This is a list of craters on Venus, named by the International Astronomical Union's (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. All craters on Venus are named after famous women or female first names.[1][5] (For features on Venus other than craters see, list of montes on Venus and List of coronae on Venus.[6])
As of 2017, there are 900 named craters on Venus,[1] fewer than the lunar and Martian craters but more than on Mercury.[2][3][4][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.
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Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
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Paige | 1°12′S 24°36′E / 1.2°S 24.6°E | 6.8 | 1997 | Italian first name. | WGPSN |
Pamela | 11°00′N 121°30′W / 11°N 121.5°W | 14.2 | 1994 | English first name. | WGPSN |
Parishan | 0°12′S 146°30′E / 0.2°S 146.5°E | 6.8 | 1997 | Persian first name. | WGPSN |
Parra | 20°30′N 78°30′E / 20.5°N 78.5°E | 42.4 | 1991 | Violeta Parra, Chilean folklore artist (1917 - 1967). | WGPSN |
Parvina | 62°12′S 153°00′E / 62.2°S 153°E | 7 | 1997 | Persian (Tajik) first name. | WGPSN |
Pasha | 42°42′N 156°18′E / 42.7°N 156.3°E | 7.2 | 1997 | Russian first name from Persian. | WGPSN |
Pat | 2°54′N 97°24′W / 2.9°N 97.4°W | 10.1 | 1997 | English first name. | WGPSN |
Patimat | 1°18′S 156°30′E / 1.3°S 156.5°E | 5.1 | 1997 | Avarian (Daghestan) first name. | WGPSN |
Patti | 35°00′N 58°24′W / 35°N 58.4°W | 47 | 1985 | Adelina Patti, Italian singer (1843–1919). | WGPSN |
Pavlinka | 25°30′S 158°42′E / 25.5°S 158.7°E | 7.5 | 1997 | Belarusian first name. | WGPSN |
Peck | 28°54′S 65°42′W / 28.9°S 65.7°W | 30.4 | 1994 | Annie Smith Peck, American mountaineer, educator (1850–1935). | WGPSN |
Peggy | 20°24′S 2°48′W / 20.4°S 2.8°W | 11.9 | 1994 | English first name (form of Margaret). | WGPSN |
Peña | 23°36′S 169°24′W / 23.6°S 169.4°W | 29.6 | 1994 | Tonita Peña (Quah Ah), Pueblo artist (1895–1949). | WGPSN |
Phaedra | 35°54′N 107°18′W / 35.9°N 107.3°W | 15.7 | 1994 | Greek first name. | WGPSN |
Philomena | 40°42′S 151°54′E / 40.7°S 151.9°E | 14.8 | 1997 | Greek first name. | WGPSN |
Phryne | 46°12′S 45°18′W / 46.2°S 45.3°W | 39.4 | 1994 | Phryne, Greek model, courtesan (4th century BC). | WGPSN |
Phyllis | 12°18′N 132°24′E / 12.3°N 132.4°E | 11.4 | 1994 | Greek first name. | WGPSN |
Piaf | 0°48′N 5°18′E / 0.8°N 5.3°E | 39.1 | 1991 | Edith Piaf, French singer, songwriter (1915–1963). | WGPSN |
Piret | 37°48′N 41°42′E / 37.8°N 41.7°E | 27 | 1991 | Estonian first name. | WGPSN |
Pirkko | 44°48′N 105°24′W / 44.8°N 105.4°W | 12.3 | 1997 | Finnish first name. | WGPSN |
Piscopia | 1°30′N 169°06′W / 1.5°N 169.1°W | 26.2 | 1994 | Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician, educator (1646–1684). | WGPSN |
Polenova | 45°30′S 24°30′W / 45.5°S 24.5°W | 41 | 2000 | Elena Polenova, Russian painter, folk crafts trustee (1850–1898). | WGPSN |
Polina | 42°24′N 148°12′E / 42.4°N 148.2°E | 21.6 | 1985 | Russian first name. | WGPSN |
Ponselle | 63°00′S 70°54′W / 63°S 70.9°W | 57.7 | 1994 | Rosa Ponselle, American opera singer (1897–1981). | WGPSN |
Potanina | 31°36′N 53°06′E / 31.6°N 53.1°E | 94.2 | 1985 | Aleksandra Potanina, Russian explorer (1843–1893). | WGPSN |
Potter | 7°12′N 50°54′W / 7.2°N 50.9°W | 46.9 | 1994 | Beatrix Potter, English children's author (1866–1943). | WGPSN |
Prichard | 44°00′N 11°30′E / 44°N 11.5°E | 23.3 | 1985 | Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian writer (1884–1969). | WGPSN |
Puhioia | 20°36′N 69°24′E / 20.6°N 69.4°E | 5.5 | 1997 | Maori first name. | WGPSN |
Purev | 31°06′S 46°24′E / 31.1°S 46.4°E | 11.6 | 1997 | Mongolian first name. | WGPSN |
Pychik | 62°24′S 33°48′E / 62.4°S 33.8°E | 10.1 | 1997 | Chukcha (NE Siberia) first name. | WGPSN |
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Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
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Qarlygha | 33°00′S 162°54′E / 33°S 162.9°E | 9.3 | 1997 | Kazakh first name. | WGPSN |
Quimby | 5°42′S 76°42′E / 5.7°S 76.7°E | 23.2 | 1997 | Harriet Quimby, American aviator (1884–1912). | WGPSN |
Qulzhan | 23°30′N 165°24′E / 23.5°N 165.4°E | 7.9 | 1997 | Kazakh first name. | WGPSN |
Quslu | 6°12′N 166°48′E / 6.2°N 166.8°E | 8.7 | 1997 | Kazakh first name. | WGPSN |
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Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
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Ualinka | 13°12′N 168°36′E / 13.2°N 168.6°E | 8.1 | 1997 | Ossetian (N. Caucasus) first name | WGPSN |
Udagan | 10°42′N 153°06′W / 10.7°N 153.1°W | 11.5 | 1997 | Yakut first name. | WGPSN |
Udaltsova | 20°18′S 84°42′W / 20.3°S 84.7°W | 26.7 | 1994 | Nadezhda Udaltsova, Russian artist (1885–1961). | WGPSN |
Udyaka | 30°54′N 172°54′E / 30.9°N 172.9°E | 7.7 | 1997 | Orochi (Amur River) first name. | WGPSN |
Ugne | 34°54′N 154°12′W / 34.9°N 154.2°W | 10.3 | 1997 | Lithuanian first name. | WGPSN |
Ulʼyana | 24°18′N 107°00′W / 24.3°N 107°W | 12.5 | 1997 | Russian first name. | WGPSN |
Uleken | 33°42′N 174°54′W / 33.7°N 174.9°W | 10.9 | 1997 | Nanay (Amur River area, E. Siberia) first name. | WGPSN |
Ulla | 51°30′S 175°30′W / 51.5°S 175.5°W | 10.4 | 1997 | Swedish first name. | WGPSN |
Ulpu | 35°42′S 179°00′E / 35.7°S 179°E | 7 | 1997 | Finnish first name. | WGPSN |
Ulrique | 75°54′N 55°36′E / 75.9°N 55.6°E | 19.6 | 1985 | French first name. | WGPSN |
Uluk | 62°12′S 178°36′E / 62.2°S 178.6°E | 10.3 | 1997 | Neghidalian (Amur River area, E. Siberia) first name. | WGPSN |
Umaima | 23°18′S 164°36′W / 23.3°S 164.6°W | 6.9 | 1997 | Arabic first name. | WGPSN |
Umkana | 53°18′S 161°24′W / 53.3°S 161.4°W | 6.2 | 1997 | Eskimo (Chukotka) first name. | WGPSN |
Unay | 53°30′N 172°42′E / 53.5°N 172.7°E | 11.4 | 1997 | Mari first name. | WGPSN |
Undset | 51°42′N 60°48′E / 51.7°N 60.8°E | 20 | 1985 | Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author (1882–1949). | WGPSN |
Unitkak | 40°48′N 160°30′W / 40.8°N 160.5°W | 8 | 1997 | Eskimo (Chukotka) first name. | WGPSN |
Urazbike | 9°00′S 157°30′W / 9°S 157.5°W | 7 | 1997 | Tartar first name. | WGPSN |
Ustinya | 41°12′S 108°24′W / 41.2°S 108.4°W | 11.8 | 1997 | Russian first name. | WGPSN |
Uvaysi | 2°18′N 161°42′W / 2.3°N 161.7°W | 38.9 | 1994 | Jahonotin Uvaysiy, Uzbek poet (c. 1780-c. 1850). | WGPSN |
Uyengimi | 76°54′S 155°06′W / 76.9°S 155.1°W | 8.9 | 1997 | Khanty, Mansi (Ob River Finn) first name. | WGPSN |
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Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
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Wanda | 71°18′N 36°54′W / 71.3°N 36.9°W | 21.7 | 1985 | Polish first name. | WGPSN |
Wang Zhenyi | 13°12′N 142°12′W / 13.2°N 142.2°W | 23.4 | 1994 | Wang Zhenyi, Chinese astronomer, geophysicist (1768–1797). | WGPSN |
Warren | 11°42′S 176°30′E / 11.7°S 176.5°E | 50.9 | 1994 | Mercy Warren, American colonial poet, playwright, historian (1728–1814). | WGPSN |
Wazata | 33°36′N 61°42′W / 33.6°N 61.7°W | 13.9 | 1997 | Hausa (Nigeria) first name. | WGPSN |
Weil | 19°24′N 76°54′W / 19.4°N 76.9°W | 24.2 | 1994 | Simone Weil, French author (1909–1943). | WGPSN |
Wen Shu | 5°00′S 56°18′W / 5°S 56.3°W | 31.5 | 1994 | Wen Shu, Chinese painter (1595–1634). | WGPSN |
Wendla | 22°30′N 152°24′W / 22.5°N 152.4°W | 5.7 | 1997 | Swedish first name. | WGPSN |
West | 26°06′N 57°00′W / 26.1°N 57°W | 28.8 | 1994 | Rebecca West, Irish novelist, critic, actress (1892–1983). | WGPSN |
Wharton | 55°42′N 61°54′E / 55.7°N 61.9°E | 50.5 | 1985 | Edith Wharton, American writer (1862–1937). | WGPSN |
Wheatley | 16°36′N 92°00′W / 16.6°N 92°W | 74.8 | 1994 | Phillis Wheatley, first black writer of note in America (1753–1784). | WGPSN |
Whiting | 6°06′S 128°00′E / 6.1°S 128°E | 35.7 | 1994 | Sarah Whiting, American physicist, astronomer (1847–1927). | WGPSN |
Whitney | 30°12′S 151°18′E / 30.2°S 151.3°E | 42.5 | 1994 | Mary Whitney, American astronomer (1847–1921). | WGPSN |
Wieck | 74°12′S 115°12′W / 74.2°S 115.2°W | 20.2 | 1994 | Clara Wieck, German pianist, composer (1819–1896). | WGPSN |
Wilder | 17°24′N 122°36′E / 17.4°N 122.6°E | 35.1 | 1991 | Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (1867–1957). | WGPSN |
Willard | 24°36′S 63°54′W / 24.6°S 63.9°W | 48.4 | 1994 | Emma Willard, American educator (1787–1870). | WGPSN |
Wilma | 36°42′N 1°42′E / 36.7°N 1.7°E | 12.5 | 1997 | English first name. | WGPSN |
Winema | 3°00′N 168°36′E / 3°N 168.6°E | 21.7 | 1994 | Winema, Modoc Indian heroine, peacemaker (c. 1848–1932). | WGPSN |
Winnemucca | 15°24′S 121°06′E / 15.4°S 121.1°E | 30.3 | 1994 | Sarah Winnemucca, Piute interpreter, activist (c. 1844–1891). | WGPSN |
Wiwi-yokpa | 73°48′S 131°36′W / 73.8°S 131.6°W | 4.5 | 1997 | Abenaki/Algonquin (Canada) first name. | WGPSN |
Wollstonecraft | 39°06′S 99°12′W / 39.1°S 99.2°W | 44.1 | 1994 | Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (1759–1797). | WGPSN |
Woolf | 37°42′S 27°12′E / 37.7°S 27.2°E | 24.5 | 1991 | Virginia Woolf, British writer (1882–1941). | WGPSN |
Workman | 12°54′S 60°06′W / 12.9°S 60.1°W | 17.4 | 1994 | Fanny Workman, American mountaineer, author (1859–1925). | WGPSN |
Wu Hou | 25°30′S 42°36′W / 25.5°S 42.6°W | 27.5 | 1994 | Wu Hou, Chinese empress (c. 624–705). | WGPSN |
Wynne | 55°00′N 53°36′E / 55°N 53.6°E | 10 | 1997 | English first name | WGPSN |
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Xantippe | 10°54′S 11°48′E / 10.9°S 11.8°E | 40.4 | 1991 | Xanthippe, the wife of Socrates. | WGPSN |
Xenia | 30°18′S 110°36′W / 30.3°S 110.6°W | 13.5 | 1997 | Greek first name | WGPSN |
Xi Wang | 14°N 152°W / 14°N 152°W | 7.7 | 1997 | Chinese first name | WGPSN |
Xiao Hong | 43°30′S 101°42′E / 43.5°S 101.7°E | 38.7 | 1991 | Xiao Hong, Chinese novelist (1911–1942) | WGPSN |
Ximena | 68°12′S 116°24′W / 68.2°S 116.4°W | 12.8 | 1997 | Portuguese first name | WGPSN |
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Yablochkina | 48°18′N 164°42′W / 48.3°N 164.7°W | 64.3 | 1985 | Aleksandra Yablochkina, Soviet actress (1866–1964) | WGPSN |
Yakyt | 2°06′N 170°12′E / 2.1°N 170.2°E | 13.8 | 1997 | Karakalpak first name. | WGPSN |
Yale | 13°24′S 88°48′W / 13.4°S 88.8°W | 18.5 | 1994 | Caroline Yale, American educator of the deaf (1848–1933). | WGPSN |
Yambika | 32°36′N 151°18′W / 32.6°N 151.3°W | 6.5 | 1997 | Mari (Volga Finn) first name. | WGPSN |
Yasuko | 26°06′S 169°00′E / 26.1°S 169°E | 10.6 | 1997 | Japanese first name. | WGPSN |
Yazruk | 21°12′N 160°12′E / 21.2°N 160.2°E | 10.5 | 1997 | Nivkhi (Amur River area, E. Siberia) first name. | WGPSN |
Yelya | 47°30′S 148°18′W / 47.5°S 148.3°W | 8.6 | 1997 | Nenets (Samoyed) first name. | WGPSN |
Yemysh | 11°54′N 145°18′W / 11.9°N 145.3°W | 6 | 1997 | Mari (Volga Finn) first name. | WGPSN |
Yenlik | 16°00′S 134°36′W / 16°S 134.6°W | 8.6 | 1997 | Kazakh first name. | WGPSN |
Yerguk | 42°42′N 133°12′W / 42.7°N 133.2°W | 6.3 | 1997 | Neghidalian (Amur River) first name. | WGPSN |
Yeska | 27°24′N 129°54′W / 27.4°N 129.9°W | 9.1 | 1997 | Selkup (Samoyed) first name. | WGPSN |
Yetta | 58°36′N 174°36′W / 58.6°N 174.6°W | 9 | 1997 | From Henrietta, German first name. | WGPSN |
Yokhtik | 50°06′S 158°06′E / 50.1°S 158.1°E | 11.4 | 1997 | Nivkhi (Amur River area, E. Siberia) first name. | WGPSN |
Yoko | 5°42′S 128°00′W / 5.7°S 128°W | 5 | 1997 | Japanese first name. | WGPSN |
Yolanda | 7°48′N 152°42′E / 7.8°N 152.7°E | 11.4 | 1997 | Greek first name. | WGPSN |
Yomile | 27°18′S 138°42′E / 27.3°S 138.7°E | 13.6 | 1997 | Bashkir first name. | WGPSN |
Yonge | 14°00′S 115°06′E / 14°S 115.1°E | 42.8 | 1994 | Charlotte Mary Yonge, English writer (1823–1901). | WGPSN |
Yonok | 65°06′S 125°54′W / 65.1°S 125.9°W | 9.5 | 1997 | Korean first name. | WGPSN |
Yonsuk | 34°00′S 125°12′W / 34°S 125.2°W | 8.5 | 1997 | Korean first name. | WGPSN |
Yoshioka | 32°24′S 59°00′E / 32.4°S 59°E | 16.6 | 1994 | Yayoi, Japanese physician, college founder (c. 1871–1959). | WGPSN |
Ytunde | 49°54′N 81°06′E / 49.9°N 81.1°E | 6.1 | 1997 | Yoruba first name. | WGPSN |
Yvette | 7°30′N 110°24′W / 7.5°N 110.4°W | 10.6 | 1997 | French first name | WGPSN |
Yvonne | 56°00′S 61°36′W / 56°S 61.6°W | 14.5 | 1994 | French first name | WGPSN |
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Lorelei | – | 243.9 | 1997 | Dropped. German first name. | WGPSN |
See also
Notes
- 1 2 The total number of named craters also includes names that have been dropped or not yet approved by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
- ↑ The IAU cites Norma Olin Ireland's Index to the Women of the World as their source for the name "Anicia" as that of an ancient Greek poet; she gives it as an alternative name for Anyte of Tegea. Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead calls Anyte a physician on the basis of a story in Pausanias which tells of her curing a blind man after a visit from the god Asclepius.
- ↑ Heidi Julia Bender was the author and illustrator of Cathy, Please Don't Move. Born in 1979, she lived in University Park, Maryland. (Heidi Bender, Cathy, Please Don't Move, Make a Wish Foundation, Winchester, Virginia (1989), p. 21 ). She died in 1991 of an inoperable tumor in her brain stem (Heidi Julia Bender (Obituary), The Washington Post, April 2, 1991).
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Nomenclature Search Results: Venus > Crater, Craters". US Geological Survey. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature – International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- 1 2 "Nomenclature Search Results: Mercury > Crater, Craters". US Geological Survey. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature – International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- 1 2 "Nomenclature Search Results: Moon > Crater, Craters". US Geological Survey. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature – International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- 1 2 "Nomenclature Search Results: Mars > Crater, Craters". US Geological Survey. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature – International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- ↑ "Categories for Naming Features on Planets and Satellites". US Geological Survey. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature – International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). Retrieved August 10, 2017.
- ↑ "IAU – Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature – Mercury". US Geological Survey. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel, Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, 2012, Google Books
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