Craters on Venus
881 named features carry the IAU descriptor Crater — a circular depression, almost always an impact scar on Venus, out of 4,787 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
881
of 1,985 named places on Venus — 44%
Largest
270 km
Mead
Median size
15.5 km
Across the 881 with a measured diameter
Named between
1979–2017
IAU approval dates
How craters on Venus get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 881 craters with a recorded origin, 113 categories appear, led by American.
American88Russia55France47England47Greek47Hebrew34Italy28Siberia23
The 240 largest of 881
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Mead270 kmIsabella175 kmMeitner149 kmKlenova141 kmBaker109 kmStanton107 kmCleopatra105 kmRosa Bonheur104 kmCochran100 kmSayers98 kmMaria Celeste97.5 kmPotanina94.2 kmGreenaway93 kmBonnevie92.2 kmJoliot Curie91.1 kmAddams87 kmSanger83.6 kmStowe80 kmMona Lisa79.4 kmO Keeffe76.9 kmBarsova76 kmWheatley74.8 kmMarkham71.8 kmBoulanger71.5 kmBoleyn70.4 kmHenie70.4 kmNevelson69.8 kmStuart68.6 kmDickinson67.5 kmKoidula67 kmAndreianova66.1 kmAlcott66 kmBatten65 kmYablochkina64.3 kmAglaonice63.7 kmDix63.3 kmSeymour63 kmHepworth62.6 kmErmolova60.9 kmGautier59.3 kmVigee Lebrun57.8 kmPonselle57.7 kmFedorets57.6 kmCarreno57 kmBarrymore56.6 kmCori56.1 kmLagerlof56 kmZhilova53 kmKenny52.7 kmde Beauvoir52.5 kmHurston52.4 kmBarton52.2 kmCaldwell51 kmWarren50.9 kmWharton50.5 kmLangtry50.3 kmJhirad50.2 kmGrey50 kmConway49.3 kmDanilova48.8 kmVoynich48.7 kmCunitz48.6 kmWillard48.4 kmCotton48.1 kmBarto48 kmDeken48 kmMillay48 kmMorisot48 kmFouquet47.8 kmMarsh47.7 kmVolkova47.5 kmHull47.3 kmTruth47.3 kmPatti47 kmPotter46.9 kmCorpman46 kmObukhova46 kmLeyster45.8 kmAusten45.1 kmDashkova45.1 kmRuslanova44.3 kmWollstonecraft44.1 kmKhatun44.1 kmRhys44 kmGuan Daosheng43.6 kmHayashi43.1 kmLonsdale43 kmTubman42.9 kmTsvetayeva42.9 kmYonge42.8 kmAksentyeva42.5 kmWhitney42.5 kmAgnesi42.4 kmParra42.4 kmMontessori42.1 kmManzolini41.8 kmAkhmatova41.4 kmPolenova41 kmBeecher40.4 kmXantippe40.4 kmDuncan40.3 kmChiyojo40.2 kmBalch40 kmHiggins40 kmBender39.8 kmLa Fayette39.6 kmPhryne39.4 kmFlagstad39.2 kmPiaf39.1 kmZenobia39.1 kmBan Zhao39 kmUvaysi38.9 kmCarson38.8 kmXiao Hong38.7 kmAgrippina38.6 kmHowe38.6 kmMowatt38.4 kmAnicia38.2 kmMumtaz Mahal38.2 kmCaccini38.1 kmCline38 kmHeloise38 kmvon Paradis37.5 kmLebedeva37.4 kmSaskia37.1 kmJoshee37 kmLachappelle36.8 kmHimiko36.6 kmMaltby36.6 kmBickerdyke36.3 kmBashkirtseff36.2 kmNijinskaya36.2 kmBradstreet36 kmWhiting35.7 kmKahlo35.6 kmGermain35.5 kmFesta35.3 kmWilder35.1 kmGrimke34.8 kmHellman34.7 kmBascom34.6 kmAmaya34.5 kmCallas33.8 kmCallirhoe33.8 kmErinna33.8 kmBourke White33.6 kmGoeppert Mayer33.5 kmGaze33.3 kmEdinger33.3 kmSabin33.1 kmOlesnicka33 kmLandowska33 kmSitwell32.8 kmVon Siebold32.4 kmBathsheba32.3 kmMu Guiying32.3 kmMunter32.1 kmDeledda32 kmGwynn32 kmSullivan32 kmCarr31.9 kmDeloria31.9 kmSimonenko31.9 kmLeonard31.7 kmErxleben31.6 kmJex Blake31.6 kmWen Shu31.5 kmVacarescu31.5 kmNadira31.4 kmIchikawa31.4 kmAurelia31.1 kmBassi31 kmTaglioni31 kmGodiva30.7 kmBlackburne30.5 kmDuse30.4 kmFossey30.4 kmMedhavi30.4 kmPeck30.4 kmO Connor30.4 kmRomanskaya30.4 kmTseraskaya30.3 kmAdivar30.3 kmGoncharova30.3 kmWinnemucca30.3 kmHwangcini30.2 kmOsipenko30 kmBugoslavskaya29.9 kmLaurencin29.8 kmRudneva29.8 kmSevigne29.6 kmBadarzewska29.6 kmPena29.6 kmBerggolts29.5 kmZhu Shuzhen29.4 kmFerrier29.1 kmHuang Daopo29.1 kmKollwitz29.1 kmvon Schuurman29.1 kmEdgeworth29 kmAndami28.9 kmCentlivre28.8 kmWest28.8 kmBonnin28.5 kmGolubkina28.4 kmSirani28.3 kmde Beausoleil28.2 kmBoye28 kmMoses28 kmAmenardes27.9 kmCortese27.7 kmHoliday27.7 kmEudocia27.5 kmWu Hou27.5 kmNilsson27.3 kmAdamson27.2 kmTrollope27.2 kmNin27.1 kmScarpellini27.1 kmBarrera27 kmPiret27 kmOrczy26.9 kmUdaltsova26.7 kmHansberry26.6 kmKingsley26.6 kmEfimova26.5 kmMagnani26.4 kmGlaspell26.3 kmPiscopia26.2 kmSamintang25.9 kmLind25.8 kmTaussig25.8 kmKauffman25.5 kmBaranamtarra25.5 kmGuilbert25.5 kmKlafsky25.5 kmMonika25.5 kmBehn25.4 kmRecamier25.3 kmBernhardt25.3 km
641 smaller craters are not listed here. The full Venus gazetteer has every one.
Craters elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 12 other worlds, for 3,906 more features.