Craters on Mars
1,237 named features carry the IAU descriptor Crater — a circular depression, almost always an impact scar on Mars, out of 4,787 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
1,237
of 2,049 named places on Mars — 60%
Largest
467 km
Huygens
Median size
20 km
Across the 1,237 with a measured diameter
Named between
1967–2026
IAU approval dates
How craters on Mars get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 1,237 craters with a recorded origin, 221 categories appear, led by United States.
United States137Russia110American62Great Britain52France44Germany37India34China32
The 240 largest of 1,237
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Huygens467 kmSchiaparelli459 kmGreeley458 kmCassini408 kmAntoniadi401 kmDollfus363 kmTikhonravov344 kmde Vaucouleurs302 kmCopernicus302 kmNewton300 kmHerschel298 kmKoval sky297 kmSchroeter292 kmNewcomb254 kmFlaugergues236 kmKepler228 kmGalle224 kmSecchi223 kmLyot222 kmVinogradov210 kmLowell202 kmKaiser202 kmSchmidt201 kmSchoner199 kmMutch199 kmPhillips186 kmDawes185 kmGreen182 kmBaldet181 kmMargulis180 kmSavich179 kmDarwin176 kmFlammarion174 kmProctor173 kmTerby172 kmWallace171 kmMolesworth169 kmHenry168 kmBecquerel165 kmPtolemaeus165 kmStoney161 kmDenning160 kmSchaeberle159 kmGusev158 kmMariner157 kmGraff155 kmGale154 kmJanssen154 kmBakhuysen153 kmHolden153 kmArago152 kmRobert Sharp152 kmDejnev152 kmLohse151 kmTrouvelot149 kmMiyamoto145 kmWislicenus140 kmMaggini139 kmRoddenberry139 kmHooke138 kmLe Verrier138 kmHale137 kmGalilaei137 kmQuenisset137 kmMitchel136 kmRussell135 kmLiu Hsin135 kmMoreux132 kmLomonosov131 kmBernard128 kmSlipher127 kmRayleigh126 kmCampbell125 kmMadler124 kmOudemans124 kmByrd123 kmKnobel123 kmWilliams123 kmLiais123 kmArrhenius123 kmLyell122 kmGilbert121 kmBarnard121 kmVogel121 kmBarabashov121 kmMuller121 kmWirtz120 kmChamberlin120 kmComas Sola120 kmRoemer120 kmBurton119 kmMaraldi118 kmArkhangelsky117 kmMoroz116 kmPasteur116 kmOrson Welles116 kmHadley116 kmMasursky115 kmPickering115 kmWien115 kmTeisserenc de Bort115 kmVery115 kmNiesten115 kmCerulli114 kmFournier114 kmHolmes114 kmWright114 kmMilankovic114 kmMillochau113 kmBurroughs113 kmColumbus113 kmHelmholtz111 kmCurie111 kmKrishtofovich111 kmMain111 kmBarth111 kmPohl111 kmTikhov110 kmCrommelin110 kmRadau110 kmSklodowska110 kmAgassiz109 kmLasswitz108 kmBouguer108 kmRudaux107 kmBoeddicker107 kmRutherford107 kmLau107 kmRabe107 kmHuxley107 kmCharlier106 kmLi Fan106 kmTycho Brahe105 kmMellish105 kmBond105 kmPorter104 kmMagelhaens104 kmSteno104 kmNicholson103 kmNeukum102 kmCoblentz102 kmSouth102 kmLuzin101 kmMie101 kmOyama101 kmSharonov99.9 kmHussey99.7 kmHartwig99.3 kmEudoxus98.5 kmWells98.3 kmMelosh98 kmClark97.5 kmPizzarello97 kmMarth96.7 kmDa Vinci96.3 kmPollack96.3 kmDu Martheray96.1 kmHipparchus94.8 kmPeridier94.2 kmCobres93.8 kmJarry Desloges93.4 kmBriault93.1 kmAlexey Tolstoy93 kmDouglass93 kmMartz92.7 kmLambert92.5 kmPettit92.5 kmTownsend92 kmMurray92 kmChia91.9 kmHutton91.7 kmMcLaughlin90.9 kmMaunder90.8 kmReynolds90.7 kmVon Karman90.3 kmSagan90.3 kmAdams90.2 kmKeeler90.2 kmJones90.1 kmFirsoff90 kmMcCauley90 kmSytinskaya89.2 kmRichardson89 kmRamanathan89 kmBjerknes88.6 kmDana88.5 kmCruls87.9 kmChekalin87.8 kmFesenkov87.4 kmKasimov87.2 kmLederberg87.2 kmNovara87 kmBarlow87 kmIbragimov86.8 kmEddie86.4 kmTimoshenko86.1 kmRoddy85.8 kmLassell85.6 kmNordenskiold85.6 kmBeer85.5 kmHeinlein85.3 kmLopez85 kmReuyl84.3 kmHalley83.7 kmHeaviside83.3 kmGill83.2 kmTyndall83 kmPerrotin82.8 kmHuggins82.6 kmRoss82.5 kmSaheki82.4 kmHunten82.4 kmWeinbaum82 kmDu Toit81.8 kmKuiper81.8 kmHarris81.6 kmKorolev81.4 kmAsimov80.8 kmVishniac80.5 kmRossby80.4 kmFontana80.1 kmMinami80 kmKnudsen80 kmBozkir79.9 kmDaly79.7 kmOwen79.3 kmPicardi79 kmSumgin78.6 kmGledhill78.5 kmMarca78.4 kmPerepelkin77.5 kmBrashear77.4 kmMendel77.3 kmRitchey77.2 kmIsil77.1 kmJoly77 kmMorella77 kmKrishnan77 kmBlount77 kmLampland76.8 km
997 smaller craters are not listed here. The full Mars gazetteer has every one.
Craters elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 12 other worlds, for 3,550 more features.