Paterae on Venus
73 named features carry the IAU descriptor Patera — an irregular or scalloped-edged crater, usually volcanic on Venus, out of 280 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
73
of 1,985 named places on Venus — 3.7%
Largest
233 km
Sacajawea Patera
Median size
75 km
Across the 72 with a measured diameter
Named between
1979–2006
IAU approval dates
How paterae on Venus get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 73 paterae with a recorded origin, 35 categories appear, led by American.
American13Russia11Great Britain6France4Sweden4Soviet4Germany2Ukraine2
All 73 paterae on Venus
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Sacajawea Patera233 kmSappho Patera225 kmBoadicea Paterae220 kmStopes Patera169 kmHroswitha Patera163 kmRazia Patera157 kmColette Patera149 kmNordenflycht Patera140 kmHiei Chu Patera139 kmKottauer Patera136 kmApgar Patera126 kmRogneda Patera120 kmHatshepsut Patera118 kmEliot Patera116 kmLindgren Patera110 kmDietrich Patera100 kmJotuni Patera100 kmKupo Patera100 kmPayne Gaposchkin Patera100 kmPchilka Patera100 kmVillepreux Power Patera100 kmNikolaeva Patera100 kmTipporah Patera99 kmBethune Patera94 kmDavies Patera93 kmBremer Patera91 kmLibby Patera90 kmAyrton Patera85 kmCherskaya Patera85 kmDutrieu Patera80 kmMansfield Patera80 kmTarbell Patera80 kmTenisheva Patera80 kmVovchok Patera80 kmPocahontas Patera78 kmFedchenko Patera75 kmGarbo Patera75 kmGraham Patera75 kmLedoux Patera75 kmTeasdale Patera75 kmWilde Patera75 kmIzumi Patera74 kmAnthony Patera70 kmJaszai Patera70 kmMikhaylova Patera70 kmKeller Patera69 kmSachs Patera65 kmMalibran Patera60 kmMalintzin Patera60 kmMehseti Patera60 kmMezrina Patera60 kmShelikhova Patera60 kmSerova Patera60 kmShulzhenko Patera60 kmZemaite Patera60 kmViardot Patera55 kmGrizodubova Patera50 kmBakhtadze Patera50 kmKvasha Patera50 kmPanina Patera50 kmSiddons Patera47 kmGarland Patera45 kmVibert Douglas Patera45 kmWitte Patera35 kmRaskova Paterae33 kmAitchison Patera28 kmFedosova Patera24 kmTey Patera20 kmBers Patera17 kmDestinnova Patera15 kmBarnes Patera15 kmDarclee Patera15 kmAnning Paterae66.5° N, 57.8° E
Paterae elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 4 other worlds, for 207 more features.