- List of craters on Mercury
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This is a list of named craters on Mercury. Most Mercurian craters are named after famous writers and artists. Craters larger than 250 km in diameter are referred to as "basins".[1]
Terminology
As on the Moon and Mars, sequences of craters and basins of differing relative ages provide the best means of establishing stratigraphic order on Mercury.[2][3][4] Overlap relations among many large mercurian craters and basins are clearer than those on the Moon. Therefore, as this map shows, we can build up many local stratigraphic columns involving both crater or basin materials and nearby plains materials.
Over all of Mercury, the crispness of crater rims and the morphology of their walls, central peaks, ejecta deposits, and secondary-crater fields have undergone systematic changes with time. The youngest craters or basins in a local stratigraphic sequence have the sharpest, crispest appearance. The oldest craters consist only of shallow depressions with slightly raised, rounded rims, some incomplete. On this basis, five age categories of craters and basins have been mapped; the characteristics of each are listed in the explanation. In addition, secondary crater fields are preserved around proportionally far more craters and basins on Mercury than on the Moon or Mars, and are particularly useful in determining overlap relations and degree of modification.
Since only limited photographic evidence was available from Mariner 10's three flybys of the planet, these divisions are often tentative. The five crater groups, from youngest to oldest, are:
- c5: Fresh-appearing, sharp-rimmed, rayed craters. Highest albedo in map area; haloes and rays may extend many crater diameters from rim crests. Superposed on all other map units. Generally smaller and fewer than older craters.
- c4: Fresh but slightly modified craters—Similar in morphology to c5 craters but without bright haloes or rays; sharp rim crests; continuous ejecta blankets; very few superposed secondary craters. Floors consist of crater or smooth plains materials.
- c3: Modified craters—Rim crest continuous but slightly rounded and subdued. Ejecta blanket generally less extensive than those of younger craters of similar size. Superposed craters and rays common; smooth plains and intermediate plains materials cover floors of many craters. Central peaks more common than in c4 craters, probably because of larger average size of c3 craters.
- c2: Subdued craters—Low-rimmed, relatively shallow craters, many with discontinuous rim crests. Floors covered by smooth plains and intermediate plains materials. Crater density of ejecta blankets similar to that of intermediate plains material.
- c1 Degraded craters—Similar to c2 crater material but more deteriorated; many superposed craters.
Direction of Increasing Longitude: west
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Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Abedin 61.7 N 10.2 W 110 Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter Abu Nuwas 17.4 N 20.4 W 116 Abu Nuwas, Arabic poet Africanus Horton 51.5 S 41.2 W 135 Africanus Horton, Sierra Leonean writer Ahmad Baba 58.5 N 126.8 W 127 Ahmad Baba al Massufi, West African writer Al-Akhtal 59.2 N 97.0 W 102 Akhtal, Arab poet Al-Hamadhani 38.8 N 89.7 W 186 Badi' az-Zaman al-Hamadhani, Arab writer Al-Jāhiz 1.2 N 21.5 W 91 Al-Jahiz, Arab author Alencar 63.5 S 103.5 W 120 José de Alencar, Brazilian novelist Amaral 26.4 S 242.3 W 106 Tarsila do Amaral, Brazilian artist Amru Al-Qays 12.3 N 175.6 W 50 Imru Al-Qays Ibn Hujr, Arabic poet Andal 47.7 S 37.7 W 108 Aandaal, Tamil writer Apollodorus 30.58 N 197.01 W 41 Apollodorus of Damascus, Ancient Greek architect Aristoxenes 82.0 N 11.4 W 69 Aristoxenus, Ancient Greek writer Aśvaghosa 10.4 N 21.0 W 90 Asvaghosa, Sanskrit, poet Atget 25.65 N 193.93 W 100 Eugène Atget, French photographer B
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Bach 68.5 S 103.4 W 214 Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer Balagtas 22.6 S 13.7 W 98 Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet Balzac 10.3 N 144.1 W 80 Honoré de Balzac, French writer Bartok 41.3 S 162.8 W 128 Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer Barma 29.6 S 134.6 W 112 Postnik "Barma" Yakovlev, Russian architect Basho 32.7 S 169.7 W 80 Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet Beckett 40.1 S 248.8 W 57 Clarice Beckett, Australian painter Beethoven 20.8 S 123.6 W 643 Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer Bek 21.1 N 50.3 W 30 Bek, Egyptian sculptor Belinskij 76.0 S 103.4 W 70 Vissarion Belinsky, Russian literary critic Bello 18.9 S 120.0 W 129 Andrés Bello, South American writer Benoit 7.6 N 256.2 W 43 Rigaud Benoit, Haitian artist Berkel 13.6 S 333.5 W 21 Sabri Berkel, Turkish painter Bernini 79.2 S 136.5 W 146 Gianlorenzo Bernini, Italian, sculptor Bjornson 73.1 N 109.2 W 88 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian poet Boccaccio 80.7 S 29.8 W 142 Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian writer Boethius 0.9 S 73.3 W 129 Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, Roman philosopher Botticelli 63.7 N 109.6 W 143 Sandro Botticelli, Italian artist Brahms 58.5 N 176.2 W 96 Johannes Brahms, German composer Bramante 47.5 S 61.8 W 159 Donato Bramante, Italian architect Bronte 38.7 N 125.9 W 60 The Brontë family, English writers and artists Bruegel 49.8 N 107.5 W 75 Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Flemish painter Brunelleschi 9.1 S 22.2 W 134 Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect Burns 54.4 N 115.7 W 45 Robert Burns, Scottish poet Byron 8.5 S 32.7 W 105 Lord Byron, English poet C
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Callicrates 66.3 S 32.6 W 70 Kallicrates, Ancient Greek architect Camoes 70.6 S 69.6 W 70 Luís de Camões, Portuguese writer Carducci 36.6 S 89.9 W 117 Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet Calvino 3.9 S 56.0 W 68 Italo Calvino, Italian writer Cervantes 74.6 S 122.0 W 181 Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish writer Cézanne 8.5 S 123.4 W 75 Paul Cézanne, French painter Chaikovskij 7.4 N 50.4 W 165 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer Chao Meng-Fu 87.3 S 134.2 W 167 Zhao Mengfu, Chinese artist Chekov 36.2 S 61.5 W 199 Anton Chekhov, Russian writer Chiang K'ui 13.8 N 102.7 W 35 Jiang Kui, Chinese poet Chong Ch'ol 46.4 N 116.2 W 162 Jeong Cheol, Korean poet Chopin 65.1 S 123.1 W 129 Frédéric Chopin, Polish composer Chu Ta 2.2 N 105.1 W 110 Zhu Da, Chinese painter Coleridge 55.9 S 66.7 W 110 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet Copland 37.5 N 286.7 W 208 Aaron Copland, American composer Copley 38.4 S 85.2 W 30 John Singleton Copley, American painter Couperin 29.8 N 151.4 W 80 The Couperin family of French musicians Cunningham 30.48 N 203.07 W 37 Imogen Cunningham, American photographer D
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Dali 45.3 N 240.6 W 175 Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter Dario 26.5 S 10.0 W 151 Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan writer de Graft 22.1 N 358.0 W 65 Joe de Graft, Ghanaian playwright Debussy 33.9 S 347.5 W 85 Claude Debussy, French composer Degas 37.4 N 126.4 W 60 Edgar Degas, French artist Delacroix 44.7 S 129.0 W 146 Eugène Delacroix, French artist Derain 8.7 S 340.3 W 190 André Derain, French artist Derzhavin 44.9 N 35.3 W 159 Gavril Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet Desprez 80.8 N 90.7 W 50 Josquin des Prez, Franco-Flemish composer Dickens 72.9 S 153.3 W 78 Charles Dickens, English novelist Dominici 1.4 N 36.5 W 20 Maria de Dominici, Maltese painter Donne 2.8 N 13.8 W 88 John Donne, English poet Dostoevskij 45.1 S 176.4 W 411 Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist Dowland 53.5 S 179.5 W 100 John Dowland, English composer Durer 21.9 N 119.0 W 180 Albrecht Dürer, German artist Dvorak 9.6 S 11.9 W 82 Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer E
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Eastman 9.6 N 234.3 W 80 Charles Eastman, Sioux author Eitoku 42.7 N 19.2 W 75 Kano Eitoku, Japanese artist Equiano 22.1 S 156.9 W 100 Olaudah Equiano, West African writer Eminescu 10.79 N 245.87 W 125 Mihail Eminescu, Romanian poet Enwonwu 9.9 S 238.4 W 38 Ben Enwonwu, Nigerian painter Equiano 40.2 S 30.7 W 99 Olaudah Equiano, Benin writer F
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Fet 4.9 S 179.9 W 24 Afanasy Fet, Russian poet Firdousi 3.5 N 294.6 W 96 Hakim Ferdowsi, Persian poet Flaubert 13.7 S 72.2 W 95 Gustave Flaubert, French author Futabatei 16.2 S 83.0 W 66 Futabatei Shimei, Japanese author G
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Gainsborough 36.1 S 183.3 W 100 Thomas Gainsborough, English painter Gauguin 66.3 N 96.3 W 72 Paul Gauguin, French artist Geddes 27.3 N 29.7 W 80 Wilhelmina Geddes, Irish stained glass artist Ghiberti 48.4 S 80.2 W 123 Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor Gibran 35.5 N 110.4 W 102 Khalil Gibran, Lebanese American poet and artist Giotto 12.0 N 55.8 W 150 Giotto di Bondone, Italian painter Glinka 14.8 N 111.7 W 86 Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer Gluck 37.3 N 18.1 W 105 Christoph Willibald Gluck, Austrian composer Goethe 78.5 N 44.5 W 383 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer Gogol 28.1 S 146.4 W 87 Nikolai Gogol, Russian playwright Goya 7.2 S 152.0 W 135 Francisco Goya, Spanish artist Grieg 51.1 N 14.0 W 65 Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer Guido d'Arezzo 38.7 S 18.3 W 66 Guido of Arezzo, Italian music theorist H
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Hals 54.8 S 115.0 W 100 Frans Hals, Dutch painter Han Kan 71.6 S 143.8 W 50 Han Gan, Chinese painter Handel 3.4 N 33.8 W 166 George Frideric Handel, German composer Harunobu 15.0 N 140.7 W 110 Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese artist Hauptmann 23.7 S 179.9 W 120 Gerhart Hauptmann, German playwright Hawthorne 51.3 S 115.1 W 107 Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist Haydn 27.3 S 71.6 W 270 Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer Heine 32.6 N 124.1 W 75 Heinrich Heine, German poet Hemingway 17.5 N 2.9 W 130 Ernest Hemingway, American writer Hesiod 58.5 S 35.0 W 107 Hesiod, Ancient Greek poet Hiroshige 13.4 S 26.7 W 138 Ando Hiroshige, Japanese artist Hitomaro 16.2 S 15.8 W 107 Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Japanese poet Hodgkins 29.2 N 341.9 W 20 Frances Hodgkins, New Zealand painter Hokusai 58.3 N 342.3 W 95 Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese painter Holbein 35.6 N 28.9 W 113 Hans Holbein the Younger, German artist Holberg 67.0 S 61.1 W 61 Ludvig Holberg, Danish writer Homer 1.2 S 36.2 W 314 Homer, Ancient Greek poet Horace 68.9 S 52.0 W 58 Horace, Roman poet Hovnatanian 7.6 S 187.5 W 34 Hakop Hovnatanian, Armenian painter Hugo 38.9 N 47.0 W 198 Victor Hugo, French writer Hun Kal 0.5 S 20.0 W 1.5 '20' in the language of the Maya (serves as Mercury's a meridian reference point) I
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Ibsen 24.1 S 35.6 W 159 Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright lctinus 79.1 S 165.2 W 119 Iktinos, Ancient Greek architect Imhotep 18.1 S 37.3 W 159 Imhotep, Ancient Egyptian architect Ives 32.9 S 111.4 W 20 Charles Ives, American composer Izquierdo 1.6 S 253.1 W 170 María Izquierdo, Mexican painter J
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Janáček 56.0 N 153.8 W 47 Leoš Janáček, Czech composer Jokai 72.4 N 135.3 W 106 Mór Jókai, Hungarian writer Judah Ha-Levi 10.9 N 107.7 W 80 Yehuda Halevi, Spanish-Jewish writer K
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Kalidasa 18.1 S 179.2 W 107 Kālidāsa, Sanskrit writer Keats 69.9 S 154.5 W 115 John Keats, English poet Kenko 21.5 S 16.1 W 99 Yoshida Kenkō, Japanese writer Kertész 27.44 N 214.06 W 33 André Kertész, Hungarian photographer Khansa 59.7 S 51.9 W 111 Al-Khansa, Arabic poet Kipling 19.4 S 288.0 W 151 Rudyard Kipling, English author Kōshō 60.1 N 138.2 W 65 Kōshō, Japanese sculptor Kuan Han-ch'ing 29.4 N 52.4 W 151 Guan Hanqing, Chinese playwright Kuiper 11.3 S 31.1 W 62 Gerard Kuiper, American astronomer Kunisada 1.8 N 247.6 W 280 Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese woodblock printmaker Kurosawa 53.4 S 21.8 W 159 Kinko Kurosawa, Japanese musician L
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Lange 6.4 N 260.0 W 180 Dorothea Lange, American photographer Leopardi 73.0 S 180.1 W 72 Giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer Lermontov 15.2 N 48.1 W 152 Mikhail Lermontov, Russian writer Lessing 28.7 S 89.7 W 100 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German dramatist Li Ch'ing-Chao 77.1 S 73.1 W 61 Li Qingzhao, Chinese writer Li Po 16.9 N 35.0 W 120 Li Bai, Chinese poet Liang K'ai 40.3 S 182.8 W 140 Liang Kai, Chinese artist Liszt 16.1 S 168.1 W 85 Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist Lu Hsun 0 23.4 W 98 Lu Xun, Chinese writer Lysippus 0.8 N 132.5 W 140 Lysippos, Ancient Greek sculptor M
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Ma Chih-Yuan 60.4 S 78.0 W 179 Ma Zhiyuan, Chinese writer Machaut 1.9 S 82.1 W 106 Guillaume de Machaut, French poet and composer Mahler 20.0 S 18.7 W 103 Gustav Mahler, Bohemian composer Mansart 73.2 N 118.7 W 95 Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect Mansur 47.8 N 162.6 W 100 Ustad Mansur, Mughal artist March 31.1 N 175.5 W 70 Ausias March, Catalan poet Mark Twain 11.2 S 137.9 W 149 Mark Twain, American novelist Marti 75.6 S 164.6 W 68 José Martí, Cuban writer Martial 69.1 N 177.1 W 51 Martial, Roman poet Matabei 39.7 S 13.9 W 24 Iwasa Matabei, Japanese painter Matisse 24.0 S 89.8 W 210 Henri Matisse, French painter Melville 21.5 N 10.1 W 154 Herman Melville, American novelist Mena 0.2 S 124.4 W 52 Juan de Mena, Spanish poet Mendes Pinto 61.3 S 17.8 W 214 Fernão Mendes Pinto, Portuguese writer Michelangelo 45.0 S 109.1 W 216 Michelangelo, Italian artist Mickiewicz 23.6 N 103.1 W 100 Adam Mickiewicz, Polish writer Milton 26.2 S 174.8 W 186 John Milton, English poet Mistral 4.5 N 54.0 W 110 Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet Mofolo 37.7 S 28.2 W 114 Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho writer Molière 15.6 N 16.9 W 132 Molière, French playwright Monet 44.4 N 10.3 W 303 Claude Monet, French artist Monteverdi 63.8 N 77.3 W 138 Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer Moody 13.1 S 215.4 W 80 Ronald Moody, Jamaican painter Mozart 8.0 N 190.5 W 270 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer Munch 40.6 N 207.3 W 54 Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter Munkácsy 21.9 N 259.1 W 180 Mihály Munkácsy, Hungarian painter Murasaki 12.6 S 30.2 W 130 Murasaki Shikibu, Japanese writer Mussorgskij 32.8 N 96.5 W 125 Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer Myron 70.9 N 79.3 W 31 Myron, Ancient Greek sculptor N
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Nampeyo 40.6 S 50.1 W 52 Nampeyo, Hopi potter Navoi 59.0 N 200.0 W 66 Ali-Shir Nava'i, Uzbek poet Nawahi 36.1 N 214.9 W 34 Joseph Nawahi, Hawaiian painter Neruda 52.47 S 234.55 W 110 Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet Nervo 43.0 N 179.0 W 63 Amado Nervo, Mexican poet Neumann 37.3 S 34.5 W 120 Johann Balthasar Neumann, German architect Nizami 71.5 N 165.0 W 76 Nizami, Persian poet O
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Okyo 69.1 S 75.8 W 65 Maruyama Ōkyo, Japanese painter Oskison 60.6 N 215.3 W 120 John Milton Oskison, Cherokee author Ovid 69.5 S 22.5 W 44 Ovid, Roman poet P
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Petrarch 30.6 S 26.2 W 171 Petrarch, Italian poet Phidias 8.7 N 149.3 W 160 Phidias, Ancient Greek artist and architect Philoxenus 8.7 S 111.5 W 90 Philoxenus of Cythera, Ancient Greek poet Picasso 3.3 N 309.9 W 133 Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter Pigalle 38.5 S 9.5 W 154 Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor Po Chu-I 7.2 S 165.1 W 68 Bai Juyi, Chinese poet Po Ya 46.2 S 20.2 W 103 Bo Ya, Chinese musician Poe 44.0 N 201.2 W 75 Edgar Allan Poe, American poet Polygnotus 0.3 S 68.4 W 133 Polygnotus, Ancient Greek painter Praxiteles 27.3 N 59.2 W 182 Praxiteles, Ancient Greek sculptor Proust 19.7 N 46.7 W 157 Marcel Proust, French novelist Puccini 65.3 S 46.8 W 70 Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer Purcell 81.3 N 146.8 W 91 Henry Purcell, English composer Pushkin 66.3 S 22.4 W 231 Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet Q
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Qi Baishi 4.2 S 196.0 W 15 Qi Baishi, Chinese painter R
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Rabelais 61.0 S 62.4 W 141 François Rabelais, French writer Rachmaninoff 27.6 N 302.4 W 290 Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer Raden Saleh 2.2 N 201.3 W 25 Raden Saleh, Javanese painter Raditladi 27.28 N 240.93 W 257 Leetile Disang Raditladi, Botswanan writer Rajnis 4.5 N 95.8 W 82 Rainis, Latvian writer Rameau 54.9 S 37.5 W 51 Jean Philippe Rameau, French composer Raphael 19.9 S 75.9 W 343 Raphael, Italian artist Ravel 12.0 S 38.0 W 75 Maurice Ravel, French composer Rembrandt 33.2 S 271.8 W 720 Rembrandt, Dutch artist Renoir 18.6 S 51.5 W 246 Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French artist Repin 19.2 S 63.0 W 107 Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russian artist Riemenschneider 52.8 S 99.6 W 145 Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor Rilke 45.2 S 12.3 W 86 Rainer Maria Rilke, German poet Rimbaud 62.0 S 148.0 W 85 Arthur Rimbaud, French poet Rodin 21.1 N 18.2 W 229 Auguste Rodin, French sculptor Rubens 59.8 N 74.1 W 175 Peter Paul Rubens, French artist Rublev 15.1 S 156.8 W 132 Andrei Rublev, Russian icon painter Rudaki 4.0 S 51.1 W 120 Rudaki, Persian poet Rude 32.8 S 79.6 W 75 François Rude, French sculptor Rumi 24.1 S 104.7 W 75 Mawlana Rumi, Persian poet S
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Sadi 78.6 S 56.0 W 68 Saadi, Persian poet Saikaku 72.9 N 176.3 W 88 Ihara Saikaku, Japanese poet Sander 42.59 N 205.6 W 50 August Sander, German photographer Sarmiento 29.8 S 187.7 W 145 Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian writer Sayat-Nova 28.4 S 122.1 W 158 Sayat-Nova, Armenian poet Scarlatti 40.5 N 100.0 W 129 Domenico Scarlatti, Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composers Schoenberg 16.0 S 135.7 W 29 Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer Schubert 43.4 S 54.3 W 185 Franz Schubert, Austrian composer Scopas 81.1 S 172.9 W 105 Scopas, Ancient Greek sculptor and architect Sei 64.3 S 89.1 W 113 Sei Shōnagon, Japanese writer Shakespeare 49.7 N 150.9 W 370 William Shakespeare, English writer Shelley 47.8 S 127.8 W 164 Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet Sher-Gil 45.1 S 225.5 W 73 Amrita Sher-Gil, Indian painter Shevchenko 53.8 S 46.5 W 137 Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet Sholem Aleichem 50.4 N 87.7 W 200 Sholom Aleichem, Yiddish writer Sibelius 49.6 S 144.7 W 90 Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer Simonides 29.1 S 45.0 W 95 Simonides of Ceos, Greek poet Sinan 15.5 N 29.8 W 147 Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect Smetana 48.5 S 70.2 W 190 Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer Snorri 9.0 S 82.9 W 19 Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic poet Sophocles 7.0 S 145.7 W 150 Sophocles, Ancient Greek dramatist Sor Juana 49.0 N 23.9 W 93 Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz, Mexican writer Sōseki 38.9 N 37.7 W 90 Natsume Sōseki, Japanese novelist Sotatsu 49.1 S 18.1 W 165 Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Japanese artist Spitteler 68.6 S 61.8 W 68 Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet Steichen 13.14 S 282.73 W 159 Edward Steichen, American photographer Stravinsky 50.5 N 73.5 W 190 Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer Strindberg 53.7 N 135.3 W 190 August Strindberg, Swedish writer Sullivan 16.9 S 86.3 W 145 Louis Sullivan, American architect Sur Das 47.1 S 93.3 W 132 Surdas, Hindu, poet Surikov 37.1 S 124.6 W 120 Vasily Surikov, Russian artist Sveinsdóttir 2.58 S 259.96 W 220 Júlíana Sveinsdóttir, Icelandic artist T
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Takanobu 30.8 N 108.2 W 80 Fujiwara Takanobu, Japanese poet Takayoshi 37.5 S 163.1 W 139 Takayoshi, Japanese painter Tansen 3.9 N 70.9 W 34 Tansen, Hindustani composer Thakur -2.5 64 115 Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer Theophanes 3.0 S 63.5 W 118 Theophanes the Greek, icon painter Thoreau 5.9 N 132.3 W 80 Henry David Thoreau, American poet Tintoretto 48.1 S 22.9 W 92 Tintoretto, Italian artist Titian 3.6 S 42.1 W 121 Titian, Italian artist To Ngoc Van 52.3 N 110.7 W 63 To Ngoc Van, Vietnamese painter Tolstoj 16.3 S 163.5 W 390 Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer Ts'ai Wen-chi 22.8 N 22.2 W 119 Cai Wenji, Chinese poet and composer Ts'ao Chan 13.4 S 142.0 W 110 Cao Xueqin, Chinese novelist Tsurayuki 63.0 S 21.3 W 87 Tsurayuki Kino, Japanese writer Tung Yuan 73.6 N 55.0 W 64 Dong Yuan, Chinese artist Turgenev 65.7 N 135.0 W 116 Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer Tyagaraja 3.7 N 148.4 W 105 Tyāgarāja, Indian composer U
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Unkei 31.9 S 62.7 W 123 Unkei, Japanese sculptor Ustad Isa 32.1 S 165.3 W 136 Ustad Isa, architect V
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Valmiki 23.5 S 141.0 W 221 Valmiki, Indian poet Van Dijck 76.7 N 163.8 W 105 Anthony van Dyck, Flemish artist Van Eyck 43.2 N 158.8 W 282 Jan van Eyck, Flemish artist Van Gogh 76.5 S 134.9 W 104 Vincent van Gogh, Dutch artist Velázquez 37.5 N 53.7 W 129 Diego Velázquez, Spanish artist Verdi 64.7 N 168.6 W 163 Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer Vincente 56.8 S 142.4 W 98 Gil Vicente, Portuguese writer Vivaldi 13.7 N 85.0 W 213 Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer Vlaminck 28.0 N 12.7 W 97 Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter Vyasa 48.3 N 81.1 W 290 Vyasa, Indian poet W
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Wagner 67.4 S 114.0 W 140 Richard Wagner, German composer Wang Meng 8.8 N 103.8 W 165 Wang Meng, Chinese artist Wergeland 38.0 S 56.5 W 42 Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian writer Whitman 41.4 N 110.4 W 70 Walt Whitman, American poet Wren 24.3 N 35.2 W 221 Christopher Wren, English architect X
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Xiao Zhao 10.64 N 236.21 W 23 Xiao Zhao, Chinese artist Y
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Yeats 9.2 N 34.6 W 100 William Butler Yeats, Irish poet Yun Son-Do 72.5 S 109.4 W 68 Yun Sondo, Korean poet Z
Crater Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after Zeami 3.1 S 147.2 W 120 Zeami Motokiyo, Japanese playwright Zola 50.1 N 177.3 W 80 Emile Zola, French novelist See also
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