Albedo features on Mercury
32 named features carry the IAU descriptor Albedo Feature — a region named for how bright or dark it appears from a distance on Mercury, out of 172 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
32
of 606 named places on Mercury — 5.3%
Largest
—
No diameters catalogued
Median size
—
Named between
1976–1976
IAU approval dates
How albedo features on Mercury get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 32 albedo features with a recorded origin, one category covers them all, led by Roman.
Roman32
All 32 albedo features on Mercury
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Caduceata45.0° N, 135.0° WSolitudo Iovis0.0° N, 0.0° ESolitudo Admetei55.0° N, 90.0° WGallia40.0° N, 120.0° WSolitudo Argiphontae10.0° S, 25.0° EPleias15.0° N, 140.0° WSolitudo Neptuni30.0° N, 150.0° WSolitudo Persephones41.0° S, 135.0° EApollonia45.0° N, 45.0° EAustralia72.5° S, 0.0° EAurora45.0° N, 90.0° WBorea75.0° N, 0.0° ESolitudo Phoenicis25.0° N, 135.0° ESolitudo Promethei45.0° S, 142.5° WTricrena0.0° N, 36.0° WHeliocaminus40.0° N, 170.0° WHesperis45.0° S, 5.0° EPieria0.0° N, 90.0° ECyllene41.0° S, 90.0° ELiguria45.0° N, 135.0° EPentas5.0° N, 50.0° EPhaethontias0.0° N, 167.0° WSolitudo Lycaonis0.0° N, 107.0° WSolitudo Alarum15.0° S, 70.0° ESolitudo Aphrodites25.0° N, 70.0° ESolitudo Atlantis35.0° S, 150.0° ESolitudo Criophori0.0° N, 130.0° ESolitudo Helii10.0° S, 180.0° WSolitudo Hermae Trismegisti45.0° S, 45.0° WSolitudo Horarum25.0° N, 115.0° WSolitudo Maiae15.0° S, 155.0° WSolitudo Martis35.0° S, 100.0° W
Albedo features elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 3 other worlds, for 140 more features.