Craters on Mercury
449 named features carry the IAU descriptor Crater — a circular depression, almost always an impact scar on Mercury, out of 4,787 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
449
of 606 named places on Mercury — 74%
Largest
716 km
Rembrandt
Median size
94 km
Across the 449 with a measured diameter
Named between
1976–2025
IAU approval dates
How craters on Mercury get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 449 craters with a recorded origin, 87 categories appear, led by France.
France36United States35Japan33Italy31Russia27England22China22American20
The 240 largest of 449
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Rembrandt716 kmBeethoven630 kmSanai490 kmAneirin467 kmDostoevskij430 kmShakespeare399 kmTolstoj355 kmRaphael342 kmHomer319 kmGoethe317 kmRachmaninoff305 kmVyasa297 kmMendelssohn291 kmHafiz280 kmVieira da Silva274 kmVan Eyck271 kmRaditladi258 kmHaydn251 kmKunisada242 kmKunisada241 kmMozart241 kmPushkin232 kmRodin230 kmMichelangelo230 kmMichelangelo230 kmSurikov224 kmRenoir220 kmManley218 kmEllington216 kmBach214 kmCervantes213 kmVivaldi213 kmSveinsdottir213 kmValmiki210 kmCopland208 kmHugo206 kmWren204 kmMonet203 kmRustaveli200 kmPraxiteles198 kmMa Chih Yuan197 kmLarrocha196 kmSholem Aleichem196 kmSteichen196 kmDurer195 kmChekhov194 kmMunkacsy193 kmMendes Pinto192 kmSmetana191 kmSchubert190 kmMatisse189 kmStrindberg189 kmMatisse189 kmCaravaggio185 kmRiemenschneider183 kmMilton181 kmMilton180 kmCarleton177 kmLange176 kmDali176 kmLange176 kmAksakov174 kmIzquierdo174 kmChaikovskij171 kmShelley171 kmHolst170 kmBernini168 kmFaulkner168 kmPhidias168 kmJobim167 kmDerain167 kmPetrarch167 kmWen Tianxiang166 kmLermontov166 kmNabokov166 kmWang Meng165 kmTravers164 kmAl Hamadhani164 kmKipling164 kmHenri164 kmKalidasa160 kmImhotep159 kmIbsen159 kmRubens158 kmDelacroix158 kmDowland158 kmSotatsu157 kmBramante156 kmDerzhavin156 kmStoddart155 kmLysippus155 kmRabelais154 kmSullivan153 kmPigalle153 kmKurosawa152 kmBoccaccio152 kmAlver152 kmDario151 kmMagritte149 kmSayat Nova146 kmMelville146 kmProust145 kmVerdi145 kmLiang K ai145 kmGiotto144 kmShevchenko143 kmChong Ch ol143 kmKuan Han Ch ing143 kmSophocles142 kmMark Twain142 kmChao Meng Fu141 kmAfricanus Horton140 kmLismer139 kmJoplin139 kmMoliere139 kmBello139 kmSousa138 kmUstad Isa138 kmGoya138 kmHandel138 kmHiroshige138 kmSei137 kmBotticelli136 kmTurgenev136 kmKofi136 kmTakayoshi136 kmSinan134 kmStevenson134 kmWagner134 kmMonteverdi134 kmPicasso134 kmMurasaki132 kmScarlatti132 kmDuccio132 kmSur Das131 kmChopin131 kmAsawa130 kmStravinsky129 kmZeami129 kmEminescu129 kmRublev129 kmBrunelleschi129 kmVelazquez128 kmLi Po126 kmAhmad Baba126 kmHemingway126 kmHeaney125 kmPolygnotus124 kmRudaki124 kmTs ai Wen Chi124 kmBarma123 kmNeumann122 kmOskison122 kmUnkei121 kmIctinus120 kmHawthorne120 kmHauptmann118 kmBartok118 kmAbu Nuwas117 kmAbedin116 kmHolbein115 kmMussorgskij115 kmHokusai114 kmBoethius114 kmKhansa113 kmDisney113 kmGrainger113 kmNeruda112 kmProkofiev112 kmColeridge112 kmRoerich112 kmThakur111 kmBulsara110 kmKerouac110 kmGhiberti110 kmTs ao Chan110 kmWu Shujuan109 kmTitian109 kmAndal109 kmCarducci108 kmVincente108 kmKeats108 kmHarunobu107 kmByron107 kmAkutagawa106 kmGibran106 kmAlencar106 kmEnheduanna105 kmKenko105 kmAmaral105 kmHitomaro105 kmBalagtas104 kmMachaut104 kmMahler104 kmMickiewicz103 kmMofolo103 kmSor Juana102 kmMistral102 kmEquiano102 kmVan Dijck102 kmBagryana101 kmPo Ya101 kmEitoku101 kmHesiod101 kmCatullus100 kmGluck100 kmChu Ta100 kmStieglitz100 kmAtget100 kmBrahms100 kmvan Gogh99 kmFirdousi98 kmGuinness97 kmTyagaraja97 kmLu Hsun96 kmSarmiento95 kmLennon95 kmMansur95 kmFlaubert95 kmGainsborough95 kmLessing95 kmRepin95 kmAl Akhtal94.3 kmSibelius94 kmTintoretto94 kmHals93 kmSavage93 kmJokai93 kmSoseki92 kmYeats92 kmWarhol91 kmCarvalho90 kmGlinka89 kmAsvaghosa88 kmCapote88 kmPurcell87.7 kmEl Husseini87 kmSimonides87 kmPhiloxenus87 kmDonne86 km
209 smaller craters are not listed here. The full Mercury gazetteer has every one.
Craters elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 12 other worlds, for 4,338 more features.