128.35°W / 58.33; -128.35 (Ahmad Baba)	126	1979	Ahmad Baba al Massufi, West African writer	WGPSN
Ailey	45.58°N 177.92°E / 45.58; 177.92 (Ailey)	23	2012	Alvin Ailey, American choreographer	WGPSN
Aksakov	34.71°N 78.74°W / 34.71; -78.74 (Aksakov)	174	2012	Sergey Aksakov, Russian author	WGPSN
Akutagawa	48.25°N 141.09°W / 48.25; -141.09 (Akutagawa)	106	2015	Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer	WGPSN
Al-Akhtal	59.38°N 99.71°W / 59.38; -99.71 (Al-Akhtal)	94.29	1985	Akhtal, Arab poet	WGPSN
Alencar	63.64°S 103.78°W / -63.64; -103.78 (Alencar)	106	1979	José de Alencar, Brazilian novelist	WGPSN
Al-Hamadhani	39.19°N 91.76°W / 39.19; -91.76 (Al-Hamadhani)	164	1979	Badi' az-Zaman al-Hamadhani, Arab writer	WGPSN
Al-Jāhiz	1.36°N 21.76°W / 1.36; -21.76 (Al-Jāhiz)	83	1976	Al-Jahiz, Arab author	WGPSN
Alver	66.97°S 77.25°E / -66.97; 77.25 (Alver)	151	2013	Betti Alver, Estonian poet	WGPSN
Amaral	26.49°S 117.82°E / -26.49; 117.82 (Amaral)	105	2008	Tarsila do Amaral, Brazilian artist	WGPSN
Amru Al-Qays	12.43°N 176.11°W / 12.43; -176.11 (Amru Al-Qays)	47	1976	Imru Al-Qays Ibn Hujr, Arabic poet	WGPSN
Andal	47.52°S 37.71°W / -47.52; -37.71 (Andal)	109	1976	Aandaal, Tamil writer	WGPSN
Aneirin	27.47°S 2.68°W / -27.47; -2.68 (Aneirin)	467	2014	Aneirin, Welsh poet (6th century)	WGPSN
Angelou	80.32°N 66.71°W / 80.32; -66.71 (Angelou)	18	2019	Maya Angelou, American author and poet	WGPSN
Anguissola	80.69°N 217.35°W / 80.69; -217.35 (Anguissola)	35	2017	Sofonisba Anguissola, Italian painter	WGPSN
Anyte	79.5°N 210.67°W / 79.5; -210.67 (Anyte)	20	2017	Anyte of Tegea, Greek poet	WGPSN
Apollodorus	30.54°N 163.28°E / 30.54; 163.28 (Apollodorus)	41	2008	Apollodorus of Damascus, Ancient Greek architect	WGPSN
Aristoxenus	83.93°N 17.46°W / 83.93; -17.46 (Aristoxenus)	52	1979	Aristoxenus, Ancient Greek writer	WGPSN
Asawa	27.26°N 315.28°W / 27.26; -315.28 (Asawa)	130	2024	Ruth Aiko Asawa, Japanese-American sculptor	WGPSN
Aśvaghoṣa	10.61°N 21.49°W / 10.61; -21.49 (Aśvaghoṣa)	88	1976	Aśvaghoṣa, Sanskrit, poet	WGPSN
Atget	25.57°N 166.38°E / 25.57; 166.38 (Atget)	100	2008	Eugène Atget, French photographer	WGPSN

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B

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Bach	69.86°S 103.01°W / -69.86; -103.01 (Bach)	214.29	1976	Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer	WGPSN
Bagryana	3.89°S 283.73°W / -3.89; -283.73 (Bagryana)	101	2015	Elisaveta Bagryana, Bulgarian poet	WGPSN
Balagtas	22.56°S 13.9°W / -22.56; -13.9 (Balagtas)	104	1976	Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet	WGPSN
Balanchine	38.47°N 175.52°E / 38.47; 175.52 (Balanchine)	38	2012	George Balanchine, Georgian choreographer	WGPSN
Baranauskas	50.73°N 39.76°W / 50.73; -39.76 (Baranauskas)	36	2015	Antanas Baranauskas, Lithuanian poet	WGPSN
Barney	11.69°S 59.71°E / -11.69; 59.71 (Barney)	29	2013	Natalie Clifford Barney, American-French playwright, poet, and novelist	WGPSN
Balzac	10.62°N 144.67°W / 10.62; -144.67 (Balzac)	67	1976	Honoré de Balzac, French writer	WGPSN
Bartók	29.22°S 135.06°W / -29.22; -135.06 (Bartók)	118	1979	Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer	WGPSN
Barma	40.93°S 163.49°W / -40.93; -163.49 (Barma)	123	1982	Postnik "Barma" Yakovlev, Russian architect	WGPSN
Bashō	32.39°S 170.45°W / -32.39; -170.45 (Bashō)	75	1979	Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet	WGPSN
Bechet	83.08°N 93.66°W / 83.08; -93.66 (Bechet)	17.6	2013	Sidney Bechet, American jazz musician and composer	WGPSN
Beckett	40.2°S 111.29°E / -40.2; 111.29 (Beckett)	60	2008	Clarice Beckett, Australian painter	WGPSN
Beethoven	20.86°S 124.21°W / -20.86; -124.21 (Beethoven)	630	1976	Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer	WGPSN
Bek	21.16°N 50.99°W / 21.16; -50.99 (Bek)	32	2010	Bek, Egyptian sculptor	WGPSN
Belinskij	77.09°S 103.92°W / -77.09; -103.92 (Belinskij)	70.67	1985	Vissarion Belinsky, Russian literary critic	WGPSN
Bellini	33.77°S 272.83°W / -33.77; -272.83 (Bellini)	45	2019	Giovanni Bellini, Italian painter	WGPSN
Bello	18.87°S 120.18°W / -18.87; -120.18 (Bello)	139	1976	Andrés Bello, Venezuelan writer	WGPSN
Benoit	7.48°N 104.35°E / 7.48; 104.35 (Benoit)	40	2009	Rigaud Benoit, Haitian artist	WGPSN
Berkel	13.73°S 26.81°E / -13.73; 26.81 (Berkel)	23	2009	Sabri Berkel, Turkish painter	WGPSN
Berlioz	79.33°N 38.83°E / 79.33; 38.83 (Berlioz)	31.44	2013	Hector Berlioz, French composer	WGPSN
Bernini	80.32°S 140.97°W / -80.32; -140.97 (Bernini)	168.13	1976	Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor	WGPSN
Berry	70.57°N 247.27°W / 70.57; -247.27 (Berry)	25	2020	Chuck Berry, American singer and songwriter	WGPSN
Bilokur	0.79°S 108.33°W / -0.79; -108.33 (Bilokur)	67	2024	Kateryna Bilokur, Ukrainian painter	WGPSN
Bjornson	73.11°N 113.99°W / 73.11; -113.99 (Bjornson)	75.93	1985	Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian poet	WGPSN
Boccaccio	80.99°S 23.01°W / -80.99; -23.01 (Boccaccio)	151.95	1976	Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian writer	WGPSN
Boethius	0.98°S 73.64°W / -0.98; -73.64 (Boethius)	114	1976	Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, Roman philosopher	WGPSN
Botticelli	63.63°N 112.35°W / 63.63; -112.35 (Botticelli)	136.35	1979	Sandro Botticelli, Italian artist	WGPSN
Boznańska	59.64°N 40.75°W / 59.64; -40.75 (Boznańska)	72	2015	Olga Boznańska, Polish painter	WGPSN
Brahms	58.32°N 177.36°W / 58.32; -177.36 (Brahms)	100	1979	Johannes Brahms, German composer	WGPSN
Bramante	47.23°S 61.55°W / -47.23; -61.55 (Bramante)	156	1976	Donato Bramante, Italian architect	WGPSN
Brontë	38.39°N 127.06°W / 38.39; -127.06 (Brontë)	68	1976	The Brontë family, English writers and artists	WGPSN
Brooks	45.22°S 168.02°W / -45.22; -168.02 (Brooks)	34	2015	Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet and novelist	WGPSN
Bruegel	49.73°N 109.46°W / 49.73; -109.46 (Bruegel)	72	1985	Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Flemish painter	WGPSN
Brunelleschi	8.94°S 22.51°W / -8.94; -22.51 (Brunelleschi)	128.57	1976	Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect	WGPSN
Bunin	84.47°N 141.76°W / 84.47; -141.76 (Bunin)	37	2019	Ivan Bunin, Russian author	WGPSN
Burke	85.91°N 171.56°W / 85.91; -171.56 (Burke)	28.5	2015	Billie Burke, American actress	WGPSN
Burns	54.1°N 117.37°W / 54.1; -117.37 (Burns)	43	1985	Robert Burns, Scottish poet	WGPSN
Byron	8.44°S 33°W / -8.44; -33 (Byron)	106.58	1976	Lord Byron, English poet	WGPSN

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C

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Calder	3.51°N 12.75°E / 3.51; 12.75 (Calder)	24	2013	Alexander Calder, American sculptor	WGPSN
Callicrates	66.51°S 30.37°W / -66.51; -30.37 (Callicrates)	68	1976	Kallicrates, Ancient Greek architect	WGPSN
Calvino	3.99°S 56.03°W / -3.99; -56.03 (Calvino)	67	2009	Italo Calvino, Italian writer	WGPSN
Camões	71.42°S 68.39°W / -71.42; -68.39 (Camões)	70	1976	Luís de Camões, Portuguese writer	WGPSN
Canova	25.6°N 3.71°W / 25.6; -3.71 (Canova)	46	2018	Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor	WGPSN
Capote	21.1°S 72.41°E / -21.1; 72.41 (Capote)	88	2013	Truman Capote, American Author	WGPSN
Caravaggio	3.18°N 87.24°E / 3.18; 87.24 (Caravaggio)	185	2013	Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio, Italian painter	WGPSN
Carducci	36.54°S 90.39°W / -36.54; -90.39 (Carducci)	108.19	1976	Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet	WGPSN
Carleton	52.2°S 306.6°W / -52.2; -306.6 (Carleton)	177	2018	William Carleton, Irish writer	WGPSN
Carolan	83.88°N 31.77°E / 83.88; 31.77 (Carolan)	24.34	2015	Turlough Carolan, Irish composer and performer	WGPSN
Caruso	2.33°S 76.36°W / -2.33; -76.36 (Caruso)	31	2013	Enrico Caruso, Italian singer	WGPSN
Carvalho	26.82°N 51.61°W / 26.82; -51.61 (Carvalho)	90		Beth Carvalho, Brazilian musician	WGPSN
Castiglione	40.87°S 87.96°E / -40.87; 87.96 (Castiglione)	80	2015	Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian painter	WGPSN
Catullus	21.9°N 67.55°W / 21.9; -67.55 (Catullus)	100.2	2012	Gaius Valerius Catullus, Roman poet	WGPSN
Cervantes	76.09°S 124.26°W / -76.09; -124.26 (Cervantes)	213.16	1976	Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish writer	WGPSN
Cézanne	8.47°S 123.69°W / -8.47; -123.69 (Cézanne)	67	1985	Paul Cézanne, French painter	WGPSN
Chaikovskij	7.86°N 50.93°W / 7.86; -50.93 (Chaikovskij)	171	1976	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer	WGPSN
Chao Meng-Fu	88.42°S 156.36°W / -88.42; -156.36 (Chao Meng-Fu)	140.73	1976	Zhao Mengfu, Chinese artist	WGPSN
Chekhov	36.2°S 61.23°W / -36.2; -61.23 (Chekhov)	194	1976	Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and writer	WGPSN
Chesterton	88.51°N 126.9°W / 88.51; -126.9 (Chesterton)	37.23	2012	Gilbert Keith Chesterton, English author	WGPSN
Chiang Kʻui	14.71°N 102.8°W / 14.71; -102.8 (Chiang Kʻui)	41	1976	Jiang Kui, Chinese poet	WGPSN
Chŏng Chʼŏl	46.87°N 117.31°W / 46.87; -117.31 (Chŏng Chʼŏl)	143	1979	Chŏng Ch'ŏl, Korean poet	WGPSN
Chopin	65.45°S 123.4°W / -65.45; -123.4 (Chopin)	131	1976	Frédéric Chopin, Polish composer	WGPSN
Chu Ta	2.04°N 105.66°W / 2.04; -105.66 (Chu Ta)	100	1976	Zhu Da, Chinese painter	WGPSN
Codesido	68.19°S 206.99°W / -68.19; -206.99 (Codesido)	64	2024	Julia Codesido, Peruvian painter	WGPSN
Coleridge	55.67°S 66.6°W / -55.67; -66.6 (Coleridge)	112	1976	Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet	WGPSN
Copland	37.63°N 72.99°E / 37.63; 72.99 (Copland)	208	2010	Aaron Copland, American composer	WGPSN
Copley	38.63°S 86.01°W / -38.63; -86.01 (Copley)	34	1976	John Singleton Copley, American painter	WGPSN
Couperin	29.74°N 151.94°W / 29.74; -151.94 (Couperin)	80	1979	The Couperin family of French musicians	WGPSN
Cunningham	30.41°N 157.07°E / 30.41; 157.07 (Cunningham)	37	2008	Imogen Cunningham, American photographer	WGPSN

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D

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Dali	45.16°N 119.74°E / 45.16; 119.74 (Dali)	176	2008	Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter	WGPSN
Damer	36.36°N 115.81°W / 36.36; -115.81 (Damer)	60	2013	Anne Seymour Damer, English sculptor	WGPSN
Darío	26.28°S 9.51°W / -26.28; -9.51 (Darío)	151	1976	Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan writer	WGPSN
David	17.66°S 67.87°E / -17.66; 67.87 (David)	23	2013	Jacques-Louis David, French painter	WGPSN
de Graft	22.05°N 1.89°E / 22.05; 1.89 (de Graft)	68	2009	Joe de Graft, Ghanaian playwright	WGPSN
Debussy	33.95°S 12.54°E / -33.95; 12.54 (Debussy)	81	2010	Claude Debussy, French composer	WGPSN
Degas	37.08°N 127.34°W / 37.08; -127.34 (Degas)	54	1979	Edgar Degas, French artist	WGPSN
Delacroix	44.32°S 129.51°W / -44.32; -129.51 (Delacroix)	158	1979	Eugène Delacroix, French artist	WGPSN
Derain	9°S 19.7°E / -9; 19.7 (Derain)	167	2009	André Derain, French artist	WGPSN
Derzhavin	45.6°N 36.93°W / 45.6; -36.93 (Derzhavin)	156	1979	Gavril Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet	WGPSN
Despréz	81.08°N 101.25°W / 81.08; -101.25 (Despréz)	47.05	1979	Josquin des Prez, Franco-Flemish composer	WGPSN
Dickens	73.26°S 155.96°W / -73.26; -155.96 (Dickens)	77.31	1976	Charles Dickens, English novelist	WGPSN
Disney	68.15°S 99.8°E / -68.15; 99.8 (Disney)	113	2012	Walt Disney, American animator	WGPSN
Dominici	1.29°N 36.49°W / 1.29; -36.49 (Dominici)	20	2010	Maria de Dominici, Maltese painter	WGPSN
Donelaitis	52.96°S 38.42°E / -52.96; 38.42 (Donelaitis)	85	2013	Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet	WGPSN
Donne	2.92°N 14.05°W / 2.92; -14.05 (Donne)	86	1976	John Donne, English poet	WGPSN
Dostoevskij	44.73°S 178.11°W / -44.73; -178.11 (Dostoevskij)	430.06	1979	Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist	WGPSN
Dowland	53.56°S 179.3°E / -53.56; 179.3 (Dowland)	158	1979	John Dowland, English composer	WGPSN
Driscoll	30.58°N 33.58°W / 30.58; -33.58 (Driscoll)	30	2015	Clara Driscoll, American artist	WGPSN
Duccio	58.23°N 52.42°W / 58.23; -52.42 (Duccio)	132	2013	Duccio di Buoninsegna, Italian painter	WGPSN
Du Fu	25°N 93.66°W / 25; -93.66 (Du Fu)	33	2015	Du Fu, Chinese artist	WGPSN
Dürer	21.51°N 118.98°W / 21.51; -118.98 (Dürer)	195	1976	Albrecht Dürer, German artist	WGPSN
Dvorák	9.4°S 12.13°W / -9.4; -12.13 (Dvorák)	75	1976	Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer	WGPSN

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Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Eastman	9.52°N 125.76°E / 9.52; 125.76 (Eastman)	67	2009	Charles Eastman, Sioux author	WGPSN
Echegaray	43.48°N 20.22°W / 43.48; -20.22 (Echegaray)	63	1985	José Echegaray, Spanish dramatist	WGPSN
Egonu	67.15°N 61.48°E / 67.15; 61.48 (Egonu)	25	2012	Uzo Egonu, Nigerian artist	WGPSN
Eitoku	21.8°S 157.18°W / -21.8; -157.18 (Eitoku)	101	1976	Kanō Eitoku, Japanese artist	WGPSN
El Husseini	75.34°S 333.34°W / -75.34; -333.34 (El Husseini)	87	2024	Jumana El Husseini, Palestinian painter and sculptor	WGPSN
Ellington	12.88°S 26.1°E / -12.88; 26.1 (Ellington)	216	2012	Duke Ellington, American musician	WGPSN
Eminescu	10.66°N 114.21°E / 10.66; 114.21 (Eminescu)	129	2008	Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet	WGPSN
Enheduanna	48.34°N 33.59°W / 48.34; -33.59 (Enheduanna)	105	2015	Enheduanna, Sumerian poet	WGPSN
Enwonwu	10.01°S 121.96°E / -10.01; 121.96 (Enwonwu)	38	2008	Ben Enwonwu, Nigerian painter	WGPSN
Ensor	82.32°N 17.53°W / 82.32; -17.53 (Ensor)	24.92	2013	James Ensor, Belgian painter	WGPSN
Equiano	40°S 30.59°W / -40; -30.59 (Equiano)	102	1976	Olaudah Equiano, Benin writer	WGPSN
Erté	27.44°N 117.33°W / 27.44; -117.33 (Erté)	48.5	2013	Erté, Russian-born French artist	WGPSN

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Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Faulkner	8.08°N 76.97°E / 8.08; 76.97 (Faulkner)	168	2012	William Faulkner, American author	WGPSN
Fet	4.72°S 179.78°E / -4.72; 179.78 (Fet)	79	1985	Afanasy Fet, Russian poet	WGPSN
Firdousi	3.47°N 65.32°E / 3.47; 65.32 (Firdousi)	98	2010	Hakim Ferdowsi, Persian poet	WGPSN
Flaubert	13.83°S 72.7°W / -13.83; -72.7 (Flaubert)	95	1985	Gustave Flaubert, French author	WGPSN
Flaiano	21.29°S 76.73°W / -21.29; -76.73 (Flaiano)	43	2013	Ennio Flaiano, Italian author	WGPSN
Fonteyn	32.82°N 95.51°E / 32.82; 95.51 (Fonteyn)	29	2012	Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer	WGPSN
Freire	73.36°S 214.46°W / -73.36; -214.46 (Freire)	51	2024	María Freire, Uruguayan painter	WGPSN
Fuller	82.63°N 42.65°W / 82.63; -42.65 (Fuller)	26.97	2013	Richard Buckminster Fuller, American engineer and architect	WGPSN
Futabatei	16.05°S 83.52°W / -16.05; -83.52 (Futabatei)	57	1976	Futabatei Shimei, Japanese author	WGPSN

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Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Gainsborough	35.73°S 175.48°E / -35.73; 175.48 (Gainsborough)	95	1985	Thomas Gainsborough, English painter	WGPSN
Gaudí	76.9°N 69.16°E / 76.9; 69.16 (Gaudí)	81	2012	Antoni Gaudí i Cornet, Spanish Catalan architect	WGPSN
Gauguin	66.36°N 100.01°W / 66.36; -100.01 (Gauguin)	70	1979	Paul Gauguin, French artist	WGPSN
Geddes	27.17°N 29.72°W / 27.17; -29.72 (Geddes)	84	2010	Wilhelmina Geddes, Irish stained glass artist	WGPSN
Ghiberti	48.55°S 80.15°W / -48.55; -80.15 (Ghiberti)	110	1976	Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor	WGPSN
Giambologna	42.58°S 124.11°W / -42.58; -124.11 (Giambologna)	69	2013	Giambologna, Flemish sculptor	WGPSN
Gibran	35.73°N 111.44°W / 35.73; -111.44 (Gibran)	106	2009	Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese American poet and artist	WGPSN
Giotto	12.46°N 56.48°W / 12.46; -56.48 (Giotto)	144	1976	Giotto di Bondone, Italian painter	WGPSN
Glinka	14.83°N 112.55°W / 14.83; -112.55 (Glinka)	89	2008	Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer	WGPSN
Gluck	37.95°N 18.78°W / 37.95; -18.78 (Gluck)	100	1979	Christoph Willibald Gluck, Austrian composer	WGPSN
Goethe	81.1°N 51.03°W / 81.1; -51.03 (Goethe)	317.17	1979	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer	WGPSN
Gogol	28.26°S 147.46°W / -28.26; -147.46 (Gogol)	79	1985	Nikolai Gogol, Russian playwright	WGPSN
Gordimer	87.73°N 170.9°W / 87.73; -170.9 (Gogol)	58	2019	Nadine Gordimer, South African writer	WGPSN
Goya	6.79°S 152.29°W / -6.79; -152.29 (Goya)	138	1976	Francisco Goya, Spanish artist	WGPSN
Grainger	44.09°S 104.81°E / -44.09; 104.81 (Grainger)	113	2012	Percy Grainger, Australian composer	WGPSN
Grieg	52.49°N 15.36°W / 52.49; -15.36 (Grieg)	59	1985	Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer	WGPSN
Grotell	71.09°N 31.63°W / 71.09; -31.63 (Grotell)	48.25	2012	Maija Grotell, Finnish and American ceramist	WGPSN
Guido d'Arezzo	38.41°S 18.53°W / -38.41; -18.53 (Guido d'Arezzo)	58	1976	Guido of Arezzo, Italian music theorist	WGPSN

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Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Hafiz	19.5°N 79.56°E / 19.5; 79.56 (Hafiz)	280	2014	Hafiz of Shiraz, Persian poet	WGPSN
Halim	48.87°N 100.94°W / 48.87; -100.94 (Halim)	44	2024	Tahia Halim, Egyptian painter	WGPSN
Hals	54.96°S 114.99°W / -54.96; -114.99 (Hals)	93	1985	Frans Hals, Dutch painter	WGPSN
Han Kan	72.13°S 146.4°W / -72.13; -146.4 (Han Kan)	50	1985	Han Gan, Chinese painter	WGPSN
Handel	3.53°N 34.38°W / 3.53; -34.38 (Handel)	138	1976	George Frideric Handel, German composer	WGPSN
Harunobu	14.88°N 140.93°W / 14.88; -140.93 (Harunobu)	107	1976	Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese artist	WGPSN
Hauptmann	23.7°S 179.59°E / -23.7; 179.59 (Hauptmann)	118	1985	Gerhart Hauptmann, German playwright	WGPSN
Hawthorne	51.31°S 115.34°W / -51.31; -115.34 (Hawthorne)	120	1979	Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist	WGPSN
Haydn	27.22°S 71.64°W / -27.22; -71.64 (Haydn)	251	1976	Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer	WGPSN
Heaney	33.77°S 237.71°W / -33.77; -237.71 (Heaney)	125	2017	Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright	WGPSN
Heine	32.46°N 124.88°W / 32.46; -124.88 (Heine)	73	1979	Heinrich Heine, German poet	WGPSN
Hemingway	17.38°N 3.13°W / 17.38; -3.13 (Hemingway)	126	2009	Ernest Hemingway, American writer	WGPSN
Henri	79.68°N 152.98°E / 79.68; 152.98 (Henri)	163.8	2012	Robert Henri, American painter	WGPSN
Hesiod	58.27°S 34.25°W / -58.27; -34.25 (Hesiod)	101	1976	Hesiod, Ancient Greek poet	WGPSN
Hiroshige	13.34°S 26.96°W / -13.34; -26.96 (Hiroshige)	138	1976	Andō Hiroshige, Japanese artist	WGPSN
Hitomaro	16.07°S 15.65°W / -16.07; -15.65 (Hitomaro)	105	1976	Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Japanese poet	WGPSN
Hodgkins	29.12°N 17.97°E / 29.12; 17.97 (Hodgkins)	19	2009	Frances Hodgkins, New Zealand painter	WGPSN
Hokusai	57.84°N 16.65°E / 57.84; 16.65 (Hokusai)	114	2010	Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese painter	WGPSN
Holbein	36.16°N 29.84°W / 36.16; -29.84 (Holbein)	115	1979	Hans Holbein the Younger, German artist	WGPSN
Holberg	67.37°S 59.57°W / -67.37; -59.57 (Holberg)	64	1976	Ludvig Holberg, Danish writer	WGPSN
Holst	17.42°S 44.96°E / -17.42; 44.96 (Holst)	170	2012	Gustav Holst, British composer	WGPSN
Homer	1.3°S 36.62°W / -1.3; -36.62 (Homer)	319	1976	Homer, Ancient Greek poet	WGPSN
Hopper	12.44°S 55.96°W / -12.44; -55.96 (Hopper)	36	2012	Edward Hopper, American painter	WGPSN
Horace	69.34°S 50.02°W / -69.34; -50.02 (Horace)	56	1976	Horace, Roman poet	WGPSN
Hovnatanian	7.68°S 172.71°E / -7.68; 172.71 (Hovnatanian)	34	2008	Hakob Hovnatanian, Armenian painter	WGPSN
Hugo	39.61°N 48.49°W / 39.61; -48.49 (Hugo)	206	1979	Victor Hugo, French writer	WGPSN
Hun Kal	0.47°S 19.93°W / -0.47; -19.93 (Hun Kal)	0.93	1976	'20' in the language of the Maya (serves as Mercury's a meridian reference point)	WGPSN
Hurley	87.36°S 6.99°W / -87.36; -6.99 (Hurley)	67	2013	Frank Hurley, Australian photographer	WGPSN

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Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Ibsen	24.35°S 35.89°W / -24.35; -35.89 (Ibsen)	159	1976	Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright	WGPSN
Ictinus	79.56°S 174.24°W / -79.56; -174.24 (Ictinus)	58.03	1976	Iktinos, Ancient Greek architect	WGPSN
Imhotep	17.97°S 37.48°W / -17.97; -37.48 (Imhotep)	159	1976	Imhotep, Ancient Egyptian architect	WGPSN
Ives	32.87°S 111.99°W / -32.87; -111.99 (Ives)	18	1979	Charles Ives, American composer	WGPSN
Izquierdo	1.66°S 107.04°E / -1.66; 107.04 (Izquierdo)	174	2009	María Izquierdo, Mexican painter	WGPSN

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J

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Janáček	55.72°N 154.85°W / 55.72; -154.85 (Janáček)	47	1985	Leoš Janáček, Czech composer	WGPSN
Jiménez	81.83°N 152.31°W / 81.83; -152.31 (Jiménez)	27	2019	Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and author	WGPSN
Jókai	71.93°N 138.45°W / 71.93; -138.45 (Jókai)	93	1979	Mór Jókai, Hungarian writer	WGPSN
Jobim	32.45°N 66.88°W / 32.45; -66.88 (Jobim)	167	2015	Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian composer	WGPSN
Joplin	38.56°S 25.51°E / -38.56; 25.51 (Joplin)	139	2012	Scott Joplin, American composer	WGPSN
Josetsu	83.58°N 134.93°W / 83.58; -134.93 (Josetsu)	30	2019	Taikō Josetsu, Japanese ink painter	WGPSN
Judah Ha-Levi	10.79°N 108.01°W / 10.79; -108.01 (Judah Ha-Levi)	85	1976	Yehuda Halevi, Spanish-Jewish writer	WGPSN

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Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Kandinsky	87.89°N 78.78°E / 87.89; 78.78 (Kandinsky)	60	2012	Wassily Kandinsky, Russian painter	WGPSN
Karsh	35.49°S 78.85°E / -35.49; 78.85 (Karsh)	58	2015	Yousuf Karsh, Armenian-Canadian photographer	WGPSN
Kālidāsā	18.21°S 179.82°W / -18.21; -179.82 (Kālidāsā)	160	1976	Kālidāsa, Sanskrit writer	WGPSN
Keats	70.31°S 156.65°W / -70.31; -156.65 (Keats)	107.85	1976	John Keats, English poet	WGPSN
Kenkō	21.35°S 16.16°W / -21.35; -16.16 (Kenkō)	105	1976	Yoshida Kenkō, Japanese writer	WGPSN
Kerouac	25.21°N 129.1°E / 25.21; 129.1 (Kerouac)	110	2015	Jack Kerouac, American writer	WGPSN
Kertész	27.37°N 146.08°E / 27.37; 146.08 (Kertész)	32	2008	André Kertész, Hungarian photographer	WGPSN
Khansa	58.95°S 51.94°W / -58.95; -51.94 (Khansa)	113	1976	Al-Khansa, Arabic poet	WGPSN
Kipling	19.37°S 72.02°E / -19.37; 72.02 (Kipling)	164	2010	Rudyard Kipling, English author	WGPSN
Kirby	82.96°N 151.32°W / 82.96; -151.32 (Kipling)	31	2019	Jack Kirby, American illustrator	WGPSN
Kobro	82.16°S 81.22°E / -82.16; 81.22 (Kobro)	54	2012	Katarzyna Kobro, Polish sculptor	WGPSN
Kofi	56.75°N 117.87°E / 56.75; 117.87 (Kofi)	136	2012	Vincent Kofi, Ghanaian sculptor	WGPSN
Komeda	82.74°S 90.47°E / -82.74; 90.47 (Komeda)	54	2012	Krzysztof Komeda, Polish composer	WGPSN
Kōshō	59.93°N 139.87°W / 59.93; -139.87 (Kōshō)	64	1985	Kōshō, Japanese sculptor	WGPSN
Kuan Han-Chʻing	29.44°N 53.67°W / 29.44; -53.67 (Kuan Han-Chʻing)	143	1979	Guan Hanqing, Chinese playwright	WGPSN
Kuiper	11.34°S 31.32°W / -11.34; -31.32 (Kuiper)	62	1976	Gerard Kuiper, American astronomer	WGPSN
Kulthum	50.72°N 93.53°E / 50.72; 93.53 (Kulthum)	31	2015	Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer	WGPSN
Kunisada	1.37°N 113.02°E / 1.37; 113.02 (Kunisada)	241.45	2009	Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese woodblock printmaker	WGPSN
Kuniyoshi	57.87°S 37.49°W / -57.87; -37.49 (Kuniyoshi)	27	2014	Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese painter and printmaker	WGPSN
Kurosawa	52.44°S 21.49°W / -52.44; -21.49 (Kurosawa)	152	1976	Kinko Kurosawa, Japanese musician	WGPSN
Kyōsai	25.15°N 4.86°E / 25.15; 4.86 (Kyōsai)	39	2012	Kawanabe Kyōsai, Japanese artist	WGPSN

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Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Lange	6.28°N 100.47°E / 6.28; 100.47 (Lange)	176.23	2009	Dorothea Lange, American photographer	WGPSN
Larrocha	43.29°N 69.83°W / 43.29; -69.83 (Larrocha)	196	2013	Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist	WGPSN
Laxness	83.27°N 50.04°W / 83.27; -50.04 (Laxness)	25.89	2013	Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer	WGPSN
Le Guin	18.76°S 102.74°W / -18.76; -102.74 (Le Guin)	61	2024	Ursula K. Le Guin, American author	WGPSN
L'Engle	86.63°S 69.62°E / -86.63; 69.62 (L'Engle)	62	2013	Madeleine L'Engle, American author	WGPSN
Lennon	36.41°S 41.18°E / -36.41; 41.18 (Lennon)	95	2013	John Lennon, former Beatles member[9][10]	WGPSN
Lennon–Picasso Basin	17.42°S 44.96°E / -17.42; 44.96 (Lennon)	1450	2018	John Lennon and Pablo Picasso	[11]
Leopardi	72.76°S 175.16°E / -72.76; 175.16 (Leopardi)	71.45	1976	Giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer	WGPSN
Lermontov	15.24°N 48.94°W / 15.24; -48.94 (Lermontov)	166	1976	Mikhail Lermontov, Russian writer	WGPSN
Lessing	28.5°S 90.34°W / -28.5; -90.34 (Lessing)	95	1985	Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German dramatist	WGPSN
Li Chʻing-Chao	77.96°S 71.17°W / -77.96; -71.17 (Li Chʻing-Chao)	69	1976	Li Qingzhao, Chinese writer	WGPSN
Li Po	17.1°N 35.69°W / 17.1; -35.69 (Li Po)	126	1976	Li Bai, Chinese poet	WGPSN
Liang Kʻai	39.89°S 175.84°E / -39.89; 175.84 (Liang Kʻai)	145	1979	Liang Kai, Chinese artist	WGPSN
Lismer	81.51°N 166.37°E / 81.51; 166.37 (Lismer)	139.12	2012	Arthur Lismer, Canadian painter	WGPSN
Liszt	16.13°S 168.34°W / -16.13; -168.34 (Liszt)	79	1985	Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer	WGPSN
Lorde	69.12°S 49.47°W / -69.12; -49.47 (Lorde)	45	2022	Audre Lorde, American writer	WGPSN
Lovecraft	86.24°S 73.82°W / -86.24; -73.82 (Lovecraft)	51.97	2013	H. P. Lovecraft, American author	WGPSN
Lu Hsun	0.01°S 23.76°W / -0.01; -23.76 (Lu Hsun)	96	1976	Lu Xun, Chinese writer	WGPSN
Lysippus	1.03°N 132.75°W / 1.03; -132.75 (Lysippus)	155	1976	Lysippos, Ancient Greek sculptor	WGPSN

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Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Ma Chih-Yuan	60.01°S 78.01°W / -60.01; -78.01 (Ma Chih-Yuan)	197	1976	Ma Zhiyuan, Chinese writer	WGPSN
Machaut	2.05°S 82.37°W / -2.05; -82.37 (Machaut)	104	1976	Guillaume de Machaut, French poet and composer	WGPSN
MacNicol	68.19°S 355.95°W / -68.19; -355.95 (MacNicol)	42	2022	Bessie MacNicol, Scottish painter	WGPSN
Magritte	72.78°S 121.63°E / -72.78; 121.63 (Magritte)	149	2012	René Magritte, Belgian painter	WGPSN
Mahler	19.68°S 18.82°W / -19.68; -18.82 (Mahler)	104	1976	Gustav Mahler, Bohemian composer	WGPSN
Mansart	72.72°N 123.36°W / 72.72; -123.36 (Mansart)	84.97	1979	Jules Hardouin-Mansart, French architect	WGPSN
Mansur	47.41°N 163.61°W / 47.41; -163.61 (Mansur)	95	1979	Ustad Mansur, Mughal artist	WGPSN
March	30.95°N 176.3°W / 30.95; -176.3 (March)	83	1979	Ausiàs March, Catalan poet	WGPSN
Mark Twain	10.91°S 138.28°W / -10.91; -138.28 (Mark Twain)	142	1976	Mark Twain, American novelist	WGPSN
Martí	75.96°S 168.26°W / -75.96; -168.26 (Martí)	69.48	1976	José Martí, Cuban writer	WGPSN
Martins	8°S 304.93°W / -8; -304.93 (Martí)	12.4	2019	Maria Martins, Brazilian sculptor	WGPSN
Martial	68.47°N 178.33°W / 68.47; -178.33 (Martial)	51	1979	Martial, Roman poet	WGPSN
Matabei	39.85°S 14.05°W / -39.85; -14.05 (Matabei)	24	2009	Iwasa Matabei, Japanese painter	WGPSN
Matisse	23.83°S 90.05°W / -23.83; -90.05 (Matisse)	189.04	1976	Henri Matisse, French painter	WGPSN
Melville	22.01°N 9.89°W / 22.01; -9.89 (Melville)	146	1976	Herman Melville, American novelist	WGPSN
Mena	0.17°S 124.73°W / -0.17; -124.73 (Mena)	15	1976	Juan de Mena, Spanish poet	WGPSN
Mendelssohn	70.07°N 257.45°W / 70.07; -257.45 (Mendelssohn)	291	2012	Felix Mendelssohn, German composer	WGPSN
Mendes Pinto	61.65°S 17.57°W / -61.65; -17.57 (Mendes Pinto)	192	1976	Fernão Mendes Pinto, Portuguese writer	WGPSN
Michelangelo	44.92°S 109.78°W / -44.92; -109.78 (Michelangelo)	229.71	1979	Michelangelo, Italian artist	WGPSN
Mickiewicz	23.15°N 103.23°W / 23.15; -103.23 (Mickiewicz)	103	1976	Adam Mickiewicz, Polish writer	WGPSN
Milton	26.1°S 175.03°W / -26.1; -175.03 (Milton)	180.85	1976	John Milton, English poet	WGPSN
Mistral	4.7°N 54.67°W / 4.7; -54.67 (Mistral)	102	1976	Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet	WGPSN
Mofolo	37.68°S 28.22°W / -37.68; -28.22 (Mofolo)	103	1976	Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho writer	WGPSN
Molière	15.4°N 17.71°W / 15.4; -17.71 (Molière)	139	1976	Molière, French playwright	WGPSN
Monet	44.23°N 9.77°W / 44.23; -9.77 (Monet)	203	1979	Claude Monet, French artist	WGPSN
Monk	66.08°N 63.81°E / 66.08; 63.81 (Monk)	12	2013	Thelonious Monk, American jazz musician	WGPSN
Monteverdi	64.49°N 81.01°W / 64.49; -81.01 (Monteverdi)	134	1979	Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer	WGPSN
Moody	13.21°S 144.85°E / -13.21; 144.85 (Moody)	83	2008	Ronald Moody, Jamaican painter	WGPSN
Morrison	79.66°N 232.57°E / 79.66; 232.57 (Moody)	35	2022	Toni Morrison; American author	WGPSN
Mozart	7.75°N 169.41°E / 7.75; 169.41 (Mozart)	241	1976	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer	WGPSN
Munch	40.48°N 152.82°E / 40.48; 152.82 (Munch)	57	2008	Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter	WGPSN
Munkácsy	21.95°N 101.14°E / 21.95; 101.14 (Munkácsy)	193	2009	Mihály Munkácsy, Hungarian painter	WGPSN
Murasaki	12.54°S 30.4°W / -12.54; -30.4 (Murasaki)	132	1976	Murasaki Shikibu, Japanese writer	WGPSN
Mussorgskij	32.82°N 97.65°W / 32.82; -97.65 (Mussorgskij)	115	1979	Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer	WGPSN
Myron	71.21°N 84.86°W / 71.21; -84.86 (Myron)	25	1979	Myron, Ancient Greek sculptor	WGPSN

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Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Nabokov	14.56°S 55.76°E / -14.56; 55.76 (Nabokov)	166	2012	Vladimir Nabokov, Russian and American writer	WGPSN
Nairne	70.34°S 1.59°E / -70.34; 1.59 (Nairne)	56	2022	Carolina Nairne, Scottish songwriter	WGPSN
Namatjira	58.82°N 33.04°W / 58.82; -33.04 (Namatjira)	34	2015	Albert Namatjira, Australian Aboriginal artist	WGPSN
Nampeyo	40.33°S 49.96°W / -40.33; -49.96 (Nampeyo)	49	1976	Nampeyo, Hopi potter	WGPSN
Navoi	58.82°N 160.41°E / 58.82; 160.41 (Navoi)	69	2008	Ali-Shir Nava'i, Uzbek poet	WGPSN
Nāwahī	35.88°N 145.26°E / 35.88; 145.26 (Nāwahī)	38	2008	Joseph Nāwahī, Hawaiian painter	WGPSN
Neruda	52.66°S 125.79°E / -52.66; 125.79 (Neruda)	112	2008	Jan Neruda, Czech poet and writer, and Johann Baptist Georg Neruda, Czech composer	WGPSN
Nervo	42.7°N 179.89°W / 42.7; -179.89 (Nervo)	66	1979	Amado Nervo, Mexican poet	WGPSN
Neumann	37.22°S 34.56°W / -37.22; -34.56 (Neumann)	122	1976	Johann Balthasar Neumann, German architect	WGPSN
Nizāmī	70.46°N 166.71°W / 70.46; -166.71 (Nizāmī)	77	1979	Nizami, Persian poet	WGPSN
Nureyev	11.68°N 173.13°W / 11.68; -173.13 (Nureyev)	16	2012	Rudolf Nureyev, Soviet and British ballet dancer	WGPSN

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Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Ōkyo	70.05°S 74.66°W / -70.05; -74.66 (Ōkyo)	66	1985	Maruyama Ōkyo, Japanese painter	WGPSN
Oskison	60.36°N 145.24°E / 60.36; 145.24 (Oskison)	122	2008	John Milton Oskison, Cherokee author	WGPSN
Ovid	69.77°S 20.23°W / -69.77; -20.23 (Ovid)	41	1976	Ovid, Roman poet	WGPSN

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Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Pahinui	28.16°S 213.21°W / -28.16; -213.21 (Pahinui)	54	2013	Gabby Pahinui, Hawaiian slack-key guitarist and singer	WGPSN
Pasch	46.12°N 134.75°E / 46.12; 134.75 (Pasch)	37	2012	Ulrika Pasch, Swedish painter	WGPSN
Petipa	11.54°N 21.05°E / 11.54; 21.05 (Petipa)	12	2012	Marius Petipa, French and Russian choreographer and dancer	WGPSN
Petőfi	83.55°S 119.35°E / -83.55; 119.35 (Petőfi)	61	2013	Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet	WGPSN
Petrarch	30.52°S 26.29°W / -30.52; -26.29 (Petrarch)	167	1976	Petrarch, Italian poet	WGPSN
Petronius	86.06°N 40.51°W / 86.06; -40.51 (Petronius)	36	2012	Petronius, Roman author	WGPSN
Phidias	8.97°N 149.73°W / 8.97; -149.73 (Phidias)	168	1976	Phidias, Ancient Greek artist and architect	WGPSN
Philoxenus	8.68°S 111.75°W / -8.68; -111.75 (Philoxenus)	87	1976	Philoxenus of Cythera, Ancient Greek poet	WGPSN
Picasso	3.44°N 50.24°E / 3.44; 50.24 (Picasso)	134	2010	Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter	WGPSN
Pigalle	37.65°S 9.64°W / -37.65; -9.64 (Pigalle)	153	1976	Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor	WGPSN
Plath	37.86°N 38.84°W / 37.86; -38.84 (Plath)	35	2015	Sylvia Plath, American poet	WGPSN
Po Chü-I	6.94°S 165.28°W / -6.94; -165.28 (Po Chü-I)	70	1976	Bai Juyi, Chinese poet	WGPSN
Po Ya	45.92°S 20.17°W / -45.92; -20.17 (Po Ya)	101	1976	Bo Ya, Chinese musician	WGPSN
Poe	43.76°N 159.1°E / 43.76; 159.1 (Poe)	77	2008	Edgar Allan Poe, American poet	WGPSN
Polygnotus	0.13°S 69.26°W / -0.13; -69.26 (Polygnotus)	124	1976	Polygnotus, Ancient Greek painter	WGPSN
Popova	34.72°S 66.73°W / -34.72; -66.73 (Popova)	34	2012	Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and designer	WGPSN
Praxiteles	27.11°N 60.28°W / 27.11; -60.28 (Praxiteles)	198	1979	Praxiteles, Ancient Greek sculptor	WGPSN
Prokofiev	85.77°N 62.92°E / 85.77; 62.92 (Prokofiev)	112	2012	Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer	WGPSN
Proust	19.56°N 47.59°W / 19.56; -47.59 (Proust)	145	1976	Marcel Proust, French novelist	WGPSN
Puccini	65.39°S 45.32°W / -65.39; -45.32 (Puccini)	76	1976	Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer	WGPSN
Purcell	80.43°N 152.21°W / 80.43; -152.21 (Purcell)	87.67	1979	Henry Purcell, English composer	WGPSN
Pushkin	65.79°S 20.73°W / -65.79; -20.73 (Pushkin)	232	1976	Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet	WGPSN

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Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Qi Baishi	4.31°S 164.37°E / -4.31; 164.37 (Qi Baishi)	15	2008	Qi Baishi, Chinese painter	WGPSN
Qiu Ying	82.67°N 85.7°W / 82.67; -85.7 (Qiu Ying)	20	2012	Qiu Ying, Chinese painter	WGPSN

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R

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Rabelais	60.53°S 61.81°W / -60.53; -61.81 (Rabelais)	154	1976	François Rabelais, French writer	WGPSN
Rachmaninoff	27.66°N 57.37°E / 27.66; 57.37 (Rachmaninoff)	305	2010	Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer	WGPSN
Raden Saleh	2.07°N 158.83°E / 2.07; 158.83 (Raden Saleh)	23	2008	Raden Saleh, Javanese painter	WGPSN
Raditladi	27.15°N 119.06°E / 27.15; 119.06 (Raditladi)	258	2008	Leetile Disang Raditladi, Botswanan writer	WGPSN
Rajnis	4.36°N 96.21°W / 4.36; -96.21 (Rajnis)	80	1976	Rainis, Latvian writer	WGPSN
Remarque	84.94°N 6.46°W / 84.94; -6.46 (Remarque)	25.9	2013	Erich Maria Remarque, German author	WGPSN
Rameau	54.58°S 37.24°W / -54.58; -37.24 (Rameau)	58	1976	Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer	WGPSN
Raphael	20.42°S 76.35°W / -20.42; -76.35 (Raphael)	342	1976	Raphael, Italian artist	WGPSN
Ravel	12.01°S 38.19°W / -12.01; -38.19 (Ravel)	78	1985	Maurice Ravel, French composer	WGPSN
Rembrandt	32.89°S 87.87°E / -32.89; 87.87 (Rembrandt)	716	2009	Rembrandt, Dutch artist	WGPSN
Renoir	18.34°S 52.01°W / -18.34; -52.01 (Renoir)	220	1976	Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French artist	WGPSN
Repin	19.12°S 63.33°W / -19.12; -63.33 (Repin)	95	1976	Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russian artist	WGPSN
Riemenschneider	52.75°S 99.95°W / -52.75; -99.95 (Riemenschneider)	183	1979	Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor	WGPSN
Rilke	44.81°S 12.57°W / -44.81; -12.57 (Rilke)	82	1976	Rainer Maria Rilke, German poet	WGPSN
Rimbaud	63.62°S 148.9°W / -63.62; -148.9 (Rimbaud)	78	1985	Arthur Rimbaud, French poet	WGPSN
Rikyū	79.91°N 22.74°W / 79.91; -22.74 (Rikyū)	22.4	2013	Sen no Rikyū, Japanese tea master	WGPSN
Rivera	69.29°N 32.18°E / 69.29; 32.18 (Rivera)	40	2015	Diego Rivera, Mexican painter	WGPSN
Rizal	82.48°N 146.98°W / 82.48; -146.98 (Rivera)	64	2019	José Rizal, Filipino writer	WGPSN
Rodin	21.72°N 18.89°W / 21.72; -18.89 (Rodin)	230	1976	Auguste Rodin, French sculptor	WGPSN
Roerich	84.39°S 58.94°W / -84.39; -58.94 (Roerich)	111.67	2013	Nicholas Roerich, Russian painter	WGPSN
Rubens	60.58°N 77.99°W / 60.58; -77.99 (Rubens)	158	1979	Peter Paul Rubens, French artist	WGPSN
Rublev	15.12°S 157.08°W / -15.12; -157.08 (Rublev)	129	1976	Andrei Rublev, Russian icon painter	WGPSN
Rūdaki	3.97°S 51.76°W / -3.97; -51.76 (Rūdaki)	124	1976	Rudaki, Persian poet	WGPSN
Rude	33.22°S 79.29°W / -33.22; -79.29 (Rude)	68	1985	François Rude, French sculptor	WGPSN
Rūmī	24.2°S 105.3°W / -24.2; -105.3 (Rūmī)	75	1985	Mawlana Rumi, Persian poet	WGPSN
Rustaveli	52.41°N 82.74°E / 52.41; 82.74 (Rustaveli)	200	2012	Shota Rustaveli, Georgian poet	WGPSN
Ruysch	10.7°S 94.12°E / -10.7; 94.12 (Ruysch)	64	2013	Rachel Ruysch, Netherland painter	WGPSN

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S

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Sadī	79.24°S 51.26°W / -79.24; -51.26 (Sadī)	66.54	1976	Saadi, Persian poet	WGPSN
Saikaku	71.96°N 177.97°W / 71.96; -177.97 (Saikaku)	64	1979	Ihara Saikaku, Japanese poet	WGPSN
Sander	42.43°N 154.56°E / 42.43; 154.56 (Sander)	47	2008	August Sander, German photographer	WGPSN
Sanai	13.37°S 6.99°W / -13.37; -6.99 (Sanai)	490	2014	Sanai, Persian poet	WGPSN
Sapkota	86.09°N 132.79°W / 86.09; -132.79 (Sapkota)	27.4	2015	Mahananda Sapkota, Nepalese poet	WGPSN
Sarmiento	29.27°S 170.42°E / -29.27; 170.42 (Sarmiento)	95	1979	Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian writer	WGPSN
Savage	8.59°S 93.41°E / -8.59; 93.41 (Savage)	93	2013	Augusta Savage, American sculptor	WGPSN
Sayat-Nova	27.98°S 122.7°W / -27.98; -122.7 (Sayat-Nova)	146	1979	Sayat-Nova, Armenian poet	WGPSN
Scarlatti	40.7°N 101.16°W / 40.7; -101.16 (Scarlatti)	132	1979	Domenico Scarlatti, Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composers	WGPSN
Schoenberg	16.06°S 136.08°W / -16.06; -136.08 (Schoenberg)	28	1976	Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer	WGPSN
Schubert	43.21°S 54.26°W / -43.21; -54.26 (Schubert)	190	1976	Franz Schubert, Austrian composer	WGPSN
Scopas	81.26°S 174.71°E / -81.26; 174.71 (Scopas)	83.16	1976	Scopas, Ancient Greek sculptor and architect	WGPSN
Sei	64.61°S 88.59°W / -64.61; -88.59 (Sei)	137	1976	Sei Shōnagon, Japanese writer	WGPSN
Seuss	7.65°N 33.16°E / 7.65; 33.16 (Seuss)	64	2012	Theodor Seuss Geisel, American author and cartoonist	WGPSN
Shakespeare	48.1°N 152.25°W / 48.1; -152.25 (Shakespeare)	399	1979	William Shakespeare, English writer	WGPSN
Shelley	47.69°S 128.27°W / -47.69; -128.27 (Shelley)	171	1979	Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet	WGPSN
Sher-Gil	45.26°S 134.74°E / -45.26; 134.74 (Sher-Gil)	77	2008	Amrita Sher-Gil, Indian painter	WGPSN
Shevchenko	53.64°S 46.02°W / -53.64; -46.02 (Shevchenko)	143	1976	Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet	WGPSN
Sholem Aleichem	50.92°N 90.48°W / 50.92; -90.48 (Sholem Aleichem)	196	1979	Sholom Aleichem, Yiddish writer	WGPSN
Sibelius	49.5°S 145.37°W / -49.5; -145.37 (Sibelius)	94	1985	Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer	WGPSN
Simonides	29.13°S 44.85°W / -29.13; -44.85 (Simonides)	87	1985	Simonides of Ceos, Greek poet	WGPSN
Sinan	15.46°N 30.59°W / 15.46; -30.59 (Sinan)	134	1976	Mimar Sinan, Turkish architect	WGPSN
Smetana	48.25°S 70.17°W / -48.25; -70.17 (Smetana)	191	1985	Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer	WGPSN
Snorri	9.17°S 83.24°W / -9.17; -83.24 (Snorri)	21	1976	Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic poet	WGPSN
Sophocles	6.95°S 146.04°W / -6.95; -146.04 (Sophocles)	142	1976	Sophocles, Ancient Greek dramatist	WGPSN
Sor Juana	50.51°N 25.59°W / 50.51; -25.59 (Sor Juana)	102	1979	Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican writer	WGPSN
Sōseki	39.31°N 38.77°W / 39.31; -38.77 (Sōseki)	92	1985	Natsume Sōseki, Japanese novelist	WGPSN
Sōtatsu	48.73°S 18.17°W / -48.73; -18.17 (Sōtatsu)	157	1976	Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Japanese artist	WGPSN
Sousa	46.69°N 0.63°E / 46.69; 0.63 (Sousa)	138	2012	John Philip Sousa, American bandmaster and composer	WGPSN
Spitteler	69.18°S 60.26°W / -69.18; -60.26 (Spitteler)	67	1976	Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet	WGPSN
Steichen	12.79°S 77.04°E / -12.79; 77.04 (Steichen)	196	2010	Edward Steichen, American photographer	WGPSN
Stevenson	2.05°N 143.88°W / 2.05; -143.88 (Stevenson)	134	2012	Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish author	WGPSN
Stieglitz	72.54°N 67.63°E / 72.54; 67.63 (Stieglitz)	100	2012	Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer	WGPSN
Strauss	70.42°N 285.53°E / 70.42; 285.53 (Stieglitz)	17	2019	Strauss family of musicians	WGPSN
Stravinsky	51.95°N 78.9°W / 51.95; -78.9 (Stravinsky)	129	1979	Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer	WGPSN
Strindberg	53.41°N 136.67°W / 53.41; -136.67 (Strindberg)	189	1979	August Strindberg, Swedish writer	WGPSN
Sullivan	16.19°S 86.88°W / -16.19; -86.88 (Sullivan)	153.23	1976	Louis Sullivan, American architect	WGPSN
Sūr Dās	46.98°S 93.57°W / -46.98; -93.57 (Sūr Dās)	131	1979	Sur, Hindu, poet	WGPSN
Surikov	36.98°S 124.9°W / -36.98; -124.9 (Surikov)	224	1979	Vasily Surikov, Russian artist	WGPSN
Sveinsdóttir	2.83°S 100.32°E / -2.83; 100.32 (Sveinsdóttir)	212.79	2008	Júlíana Sveinsdóttir, Icelandic artist	WGPSN

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T

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Takanobu	30.66°N 108.56°W / 30.66; -108.56 (Takanobu)	72	1985	Fujiwara no Takanobu, Japanese poet	WGPSN
Takayoshi	37.23°S 163.82°W / -37.23; -163.82 (Takayoshi)	136	1979	Fujiwara no Takayoshi, Japanese painter	WGPSN
Tansen	4.11°N 71.67°W / 4.11; -71.67 (Tansen)	27	1976	Tansen, Hindustani composer	WGPSN
Thākur	3.05°S 64.57°W / -3.05; -64.57 (Thākur)	111	1976	Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer	WGPSN
Theophanes	5.02°S 142.78°W / -5.02; -142.78 (Theophanes)	46	1976	Theophanes the Greek, icon painter	WGPSN
Thoreau	5.94°N 132.64°W / 5.94; -132.64 (Thoreau)	72	1985	Henry David Thoreau, American poet	WGPSN
Tintoretto	47.99°S 22.95°W / -47.99; -22.95 (Tintoretto)	94	1976	Tintoretto, Italian artist	WGPSN
Titian	3.69°S 42.53°W / -3.69; -42.53 (Titian)	109	1976	Titian, Italian artist	WGPSN
To Ngoc Van	52.49°N 111.7°W / 52.49; -111.7 (To Ngoc Van)	71	2009	To Ngoc Van, Vietnamese painter	WGPSN
Tolkien	88.82°N 148.92°E / 88.82; 148.92 (Tolkien)	50	2012	J. R. R. Tolkien, English writer	WGPSN
Tolstoj	16.23°S 164.64°W / -16.23; -164.64 (Tolstoj)	355	1976	Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer	WGPSN
Travers	28.0°S 329.1°W / -28.0; -329.1 (Tolstoj)	164	2018	Pamela Lyndon Travers, British writer	WGPSN
Tsʻai Wen-Chi	23.47°N 23.15°W / 23.47; -23.15 (Tsʻai Wen-Chi)	124	1976	Cai Wenji, Chinese poet and composer	WGPSN
Tsʻao Chan	13.31°S 142.35°W / -13.31; -142.35 (Tsʻao Chan)	110	1976	Cao Xueqin, Chinese novelist	WGPSN
Tsurayuki	62.99°S 20.34°W / -62.99; -20.34 (Tsurayuki)	83	1976	Ki no Tsurayuki, Japanese writer	WGPSN
Tung Yüan	75.02°N 62.83°W / 75.02; -62.83 (Tung Yüan)	60.46	1979	Dong Yuan, Chinese artist	WGPSN
Turgenev	65.68°N 136.26°W / 65.68; -136.26 (Turgenev)	136	1979	Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer	WGPSN
Tyagaraja	3.89°N 148.9°W / 3.89; -148.9 (Tyagaraja)	97	1976	Tyāgarāja, Indian composer	WGPSN
Tryggvadóttir	89.55°N 171.56°W / 89.55; -171.56 (Tryggvadóttir)	31	2012	Nína Tryggvadóttir, Icelandic artist	WGPSN

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U

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Unkei	31.79°S 62.6°W / -31.79; -62.6 (Unkei)	121	1976	Unkei, Japanese sculptor	WGPSN
Ustad Isa	31.91°S 166.11°W / -31.91; -166.11 (Ustad Isa)	138	1979	Ustad Isa, architect	WGPSN

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V

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Vālmiki	23.58°S 141.41°W / -23.58; -141.41 (Vālmiki)	210	1976	Valmiki, Indian poet	WGPSN
Van Dijck	75.8°N 166.63°W / 75.8; -166.63 (Van Dijck)	101.53	1979	Anthony van Dyck, Flemish artist	WGPSN
Van Eyck	43.22°N 159.43°W / 43.22; -159.43 (Van Eyck)	271	1979	Jan van Eyck, Flemish artist	WGPSN
Van Gogh	76.88°S 138.68°W / -76.88; -138.68 (van Gogh)	99	1976	Vincent van Gogh, Dutch artist	WGPSN
Varma	80.04°N 18.97°W / 80.04; -18.97 (Varma)	30	2013	Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter	WGPSN
Vazov	65.4°S 212.33°W / -65.4; -212.33 (Vazov)	33	2020	Ivan Vazov, Bulgarian poet	WGPSN
Velázquez	37.59°N 55.43°W / 37.59; -55.43 (Velázquez)	128	1979	Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter	WGPSN
Verdi	64.36°N 169.71°W / 64.36; -169.71 (Verdi)	145	1979	Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer	WGPSN
Veronese	5.3°N 55.95°W / 5.3; -55.95 (Veronese)	45	2021	Paolo Veronese, Italian painter	WGPSN
Vieira da Silva	1.54°N 123.41°W / 1.54; -123.41 (Vieira da Silva)	274	2013	Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Portuguese-French painter	WGPSN
Villa-Lobos	5.27°N 6.79°E / 5.27; 6.79 (Villa-Lobos)	67	2015	Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer	WGPSN
Vincente	56.75°S 142.96°W / -56.75; -142.96 (Vincente)	108	1979	Gil Vicente, Portuguese writer	WGPSN
Vivaldi	13.76°N 85.92°W / 13.76; -85.92 (Vivaldi)	213	1976	Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer	WGPSN
Vlaminck	28.48°N 13.51°W / 28.48; -13.51 (Vlaminck)	82	1985	Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter	WGPSN
Vonnegut	82.72°N 249.91°W / 82.72; -249.91 (Vlaminck)	26.61	2017	Kurt Vonnegut, American writer	WGPSN
Vyāsa	49.79°N 84.62°W / 49.79; -84.62 (Vyāsa)	297	1979	Vyasa, Indian poet	WGPSN

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W

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Wagner	68.25°S 114.78°W / -68.25; -114.78 (Wagner)	134	1976	Richard Wagner, German composer	WGPSN
Wang Meng	8.53°N 104.12°W / 8.53; -104.12 (Wang Meng)	165	1976	Wang Meng, Chinese artist	WGPSN
Warhol	2.55°S 6.27°W / -2.55; -6.27 (Warhol)	91	2012	Andy Warhol, American artist	WGPSN
Waters	8.96°S 105.45°W / -8.96; -105.45 (Waters)	15	2012	Muddy Waters, American musician	WGPSN
Wen Tianxiang	45.34°S 191.6°W / -45.34; -191.6 (Wagner)	166.42	2020	Wen Tianxiang, Chinese poet	WGPSN
Wergeland	37.93°S 56.36°W / -37.93; -56.36 (Wergeland)	42	1976	Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian writer	WGPSN
Whitman	41.4°N 111.64°W / 41.4; -111.64 (Whitman)	64	1985	Walt Whitman, American poet	WGPSN
Wren	24.84°N 35.95°W / 24.84; -35.95 (Wren)	204	1979	Christopher Wren, English architect	WGPSN
Wu Shujuan	70.8°S 346.73°W / -70.8; -346.73 (Wu Shujuan)	109	2024	Wu Shujuan, Chinese painter	WGPSN

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X

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Xiao Zhao	10.58°N 123.84°E / 10.58; 123.84 (Xiao Zhao)	24	2008	Xiao Zhao, Chinese artist	WGPSN

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Y

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Yamada	82.54°N 136.16°E / 82.54; 136.16 (Yamada)	17.1	2015	Kosaku Yamada, Japanese composer and conductor	WGPSN
Yeats	9.44°N 35.03°W / 9.44; -35.03 (Yeats)	92	1976	William Butler Yeats, Irish poet	WGPSN
Yoshikawa	81.21°N 106.03°E / 81.21; 106.03 (Yoshikawa)	30	2012	Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist	WGPSN
Yun Sŏn-Do	73.49°S 110.08°W / -73.49; -110.08 (Yun Sǒn-Do)	76	1976	Yun Sŏndo, Korean poet	WGPSN

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Z

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Zeami	2.96°S 147.41°W / -2.96; -147.41 (Zeami)	129	1976	Zeami Motokiyo, Japanese playwright	WGPSN
Zola	49.75°N 178.25°W / 49.75; -178.25 (Zola)	70	1979	Émile Zola, French novelist	WGPSN

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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.^[12][13][14] 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

• List of geological features on Mercury
• List of quadrangles on Mercury

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)