This is a list of officially named craters in the Solar System as named by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. As of 2017, there is a total of 5,223 craters on 40 astronomical bodies, which includes minor planets (asteroids and dwarf planets), planets, and natural satellites. [1] All geological features of a body (including craters) are typically named after a specific theme. [2] For completeness, the list also refers to the craters on § Earth, which naming process is not overseen by IAU's WGPSN.
Feature | Diameter | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gaea | 80 km | 1979 | Gaia, Greek mother earth goddess who brought Zeus to Crete | WGPSN |
Pan | 100 km | 1979 | Pan, Greek goat-god son of Amalthea and Hermes | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abans | 15°30′S108°42′W / 15.5°S 108.7°W | 20 | 1988 | Spirit of the iron mines | WGPSN |
Agape | 46°54′S23°30′W / 46.9°S 23.5°W | 34 | 1988 | Spirit in Spenser's Fairy Queene | WGPSN |
Ataksak | 53°06′S135°42′W / 53.1°S 135.7°W | 22 | 1988 | Eskimo benevolent spirit | WGPSN |
Befana | 17°00′S31°54′E / 17°S 31.9°E | 21 | 1988 | Good spirit who fills Italian children's stockings with toys on twelfth night | WGPSN |
Berylune | 22°30′S32°06′W / 22.5°S 32.1°W | 29 | 1988 | Good spirit in Maeterlinck's The Bluebird | WGPSN |
Deive | 22°18′S23°00′E / 22.3°S 23°E | 20 | 1988 | Spirit of beautiful maiden | WGPSN |
Djadek | 12°00′S108°54′W / 12°S 108.9°W | 22 | 1988 | Czech ancestral benevolent spirit and household guardian | WGPSN |
Domovoy | 71°30′S20°18′W / 71.5°S 20.3°W | 71 | 1988 | Slavic spirit protector of home | WGPSN |
Finvara | 15°48′S19°00′E / 15.8°S 19°E | 31 | 1988 | Irish king of spirits; provided horses and wine to men | WGPSN |
Gwyn | 77°30′S22°30′E / 77.5°S 22.5°E | 34 | 1988 | Irish god of battle; leads men's souls to Annwn | WGPSN |
Huon | 37°48′S33°42′E / 37.8°S 33.7°E | 40 | 1988 | Replaced Oberon as King of Spirits when Oberon died | WGPSN |
Laica | 21°18′S44°24′E / 21.3°S 44.4°E | 30 | 1988 | Inca good spirit | WGPSN |
Mab | 38°48′S7°48′W / 38.8°S 7.8°W | 34 | 1988 | Queen of Spirits dethroned Titania | WGPSN |
Melusine | 52°54′S8°54′E / 52.9°S 8.9°E | 50 | 1988 | Spirit heroine of medieval French story | WGPSN |
Oonagh | 21°54′S115°36′W / 21.9°S 115.6°W | 39 | 1988 | Irish Queen of Fairies | WGPSN |
Rima | 18°18′S99°12′W / 18.3°S 99.2°W | 41 | 1988 | Spirit in Hudson's Green Mansions | WGPSN |
Yangoor | 68°42′S80°18′W / 68.7°S 80.3°W | 78 | 1988 | Spirit that brings day | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sky | – | 6.8 | 2021 | The English word "sky" | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abellio | 33°12′N66°55′W / 33.2°N 66.91°W | 32 | 2015 | Gaul god of the apple tree | WGPSN |
Achita | 25°49′N65°58′E / 25.82°N 65.96°E | 40 | 2015 | Nigerian god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Annona | 48°08′S8°26′E / 48.14°S 8.43°E | 60 | 2015 | Roman goddess of crops and of the harvest | WGPSN |
Anura | 13°55′S11°47′E / 13.92°S 11.79°E | 37 | 2015 | Arawakan (Guyana) spirit of the tobacco seeds | WGPSN |
Aristaeus | 23°26′N97°41′E / 23.43°N 97.68°E | 35.8 | 2016 | Greek god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Asari | 83°02′N40°07′W / 83.03°N 40.12°W | 56 | 2015 | Syrian god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Attis | 73°04′S102°10′W / 73.07°S 102.16°W | 22 | 2015 | Greek/Phrygian god of vegetation and of fertility | WGPSN |
Azacca | 6°40′S141°36′W / 6.66°S 141.6°W | 49.91 | 2015 | Haitian god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Begbalel | 17°43′N34°39′W / 17.71°N 34.65°W | 102 | 2016 | Yap Islands (Caroline Islands Micronesia) guardian of the taro fields who controls the yield of the crops | WGPSN |
Belun | 33°43′S3°45′W / 33.71°S 3.75°W | 36.04 | 2015 | Belarus god of the fields | WGPSN |
Besua | 42°21′S59°47′W / 42.35°S 59.79°W | 17 | 2015 | Egyptian grain god | WGPSN |
Bilwis | 86°12′N79°36′E / 86.2°N 79.6°E | 7 | 2017 | German corn spirit | WGPSN |
Binayo | 86°24′N145°12′E / 86.4°N 145.2°E | 16 | 2017 | Philippine (Hanunoo/Mangyan Mindoro Island) female spirit caretaker of the rice spirits | WGPSN |
Bonsu | 1°44′N93°13′E / 1.74°N 93.21°E | 31 | 2015 | Bateg/Batek (Malaysia) god who watches over the fruits and flowers | WGPSN |
Braciaca | 22°46′S84°22′E / 22.77°S 84.37°E | 8 | 2016 | Celtic god of malt | WGPSN |
Cacaguat | 1°11′S143°37′E / 1.19°S 143.61°E | 13.6 | 2016 | Nicaraguan god of cacao | WGPSN |
Cachimana | 85°12′N146°48′W / 85.2°N 146.8°W | 18 | 2017 | Atabapo and Inirida tribes’ (Upper Orinoco River region Venezuela) vegetation god who ripens the crops and controls the seasons | WGPSN |
Centeotl | 18°57′N141°13′E / 18.95°N 141.22°E | 6 | 2016 | Mexican god/goddess of maize and agriculture | WGPSN |
Chaminuka | 58°35′S131°12′E / 58.58°S 131.2°E | 122 | 2015 | Shona (Zimbabwe) spirit who provides rains in times of droughts | WGPSN |
Coniraya | 39°54′N65°44′E / 39.9°N 65.73°E | 135 | 2015 | Inca god who was responsible for the system of agricultural terracing and irrigation | WGPSN |
Consus | 20°42′S159°30′W / 20.7°S 159.5°W | 64 | 2016 | Italian agricultural god who watched over the harvested and stored crop | WGPSN |
Cozobi | 45°20′N72°41′W / 45.33°N 72.69°W | 24 | 2015 | Zapotec (S. Mexico) god of maize and of abundant food | WGPSN |
Dada | 58°38′N23°14′W / 58.63°N 23.24°W | 12 | 2015 | Nigerian god of vegetables | WGPSN |
Dantu | 24°18′N138°14′E / 24.3°N 138.23°E | 126 | 2015 | Ghanan god associated with the planting of the corn | WGPSN |
Darzamat | 44°13′S76°24′E / 44.21°S 76.4°E | 92 | 2015 | Darzamate Dārza-māte; Latvian spirit "Mother of the garden." | WGPSN |
Datan | 59°30′N107°41′W / 59.5°N 107.69°W | 60 | 2015 | Polish god of the tilling of the soil | WGPSN |
Dikhan | 81°48′N78°06′E / 81.8°N 78.1°E | 21 | 2017 | Dikhan baba; Kazakh preislamic deity of farming | WGPSN |
Doliku | 40°47′S5°53′E / 40.79°S 5.88°E | 15 | 2015 | Dahomey (Benin) god of the fields | WGPSN |
Duginavi | 39°12′N4°17′E / 39.2°N 4.29°E | 155 | 2016 | Kogi (N. Colombia) god who taught people agriculture | WGPSN |
Ernutet | 52°56′N45°31′E / 52.93°N 45.52°E | 53.4 | 2015 | Egyptian cobra-headed goddess of the harvest | WGPSN |
Enzinu | 43°14′N164°18′W / 43.24°N 164.3°W | 116 | 2015 | Sumerian goddess of the grain | WGPSN |
Fejokoo | 29°09′N47°53′W / 29.15°N 47.89°W | 68 | 2015 | Nigerian god who supplied the yams | WGPSN |
Fluusa | 31°19′S178°13′E / 31.31°S 178.22°E | 60 | 2015 | Oscan (ancient S. Italy) goddess of flowers counterpart of Roman goddess Flora | WGPSN |
Gaue | 30°49′N86°10′E / 30.81°N 86.16°E | 80 | 2015 | Germanic goddess to whom offerings are made in harvesting the rye | WGPSN |
Geshtin | 57°00′N101°11′W / 57°N 101.19°W | 80 | 2015 | Sumerian/Babylonian goddess of the vine | WGPSN |
Ghanan | 76°34′N30°46′E / 76.56°N 30.76°E | 68 | 2015 | Mayan god of maize | WGPSN |
Hakumyi | 51°25′N27°45′E / 51.42°N 27.75°E | 29.2 | 2016 | Paraguay Brazil and Bolivia spirit helpful in gardening | WGPSN |
Hamori | 60°52′S79°26′E / 60.86°S 79.44°E | 60 | 2015 | Japanese god protector of tree leaves | WGPSN |
Hatipowa | 16°05′S2°17′W / 16.08°S 2.29°W | 40 | 2016 | Indian god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Haulani | 5°48′N10°46′E / 5.8°N 10.77°E | 34 | 2015 | Hau-lani; Hawaiian plant goddess | WGPSN |
Heneb | 10°52′N168°58′W / 10.87°N 168.96°W | 39 | 2015 | Egyptian god of grain produce and vineyards | WGPSN |
Homshuk | 11°14′N94°04′E / 11.23°N 94.06°E | 70 | 2015 | Popoluca (S. Mexico) spirit of corn (maize) | WGPSN |
Ialonus | 48°09′N168°32′E / 48.15°N 168.53°E | 16.5 | 2016 | British god of the cultivated field and of the meadows | WGPSN |
Ikapati | 33°50′N45°37′E / 33.84°N 45.61°E | 50 | 2015 | Philippine goddess of the cultivated lands | WGPSN |
Inamahari | 14°08′N89°13′E / 14.13°N 89.22°E | 68 | 2015 | Ancient Siouan (S. Carolina USA) pair of male and female deities invoked for success at the sowing season | WGPSN |
Insitor | 10°43′S124°52′E / 10.71°S 124.87°E | 26 | 2015 | Roman agricultural deity in charge of the sowing | WGPSN |
Jaja | 52°05′N125°16′E / 52.09°N 125.27°E | 22 | 2015 | Abkhazian (Transcaucasia) harvest goddess | WGPSN |
Jarimba | 24°05′S21°15′E / 24.08°S 21.25°E | 69 | 2015 | Arunta/Aranda (Australia) god of flowers and fruit | WGPSN |
Jarovit | 67°54′N75°16′W / 67.9°N 75.26°W | 66 | 2015 | Slavic god of fertility and harvest who comes down to the Underworld after every harvest and returns to a usual world every spring | WGPSN |
Juling | 35°54′S168°29′E / 35.9°S 168.48°E | 20 | 2015 | Sakai/Orang Asli (Malaysia) spirit of the crops | WGPSN |
Kaikara | 42°49′N137°34′W / 42.82°N 137.57°W | 72 | 2015 | Konjo and Banyoro/Nyoro (Uganda) goddess of harvest | WGPSN |
Kait | 2°06′S137°34′W / 2.1°S 137.57°W | 0.4 | 2015 | Hattic goddess of grain (Asia Minor) | WGPSN |
Kerwan | 10°46′S123°59′E / 10.77°S 123.99°E | 280 | 2015 | Hopi spirit of the sprouting maize (Arizona SW USA) | WGPSN |
Kiriamma | 50°19′N126°20′E / 50.32°N 126.33°E | 18.7 | 2016 | Veddan (Sri Lanka) goddess provider of food ("Milk mother") | WGPSN |
Kirnis | 4°54′N95°42′W / 4.9°N 95.7°W | 115 | 2015 | Lithuanian spirit guardian of cherry trees | WGPSN |
Kondos | 19°20′S17°19′E / 19.34°S 17.31°E | 44 | 2015 | Finnish agricultural deity | WGPSN |
Kumitoga | 10°05′S178°50′E / 10.09°S 178.83°E | 96 | 2015 | Polynesian goddess of plant life | WGPSN |
Kupalo | 39°26′S173°12′E / 39.44°S 173.2°E | 26 | 2015 | Russian god of vegetation and of the harvest | WGPSN |
Laukumate | 65°02′N159°25′E / 65.03°N 159.42°E | 29.7 | 2016 | Latvian spirit "Mother of the fields." | WGPSN |
Liber | 42°34′N37°48′E / 42.56°N 37.8°E | 23 | 2015 | Roman god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Lociyo | 6°32′S131°10′W / 6.53°S 131.17°W | 37.8 | 2016 | Zapotec (Mexico) deity to whom a ceremony is performed when the first chili plant is cut | WGPSN |
Lono | 36°37′S55°38′W / 36.61°S 55.63°W | 20 | 2015 | Hawaiian god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Meanderi | 40°48′S165°49′W / 40.8°S 165.81°W | 103 | 2015 | Ngaing (New Guinea) goddess of taro sugar cane and other foods | WGPSN |
Megwomets | 36°32′N146°13′E / 36.54°N 146.22°E | 78.7 | 2016 | Yurok (California USA) dwarf god of acorns and the distributor of vegetal abundance | WGPSN |
Messor | 49°56′N126°16′W / 49.93°N 126.27°W | 40 | 2015 | Roman god of harvesting of cutting of the grain | WGPSN |
Mlezi | 76°00′N136°48′W / 76°N 136.8°W | 41.5 | 2017 | Name of god Tilo as "Food-Giver" (Tonga tribes of Malawi and Zambia) | WGPSN |
Mondamin | 62°14′S6°00′W / 62.24°S 6°W | 126 | 2015 | Ojibwe /Chippewa corn (maize) god (Lake Superior area Canada and USA) | WGPSN |
Nawish | 18°17′N166°13′W / 18.28°N 166.21°W | 77 | 2015 | Acoma (New Mexico SW USA) guardian of the field | WGPSN |
Nepen | 6°11′N139°28′W / 6.19°N 139.46°W | 26.4 | 2016 | Egyptian god of rain | WGPSN |
Ninsar | 30°18′N96°44′W / 30.3°N 96.74°W | 40 | 2015 | Sumerian goddess of plants and vegetation | WGPSN |
Occator | 19°49′N120°40′W / 19.82°N 120.67°W | 92 | 2015 | Roman agricultural deity of the harrowing | WGPSN |
Oltagon | 25°57′S37°58′E / 25.95°S 37.96°E | 28 | 2015 | Philippine agricultural goddess | WGPSN |
Omonga | 58°02′N71°40′E / 58.03°N 71.67°E | 77 | 2015 | Tomori/Mori (Celebes/Sulawesi Indonesia) rice spirit who dwells in the Moon | WGPSN |
Oxo | 42°13′N0°24′W / 42.21°N 0.4°W | 10 | 2015 | God of agriculture in Afro-Brazilian beliefs of Yoruba derivation | WGPSN |
Piuku | 15°22′S36°59′E / 15.37°S 36.99°E | 31 | 2015 | Barama River Caribs (Guyana) god of the manioc | WGPSN |
Rao | 8°06′N119°01′E / 8.1°N 119.01°E | 12 | 2015 | Polynesian god of turmeric | WGPSN |
Razeka | 3°13′S61°38′E / 3.21°S 61.63°E | 38.38 | 2016 | Arabian tribal god worshipped as the provider of food | WGPSN |
Rongo | 3°13′N11°17′W / 3.21°N 11.29°W | 68 | 2015 | Maori (New Zealand) god of agriculture of cultivated foods | WGPSN |
Roskva | 58°54′N26°59′W / 58.9°N 26.98°W | 22 | 2015 | Teutonic goddess who symbolizes the ripe fields of harvest | WGPSN |
Sekhet | 66°25′S104°57′W / 66.42°S 104.95°W | 40 | 2015 | Egyptian name of Isis as goddess of cultivated lands and fields | WGPSN |
Shakaema | 3°40′S33°56′E / 3.66°S 33.93°E | 47 | 2015 | Jivaro (Ecuador and Peru) god of vegetation invoked in the planting and cultivation of bananas | WGPSN |
Sintana | 48°04′S46°12′E / 48.07°S 46.2°E | 58 | 2015 | Columbian deity who produced the fertile black earth for sowing | WGPSN |
Tafakula | 19°49′S88°35′E / 19.82°S 88.59°E | 34 | 2015 | Tongan (Polynesia) goddess invoked for favorable seasons for the crops | WGPSN |
Tahu | 6°35′S44°47′E / 6.59°S 44.79°E | 25 | 2015 | Maori (New Zealand) personification of all food | WGPSN |
Takel | 50°46′N79°31′W / 50.76°N 79.52°W | 22 | 2015 | Malaysian goddess in charge of the tuber harvest | WGPSN |
Tawals | 39°04′S121°59′W / 39.06°S 121.98°W | 8.8 | 2016 | Polish god of the fields of the tilling | WGPSN |
Tibong | 29°49′S7°48′W / 29.82°S 7.8°W | 36 | 2015 | Land Dayaks (Borneo/Kalimantan Indonesia) malevolent spirit who devours and depletes the rice | WGPSN |
Toharu | 48°19′S155°57′E / 48.32°S 155.95°E | 86 | 2015 | Pawnee (Nebraska Central USA) god of food and vegetation | WGPSN |
Tupo | 32°21′S88°23′E / 32.35°S 88.38°E | 36 | 2015 | Polynesian god of turmeric | WGPSN |
Uvara | 45°40′S110°46′W / 45.66°S 110.76°W | 170 | 2015 | Indian and Iranian deity of plants and fields | WGPSN |
Victa | 36°14′N58°58′W / 36.23°N 58.96°W | 32 | 2015 | Roman goddess of food and nourishment | WGPSN |
Vinotonus | 43°01′N95°07′E / 43.02°N 95.12°E | 140 | 2015 | Celtic Briton god of vines | WGPSN |
Xochipilli | 56°40′N93°13′E / 56.66°N 93.21°E | 22.7 | 2016 | Aztec fertility god associated with maize and flowers; patron of music and dance | WGPSN |
Yalode | 42°35′S67°31′W / 42.58°S 67.52°W | 260 | 2015 | Dahomey goddess worshipped by women at the harvest rites | WGPSN |
Zadeni | 70°22′S38°20′E / 70.36°S 38.34°E | 129.28 | 2015 | Ancient Georgian god of bountiful harvest | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cora | 57°05′N351°43′E / 57.09°N 351.72°E | 9 | 2020 | Cora, the lead protagonist in the 2016 novel The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead | WGPSN |
Dorothy | 58°32′N40°35′E / 58.53°N 40.58°E | 261 | 2018 | Dorothy Gale, protagonist of the Oz novels by L. Frank Baum | WGPSN |
Nasreddin | 26°54′N309°42′E / 26.9°N 309.7°E | 29.7 | 2018 | Nasreddin, a Sufi traveler from folklore | WGPSN |
Nemo | 15°42′S314°06′E / 15.7°S 314.1°E | 44 | 2018 | character in novels by Jules Verne | WGPSN |
Pirx | 55°12′N256°18′E / 55.2°N 256.3°E | 90 | 2018 | main character in short stories by Stanisław Lem | WGPSN |
Revati | 20°42′N35°24′E / 20.7°N 35.4°E | 40 | 2018 | main character in the Hindu epic narrative Mahabharata | WGPSN |
Sadko | 16°06′S331°12′E / 16.1°S 331.2°E | 28 | 2018 | adventurer who traveled to the bottom of the sea in the medieval Russian epic Bylina | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acmon | 39°S138°E / 39°S 138°E | 0.3 | 1997 | One of the original three Dactyls | WGPSN |
Celmis | 46°S140°W / 46°S 140°W | 0.2 | 1997 | One of the original three Dactyls | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swift | 12°30′N1°48′E / 12.5°N 1.8°E | 1 | 1973 | Jonathan; British writer (1667-1745) | WGPSN |
Voltaire | 22°00′N3°30′W / 22°N 3.5°W | 1.9 | 1973 | Francios-Marie Arouet; French writer (1694-1778) | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acestes | 50°06′N116°38′E / 50.1°N 116.63°E | 108 | 2008 | King of Sicily | WGPSN |
Adrastus | 61°40′S46°34′W / 61.66°S 46.57°W | 38.5 | 1982 | King of Argos one of the seven against Thebes and the only one to return alive | WGPSN |
Aeneas | 25°53′N46°16′W / 25.89°N 46.27°W | 161 | 1982 | Hero of the Aeneid. The son of Anchises and Venus and a member of the royal family of Troy | WGPSN |
Alcander | 52°53′S64°31′E / 52.89°S 64.51°E | 120 | 2011 | A Trojan defending Aeneas’ camp against the Rutulians killed by Turnus | WGPSN |
Allecto | 7°44′S135°26′E / 7.73°S 135.44°E | 106 | 2008 | One of the Furies | WGPSN |
Amastrus | 9°58′S122°58′E / 9.96°S 122.97°E | 62.4 | 2008 | A Trojan victim of Camilla | WGPSN |
Amata | 5°10′N80°11′E / 5.17°N 80.19°E | 76 | 1982 | Mother of Lavinia (wife of Aeneas) | WGPSN |
Amycus | 37°31′S88°37′W / 37.52°S 88.62°W | 27.3 | 2008 | A Trojan comrade of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Anchises | 34°S65°W / 34°S 65°W | 47 | 1982 | Aeneas' father | WGPSN |
Anna | 63°23′S89°58′W / 63.38°S 89.96°W | 14.2 | 2008 | Sister and confidante of Dido | WGPSN |
Antenor | 7°00′S11°32′W / 7°S 11.54°W | 81 | 1982 | Nephew of Priam. He escaped the fall of Troy and reached Italy before Aeneas where he founded Padua | WGPSN |
Ascanius | 33°26′N127°49′E / 33.43°N 127.82°E | 98 | 2008 | Son of Aeneas by Creusa | WGPSN |
Assaracus | 32°39′N8°47′W / 32.65°N 8.79°W | 60 | 2011 | Early king of Troy son of Tros brother of Ilus and Ganymede | WGPSN |
Aulestes | 9°54′N147°44′W / 9.9°N 147.73°W | 50 | 2008 | Etruscan chief ally of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Butes | 65°43′N46°24′W / 65.72°N 46.4°W | 35 | 1982 | A famous boxer who had been defeated by Dares | WGPSN |
Caieta | 24°43′S79°38′W / 24.71°S 79.63°W | 50 | 1982 | A nurse of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Camilla | 4°22′S60°37′W / 4.36°S 60.61°W | 31.9 | 2008 | A warrior maiden; ally of Turnus | WGPSN |
Cassandra | 39°50′S113°47′E / 39.84°S 113.78°E | 13 | 1982 | Daughter of Priam; she could foretell the future | WGPSN |
Catillus | 2°23′S84°42′E / 2.38°S 84.7°E | 42.2 | 1982 | Brother of Tiburtus and twin brother of Coras | WGPSN |
Coras | 0°23′N91°33′E / 0.39°N 91.55°E | 43 | 1982 | Brother of Tiburtus and twin brother of Catillus. He was founder of Tibur and an ally of Turnus against Aeneas | WGPSN |
Cretheus | 43°21′S88°32′W / 43.35°S 88.53°W | 29 | 2008 | A Trojan warrior who took part in the defense of Aeneas’ camp against the Rutulians | WGPSN |
Creusa | 49°11′N76°19′W / 49.19°N 76.32°W | 36.2 | 1982 | Daughter of Priam; first wife of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Daucus | 15°23′S58°52′E / 15.38°S 58.86°E | 80 | 2008 | A Rutulian father of the twins Thymber and Larides | WGPSN |
Dercennus | 29°45′N80°04′E / 29.75°N 80.07°E | 86.2 | 2008 | Ancient king of the Laurentians | WGPSN |
Dido | 23°58′S18°49′W / 23.97°S 18.82°W | 122 | 1982 | Tyrian princess who founded Carthage | WGPSN |
Entellus | 10°56′S149°28′E / 10.93°S 149.46°E | 63 | 2008 | Sicilian boxing champion | WGPSN |
Erulus | 35°00′S104°46′W / 35°S 104.76°W | 120 | 2008 | Superhuman son of the goddess Feronia | WGPSN |
Eumelus | 0°06′S65°58′W / 0.1°S 65.96°W | 35.1 | 2008 | A Trojan companion of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Euryalus | 74°22′S0°00′E / 74.36°S -0°E | 35 | 2008 | A Trojan companion of Aeneas friend of Nisus | WGPSN |
Evander | 57°S145°W / 57°S 145°W | 350 | 2008 | Son of Mercury by Carmentis ally of Aeneas against the Latins mythical king of Arcadia founded and ruled Pallanteum built on the future site of Rome | WGPSN |
Fadus | 35°56′S134°49′E / 35.94°S 134.82°E | 47 | 2011 | A Rutulian of those besieging the men of Aeneas in their leader's absence | WGPSN |
Galaesus | 46°46′N63°45′E / 46.77°N 63.75°E | 79 | 2011 | An old Italian killed in the first fighting between Latins and Trojans while trying to make peace | WGPSN |
Haemon | 84°20′N83°41′E / 84.33°N 83.69°E | 65.22 | 2011 | There are two persons in the Aeneid with this name: (a) a Rutulian from a group attacking the Trojan's camp in the absence of Aeneas and (b) an Italian whose son priest of Apollo and Diana was a soldier of Turnus | WGPSN |
Halys | 59°10′S53°43′W / 59.17°S 53.72°W | 35.2 | 1982 | A Trojan defending Aeneas' camp against the Rutulian attack. He was killed by Turnus | WGPSN |
Herbesus | 34°41′N156°07′W / 34.68°N 156.11°W | 58.4 | 2008 | A Rutulian who besieged Aeneas' camp | WGPSN |
Iasus | 22°08′S114°05′E / 22.13°S 114.08°E | 54 | 2011 | There are two persons in the Aeneid with this name: (a) father of Palinurus and (b) father of Iapyx | WGPSN |
Ilia | 0°30′S13°44′E / 0.5°S 13.73°E | 52.4 | 1982 | Also known as Rhea Silvia; Mother by Mars of Romulus and Remus the founders of Rome | WGPSN |
Italus | 18°28′S76°25′W / 18.47°S 76.41°W | 35.7 | 1982 | Ancient hero eponymous ancestor of the Italians | WGPSN |
Lagus | 13°34′S102°57′W / 13.56°S 102.95°W | 77 | 2008 | A soldier of Turnus | WGPSN |
Lamyrus | 53°40′N104°23′E / 53.67°N 104.39°E | 61 | 2011 | A Rutulian with the troops besieging the camp of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Larides | 7°10′N48°35′E / 7.17°N 48.58°E | 29 | 2008 | A Rutulian member of Turnus’ army son of Daucus twin brother of Thymber | WGPSN |
Latagus | 14°39′N26°28′W / 14.65°N 26.46°W | 41 | 1982 | Soldier of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Latinus | 52°11′N159°00′E / 52.19°N 159°E | 130 | 2008 | King of Latium husband of Amata | WGPSN |
Lausus | 34°49′N22°46′W / 34.81°N 22.76°W | 23.5 | 1982 | Son of Mezentius killed by Aeneas | WGPSN |
Liger | 24°00′N126°38′W / 24°N 126.63°W | 53 | 2008 | Soldier of Turnus brother of Lucagus | WGPSN |
Lucagus | 22°09′N131°15′W / 22.15°N 131.25°W | 45.7 | 2008 | Soldier of Turnus brother of Liger | WGPSN |
Magus | 18°26′N24°21′W / 18.44°N 24.35°W | 45.8 | 1982 | A soldier of Turnus killed by Aeneas | WGPSN |
Massicus | 35°00′S55°23′W / 35°S 55.39°W | 39 | 1982 | An Etruscan ally of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Metiscus | 6°00′N93°17′W / 6°N 93.29°W | 43.8 | 2008 | A Rutulian charioteer of Turnus | WGPSN |
Mezentius | 19°10′N177°00′E / 19.16°N 177°E | 51 | 2008 | Etruscan king ally of Turnus father of Lausus | WGPSN |
Murranus | 12°49′N90°44′W / 12.82°N 90.73°W | 56.8 | 2008 | A Rutulian | WGPSN |
Nisus | 68°11′S25°00′E / 68.18°S 25°E | 35 | 2008 | Trojan companion of Aeneas friend of Euryalus | WGPSN |
Oebalus | 44°28′N8°24′E / 44.47°N 8.4°E | 35.7 | 2011 | An ally of Turnus son of Telon and Sebethis | WGPSN |
Pagasus | 3°S119°E / 3°S 119°E | 67 | 2008 | An Etruscan killed by Camilla | WGPSN |
Palinurus | 3°18′S63°00′W / 3.3°S 63°W | 11.9 | 1982 | Pilot of Aeneas' fleet | WGPSN |
Phaleris | 77°24′S166°35′W / 77.4°S 166.58°W | 44 | 2008 | Trojan defending Aeneas' camp against Rutulian attack | WGPSN |
Phorbas | 81°12′N131°17′W / 81.2°N 131.29°W | 69.3 | 2011 | A Trojan companion of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Prytanis | 46°15′S72°36′E / 46.25°S 72.6°E | 96 | 2008 | Trojan defending Aeneas' camp against Rutulian attack | WGPSN |
Remus | 13°35′S31°54′W / 13.58°S 31.9°W | 62 | 1982 | He and his brother Romulus founded Rome | WGPSN |
Ripheus | 56°28′S36°48′W / 56.47°S 36.8°W | 34 | 1982 | A Trojan. He fought at the side of Aeneas during Troy's last night | WGPSN |
Romulus | 8°09′S26°51′W / 8.15°S 26.85°W | 90.7 | 1982 | Mythical founder of Rome in 754 or 753 B.C. son of Mars by Ilia (Rhea Silvia) | WGPSN |
Sabinus | 43°39′S173°20′E / 43.65°S 173.34°E | 88 | 1982 | Fabled ancestor of the Sabines | WGPSN |
Sagaris | 4°56′N104°12′W / 4.93°N 104.2°W | 53 | 2008 | Servant of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Salius | 65°05′N178°16′E / 65.09°N 178.27°E | 44 | 2011 | There are two persons in the Aeneid with this name: (a) a companion of Aeneas and a contestant in the foot race and (b) a Rutulian | WGPSN |
Silvius | 32°42′S27°44′E / 32.7°S 27.74°E | 74 | 2008 | Son of Aeneas and Lavinia | WGPSN |
Sulmo | 55°55′N26°30′E / 55.92°N 26.5°E | 56 | 2011 | There are two persons in the Aeneid with this name: (a) a Rutulian in the troop of Volcens and (b) an Italian whose sons fought for Turnus | WGPSN |
Telon | 16°12′S97°12′W / 16.2°S 97.2°W | 39.7 | 2011 | Ruler of the Teleboans on Capri; father of Oebalus | WGPSN |
Tereus | 2°36′S115°00′E / 2.6°S 115°E | 45 | 2008 | A Trojan killed by Camilla | WGPSN |
Thymber | 14°00′N50°51′E / 14°N 50.85°E | 27.29 | 2008 | A Rutulian member of Turnus’ army son of Daucus twin brother of Larides | WGPSN |
Tiburtus | 29°07′N170°16′E / 29.11°N 170.27°E | 59 | 2008 | Brother of the twins Catillus and Coras founder of Tibur to which he gave his name | WGPSN |
Turnus | 15°35′N14°41′E / 15.59°N 14.69°E | 101 | 1982 | Rutililan king; Aeneas' rival for hand of Lavinia | WGPSN |
Tyrrhus | 24°42′N72°06′E / 24.7°N 72.1°E | 49.1 | 2008 | Keeper of the herds for Latinus father of Silvia | WGPSN |
Volcens | 13°50′S91°29′E / 13.84°S 91.49°E | 74 | 2011 | A Latin leader of cavalry sent as reinforcements to Turnus | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahmad | 57°52′N49°59′E / 57.87°N 49.98°E | 18.13 | 1982 | Youngest son; brings father a magic apple; marries the Genie Peri Banu | WGPSN |
Ajib | 61°41′N120°37′E / 61.68°N 120.61°E | 15.68 | 2009 | Brother of Gharib in the tale The History of Gharib and His Brother Ajib | WGPSN |
Aladdin | 62°41′N22°08′W / 62.69°N 22.14°W | 30.53 | 1982 | Hero of the tale; he has the magic lamp | WGPSN |
Al-Bakbuk | 5°16′N168°23′E / 5.26°N 168.38°E | 9.2 | 2006 | The barber's first brother in The Hunchback's Tale | WGPSN |
Al-Fakik | 35°31′N53°27′E / 35.52°N 53.45°E | 15.2 | 2006 | The barber's third brother in The Hunchback's Tale | WGPSN |
Al-Haddar | 50°29′N159°13′E / 50.48°N 159.22°E | 15.08 | 2006 | The barber's second brother in The Hunchback's Tale | WGPSN |
Ali Baba | 56°50′N17°31′W / 56.84°N 17.51°W | 34.09 | 1982 | Hero of tale who found a great treasure owned by 40 thieves | WGPSN |
Al-Kuz | 18°53′S178°40′W / 18.88°S 178.66°W | 10.15 | 2006 | The barber's fourth brother in "The Hunchback’s Tale." | WGPSN |
Al-Mustazi | 21°05′S158°15′E / 21.09°S 158.25°E | 9.98 | 2006 | Father of benevolent prince Al-Mustansir in The Hunchback's Tale | WGPSN |
Ayyub | 38°35′N64°59′E / 38.58°N 64.98°E | 17.45 | 2006 | Damascus merchant father of Ghanim and Fitnah in the Tale of Ghanim Bin Ayyub the Distraught the Thrall O’ Love | WGPSN |
Aziz | 17°44′N11°31′E / 17.73°N 11.51°E | 10.52 | 2006 | Man betrothed to his cousin Azizah in The tale of Aziz and Azizah | WGPSN |
Bahman | 14°42′N61°22′W / 14.7°N 61.37°W | 10.56 | 2009 | Oldest Prince brother of Parwez and Perizadah in the tale The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette | WGPSN |
Behram | 15°26′S178°31′E / 15.43°S 178.51°E | 13.29 | 2006 | Son of a Persian king in the tale Prince Behram and the Princess Al-Datma | WGPSN |
Dalilah | 51°33′N110°21′E / 51.55°N 110.35°E | 15.51 | 1982 | Crafty old crone who fools several men | WGPSN |
Duban | 58°04′N78°44′E / 58.07°N 78.74°E | 18.73 | 1982 | Sage who cured King Yunan of leprosy | WGPSN |
Dunyazad | 41°31′N157°58′E / 41.51°N 157.96°E | 30.81 | 1982 | Sister of Shahrazad | WGPSN |
Fitnah | 45°23′N70°01′E / 45.39°N 70.01°E | 15.54 | 2006 | Daughter of Ayyub sister of Ghanim in the Tale of Ghanim Bin Ayyub the Distraught the Thrall O’ Love | WGPSN |
Ghanim | 38°44′N79°13′E / 38.74°N 79.22°E | 14.18 | 2006 | Son of Ayyub brother of Fitnah in the Tale of Ghanim Bin Ayyub the Distraught the Thrall O’Love | WGPSN |
Gharib | 81°07′N118°51′E / 81.12°N 118.85°E | 26 | 1982 | Hero of many tales | WGPSN |
Harun | 36°28′N134°16′E / 36.47°N 134.26°E | 14.58 | 2009 | Harun al-Rashid; Caliph in many tales for example Harun Al-Rashid and the Two Slave-Girls | WGPSN |
Hassan | 31°34′S171°05′E / 31.57°S 171.09°E | 15.27 | 2006 | Character in the tale Hassan of Bassorah | WGPSN |
Hisham | 48°15′N79°35′E / 48.25°N 79.59°E | 21.4 | 2009 | Caliph in the tale The Caliph Hisham and the Arab Youth | WGPSN |
Ishak | 47°36′N134°59′E / 47.6°N 134.98°E | 13.84 | 2009 | Character in the tale Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant | WGPSN |
Ja'afar | 34°36′N22°26′E / 34.6°N 22.44°E | 10.15 | 2009 | Vizier of Harun al-Rashid in the tale Nur al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis al-Jalis | WGPSN |
Jansha | 30°39′S157°24′W / 30.65°S 157.4°W | 10.8 | 2006 | Female hero in The Story of Jansha | WGPSN |
Julnar | 53°46′N12°55′E / 53.76°N 12.91°E | 17.32 | 1982 | The seaborn; heroine of nights 738 to 756 | WGPSN |
Kamar | 40°37′S32°15′W / 40.62°S 32.25°W | 19.55 | 2009 | Kamar al-Akmár; Prince son of Sabur (King of Persia) in the tale The Ebony Horse | WGPSN |
Kasim | 42°21′N173°03′W / 42.35°N 173.05°W | 10.53 | 2009 | The greedy brother of Ali Baba in the tale Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | WGPSN |
Khusrau | 4°06′S174°08′E / 4.1°S 174.14°E | 12.4 | 2006 | King husband of Shirin in the tale Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman | WGPSN |
Ma'aruf | 37°10′S26°25′E / 37.16°S 26.42°E | 7.02 | 2009 | Hero in the tale Ma'aruf the Cobbler and His Wife Fatimah | WGPSN |
Marjanah | 38°12′N56°59′E / 38.2°N 56.99°E | 12.95 | 2006 | Queen in the Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman | WGPSN |
Masrur | 66°16′N65°44′E / 66.27°N 65.73°E | 15.13 | 2009 | Eunuch sworder in the tale Nur al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis al-Jalis | WGPSN |
Morgiana | 31°45′N163°50′E / 31.75°N 163.83°E | 15.4 | 2009 | Clever slave girl in the tale Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | WGPSN |
Musa | 73°51′N11°35′W / 73.85°N 11.59°W | 21.81 | 1982 | Goes to get the vessels that contain Jinni in The City of Brass | WGPSN |
Mustafa | 30°46′S175°03′E / 30.76°S 175.05°E | 15.54 | 2009 | Old tailor in the tale Aladdin; or The Wonderful Lamp | WGPSN |
Omar | 17°53′N86°02′E / 17.89°N 86.03°E | 11.54 | 2006 | Great king father of Sharrkan and Zau al-Makán in The Tale of King Omar and his Sons | WGPSN |
Otbah | 40°02′S159°48′W / 40.03°S 159.8°W | 10.02 | 2006 | Figure in the tale Otbah and Rayya | WGPSN |
Parwez | 22°57′N25°34′W / 22.95°N 25.56°W | 13.49 | 2009 | Second prince brother of Bahman and Perizadah in the tale The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette | WGPSN |
Peri-Banu | 62°02′N40°52′E / 62.04°N 40.86°E | 14.89 | 1982 | Genie who marries Ahmad and helps him fulfill the demands of his father | WGPSN |
Perizadah | 21°07′S155°07′W / 21.12°S 155.11°W | 10.43 | 2009 | Youngest princess sister of Bahman and Parwez in the tale The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette | WGPSN |
Rayya | 32°25′S178°53′W / 32.41°S 178.88°W | 9.54 | 2006 | Female character in the tale Otbah and Rayya | WGPSN |
Sabur | 23°54′S63°49′E / 23.9°S 63.82°E | 7.53 | 2009 | King of Persia and father of Kamar in the tale The Ebony Horse | WGPSN |
Salih | 5°59′S4°24′W / 5.99°S 4.4°W | 4.41 | 1982 | Brother of Julnar | WGPSN |
Samad | 61°41′N1°14′W / 61.69°N 1.23°W | 14.98 | 1982 | Shayk who guides Musa and Talib to the mountains in The City of Brass | WGPSN |
Shahrazad | 46°30′N158°24′E / 46.5°N 158.4°E | 19.91 | 1982 | Heroine who tells King Shahryar The Tales of a Thousand Nights | WGPSN |
Shahryar | 57°43′N133°19′E / 57.71°N 133.31°E | 24 | 1982 | King whom Shahrazad beguiles with the tales of a thousand nights and a night | WGPSN |
Shakashik | 17°35′S178°44′E / 17.59°S 178.74°E | 8.5 | 2006 | The barber's sixth brother in The Hunchback's Tale | WGPSN |
Sharrkan | 16°25′N58°05′E / 16.42°N 58.09°E | 4.3 | 2006 | Son of the great King Omar in The Tale of King Omar and his Sons | WGPSN |
Shirin | 2°16′S172°49′W / 2.27°S 172.82°W | 8.84 | 2006 | Wife of King Khusrau in the tale Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman | WGPSN |
Sindbad | 66°58′N148°23′E / 66.97°N 148.39°E | 29.44 | 1982 | Voyager who had many marvelous adventures on seven voyages | WGPSN |
Yunan | 53°57′N74°13′E / 53.95°N 74.21°E | 19.52 | 2009 | Fictional king of Persian city in the tale The Tale of the Vizier and the Sage Duban | WGPSN |
Zaynab | 69°31′N26°58′W / 69.52°N 26.97°W | 23.8 | 2009 | Daughter of Dalilah in the tale The Rogueries of Dalilah the Crafty and Her Daughter Zaynab the Coney-Catcher | WGPSN |
Zumurrud | 22°14′S177°57′E / 22.23°S 177.95°E | 20.8 | 2006 | Female character in the tale Ali Shar and Zumurrud | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hilairea [error for Hilaeira] | n.a. | 1982 | Greek; sister of Phoibe daughter of Leukippos | WGPSN | |
Pollux | n.a. | 1982 | Latin name for Polydeukes Castor's twin | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abelard | 3°30′S12°12′W / 3.5°S 12.2°W | 1.1 | 2003 | Peter; French philosopher lover of Heloise (1079-1142) | WGPSN |
Aida | 7°54′N130°30′W / 7.9°N 130.5°W | 1.6 | 2003 | Ethiopian slave beloved of Egyptian officer Radames in Verdi's opera Aida (Italy 1870) | WGPSN |
Avtandil | 22°30′S126°54′E / 22.5°S 126.9°E | 1.2 | 2003 | Lover of Tinatin in Shota Rustavely's novel Knight in tiger-skin (Georgia 12th century) | WGPSN |
Bovary | 61°00′S27°18′W / 61°S 27.3°W | 0.8 | 2003 | Romantic heroine of Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary (France 19th century) | WGPSN |
Casanova | 46°36′N124°00′E / 46.6°N 124°E | 0.9 | 2003 | Giovanni; Italian adventurer lover and author (1725-1798) | WGPSN |
Catherine | 9°06′N171°06′W / 9.1°N 171.1°W | 1.1 | 2003 | Tragic lover of Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights (England 1847) | WGPSN |
Cupid | 8°06′N129°48′E / 8.1°N 129.8°E | 1.8 | 2003 | Roman god of love equivalent of Eros | WGPSN |
Don Juan | 29°30′N3°18′E / 29.5°N 3.3°E | 1.1 | 2003 | Lover character of medieval European legend retold in Molière's Don Juan (France 1665) | WGPSN |
Don Quixote | 57°42′S109°12′E / 57.7°S 109.2°E | 0.9 | 2003 | Knight-errant imagined Dulcinea as his lady-love in Cervantes' Don Quixote (Spain 1605) | WGPSN |
Dulcinea | 76°06′S87°06′E / 76.1°S 87.1°E | 1.4 | 2003 | Imaginary lady-love of the knight Don Quixote in Cervantes' Don Quixote (Spain 1605) | WGPSN |
Eurydice | 13°30′N170°00′W / 13.5°N 170°W | 2.2 | 2003 | In Greek mythology wife of singer Orpheus who fails to bring her from Hades | WGPSN |
Fujitsubo | 3°42′S62°42′W / 3.7°S 62.7°W | 1.7 | 2003 | Lover of Genji in The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Sikibu first modern novel (Japan c.1000) | WGPSN |
Galatea | 10°12′S176°54′E / 10.2°S 176.9°E | 1.4 | 2003 | Woman in Greek mythology brought to life from statue by Pygmalion legendary king of Cyprus | WGPSN |
Gamba | 20°36′S54°06′W / 20.6°S 54.1°W | 1.3 | 2003 | Marina; companion of astronomer Galileo Galilei (Italy 17th century) | WGPSN |
Genji | 19°30′S88°36′W / 19.5°S 88.6°W | 1.5 | 2003 | Prince lover of Fujitsubo in The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Sikibu (Japan c.1000) | WGPSN |
Heathcliff | 7°24′N167°54′W / 7.4°N 167.9°W | 1.1 | 2003 | Tragic lover of Catherine in Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights (England 1847) | WGPSN |
Himeros | 21°12′N77°42′E / 21.2°N 77.7°E | 10 | 2003 | Attendant of Eros; personification of the longing of love in Greek mythology | WGPSN |
Hios | 9°24′S130°54′W / 9.4°S 130.9°W | 1.3 | 2003 | Love child of Poseidon and Hiona in Greek mythology; also island (Chios) in the Aegean Sea | WGPSN |
Jahan | 74°12′N66°30′E / 74.2°N 66.5°E | 2.1 | 2003 | Shah; Mogul emperor built Taj Mahal in Agra India for wife Mumtaz Mahal (1592-1666) | WGPSN |
Kastytis | 6°48′N161°18′W / 6.8°N 161.3°W | 1.7 | 2003 | Lithuanian blacksmith lover of sea goddess Jurate; taken by her to the sea floor | WGPSN |
Leander | 25°36′N149°42′E / 25.6°N 149.7°E | 1.4 | 2003 | Lover of Hero swam to her across Hellespont every night and drowned; in despair Hero drowned herself | WGPSN |
Leylie | 3°00′S23°30′W / 3°S 23.5°W | 1.9 | 2003 | Majnoon's lover in Leylie and Majnoon poems by Jami and Navoi (Khorasan 1480s) | WGPSN |
Lolita | 35°12′S162°18′E / 35.2°S 162.3°E | 1.8 | 2003 | Young girl from V. Nabokov's novel Lolita (USA 1955) | WGPSN |
Mahal | 79°24′N170°00′W / 79.4°N 170°W | 1.2 | 2003 | Mumtaz; Mogul empress; favorite wife of Shah Jahan who built Taj Mahal (1592-1631) | WGPSN |
Majnoon | 3°48′N28°48′W / 3.8°N 28.8°W | 2.1 | 2003 | Leylie's lover in Leylie and Majnoon poems by Jami and Navoi (Khorasan 1480s) | WGPSN |
Mélisande | 67°06′N174°24′E / 67.1°N 174.4°E | 1 | 2003 | Wife of Prince Golaud and lover of his half-brother Pelléas in Maeterlinck drama (Belgium 1892) | WGPSN |
Narcissus | 18°12′N7°06′W / 18.2°N 7.1°W | 2.9 | 2003 | Young man from Greek mythology who fell in love with his own reflection in water | WGPSN |
Orpheus | 25°36′N176°42′W / 25.6°N 176.7°W | 1.1 | 2003 | Singer and musician in Greek mythology; fails to bring his love Eurydice from Hades | WGPSN |
Pao-yü | 73°12′S105°36′W / 73.2°S 105.6°W | 0.8 | 2003 | Lover of Tai-yü in novel by Ts'ao Chan (China 18th century; also Dream of the Red Chamber 1929) | WGPSN |
Pelléas | 63°06′N138°42′E / 63.1°N 138.7°E | 1.2 | 2003 | Beloved of Mélisande in Maeterlinck drama and later musical works by Faure Debussy and Schoenberg | WGPSN |
Psyche | 31°36′N94°36′W / 31.6°N 94.6°W | 4.8 | 2003 | Beloved of Eros; personification of human soul in Greek mythology | WGPSN |
Pygmalion | 1°48′S168°54′E / 1.8°S 168.9°E | 1.7 | 2003 | King of Cyprus; carved statue of woman brought to life as Galatea whom he married | WGPSN |
Radames | 5°12′S115°06′W / 5.2°S 115.1°W | 1.6 | 2003 | Egyptian officer beloved of Ethiopian slave Aida in Verdi's opera Aida (Italy 1870) | WGPSN |
Selene | 14°12′S12°30′W / 14.2°S 12.5°W | 3.6 | 2003 | Moon goddess in Greek mythology lover of Endymion | WGPSN |
Tai-yü | 47°00′S126°06′W / 47°S 126.1°W | 1.4 | 2003 | Beloved by Pao-yü in novel by Ts'ao Chan (China 18th century; also Dream of the Red Chamber 1929) | WGPSN |
Tutanekai | 56°24′N3°18′W / 56.4°N 3.3°W | 2.1 | 2003 | Māori hero beloved of young maiden Hinemoa who swam across Lake Rotorua to marry him | WGPSN |
Valentine | 14°36′N151°36′E / 14.6°N 151.6°E | 2.2 | 2003 | St. Valentine's Day (principally Roman) for all lovers | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Achelous | 61°54′N11°47′W / 61.9°N 11.78°W | 40 | 1979 | Achelous, Greek river god; father of Callirrhoe, Ganymede's mother. | WGPSN |
Adad | 57°26′N1°59′E / 57.43°N 1.98°E | 39 | 1979 | Adad, Assyro-Babylonian god of thunder. | WGPSN |
Adapa | 73°05′N31°19′W / 73.08°N 31.32°W | 57 | 1979 | Adapa, Assyro-Babylonian; lost immortality when, at Ea's advice, he refused food of life. | WGPSN |
Agreus | 15°52′N127°18′E / 15.87°N 127.3°E | 63 | 1985 | Agreus, Hunter god in Tyre. | WGPSN |
Agrotes | 60°56′N167°23′E / 60.93°N 167.38°E | 74 | 1985 | Agrotes, Tyre; greatest god of Gebal; farmer god. | WGPSN |
Aleyin | 15°08′N134°05′W / 15.14°N 134.08°W | 12.4 | 1997 | Aleyin, Son of Ba'al, spirit of springs. | WGPSN |
Ammura | 31°46′N17°39′E / 31.76°N 17.65°E | 61.5 | 1979 | Amurru, Mesopotamian; god representing the western nomads. | WGPSN |
Amon | 33°41′N139°23′E / 33.69°N 139.39°E | 102 | 1985 | Amon, Theban king of gods. | WGPSN |
Amset | 14°25′S178°45′W / 14.41°S 178.75°W | 11 | 1997 | Amset, One of the four gods of the dead, son of Horus. | WGPSN |
Anat | 4°06′S128°00′W / 4.1°S 128°W | 2.9 | 1985 | Anat, Ugaritic war goddess. Note: Defines 128 degrees longitude on Ganymede. | WGPSN |
Andjeti | 52°45′S161°06′W / 52.75°S 161.1°W | 52 | 1985 | Andjeti, Egyptian; first god of Busirus. | WGPSN |
Anhur | 32°38′N167°41′E / 32.63°N 167.68°E | 25 | 1997 | Anhur, Egyptian warrior god. | WGPSN |
Antum | 5°05′N141°04′E / 5.09°N 141.06°E | 14.75 | 1985 | Antum, Mesopotamian; wife of Anu. | WGPSN |
Anu | 65°14′N15°45′E / 65.24°N 15.75°E | 55 | 1979 | Anu, Mesopotamian sky god. | WGPSN |
Anubis | 84°26′S128°40′W / 84.44°S 128.66°W | 114 | 1988 | Anubis, Egyptian jackal-headed god who opened the underworld to the dead. | WGPSN |
Anzu | 63°31′N62°44′W / 63.51°N 62.73°W | 210 | 2000 | Anzu, Gigantic lion-headed bird-like figure, the Sumerian Thunderbird. | WGPSN |
Apophis | 8°07′S83°50′E / 8.12°S 83.84°E | 57 | 2000 | Apophis, Egyptian gigantic serpent symbolizing chaos or nonexistence. | WGPSN |
Ashîma | 39°03′S122°59′W / 39.05°S 122.98°W | 84 | 1985 | Ashîm, Semitic-Arab god of fate. | WGPSN |
Asshur | 54°10′N26°31′E / 54.16°N 26.52°E | 25.5 | 1979 | Asshur, national god of ancient Assyria. | WGPSN |
Atra-hasis | 22°32′N105°53′E / 22.54°N 105.89°E | 133 | 2000 | Atra-hasis, Exceedingly wise' hero of Akkadian myth, survived the great flood. | WGPSN |
Aya | 68°20′N37°59′E / 68.34°N 37.98°E | 38 | 1979 | Aya, Mesopotamian dawn goddess; wife of Shamash. | WGPSN |
Ba'al | 24°55′N30°02′E / 24.92°N 30.03°E | 43 | 1979 | Ba'al, Phoenician; Canaanite god. | WGPSN |
Bau | 23°03′N48°40′W / 23.05°N 48.67°W | 77 | 1988 | Bau, Mesopotamian medicine goddess; daughter of Anu and patroness of Lagash. | WGPSN |
Bes | 25°29′S179°02′E / 25.48°S 179.04°E | 63 | 1985 | Bes, Egyptian god of marriage. | WGPSN |
Chrysor | 15°18′N134°20′W / 15.3°N 134.34°W | 7 | 1997 | Chrysor, Phoenician god; inventor of bait, fishing hooks and line, first to sail. | WGPSN |
Cisti | 31°36′S64°14′W / 31.6°S 64.23°W | 70 | 1997 | Cisti, Iranian healing god. | WGPSN |
Damkina | 30°10′S4°53′W / 30.17°S 4.88°W | 190 | 2006 | Damkina, wife of the Mesopotamian god Enki (Ea), mother of Marduk in Enuma Elish. | WGPSN |
Danel | 4°20′S21°18′W / 4.33°S 21.3°W | 56 | 1979 | Danel, Phoenician; mythical hero versed in art of divination. | WGPSN |
Dendera | 1°07′S104°32′E / 1.12°S 104.54°E | 82 | 2000 | Dendera, Town where Hathor was chief goddess. (Name changed from Dendera Facula.) | WGPSN |
Diment | 23°08′N8°14′E / 23.14°N 8.23°E | 40 | 1979 | Diment, Egyptian goddess of the dwelling place of the dead. | WGPSN |
Ea | 17°43′N148°44′W / 17.72°N 148.73°W | 20 | 1997 | Ea, Assyro-Babylonian god of water, wisdom, and the earth. | WGPSN |
El | 1°01′N151°22′W / 1.01°N 151.36°W | 55 | 1997 | El, head of the pantheon of Ugarit in the late Bronze Age. | WGPSN |
Enkidu | 26°37′S34°52′E / 26.61°S 34.87°E | 122 | 1982 | Enkidu, Friend of Gilgamesh. | WGPSN |
Enlil | 55°22′N47°54′E / 55.36°N 47.9°E | 34.6 | 1979 | Enlil, head of the Mesopotamian pantheon. | WGPSN |
En-zu | 11°35′N168°24′W / 11.59°N 168.4°W | 5 | 1997 | Enzu, one of the names of the Mesopotamian moon god. | WGPSN |
Epigeus | 22°58′N179°21′E / 22.96°N 179.35°E | 343 | 1997 | Epigeus, Phoenician god. | WGPSN |
Erichthonius | 15°19′S175°16′W / 15.32°S 175.26°W | 31 | 1997 | Erichthonius, Possible father of Ganymede. | WGPSN |
Eshmun | 17°27′S167°53′E / 17.45°S 167.88°E | 98 | 1979 | Eshmun, Phoenician; divinity of Sidon. | WGPSN |
Etana | 74°44′N19°39′E / 74.74°N 19.65°E | 46 | 1979 | Etana, Assyro-Babylonian; asked the eagle for an herb to give him an heir. | WGPSN |
Gad | 13°34′S137°34′W / 13.56°S 137.56°W | 72 | 1985 | Gad, Semitic god of fate or good fortune. | WGPSN |
Geb | 56°25′N177°21′E / 56.41°N 177.35°E | 60 | 1985 | Geb, Heliopolis Earth god. | WGPSN |
Geinos | 18°38′N140°34′E / 18.64°N 140.56°E | 56 | 1985 | Geinos, Tyre; god of brick making. | WGPSN |
Gilgamesh | 62°50′S124°50′W / 62.84°S 124.83°W | 153 | 1979 | Gilgamesh, Assyro-Babylonian; sought immortality after Enkidu died. | WGPSN |
Gir | 34°03′N145°45′W / 34.05°N 145.75°W | 73 | 1985 | Girra, Mesopotamian fire god. | WGPSN |
Gula | 64°09′N12°18′W / 64.15°N 12.3°W | 38 | 1979 | Gula, Mesopotamian; medicine goddess. | WGPSN |
Gushkin | 20°45′N45°59′W / 20.75°N 45.98°W | 40.5 | 2016 | Gushkin-Banda, Sumerian patron god of goldsmiths. | WGPSN |
Halieus | 34°27′N167°08′W / 34.45°N 167.14°W | 90 | 1985 | Halieus, Tyre; fisherman god. | WGPSN |
Hapi | 30°34′S147°20′E / 30.57°S 147.34°E | 96 | 1988 | Hapi, Egyptian god of the Nile. | WGPSN |
Harakhtes | 35°57′N100°16′W / 35.95°N 100.26°W | 108 | 2000 | Harakhtes, "Horus of the Two Horizons", form of Egyptian god Horus who represents the path of the sun. | WGPSN |
Haroeris | 28°32′N63°11′E / 28.53°N 63.18°E | 70 | 2000 | Haroeris, Egyptian sky god whose eyes are the sun and the moon, a form of Horus. | WGPSN |
Hathor | 66°54′S91°16′E / 66.9°S 91.26°E | 173 | 1979 | Hathor, Egyptian goddess of joy and love. | WGPSN |
Hay-tau | 14°26′N133°08′W / 14.44°N 133.13°W | 27 | 1997 | Hay-tau, Nega god, spirit of forest vegetation. | WGPSN |
Hedetet | 32°55′S108°59′E / 32.91°S 108.99°E | 106 | 2000 | Hedetet, Egyptian scorpion goddess. | WGPSN |
Hershef | 47°23′N90°37′E / 47.39°N 90.62°E | 120 | 2000 | Hershef, Egyptian ram-headed god. | WGPSN |
Humbaba | 55°09′S67°19′W / 55.15°S 67.31°W | 40 | 2000 | Humbaba, Babylonian terrifying guardian of the cedar forests. | WGPSN |
Ilah | 22°00′N160°37′W / 22°N 160.62°W | 76 | 1985 | Ilah, First Sumerian sky god.[ citation needed ] | WGPSN |
Ilus | 13°28′S110°26′W / 13.46°S 110.43°W | 90 | 1985 | Ilus, Ganymede's brother. | WGPSN |
Irkalla | 32°31′S114°50′W / 32.52°S 114.84°W | 117 | 1985 | Irkalla, Sumerian goddess of underworld, seen by Enkidu in a dream. | WGPSN |
Ishkur | 0°22′N8°22′W / 0.37°N 8.37°W | 67 | 1985 | Ishkur, Sumerian god of rain. | WGPSN |
Isimu | 8°30′N8°22′W / 8.5°N 8.37°W | 89.5 | 1985 | Isimud, Sumerian god, servant of Enki. | WGPSN |
Isis | 67°17′S158°48′E / 67.28°S 158.8°E | 75 | 1979 | Isis, Egyptian goddess; wife of Osiris. | WGPSN |
Kadi | 47°41′N178°30′W / 47.68°N 178.5°W | 87 | 1985 | KA.DI, a writing of the name of the Mesopotamian god Ishtaran. | WGPSN |
Khensu | 1°01′N152°56′W / 1.02°N 152.93°W | 17 | 1997 | Khensu, Egyptian moon god. | WGPSN |
Khepri | 20°25′N147°34′W / 20.41°N 147.56°W | 47 | 1997 | Khepri, God of transformations for the Heliopitans. | WGPSN |
Khonsu | 37°31′S169°10′E / 37.51°S 169.17°E | 80 | 1988 | Khonsu, Egyptian moon god. | WGPSN |
Khumbam | 24°06′S24°39′E / 24.1°S 24.65°E | 57 | 1979 | Humban, Elamite god of kingship. | WGPSN |
Kingu | 34°40′S132°58′E / 34.66°S 132.97°E | 78 | 1988 | Kingu, Babylonian; conquered leader of Tiamat's forces whose blood was used to create man. | WGPSN |
Kishar | 72°42′N10°32′E / 72.7°N 10.54°E | 78 | 1979 | Kishar, Assyro-Babylonian; terrestrial progenitor goddess. | WGPSN |
Kittu | 0°24′N25°24′E / 0.4°N 25.4°E | 15 | 1985 | Kittum, Mesopotamian; a goddess of justice. | WGPSN |
Kulla | 33°13′N113°52′W / 33.22°N 113.87°W | 93 | 1985 | Kulla, Sumerian god of brick making. | WGPSN |
Lagamal | 64°18′N115°47′E / 64.3°N 115.79°E | 131 | 2000 | Lagamal, Mesopotamian; minor underworld deity. | WGPSN |
Latpon | 58°44′N171°13′W / 58.74°N 171.21°W | 43 | 1997 | Latpon, One of the sons of El. | WGPSN |
Lugalmeslam | 23°43′N166°07′E / 23.72°N 166.11°E | 64 | 1997 | Lugalmeslam, Sumerian god of the underworld. | WGPSN |
Lumha | 36°01′N154°14′W / 36.01°N 154.23°W | 58 | 1985 | Lumha, Title of Enki as patron of singers; also Babylonian priest. | WGPSN |
Maa | 1°18′N156°22′E / 1.3°N 156.37°E | 31 | 1997 | Maa, Egyptian god of the sense of sight. | WGPSN |
Mehit | 28°57′N164°23′W / 28.95°N 164.39°W | 47 | 1985 | Mehit, Egyptian lion-headed goddess; Anhur's wife. | WGPSN |
Melkart | 9°52′S173°56′E / 9.86°S 173.93°E | 105 | 1979 | Melkart, Phoenician; divinity of Tyre. | WGPSN |
Menhit | 36°19′S140°19′W / 36.31°S 140.32°W | 140 | 2006 | Menhit, Egyptian lion and war goddess. | WGPSN |
Min | 29°14′N1°16′W / 29.23°N 1.26°W | 33 | 1988 | Min, Egyptian fertility god. | WGPSN |
Mir | 3°18′S129°42′E / 3.3°S 129.7°E | 8 | 1985 | Mir, West Semitic god of wind. | WGPSN |
Misharu | 4°19′S24°07′E / 4.31°S 24.11°E | 88 | 1985 | Misharu, Assyro-Babylonian god of law. | WGPSN |
Mont | 44°37′N48°03′E / 44.62°N 48.05°E | 15 | 1997 | Mont, Theban war god. | WGPSN |
Mor | 30°33′N32°39′E / 30.55°N 32.65°E | 41 | 1979 | Mor, Phoenician; spirit of the harvest. | WGPSN |
Mot | 9°56′N165°57′W / 9.93°N 165.95°W | 23 | 1997 | Mot, Ugaritic personification of death. | WGPSN |
Mush | 15°07′S114°46′W / 15.12°S 114.77°W | 99 | 1985 | dMUŠ, logographic writing of the name of the Sumerian snake god Nirah. | WGPSN |
Nabu | 45°23′S1°11′W / 45.39°S 1.19°W | 40 | 1979 | Nabu, Mesopotamian; scribe god. | WGPSN |
Nah-Hunte | 17°46′S85°16′W / 17.76°S 85.26°W | 47 | 2000 | Nahhunte, Elamite; sun god. | WGPSN |
Namtar | 58°20′S19°18′E / 58.34°S 19.3°E | 50 | 1979 | Namtar, Assyro-Babylonian plague demon. | WGPSN |
Nanna | 17°37′S118°08′E / 17.61°S 118.13°E | 56 | 1985 | Nanna, Sumerian moon god; god of wisdom. | WGPSN |
Nefertum | 44°21′N38°58′E / 44.35°N 38.96°E | 29 | 1997 | Nefertum, Original divine son of the Memphis triad, son of Ptah. | WGPSN |
Neheh | 72°08′N62°40′W / 72.13°N 62.66°W | 54 | 1985 | Neheh, Egyptian god of eternity. | WGPSN |
Neith | 29°27′N6°58′W / 29.45°N 6.97°W | 90 | 1988 | Neith, Egyptian warrior goddess; goddess of domestic arts. | WGPSN |
Nergal | 38°35′N159°40′E / 38.58°N 159.67°E | 9.6 | 1997 | Nergal, Assyro-Babylonian king of the underworld. | WGPSN |
Nidaba | 17°45′N123°26′W / 17.75°N 123.43°W | 199 | 1985 | Nisaba, Sumerian scribal arts and grain goddess. | WGPSN |
Nigirsu | 58°16′S39°26′E / 58.26°S 39.43°E | 53 | 1979 | Nigirsu, Mesopotamian; tutelary god of Girsu, portrayed as a warrior and a farmer. | WGPSN |
Ningishzida | 14°07′N170°10′E / 14.11°N 170.16°E | 32 | 1997 | Ningishzida, Sumerian vegetation god. | WGPSN |
Ninkasi | 59°13′N48°51′W / 59.21°N 48.85°W | 81 | 1988 | Ninkasi, Sumerian goddess of brewing. | WGPSN |
Ninki | 8°22′S120°47′W / 8.37°S 120.79°W | 194 | 1985 | Ninki, Mesopotamian; primordial deity. | WGPSN |
Ninlil | 6°16′N118°19′W / 6.27°N 118.32°W | 91 | 1985 | Ninlil, Mesopotamian; wife of Enlil, co-ruler of the pantheon. | WGPSN |
Ninsum | 14°21′S140°33′W / 14.35°S 140.55°W | 88 | 1985 | Ninsun, Mesopotamian; Gilgamesh's divine mother. | WGPSN |
Nut | 54°13′S90°48′E / 54.21°S 90.8°E | 90 | 1979 | Nut, Egyptian goddess of the sky. | WGPSN |
Osiris | 38°00′S166°19′W / 38°S 166.31°W | 107 | 1979 | Osiris, Egyptian god of the dead. | WGPSN |
Ptah | 65°54′S142°57′E / 65.9°S 142.95°E | 30 | 1988 | Ptah, Sovereign god of Memphis; patron of artisans. | WGPSN |
Punt | 24°53′S120°09′E / 24.89°S 120.15°E | 135 | 1997 | Punt, Land east of Egypt where Bes originated. Changed from Punt Facula. | WGPSN |
Ruti | 13°14′N51°21′E / 13.23°N 51.35°E | 16 | 1979 | Ruti, Phoenician; Byblos god. | WGPSN |
Saltu | 14°09′S7°14′E / 14.15°S 7.23°E | 40 | 2006 | Saltu, Mesopotamian; a figure in the Agushaya Hymn representing discord and hostility. | WGPSN |
Sapas | 57°27′N33°59′W / 57.45°N 33.99°W | 56 | 1979 | Shapash, Ugaritic; sun goddess, "torch of the gods." | WGPSN |
Sati | 30°50′N12°48′W / 30.84°N 12.8°W | 95 | 1988 | Sati, Wife of Khnum, Egyptian god of the Cataracts. | WGPSN |
Sebek | 61°15′N3°13′E / 61.25°N 3.22°E | 61 | 1979 | Sebek, Egyptian crocodile god. | WGPSN |
Seima | 17°05′N144°02′E / 17.09°N 144.03°E | 38 | 1985 | Seima, Mother goddess of the Arameans. | WGPSN |
Seker | 39°10′S14°37′E / 39.16°S 14.62°E | 103 | 1988 | Seker, Egyptian god of the dead at Memphis. | WGPSN |
Selket | 15°02′N105°42′W / 15.03°N 105.7°W | 168 | 1985 | Selket, Tutelary goddess who guarded intestines of the dead. | WGPSN |
Serapis | 12°24′S44°07′W / 12.4°S 44.11°W | 169 | 1997 | Serapis, Egyptian healing god. | WGPSN |
Shu | 43°10′N3°10′E / 43.16°N 3.16°E | 44 | 1988 | Shu, Egyptian god of air. | WGPSN |
Sin | 52°56′N2°32′E / 52.94°N 2.54°E | 19 | 1979 | Sin, Babylonian moon god. | WGPSN |
Tammuz | 13°27′N129°14′E / 13.45°N 129.24°E | 51 | 1985 | Tammuz, Egyptian childbirth goddess. | WGPSN |
Tanit | 57°29′N36°37′W / 57.49°N 36.62°W | 26 | 1979 | Tanit, Phoenician; tuterlary goddess of Carthage. | WGPSN |
Tashmetum | 39°43′S95°28′E / 39.72°S 95.46°E | 135 | 2000 | Tashmetum, Assyro-Babylonian; wife of Nabu. | WGPSN |
Ta-urt | 27°40′N55°48′E / 27.66°N 55.8°E | 94 | 1988 | Taweret, Egyptian goddess. | WGPSN |
Teshub | 68°18′S80°43′E / 68.3°S 80.72°E | 188 | 1994 | Teshub, Hurrian; weather god. | WGPSN |
Thoth | 43°13′S147°15′W / 43.22°S 147.25°W | 102 | 1985 | Thoth, Egyptian moon god; invented all arts and sciences. | WGPSN |
Tros | 11°08′N27°16′W / 11.14°N 27.26°W | 94 | 1979 | Tros, Greek; father of Ganymede. | WGPSN |
Upuant | 46°24′N40°28′E / 46.4°N 40.46°E | 17 | 1997 | Upuant, Jackal-headed warrior god, god of the dead. | WGPSN |
We-ila | 12°22′S69°39′E / 12.36°S 69.65°E | 36 | 2000 | We-ila, Akkadian god from whom the hero Atra-hasis was created. | WGPSN |
Wepwawet | 69°53′S59°49′W / 69.89°S 59.81°W | 86 | 2000 | Wepwawet, Ancient Egyptian jackal deity. | WGPSN |
Zakar | 31°17′N26°20′E / 31.28°N 26.33°E | 170 | 1997 | Zakar, Mesopotamian dream god. | WGPSN |
Zaqar | 58°10′N37°25′W / 58.16°N 37.41°W | 33 | 1979 | Zaqar, Mesopotamian dream god | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Keret | 16°00′N35°12′W / 16.0°N 35.2°W | 36.0 | 1979 | Dropped. Keret, Ugaritic hero. Name dropped because feature not found on imagery. | WGPSN |
Khnum | 17°48′S85°12′W / 17.8°S 85.2°W | 45.0 | – | Not approved named. Khnum, Egyptian ram-headed creation god. Note: Provisional name Khnum changed to Nah-Hunte because of duplication with Khnum Catena. | WGPSN |
Wadjet | 53°48′S268°54′W / 53.8°S 268.9°W | 100.0 | 2000 | Dropped name. Wadjet, Egyptian cobra goddess. Same crater as Nut. | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aix | 47°54′N160°18′W / 47.9°N 160.3°W | 0.6 | 1994 | Spa in France | WGPSN |
Alupka | 65°N65°W / 65°N 65°W | 0.3 | 1994 | Spa in Crimea Ukraine | WGPSN |
Baden-Baden | 46°N55°W / 46°N 55°W | 0.3 | 1994 | Spa in Germany | WGPSN |
Badgastein | 25°N3°W / 25°N 3°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Spa in Austria | WGPSN |
Bagnoles | 55°N122°W / 55°N 122°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Spa in France | WGPSN |
Bath | 13°24′N9°42′W / 13.4°N 9.7°W | 0.9 | 1994 | Spa in England | WGPSN |
Beppu | 3°54′N58°24′W / 3.9°N 58.4°W | 0.6 | 1994 | Spa on Kyushu Japan | WGPSN |
Brookton | 27°42′N103°18′W / 27.7°N 103.3°W | 0.3 | 1994 | Spa in New York USA | WGPSN |
Calistoga | 30°N2°W / 30°N 2°W | 1.2 | 1994 | Resort in California USA | WGPSN |
Carlsbad | 29°42′N88°48′W / 29.7°N 88.8°W | 0.5 | 1994 | Spa in Czech Republic | WGPSN |
Charax | 8°36′N0°00′E / 8.6°N -0°E | 0.9 | 1994 | Roman fortress in Gaspra Crimea Ukraine | WGPSN |
Helwan | 22°24′N118°54′W / 22.4°N 118.9°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Spa in Egypt | WGPSN |
Ixtapan | 11°54′N86°54′W / 11.9°N 86.9°W | 0.7 | 1994 | Spa in Mexico | WGPSN |
Katsiveli | 55°N65°W / 55°N 65°W | 0.3 | 1994 | Spa in Crimea Ukraine | WGPSN |
Krynica | 49°N35°W / 49°N 35°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Health resort in Poland | WGPSN |
Lisdoonvarna | 16°30′N1°54′E / 16.5°N 1.9°E | 0.4 | 1994 | Spa in Ireland | WGPSN |
Loutraki | 42°N140°W / 42°N 140°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Spa in Greece | WGPSN |
Mandal | 23°30′N46°30′W / 23.5°N 46.5°W | 0.1 | 1994 | Spa in Norway | WGPSN |
Manikaran | 62°N155°W / 62°N 155°W | 0.5 | 1994 | Spa in India | WGPSN |
Marienbad | 35°24′N81°48′W / 35.4°N 81.8°W | 0.6 | 1994 | Spa in Czech Republic | WGPSN |
Miskhor | 15°00′N65°54′W / 15°N 65.9°W | 0.5 | 1994 | Spa in Crimea Ukraine | WGPSN |
Moree | 15°06′N164°24′W / 15.1°N 164.4°W | 0.7 | 1994 | Spa in Australia | WGPSN |
Ramlösa | 15°00′N4°54′W / 15°N 4.9°W | 0.7 | 1994 | Spa in Sweden | WGPSN |
Rio Hondo | 31°42′N20°42′W / 31.7°N 20.7°W | 0.6 | 1994 | Spa in Argentina | WGPSN |
Rotorua | 18°48′N30°42′W / 18.8°N 30.7°W | 0.5 | 1994 | Spa in New Zealand | WGPSN |
Saratoga | 50°N90°E / 50°N 90°E | 2.8 | 1994 | Spa in New York USA | WGPSN |
Spa | 51°30′N152°00′W / 51.5°N 152°W | 1.6 | 1994 | Health resort in Belgium | WGPSN |
Tang-Shan | 59°N104°E / 59°N 104°E | 2.1 | 1994 | Spa in China | WGPSN |
Yalova | 29°N10°W / 29°N 10°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Health resort in Turkey | WGPSN |
Yalta | 57°36′N98°42′E / 57.6°N 98.7°E | 1.4 | 1994 | Spa in Crimea Ukraine | WGPSN |
Zohar | 23°N118°W / 23°N 118°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Spa in Israel | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bahloo | 36°N164°E / 36°N 164°E | n.a. | 1982 | Bahloo. The Moon; maker of girl babies (Aboriginal mythology) | WGPSN |
Helios | 71°N132°W / 71°N 132°W | n.a. | 1982 | Helios. Greek sun god; son of Hyperion (Greek mythology) | WGPSN |
Jarilo | 61°N177°E / 61°N 177°E | n.a. | 1982 | Jarilo, East Slavic god of the sun fertility and love (Slavic mythology) | WGPSN |
Meri | 3°N171°W / 3°N 171°W | n.a. | 1982 | Meri, folk hero; the Sun (Bororó people) | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abisme | 37°32′N92°55′W / 37.53°N 92.92°W | 767.74 | 2013 | A Saracen lord killed by Archbishop Turpin | WGPSN |
Acelin | 42°42′N154°54′W / 42.7°N 154.9°W | 38 | 2008 | Aceline of Gascony one of the Twelve Peers the council of King Charles | WGPSN |
Adelroth | 6°36′N176°24′E / 6.6°N 176.4°E | 57 | 2008 | Marsilion's nephew killed by Roland in the first battle | WGPSN |
Almeric | 53°24′N84°00′E / 53.4°N 84°E | 43 | 1982 | One of 12 peers killed by Marsilion | WGPSN |
Anseïs | 40°42′S69°12′E / 40.7°S 69.2°E | 48 | 2008 | One of the Twelve Peers; kills Turgis; killed by Malquiant | WGPSN |
Astor | 14°54′N38°48′E / 14.9°N 38.8°E | 122 | 2008 | A French baron; ruled over Valence on Rhone | WGPSN |
Baligant | 16°24′N135°06′E / 16.4°N 135.1°E | 66 | 1982 | Emir of Babylon; Marsilion enlisted his help against Charlemagne | WGPSN |
Basan | 33°18′N165°18′E / 33.3°N 165.3°E | 76 | 1982 | French baron; Murdered while serving as Ambassador of Marsilon | WGPSN |
Basbrun | 52°00′S111°48′W / 52°S 111.8°W | 80 | 2008 | Charlemagne's officer who hung Ganelon's 30 relatives | WGPSN |
Basile | 0°42′S172°06′E / 0.7°S 172.1°E | 6 | 2008 | French baron; murdered near Haltile with his brother Basan while serving as ambassador to Marsilion | WGPSN |
Berenger | 62°06′N140°18′E / 62.1°N 140.3°E | 84 | 1982 | One of twelve peers; killed Estramarin; killed by Grandoyne | WGPSN |
Besgun | 76°00′N50°12′E / 76°N 50.2°E | 56 | 1982 | Chief cook for Charlemagne's army; he guarded Ganelon after Ganelon's treachery was discovered | WGPSN |
Bevon | 70°42′N93°00′W / 70.7°N 93°W | 48 | 2008 | A French baron; killed by Marsilion | WGPSN |
Bramimond | 38°N178°W / 38°N 178°W | 200 | 2008 | Queen of Saragossa wife of Marsilion | WGPSN |
Charlemagne | 55°00′N101°12′E / 55°N 101.2°E | 95 | 1982 | Emperor of France and Germanic nations; his forces fought the Saracens in Spain | WGPSN |
Clarin | 18°18′N71°36′W / 18.3°N 71.6°W | 84 | 2008 | Saracen lord and emissary to Charles | WGPSN |
Climborin | 30°24′N116°54′W / 30.4°N 116.9°W | 49 | 2008 | Saracen lord who gave his helmet to Ganelon; killed by Oliver | WGPSN |
Corsablis | 0°54′N114°12′W / 0.9°N 114.2°W | 73 | 2008 | Saracen lord; volunteered to fight at Roncevaux Pass; killed Archbishop Turpin in the first battle | WGPSN |
Dapamort | 36°36′N84°54′W / 36.6°N 84.9°W | 49 | 2008 | A Saracen king from Lycia; leader in Baligant's army | WGPSN |
Engelier | 40°30′S95°18′E / 40.5°S 95.3°E | 504 | 2008 | One of Twelve Peers the Gascon of Bordeaux; the most valiant knight killed by Climborin in the first battle | WGPSN |
Escremiz | 1°36′N173°30′W / 1.6°N 173.5°W | 0.06 | 2008 | Escremiz of Valterne; volunteered to fight at Roncevaux Pass; killed by Engelier in the first battle | WGPSN |
Eudropin | 0°54′N139°18′E / 0.9°N 139.3°E | 42 | 2008 | Saracen lord and emissary to Charles | WGPSN |
Falsaron | 33°48′N82°36′W / 33.8°N 82.6°W | 424 | 2008 | Brother of King Marsilion; killed by Oliver | WGPSN |
Ganelon | 44°18′S19°48′W / 44.3°S 19.8°W | 230 | 2008 | French count; stepfather of Roland; brother-in-law of Roland's uncle Charlemagne; betrays Roland and the French rear guard to Marsilion | WGPSN |
Garlon | 3°12′S119°30′E / 3.2°S 119.5°E | 47 | 2008 | Saracen lord and emissary to Charles | WGPSN |
Geboin | 58°36′N173°24′W / 58.6°N 173.4°W | 81 | 1982 | Guarded French dead; became leader of Charlemagne's 2nd column | WGPSN |
Gerin | 45°36′S127°00′E / 45.6°S 127°E | 445 | 2008 | One of the Twelve Peers; kills Malprimis; killed by Grandoyne | WGPSN |
Godefroy | 71°54′N110°54′E / 71.9°N 110.9°E | 63 | 1982 | Standard bearer of Charlemagne; brother of Tierri Charlemagne's defender against Pinabel | WGPSN |
Grandoyne | 17°42′N145°30′E / 17.7°N 145.5°E | 65 | 1982 | Son of Cappadocian King Capuel; killed Gerin Gerier Berenger Guy St. Antoine Duke Astorge; killed by Roland | WGPSN |
Hamon | 10°36′N90°00′E / 10.6°N 90°E | 96 | 1982 | Joint Commander of Charlemagne's Eighth Division | WGPSN |
Ivon | 18°N45°E / 18°N 45°E | 100 | 2008 | Frankish baron one of the Twelve Peers | WGPSN |
Johun | 12°24′N83°24′W / 12.4°N 83.4°W | 64 | 2008 | Johun of Outremer; Saracen lord and emissary to Charles | WGPSN |
Jurfaleu | 13°00′N2°30′W / 13°N 2.5°W | 107 | 2008 | Son of Marsilion Saracen king of Spain | WGPSN |
Lorant | 65°12′N159°48′W / 65.2°N 159.8°W | 44 | 1982 | French commander of one of first divisions against Baligant; killed by Baligant | WGPSN |
Malprimis | 15°12′S118°12′W / 15.2°S 118.2°W | 377 | 2008 | A Saracen lord from Brigale; killed by Gerin in the first battle | WGPSN |
Malun | 5°54′N41°18′W / 5.9°N 41.3°W | 121 | 2008 | A Saracen lord; killed by Oliver | WGPSN |
Margaris | 27°42′N135°48′W / 27.7°N 135.8°W | 75 | 2008 | Saracen lord from Seville; volunteered to fight at Roncevaux Pass | WGPSN |
Marsilion | 39°12′N176°06′W / 39.2°N 176.1°W | 136 | 1982 | Saracen king of Spain; Roland wounds him and he died of wound later | WGPSN |
Matthay | 3°30′S172°36′E / 3.5°S 172.6°E | 58 | 2008 | Saracen lord and emissary to Charles | WGPSN |
Milon | 67°54′N89°48′E / 67.9°N 89.8°E | 119 | 1982 | Guarded French dead while Charlemagne pursued Saracen forces | WGPSN |
Naimon | 9°18′N30°42′E / 9.3°N 30.7°E | 244 | 2008 | King Charles’ wisest counselor | WGPSN |
Nevelon | 33°12′S163°00′E / 33.2°S 163°E | 49 | 2008 | Shares command of Charlemagne's sixth division; leader of part of the 5th column | WGPSN |
Ogier | 42°30′N84°54′E / 42.5°N 84.9°E | 100 | 1982 | Dane who led 3rd column in Charlemagne's army against Baligant's forces | WGPSN |
Oliver | 62°30′N159°12′E / 62.5°N 159.2°E | 113 | 1982 | Roland's friend; mortally wounded by Marganice | WGPSN |
Othon | 33°18′N12°12′E / 33.3°N 12.2°E | 86 | 1982 | One of twelve peers; guarded French dead while Charlemagne pursued Saracen forces; sixth column leader | WGPSN |
Pinabel | 39°S33°W / 39°S 33°W | 83 | 2008 | Pinabel of Sorence a French baron Ganelon's kinsmen and skilled speaker. Large and powerful he agrees to fight Thierry to settle the issue of Ganelon's guilt and he lost the judicial combat | WGPSN |
Priamon | 1°30′N173°00′E / 1.5°N 173°E | 17 | 2008 | Saracen lord and emissary to Charles | WGPSN |
Rabel | 64°24′S166°12′W / 64.4°S 166.2°W | 91 | 2008 | A French baron; takes Roland's place at vanguard of Charlemagne's forces; leads first column | WGPSN |
Roland | 73°18′N25°12′W / 73.3°N 25.2°W | 144 | 1982 | Charlemagne's nephew; led rear guard of French forces; hero in song of Roland | WGPSN |
Rugis | 0°06′S99°00′W / 0.1°S 99°W | 19 | 2008 | Saracen lord one of the Saracen Twelve Peers | WGPSN |
Samson | 6°30′N61°24′E / 6.5°N 61.4°E | 33 | 2008 | French baron Duke of Burgundy; one of the Twelve Peers; killed by Valdebron | WGPSN |
Thierry | 55°S8°W / 55°S 8°W | 110 | 2008 | French knight; Duke of Argonne; brother of Godefroy Charlemagne's standard bearer. At Ganelon's trial Thierry alone insists on Ganelon's guilt | WGPSN |
Tibbald | 57°N2°E / 57°N 2°E | 160 | 2008 | Tibbald of Reims; French baron; guarded French dead at Roncevaux | WGPSN |
Timozel | 9°54′S147°42′E / 9.9°S 147.7°E | 58 | 2008 | A Saracen lord; killed by Gerin and Gerier in the first battle | WGPSN |
Torleu | 0°12′S171°36′E / 0.2°S 171.6°E | 8 | 2008 | Leader in Baligant's army; king of Persia; killed by Rabel | WGPSN |
Turgis | 16°54′N28°24′W / 16.9°N 28.4°W | 580 | 2008 | A Saracen baron; count of Tortelosa; killed by Oliver in the first battle | WGPSN |
Turpin | 47°42′N1°24′W / 47.7°N 1.4°W | 87 | 1982 | Archbishop of Rheims in Song of Roland | WGPSN |
Valdebron | 29°36′N104°24′W / 29.6°N 104.4°W | 49 | 2008 | Saracen lord gave his sword to Ganelon | WGPSN |
Crater | Named after |
---|---|
Afon | Novy Afon Cave, Abkhazia |
Atea | Atea Cave, Papua New Guinea |
Azzurra | Azzurra Grotto, Italy |
Bilemot | Bilemot Cave, Korea |
Castellana | Castellana Cave, Italy |
Choukoutien | Choukoutien, China |
Fingal | Fingal's Cave, UK |
Kartchner | Kartchner Caverns, AZ, United States |
Kazumura | Kazumura Cave, HI, United States |
Lascaux | Lascaux Cave, France |
Lechuguilla | Lechuguilla Cave, NM, United States |
Mammoth | Mammoth Cave, KY, United States |
Manjang | Manjang Cave, Korea |
Orgnac | Orgnac Cave, France |
Padirac | Padirac Cave, France |
Peacock | Peacock Cave, FL, United States |
Postojna | Postojna Cave, Slovenia |
Sterkfontein | Sterkfontein, South Africa |
Stiffe | Stiffe Cave, Italy |
Undara | Undara Cave, Australia |
Viento | Viento Cave, Spain |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Catalina | 17°S14°E / 17°S 14°E | 0.02 | 2009 | Catalina Observatory near Tucson AZ USA | WGPSN |
Fuchinobe | 34°N91°W / 34°N 91°W | 0.04 | 2009 | Place name in Sagamihara Japan | WGPSN |
Gando | 76°S155°W / 76°S 155°W | n.a. | 2009 | Spanish launch facility on Gran Canaria | WGPSN |
Hammaguira | 18°S155°W / 18°S 155°W | 0.03 | 2009 | French launch site in the Sahara Desert Algeria | WGPSN |
Kamisunagawa | 28°S45°E / 28°S 45°E | 0.01 | 2009 | Town in Hokkaido Japan where a microgravity test facility is located | WGPSN |
Kamoi | 6°N116°W / 6°N 116°W | 0.01 | 2009 | Town in Yokohama Japan where a factory of NEC TOSHIBA Space Systems Ltd. is located | WGPSN |
Komaba | 10°S102°E / 10°S 102°E | 0.03 | 2009 | Place name in Tokyo where the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science is located | WGPSN |
Laurel | 1°N162°E / 1°N 162°E | 0.02 | 2009 | City in Maryland USA where APL/JHU is located | WGPSN |
Miyabaru | 40°S116°W / 40°S 116°W | 0.09 | 2009 | Radar site in the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan | WGPSN |
San Marco | 28°S41°W / 28°S 41°W | n.a. | 2009 | An old oil platform near Kenya that served as a launch pad for Italian spacecraft | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Castor | n.a. | 1982 | One of the Dioscuri; famous as a tamer of horses | WGPSN | |
Idas | n.a. | 1982 | Twins; cousins of Gemini | WGPSN | |
Lynceus | n.a. | 1982 | One of twin cousins of Gemini | WGPSN | |
Phoibe | n.a. | 1982 | Daughter of Leukippos | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bagacum | 46°N49°E / 46°N 49°E | 3.7 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Bavay in France | WGPSN |
Basilia | 73°N176°W / 73°N 176°W | 3.5 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Basel in Switzerland | WGPSN |
Bonna | 62°N67°E / 62°N 67°E | 6 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Bonn in Germany | WGPSN |
Burdigala | 52°N149°W / 52°N 149°W | 10 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Bordeaux in France | WGPSN |
Florentia | 23°N137°E / 23°N 137°E | 10.9 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Florence in Italy | WGPSN |
Gaudiaco | 58°N5°E / 58°N 5°E | 6.7 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Joué-lès-Tours in France | WGPSN |
Genua | 11°N117°E / 11°N 117°E | 1.8 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Genoa in Italy | WGPSN |
Gerunda | 78°N68°E / 78°N 68°E | 4.7 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Girona in Spain | WGPSN |
Lauriacum | 37°N68°E / 37°N 68°E | 1.5 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Enns in Austria; defines zero degrees longitude on Lutetia | WGPSN |
Lugdunum | 10°N141°W / 10°N 141°W | 17 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Lyon in France | WGPSN |
Massilia | 41°N96°E / 41°N 96°E | 61 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Marseille in France | WGPSN |
Nicaea | 43°N179°W / 43°N 179°W | 21 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Nice in France | WGPSN |
Patavium | 31°N52°E / 31°N 52°E | 9.3 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Padua in Italy | WGPSN |
Roma | 13°N117°W / 13°N 117°W | 19 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Rome in Italy | WGPSN |
Salomacus | 11°N109°E / 11°N 109°E | 7 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Salles (Gironde) in France | WGPSN |
Salona | 32°N37°E / 32°N 37°E | 7.1 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Solin in Croatia | WGPSN |
Syracusae | 39°N32°W / 39°N 32°W | 7 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Syracuse in Italy | WGPSN |
Toletum | 87°N161°E / 87°N 161°E | 6 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Toledo in Spain | WGPSN |
Turicum | 20°N158°E / 20°N 158°E | 3.8 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Zurich in Switzerland | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Accolon | 70°34′S175°35′E / 70.56°S 175.59°E | 48 | 1982 | Companion of Arthur's; he was tricked into jousting with Arthur | WGPSN |
Arthur | 35°24′S163°58′E / 35.4°S 163.96°E | 64 | 1982 | King of the Round Table Assemblage | WGPSN |
Balin | 14°43′N82°31′W / 14.71°N 82.51°W | 35 | 1982 | Knight of matchless courage and virtue | WGPSN |
Ban | 43°56′N160°45′W / 43.93°N 160.75°W | 37 | 1982 | King of Benwick; father of Sir Launcelot ally of Arthur in the battle of Bedgrayne | WGPSN |
Bedivere | 9°34′N149°25′W / 9.57°N 149.42°W | 25 | 1982 | Arthurian knight | WGPSN |
Bors | 41°49′N172°18′W / 41.82°N 172.3°W | 34 | 1982 | King of Gaul; father of Sir Ector de Marys Sir Bors Sir Lyonel | WGPSN |
Dagonet | 47°50′N98°23′E / 47.84°N 98.38°E | 28 | 2008 | Fool at King Arthur's court | WGPSN |
Dynas | 2°21′N80°43′W / 2.35°N 80.71°W | 35 | 1982 | A knight of the Round Table | WGPSN |
Elaine | 46°20′N107°00′W / 46.33°N 107°W | 21 | 1982 | Daughter of King Pelles lover of Sir Launcelot and mother by him of Sir Galahad | WGPSN |
Gaheris | 44°34′S61°49′E / 44.57°S 61.81°E | 23 | 1982 | Older son of King Lot; killed by Sir Launcelot in his rescue of Gwynevere from burning | WGPSN |
Galahad | 45°19′S145°19′W / 45.32°S 145.31°W | 34 | 1982 | Bastard son of Launcelot and Elaine. He went on the quest to find the Holy Grail | WGPSN |
Gareth | 43°04′S72°13′E / 43.06°S 72.22°E | 23 | 1982 | Youngest son of King Lot; killed by Sir Launcelot in his rescue of Gwynevere from burning | WGPSN |
Gawain | 58°32′S98°55′E / 58.54°S 98.92°E | 27 | 1982 | Eldest son of King Lot; Arthur's favorite cousin | WGPSN |
Gwynevere | 17°36′S36°18′E / 17.6°S 36.3°E | 42 | 1982 | Queen; wife of Arthur; lover of Launcelot | WGPSN |
Herschel | 1°23′S111°46′W / 1.38°S 111.76°W | 139 | 1982 | William; German-British astronomer; discovered Mimas and Enceladus (1738-1822) | WGPSN |
Igraine | 41°59′S128°47′E / 41.99°S 128.79°E | 38 | 1982 | Wife of Uther; mother of Arthur | WGPSN |
Iseult | 47°14′S33°47′W / 47.24°S 33.78°W | 21 | 1982 | Loved by Tristram | WGPSN |
Kay | 44°37′N120°32′W / 44.61°N 120.54°W | 24 | 1982 | Royal seneschal at Arthur's court | WGPSN |
Lamerok | 62°16′S70°49′E / 62.27°S 70.82°E | 20 | 1982 | Pellinore's son; sent testing horn to King Mark to expose adultery of Sir Tristram | WGPSN |
Launcelot | 9°28′S31°31′E / 9.46°S 31.51°E | 30 | 1982 | King Arthur's favorite; champion and lover of Queen Gwynevere | WGPSN |
Lot | 31°28′S128°24′E / 31.46°S 128.4°E | 22 | 1982 | Leader of the rebel kings of the north and west. Married Margawse and begat Sir Gawain Sir Aggravayne Sir Gaheris | WGPSN |
Lucas | 40°45′N139°39′E / 40.75°N 139.65°E | 40 | 2008 | Butler at King Arthur's court | WGPSN |
Marhaus | 8°58′S0°04′W / 8.96°S 0.06°W | 34 | 2008 | Delivers poison wound to Tristram before being mortally wounded by him | WGPSN |
Mark | 26°17′S51°41′E / 26.28°S 51.68°E | 20.8 | 1982 | King of Cornwall | WGPSN |
Melyodas | 74°56′S77°11′W / 74.93°S 77.19°W | 40 | 2008 | King of Lyoness; marries King Mark's sister who dies bearing their son Sir Tristram | WGPSN |
Merlin | 38°26′S140°59′E / 38.43°S 140.99°E | 37 | 1982 | Magician and prophet; son of the devil; Arthur's mentor | WGPSN |
Modred | 4°09′N140°19′E / 4.15°N 140.32°E | 26 | 1982 | Arthur's bastard son and mortal enemy; delivered fatal wound to Arthur but was killed by him | WGPSN |
Morgan | 24°13′N115°01′E / 24.21°N 115.02°E | 43 | 1982 | Arthur's half sister; enchantress; plotted to destroy Arthur but failed | WGPSN |
Nero | 0°22′S52°42′E / 0.36°S 52.7°E | 22 | 2008 | King of the West principal enemy of Arthur | WGPSN |
Palomides | 3°23′N162°00′W / 3.39°N 162°W | 10 | 1982 | Saracen enemy of Tristam | WGPSN |
Pellinore | 29°46′N135°27′W / 29.76°N 135.45°W | 36 | 1982 | King whose duty was to pursue the questing beast and either run it to earth or lose his strength | WGPSN |
Percivale | 3°01′S178°52′W / 3.01°S 178.86°W | 20 | 1982 | Very pure knight; accomplished quest of Holy Grail | WGPSN |
Royns | 32°28′N12°31′E / 32.46°N 12.51°E | 22.1 | 2008 | King of the West principal enemy of Arthur | WGPSN |
Tristram | 52°19′S26°00′W / 52.32°S 26°W | 20 | 1982 | Saved Iseult; fell in love with her | WGPSN |
Uther | 35°10′S109°50′E / 35.16°S 109.83°E | 34 | 1982 | Ruler of all Britain; Arthur's father | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alonso | 44°00′S7°24′W / 44°S 7.4°W | 25 | 1988 | King of Naples in The Tempest | WGPSN |
Ferdinand | 34°48′S157°54′W / 34.8°S 157.9°W | 17 | 1988 | Son of King of Naples; loves Miranda in The Tempest | WGPSN |
Francisco | 73°12′S124°00′W / 73.2°S 124°W | 14 | 1988 | A lord of Naples in The Tempest | WGPSN |
Gonzalo | 11°24′S77°00′E / 11.4°S 77°E | 11 | 1988 | Honest old counselor of Naples in The Tempest | WGPSN |
Prospero | 32°54′S30°06′W / 32.9°S 30.1°W | 21 | 1988 | Rightful Duke of Mila in The Tempest | WGPSN |
Stephano | 41°06′S125°54′W / 41.1°S 125.9°W | 16 | 1988 | A drunken butler in The Tempest | WGPSN |
Trinculo | 63°42′S163°24′E / 63.7°S 163.4°E | 11 | 1988 | A jester in The Tempest | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antony | 27°30′S65°24′E / 27.5°S 65.4°E | 47 | 1988 | Shakespearean hero in Anthony and Cleopatra | WGPSN |
Caesar | 26°36′S61°06′E / 26.6°S 61.1°E | 76 | 1988 | Shakespearean hero in Julius Caesar | WGPSN |
Coriolanus | 11°24′S14°48′W / 11.4°S 14.8°W | 120 | 1988 | Shakespearean hero | WGPSN |
Falstaff | 22°06′S19°00′E / 22.1°S 19°E | 124 | 1988 | Shakespearean character in Merry Wives of Windsor | WGPSN |
Hamlet | 46°06′S44°24′E / 46.1°S 44.4°E | 206 | 1988 | Shakespearean hero | WGPSN |
Lear | 5°24′S31°30′E / 5.4°S 31.5°E | 126 | 1988 | Shakespearean hero in King Lear | WGPSN |
Macbeth | 58°24′S112°30′E / 58.4°S 112.5°E | 203 | 1988 | Shakespearean hero | WGPSN |
Othello | 66°00′S42°54′E / 66°S 42.9°E | 114 | 1988 | Shakespearean character | WGPSN |
Romeo | 28°42′S89°24′E / 28.7°S 89.4°E | 159 | 1988 | Shakespearean character in Romeo and Juliet | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clustril | 60°N91°W / 60°N 91°W | 3.4 | 2006 | Character in Lilliput who informed Flimnap that his wife had visited Gulliver privately in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels | WGPSN |
D'Arrest | 39°S179°W / 39°S 179°W | 2.1 | 1973 | Heinrich L.; German/Danish astronomer (1822-1875) | WGPSN |
Drunlo | 36°30′N92°00′W / 36.5°N 92°W | 4.2 | 2006 | Character in Lilliput who informed Flimnap that his wife had visited Gulliver privately in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels | WGPSN |
Flimnap | 60°N10°E / 60°N 10°E | 1.5 | 2006 | Treasurer of Lilliput in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels | WGPSN |
Grildrig | 81°N165°E / 81°N 165°E | 2.6 | 2006 | Name given to Gulliver by the farmer's daughter in the giants’ country Brobdingnag in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels | WGPSN |
Gulliver | 62°N163°W / 62°N 163°W | 5.5 | 2006 | Lemuel Gulliver surgeon captain and voyager in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels | WGPSN |
Hall | 80°S150°E / 80°S 150°E | 5.4 | 1973 | Asaph; American astronomer discoverer of Phobos and Deimos (1829-1907) | WGPSN |
Limtoc | 11°S54°W / 11°S 54°W | 2 | 2006 | General in Lilliput who prepared articles of impeachment against Gulliver in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels | WGPSN |
Öpik | 7°S63°E / 7°S 63°E | 2 | 2011 | Ernst J. Estonian astronomer (1893-1985) | WGPSN |
Reldresal | 41°N39°W / 41°N 39°W | 2.9 | 2006 | Secretary for Private Affairs in Lilliput; Gulliver's friend in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels | WGPSN |
Roche | 53°N177°E / 53°N 177°E | 2.3 | 1973 | Edouard; French astronomer (1820-1883) | WGPSN |
Sharpless | 27°30′S154°00′W / 27.5°S 154°W | 1.8 | 1973 | Bevan P.; American astronomer (1904-1950) | WGPSN |
Shklovsky | 24°N112°E / 24°N 112°E | 2 | 2011 | Iosif S. Soviet astronomer (1916-1985) | WGPSN |
Skyresh | 52°30′N40°00′E / 52.5°N 40°E | 1.5 | 2006 | Skyresh Bolgolam High Admiral of the Lilliput council who opposed Gulliver's plea for freedom and accused him of being a traitor in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels | WGPSN |
Stickney | 1°N49°W / 1°N 49°W | 9 | 1973 | Angeline; wife of American astronomer A. Hall (1830-1892) | WGPSN |
Todd | 9°S153°W / 9°S 153°W | 2.6 | 1973 | David; American astronomer (1855-1939) | WGPSN |
Wendell | 1°S132°W / 1°S 132°W | 1.7 | 1973 | Oliver C.; American astronomer (1845-1912) | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acastus | 9°36′N148°30′W / 9.6°N 148.5°W | 34 | 2006 | Argonaut son of the Thessalian king Pelias took part in the Calydonian boar hunt | WGPSN |
Admetus | 11°24′N39°06′W / 11.4°N 39.1°W | 58 | 2006 | Argonaut founder and king of Pherae in Thessaly | WGPSN |
Amphion | 27°00′S1°48′W / 27°S 1.8°W | 18 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Hyperasius and Hypso | WGPSN |
Butes | 49°36′S67°30′E / 49.6°S 67.5°E | 29 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Teleon bee-master | WGPSN |
Calais | 38°42′S134°36′E / 38.7°S 134.6°E | 31 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Boreas the north wind | WGPSN |
Canthus | 69°36′S17°48′E / 69.6°S 17.8°E | 44 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Kanethos or Cerion the only member of the expedition to die in combat | WGPSN |
Clytius | 46°00′N166°54′E / 46°N 166.9°E | 52 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Eurytus skilled archer who was killed by Apollo for challenging the god to a shooting match | WGPSN |
Erginus | 31°36′N22°54′E / 31.6°N 22.9°E | 38 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Neptune helmsman of the Argo after the death of Tiphys | WGPSN |
Euphemus | 31°18′S28°54′E / 31.3°S 28.9°E | 23 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Neptune and Europa | WGPSN |
Eurydamas | 61°30′S78°24′E / 61.5°S 78.4°E | 19 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Ctimenus | WGPSN |
Eurytion | 30°24′S8°00′W / 30.4°S 8°W | 14 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Kenethos or Cerion | WGPSN |
Eurytus | 39°42′S177°12′W / 39.7°S 177.2°W | 89 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Mercury and Antianira | WGPSN |
Hylas | 7°54′N5°30′E / 7.9°N 5.5°E | 30 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Theiodamas/Theodamas king of the Dryopes | WGPSN |
Idmon | 67°06′S162°12′E / 67.1°S 162.2°E | 61 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Apollo and the nymph Cyrene or of Abas a prophet | WGPSN |
Iphitus | 27°12′S66°42′E / 27.2°S 66.7°E | 22 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Eurytus Jason's host during his consultation with the Oracle at Delphi | WGPSN |
Jason | 16°12′N42°18′E / 16.2°N 42.3°E | 101 | 2006 | The leading argonaut son of the Thessalian king Aeson delivered the Fleece | WGPSN |
Mopsus | 6°36′N109°06′W / 6.6°N 109.1°W | 37 | 2006 | Argonaut prophesying son of Apollo | WGPSN |
Nauplius | 31°30′N118°30′E / 31.5°N 118.5°E | 24 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Neptune and Amymone or of Klytoneos | WGPSN |
Oileus | 77°06′S96°54′W / 77.1°S 96.9°W | 56 | 2006 | Argonaut king of the Locrians renowned for his courage in battle | WGPSN |
Peleus | 20°12′N167°48′E / 20.2°N 167.8°E | 44 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Aeacus father of Achilles | WGPSN |
Phlias | 1°36′N0°54′E / 1.6°N 0.9°E | 14 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Dionysus | WGPSN |
Talaus | 52°18′S34°48′E / 52.3°S 34.8°E | 15 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Teleon or of Bias and Pero | WGPSN |
Telamon | 48°06′S92°36′W / 48.1°S 92.6°W | 28 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Aeacus took part in the Calydonian boar hunt | WGPSN |
Zetes | 20°S137°E / 20°S 137°E | 29 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Boreas the north wind | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burney | 45°N130°E / 45°N 130°E | 296 | 2017 | Venetia Burney, who suggested the name Pluto | WGPSN |
Coradini | 42°53′N191°26′E / 42.88°N 191.43°E | 38 | 2022 | Angioletta Coradini, Italian planetary scientist | WGPSN |
Coradini | 15°14′N150°32′E / 15.24°N 150.54°E | 45 | 2020 | Thomas Boyd | WGPSN |
Edgeworth | 6°52′N109°25′E / 6.86°N 109.42°E | 149 | 2021 | Kenneth Edgeworth, Irish astronomer | WGPSN |
Elliot | 10°N140°E / 10°N 140°E | 96 | 2017 | James Elliot, an MIT researcher who pioneered the use of stellar occultations | WGPSN |
Hardaway | 46°51′N140°58′E / 46.85°N 140.97°E | 11.07 | 2020 | Lisa Hardaway, lead engineer of New Horizons's RALPH instrument | WGPSN |
Hardie | 23°49′N141°35′E / 23.82°N 141.58°E | 25 | 2020 | Robert H. Hardie, American astronomer and co-discoverer of Pluto's rotational period | WGPSN |
Khare | 27°51′N94°34′E / 27.85°N 94.56°E | 58 | 2019 | Bishun Khare, Indian-American atmospheric chemist who researched Pluto's tholin cycle | WGPSN |
Kiladze | 28°23′N212°55′E / 28.39°N 212.92°E | 44.42 | 2019 | Rolan Kiladze, Georgian astronomer who researched Pluto's orbital dynamics | WGPSN |
Kowal | 49°29′N217°52′E / 49.48°N 217.87°E | 66 | 2022 | Charles T. Kowal, American astronomer who discovered the ringed centaur 2060 Chiron | WGPSN |
Oort | 7°52′N92°03′E / 7.86°N 92.05°E | 123 | 2021 | Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer who proposed the hypothetical Oort cloud | WGPSN |
Pulfrich | 77°48′N135°59′E / 77.80°N 135.99°E | 37.7 | 2020 | Carl Pulfrich, German physicist and inventor of the blink comparator, the device used to discover Pluto | WGPSN |
Simonelli | 12°47′N314°46′E / 12.79°N 314.76°E | 286 | 2019 | Damon Simonelli, American astronomer who researched the formation of Pluto | WGPSN |
Zagar | 5°44′S155°14′E / 5.74°S 155.23°E | 93 | 2020 | Francesco Zagar, Italian astronomer who studied Pluto's orbit | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pharos | 10°S10°W / 10°S 10°W | 255 | 1994 | Pharos, a former island near the Lighthouse of Alexandria | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bogle | n.a. | 1988 | Scottish mischievous spirits | WGPSN | |
Butz | n.a. | 1988 | German roguish or evil spirits | WGPSN | |
Lob | n.a. | 1988 | British mischievous spirits | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zethus | 10°N175°W / 10°N 175°W | 40 | 2000 | Husband of Thebe in Greek myths | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afekan | 25°48′N159°42′E / 25.8°N 159.7°E | 115 | 2008 | New Guinea goddess of creation and knowledge who teaches people how to live correctly | WGPSN |
Beag | 34°44′S169°33′W / 34.74°S 169.55°W | 27 | 2015 | Celtic/Irish goddess of water education and knowledge. Anyone who drinks the water from her well will become wise | WGPSN |
Forseti | 25°32′N10°24′W / 25.53°N 10.4°W | 145 | 2015 | Norse god the wisest and most eloquent of the Aesir | WGPSN |
Hano | 40°18′N14°54′E / 40.3°N 14.9°E | 100 | 2011 | Bella Coola (northwestern USA and western Canada) goddess of education knowledge and magic. She manifested as a shaman so she could teach the people | WGPSN |
Ksa | 14°00′N65°24′W / 14°N 65.4°W | 29 | 2006 | Lakota and Oglala (South Dakota USA) god of wisdom | WGPSN |
Menrva | 20°06′N87°12′W / 20.1°N 87.2°W | 392 | 2006 | Etruscan goddess of wisdom | WGPSN |
Momoy | 11°36′N44°36′W / 11.6°N 44.6°W | 40 | 2011 | Chumash (California USA) ancestor shaman and goddess of magic education knowledge health and healing | WGPSN |
Mystis | 0°04′N165°08′E / 0.07°N 165.14°E | 20 | 2015 | Greek nymph a minor deity nurse of the god Dionysus who instructed him in the Mysteries | WGPSN |
Selk | 7°N161°E / 7°N 161°E | 80 | 2008 | Egyptian goddess of knowledge writing education and reptiles | WGPSN |
Sinlap | 11°18′N16°00′W / 11.3°N 16°W | 80 | 2006 | Kachin (N. Burma) wise spirit who dwells in the sky and gives wisdom to his worshippers | WGPSN |
Soi | 24°18′N140°54′W / 24.3°N 140.9°W | 75 | 2012 | Melanesian (New Ireland Island Papua New Guinea) god of wisdom | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amarum | 26°00′N24°30′E / 26°N 24.5°E | n.a. | 1991 | Quecha (Ecuador) water boa | WGPSN |
Andvari | 20°30′N34°00′E / 20.5°N 34°E | n.a. | 1991 | Norse fish shaped dwarf | WGPSN |
Cay | 12°S44°E / 12°S 44°E | n.a. | 1991 | Mayan deity | WGPSN |
Ilomba | 14°30′S57°00′E / 14.5°S 57°E | n.a. | 1991 | Lozi (Zambia) water snake linked with destruction | WGPSN |
Kurma | 16°30′S61°00′E / 16.5°S 61°E | n.a. | 1991 | Vishnu in the form of a tortoise | WGPSN |
Mazomba | 18°30′S63°30′E / 18.5°S 63.5°E | n.a. | 1991 | Chaga (Tanzania) mythical large fish | WGPSN |
Ravgga | 3°00′S71°30′E / 3°S 71.5°E | n.a. | 1991 | Finnish fortune-telling fish god | WGPSN |
Tangaroa | 25°00′S65°30′E / 25°S 65.5°E | n.a. | 1991 | Māori fishing and sea god | WGPSN |
Vodyanoy | 17°00′S28°30′E / 17°S 28.5°E | n.a. | 1991 | Slavic water spirit | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alberich | 33°36′S42°12′E / 33.6°S 42.2°E | 52 | 1988 | Dwarf who guarded Niebelung gold also had a mantle of invisibility | WGPSN |
Fin | 37°24′S44°18′E / 37.4°S 44.3°E | 43 | 1988 | Troll who helped build a church in Kallundburg Zealand | WGPSN |
Gob | 12°42′S27°48′E / 12.7°S 27.8°E | 88 | 1988 | King of gnomes | WGPSN |
Kanaloa | 10°48′S14°18′W / 10.8°S 14.3°W | 86 | 1988 | Polynesian chief evil spirit | WGPSN |
Malingee | 22°54′S13°54′E / 22.9°S 13.9°E | 164 | 1988 | Aboriginal spirit who travels at night | WGPSN |
Minepa | 42°42′S8°12′E / 42.7°S 8.2°E | 58 | 1988 | Macouas and Banayis evil spirit | WGPSN |
Peri | 9°12′S4°18′E / 9.2°S 4.3°E | 61 | 1988 | Persian evil spirit who disguised malevolence by charm; disturbed natural elements and heavenly bodies | WGPSN |
Setibos | 30°48′S13°42′W / 30.8°S 13.7°W | 50 | 1988 | Chief devil | WGPSN |
Skynd | 1°48′S28°18′W / 1.8°S 28.3°W | 72 | 1988 | Troll who stole three wives of a man living in Englerup | WGPSN |
Vuver | 4°42′S48°24′W / 4.7°S 48.4°W | 98 | 1988 | Volga Finn evil spirit | WGPSN |
Wokolo | 30°00′S1°48′E / 30°S 1.8°E | 208 | 1988 | Baramba (West Africa) devil spirit | WGPSN |
Wunda | 7°54′S86°24′W / 7.9°S 86.4°W | 131 | 1988 | Australian dark spirit | WGPSN |
Zlyden | 23°18′S33°48′W / 23.3°S 33.8°W | 44 | 1988 | Slavic evil spirit | WGPSN |
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aconia | 7°32′N151°22′E / 7.54°N 151.37°E | 19 | 2014 | Fabia Aconia Paulina; Roman aristocratic woman wife of Praetextatus (d. c. 384) | WGPSN |
Aelia | 14°16′S69°12′W / 14.26°S 69.2°W | 4.34 | 2012 | Aelia Oculata; Roman vestal virgin (c. 83) | WGPSN |
Africana | 68°59′N14°08′W / 68.99°N 14.13°W | 25.43 | 2014 | Cornelia Africana; Roman noblewoman wife of Tiberus Gracchus Major mother of Tiberus and Gaius Gracchus (c. 190-100 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Albana | 76°37′N159°19′W / 76.61°N 159.31°W | 90.86 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Albia | 27°51′S78°51′E / 27.85°S 78.85°E | 5.79 | 2014 | Albia Dominica; Roman noblewoman wife of Emperor Valens (c. 337–378) | WGPSN |
Alypia | 70°13′S139°13′E / 70.22°S 139.22°E | 15.17 | 2014 | Roman noblewoman daughter of Anthemius and Aelia Euphemia wife of Ricimer (fl. 467–472) | WGPSN |
Angioletta | 40°10′S179°15′E / 40.16°S 179.25°E | 18.42 | 2014 | Angioletta Coradini; Italian planetary scientist (1946-2011) | WGPSN |
Antonia | 58°42′S9°13′W / 58.7°S 9.22°W | 16.75 | 2012 | Famous Roman woman daughter of M. Antonius and Octavia wife of Drusus mother of Germanicus Livilla and Emperor Claudius (36 B.C. - A.D. 37) | WGPSN |
Aquilia | 49°25′S169°07′W / 49.41°S 169.12°W | 36.82 | 2012 | Julia Aquilia Severa; Roman vestal virgin (c. 218) | WGPSN |
Arruntia | 39°26′N138°25′W / 39.44°N 138.41°W | 10.49 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 70 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Bellicia | 37°44′N162°14′W / 37.73°N 162.24°W | 41.68 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 3rd century) | WGPSN |
Bruttia | 63°49′N122°55′W / 63.81°N 122.91°W | 20.68 | 2014 | Bruttia Crispina; Roman Empress wife of Emperor Commodus (164-191) | WGPSN |
Caesonia | 31°12′N110°04′W / 31.2°N 110.07°W | 104.23 | 2014 | Atia; Roman noblewoman, niece of Julius Caesar and mother of Emperor Augustus (85-43 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Calpurnia | 16°43′N10°54′W / 16.72°N 10.9°W | 50.19 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 3rd century) | WGPSN |
Cannutia | 58°56′S145°16′W / 58.93°S 145.27°W | 17.97 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 213) | WGPSN |
Canuleia | 33°37′S84°31′E / 33.62°S 84.52°E | 11.32 | 2012 | One of the first Roman vestal virgins | WGPSN |
Caparronia | 35°43′N42°58′W / 35.71°N 42.97°W | 53.2 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (d. 266 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Charito | 44°48′S90°43′E / 44.8°S 90.71°E | 6.55 | 2014 | Roman Empress daughter of military commander Lucillianus wife of Emperor Jovian (mid 4th century C.E.) | WGPSN |
Claudia | 1°39′S146°00′E / 1.65°S 146°E | 0.57 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 143 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Coelia | 1°08′S120°11′W / 1.14°S 120.18°W | 14.06 | 2014 | Coelia Concordia; the last Roman vestal virgin and the last Vestalis Maxima (Chief Vestal) after the Temple of Vesta was closed in 391 (d. 406 A.D.) | WGPSN |
Cornelia | 9°22′S15°34′E / 9.37°S 15.57°E | 14.9 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 23) | WGPSN |
Cossinia | 0°38′N178°58′E / 0.63°N 178.96°E | 15.72 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Domitia | 37°37′N22°02′W / 37.62°N 22.04°W | 32.99 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 10–19) | WGPSN |
Domna | 11°07′S134°04′W / 11.11°S 134.07°W | 13.53 | 2012 | Julia; wife of Roman emperor Severus | WGPSN |
Drusilla | 15°03′S51°13′E / 15.05°S 51.22°E | 20.34 | 2012 | Julia; famous Roman woman second daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina sister of Gaius (16-38) | WGPSN |
Eumachia | 0°08′N42°56′W / 0.14°N 42.94°W | 25.78 | 2012 | Priestess and prominent citizen of Pompeii (c. 1st century) | WGPSN |
Eusebia | 42°02′S5°41′W / 42.04°S 5.69°W | 23.44 | 2012 | Famous Roman woman second wife of Constantius II | WGPSN |
Eutropia | 22°24′N104°59′W / 22.4°N 104.99°W | 21.09 | 2012 | Wife of Maximian (c. 324) | WGPSN |
Fabia | 15°32′N55°46′E / 15.53°N 55.76°E | 11.62 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (served as a vestal virgin from 73 to pre 58 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Fausta | 25°26′S99°46′E / 25.44°S 99.76°E | 3.14 | 2014 | Flavia Maxima; Roman Empress wife of Constantine I executed by him (d. 326) | WGPSN |
Flavola | 9°10′S30°26′W / 9.16°S 30.44°W | 2.87 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 215) | WGPSN |
Floronia | 36°14′N94°04′E / 36.23°N 94.06°E | 18.54 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (d. 216 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Fonteia | 53°15′S68°35′W / 53.25°S 68.59°W | 20.61 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 69 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Fulvia | 26°08′S67°21′W / 26.13°S 67.35°W | 16.73 | 2014 | Wife of Clodius, Curio and Antony | WGPSN |
Fundania | 57°37′N74°59′W / 57.62°N 74.98°W | 29.23 | 2014 | Annia Fundania Faustina; Roman noblewoman cousin of M. Aurelius victim of Commodus (d. 192) | WGPSN |
Galeria | 29°49′S18°23′E / 29.82°S 18.38°E | 21.77 | 2012 | Galeria Fundana; wife of Emperor Vitellius (c. 1st century) | WGPSN |
Gegania | 4°03′N149°14′W / 4.05°N 149.23°W | 22.33 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Graecina | 37°27′S122°59′W / 37.45°S 122.99°W | 11.93 | 2014 | Pomponia Graecina; Roman noblewoman married to the consul Aulus Plautius (d. A.D. 83) | WGPSN |
Helena | 41°31′S87°27′W / 41.51°S 87.45°W | 22.06 | 2011 | Flavia Iulia Helena Augusta; mother of Constantine the Great | WGPSN |
Herennia | 72°25′S10°20′E / 72.42°S 10.33°E | 22.33 | 2014 | Herennia Etruscilla; Roman Empress wife of Emperor Decius mother of Emperors Etruscus Herrenius and Hostilian (c. 250) | WGPSN |
Hortensia | 46°51′S165°23′E / 46.85°S 165.38°E | 29.45 | 2014 | Daughter of consul and advocate Quintus Hortensius (fl. c. 50 B.C.); she was known as a skilled orator | WGPSN |
Iuinia | 35°35′S121°47′W / 35.58°S 121.78°W | 3.03 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 107) | WGPSN |
Justina | 34°25′S107°53′E / 34.41°S 107.88°E | 7.62 | 2012 | Famous Roman woman second wife of Emperor Valentinian | WGPSN |
Laelia | 46°49′S69°33′W / 46.82°S 69.55°W | 8.89 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 62) | WGPSN |
Laeta | 14°54′N30°06′W / 14.9°N 30.1°W | 1.37 | 2014 | Clodia; Roman vestal virgin (c. 213) | WGPSN |
Laurentia | 28°09′S92°48′E / 28.15°S 92.8°E | 11.48 | 2014 | Acca; mythical woman wife of the shepherd Faustulus in Roman mythology adoptive mother of Romulus and Remus | WGPSN |
Lepida | 16°44′N96°46′E / 16.74°N 96.76°E | 42.9 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 25) | WGPSN |
Licinia | 23°20′N167°21′E / 23.34°N 167.35°E | 24.05 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 140-113 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Lollia | 37°22′S117°40′W / 37.36°S 117.67°W | 4.9 | 2014 | Lollia Paulina; Roman woman of distinguished ancestry and great wealth Roman Empress as the third wife of Caligula (15-49) | WGPSN |
Longina | 36°58′N20°39′E / 36.96°N 20.65°E | 17.65 | 2014 | Domitia; Roman empress wife of Emperor Domitian Augusta of Rome (c. 51–130) | WGPSN |
Lucilla | 75°58′S60°53′W / 75.96°S 60.88°W | 19.3 | 2014 | Annia; Roman Empress mother of M. Aurelius married to Emperors L. Verus and then to Ti. Claudius (c. 150–182) | WGPSN |
Mamilia | 48°23′N82°05′E / 48.39°N 82.09°E | 35.67 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 240) | WGPSN |
Marcia | 8°59′N20°27′W / 8.98°N 20.45°W | 67.6 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (d. 113 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Mariamne | 68°26′S9°16′W / 68.44°S 9.27°W | 30.33 | 2014 | Second wife of Herod king of Roman province Judea known for her great beauty (c. 60-29 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Metrodora | 59°26′S100°32′E / 59.43°S 100.54°E | 23.99 | 2014 | Claudia Metrodora; Greek woman with Roman citizenship prominent public benefactor (mid 1st century A.D.) | WGPSN |
Minervina | 16°51′N160°43′W / 16.85°N 160.71°W | 18.34 | 2014 | The first wife of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great mother of Crispus (early 4th century) | WGPSN |
Minucia | 20°12′N2°48′W / 20.2°N 2.8°W | 23.15 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 337 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Myia | 50°32′S103°40′W / 50.53°S 103.66°W | 2.59 | 2012 | Daughter of Pythagoras and Theano wife of Milon of Crotona | WGPSN |
Numisia | 7°29′S37°15′E / 7.48°S 37.25°E | 29.94 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 204) | WGPSN |
Occia | 15°28′S168°29′E / 15.47°S 168.48°E | 7.34 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (served as vestal virgin from c. 40 B.C. to A.D. 19) | WGPSN |
Octavia | 3°18′S62°47′W / 3.3°S 62.79°W | 30.62 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (third century A.D.) | WGPSN |
Oppia | 7°53′S99°05′E / 7.89°S 99.08°E | 36.67 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (d. 483 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Paculla | 64°13′S151°09′E / 64.22°S 151.15°E | 22.34 | 2014 | Paculla Annia; Campanian (Southern Italy) priestess of Bacchus whose reforms radically altered the Bacchanalian ritual in ancient Rome (fl. c. 188 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Paulina | 10°55′N133°07′E / 10.92°N 133.11°E | 18.13 | 2012 | Aurelia; priestess for life of asylum-granting Artemis Pergaia built hydreion at her own expense | WGPSN |
Perpennia | 23°02′S101°15′W / 23.03°S 101.25°W | 21.36 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 100-70 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Pinaria | 29°32′S178°22′W / 29.54°S 178.37°W | 41.76 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 600 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Placidia | 19°14′N78°37′W / 19.24°N 78.62°W | 14.75 | 2014 | Galla; daughter of the Roman Emperor Theodorius I wife of Athualf King of the Visigoths and Constantius III Roman Emperor (390-450) | WGPSN |
Plancia | 61°34′N16°05′W / 61.56°N 16.09°W | 18.48 | 2014 | Plancia Magna; daughter of Roman Senator Varus wife of Tertullus benefactress and patron of Perga the capital of the Roman province of Pamphylia in Asia Minor (1st-2nd century A.D.) | WGPSN |
Pomponia | 70°12′N97°25′W / 70.2°N 97.42°W | 59.07 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 213) | WGPSN |
Portia | 0°55′N168°50′W / 0.91°N 168.83°W | 11.44 | 2014 | Daughter of Roman statesman Cato Uticensis second wife of M. Brutus (c. 70-43/42 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Postumia | 33°50′N33°46′E / 33.84°N 33.77°E | 195.89 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 420 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Publicia | 14°32′N125°38′W / 14.53°N 125.64°W | 15.79 | 2012 | Flavia Publicia; Roman vestal virgin (c. 213) | WGPSN |
Rheasilvia | 71°57′S86°18′E / 71.95°S 86.3°E | 450 | 2011 | Rhea Silvia Roman vestal virgin mother of Romulus and Remus (c. 770 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Rubria | 7°19′S168°20′E / 7.32°S 168.34°E | 10.27 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 54) | WGPSN |
Rufillia | 12°55′S71°17′W / 12.92°S 71.29°W | 15.79 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 250–301) | WGPSN |
Scantia | 29°38′N64°39′E / 29.63°N 64.65°E | 18.61 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 40 B.C.-A.D. 23) | WGPSN |
Sentia | 38°23′S170°45′E / 38.39°S 170.75°E | 16.54 | 2014 | Amaesia Sentia; mentioned by Valerius Maximus as an instance of a female who pleaded her own cause before the praetor; called "Androgyne" for having a man's spirit with a female body | WGPSN |
Serena | 20°26′S89°17′W / 20.43°S 89.29°W | 18.47 | 2012 | Roman noblewoman niece of Emperor Theodosius (c. 400) | WGPSN |
Severina | 75°25′S88°27′W / 75.41°S 88.45°W | 34.74 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 240) | WGPSN |
Sextilia | 39°00′S64°04′W / 39°S 64.07°W | 19.48 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (d. 274 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Sossia | 36°47′S75°46′E / 36.78°S 75.76°E | 8.11 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Tarpeia | 69°28′S179°18′E / 69.47°S 179.3°E | 40.29 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Teia | 3°26′S61°04′E / 3.44°S 61.06°E | 6.69 | 2012 | Teia Euphrosyne Ruffina Roman vestal virgin (c. 200) | WGPSN |
Torquata | 46°27′N143°47′E / 46.45°N 143.78°E | 34.73 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 48) | WGPSN |
Tuccia | 39°52′S13°11′W / 39.86°S 13.19°W | 11.65 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Urbinia | 29°53′S66°16′E / 29.88°S 66.26°E | 24.25 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Varronilla | 29°37′N179°35′E / 29.62°N 179.58°E | 158.45 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 10–83) | WGPSN |
Veneneia | 47°56′S54°19′W / 47.93°S 54.32°W | 400 | 2012 | One of the first Roman vestal virgins | WGPSN |
Vettenia | 4°48′N130°41′W / 4.8°N 130.69°W | 18.89 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 200) | WGPSN |
Vibidia | 26°58′S10°18′E / 26.96°S 10.3°E | 7.1 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 48) | WGPSN |
Planetary nomenclature, like terrestrial nomenclature, is a system of uniquely identifying features on the surface of a planet or natural satellite so that the features can be easily located, described, and discussed. Since the invention of the telescope, astronomers have given names to the surface features they have discerned, especially on the Moon and Mars. To found an authority on planetary nomenclature, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) was organized in 1919 to designate and standardize names for features on Solar System bodies.
Von Kármán is a large lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. The crater is about 186 km (116 mi) in diameter and lies within an immense impact crater known as the South Pole–Aitken basin of roughly 2,500 km (1,600 mi) in diameter and 13 km (8.1 mi) deep. Von Kármán is the site of the first soft-landing on the lunar far side by the Chinese Chang'e 4 spacecraft on 3 January 2019.
Gregory is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located to the southeast of the crater Ibn Firnas, and north-northeast of Bečvář. About one crater diameter to the north is the smaller Morozov.
Patsaev is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, to the northeast of the prominent crater Tsiolkovskiy. To the northwest is the smaller crater Lander.
Volkov is a lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side. It is located to the north of the prominent crater Tsiolkovskiy, and east-southeast of Dobrovol'skiy. Overlying the southeastern rim of Volkov is the satellite crater Volkov J, and the two have merged to form a figure-8 shape. The crater Lander is attached to the southwest rim of Volkov J, making this a triple-crater formation.
Santa Maria is an impact crater on Mars, located at 2.172°S, 5.445°W within the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain, lying situated within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region.
Mons is a mountain on a celestial body. The term is used in planetary nomenclature: it is a part of the international names of such features. It is capitalized and usually stands after the proper given name, but stands before it in the case of lunar mountains.
PateraPAT-ər-ə is an irregular crater, or a complex crater with scalloped edges on a celestial body. Paterae can have any origin, although the majority of them were created by volcanism. The term comes from Latin, where it refers to a shallow bowl used in antique cultures.