Craters on Ganymede
129 named features carry the IAU descriptor Crater — a circular depression, almost always an impact scar on Ganymede, out of 4,787 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
129
of 196 named places on Ganymede — 66%
Largest
343 km
Epigeus
Median size
61.5 km
Across the 129 with a measured diameter
Named between
1979–2019
IAU approval dates
How craters on Ganymede get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 129 craters with a recorded origin, 12 categories appear, led by Egypt.
Egypt42Assyro-Babylonian30Phoenician18Sumerian16Babylon6Greek5Semitic4Akkadian (Accadian)3
All 129 craters on Ganymede
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Epigeus343 kmAnzu210 kmNidaba199 kmNinki194 kmDamkina190 kmTeshub188 kmOmbos177 kmHathor173 kmZakar170 kmSerapis169 kmSelket168 kmGilgamesh153 kmMenhit140 kmPunt135 kmTashmetum135 kmAtra hasis133 kmLagamal131 kmEnkidu122 kmHershef120 kmIrkalla117 kmAnubis114 kmHarakhtes108 kmOsiris107 kmHedetet106 kmMelkart105 kmSeker103 kmAmon102 kmThoth102 kmMush99 kmEshmun98 kmHapi96 kmSati95 kmTa urt94 kmTros94 kmKulla93 kmNinlil91 kmIlus90 kmHalieus90 kmNeith90 kmNut90 kmIsimu89.5 kmMisharu88 kmNinsum88 kmKadi87 kmWepwawet86 kmAshima84 kmDendera82 kmNinkasi81 kmKhonsu80 kmKishar78 kmKingu78 kmBau77 kmIlah76 kmIsis75 kmAgrotes74 kmGir73 kmGad72 kmCisti70 kmHaroeris70 kmIshkur67 kmLugalmeslam64 kmLaomedon64 kmAgreus63 kmBes63 kmAmmura61.5 kmSebek61 kmGeb60 kmLumha58 kmAdapa57 kmApophis57 kmKhumbam57 kmDanel56 kmGeinos56 kmNanna56 kmSapas56 kmAnu55 kmEl55 kmNeheh54 kmNigirsu53 kmAndjeti52 kmTammuz51 kmNamtar50 kmNah Hunte47 kmMehit47 kmKhepri47 kmEtana46 kmShu44 kmBa al43 kmLatpon43 kmMor41 kmGushkin40.5 kmAchelous40 kmDiment40 kmHumbaba40 kmSaltu40 kmNabu40 kmAdad39 kmSeima38 kmAya38 kmGula38 kmWe ila36 kmEnlil34.6 kmMin33 kmZaqar33 kmNingishzida32 kmMaa31 kmErichthonius31 kmPtah30 kmNefertum29 kmHay tau27 kmTanit26 kmAsshur25.5 kmAnhur25 kmMot23 kmEa20 kmSin19 kmKhensu17 kmUpuant17 kmRuti16 kmKittu15 kmMont15 kmAntum14.8 kmAleyin12.4 kmAmset11 kmNergal9.6 kmMir8 kmChrysor7 kmEn zu5 kmAnat2.9 km
Craters elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 12 other worlds, for 4,658 more features.