list of craters on Mars

Martian craters are listed alphabetically on the following partial lists:

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• List of craters on Mars: A–G
• List of craters on Mars: H–N
• List of craters on Mars: O–Z

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Names are grouped into tables for each letter of the alphabet, containing the crater's name (linked if article exists), coordinates, diameter in kilometers, year of official name adoption (approval), the eponym ("named after") and a direct reference to the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.

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As of 2017, Martian craters account for 21% of all 5,211 named craters in the Solar System. Apart from the Moon, no other body has as many named craters as Mars. Other, non-planetary bodies with numerous named craters include Callisto (141), Ganymede (131), Rhea (128), Vesta (90), Ceres (90), Dione (73), Iapetus (58), Enceladus (53), Tethys (50) and Europa (41). For a full list, see List of craters in the Solar System. The total number of craters on Mars greater than 1 kilometre in diameter is approximately 385,000, with 21% of those (~85,000) being over 3 kilometers in diameter.{{Cite book|last1=Lagain*†|first1=A.|last2=Bouley†|first2=S.|last3=Baratoux†|first3=D.|last4=Marmo†|first4=C.|last5=Costard†|first5=F.|last6=Delaa†|first6=O.|last7=Rossi†|first7=A. Pio|last8=Minin†|first8=M.|last9=Benedix†|first9=G. K.|last10=Ciocco|first10=M.|last11=Bedos|first11=B.|title=Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution VI |date=2021-08-02|chapter=Mars Crater Database: A participative project for the classification of the morphological characteristics of large Martian craters|pages=629–644 |chapter-url=https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/books/book/2312/chapter/129414828/Mars-Crater-Database-A-participative-project-for|language=en|doi=10.1130/2021.2550(29)|isbn=9780813725505 |s2cid=233540957 }} The number of craters on Mars over 25 metres in diameter is suggested to be approximately 90 million.{{Cite journal|last1=Lagain|first1=A.|last2=Benedix|first2=G. K.|last3=Servis|first3=K.|last4=Baratoux|first4=D.|last5=Doucet|first5=L. S.|last6=Rajšic|first6=A.|last7=Devillepoix|first7=H. a. R.|last8=Bland|first8=P. A.|last9=Towner|first9=M. C.|last10=Sansom|first10=E. K.|last11=Miljković|first11=K.|date=2021-11-03|title=The Tharsis mantle source of depleted shergottites revealed by 90 million impact craters|journal=Nature Communications|language=en|volume=12|issue=1|pages=6352|doi=10.1038/s41467-021-26648-3|pmid=34732704 |pmc=8566585 |bibcode=2021NatCo..12.6352L |s2cid=242940844 |issn=2041-1723}}

Some of the largest craters on Mars remain unnamed. Diameters differ depending on source data. The largest confirmed impact basins on Mars are Utopia (buried, estimated diameter 3,300 km) Hellas (2,300 km), Argyre ( 1,800 km) and Isidis (1,500 km).

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{{efn|name=Column-Crater|1=Data in this table includes contents from:

• [https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=MARS&featureType=Crater,+craters&sort_column=diameter&sort_asc=false Planetary Names: Search Results], International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) at [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/ Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature] (access date June 2017).
• only this data-set provides an approval date, eponym and WGSPN-link to an object webpage;
• [http://craters.sjrdesign.net/ Mars Crater Database Search], Robbins, S.J., and B.M. Hynek (2012). A New Global Database of Mars Impact Craters ≥1 km: 1. Database Creation, Properties, and Parameters. Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets
• Elliptical measurements (used to compute the approx. area), and the details on unnamed craters are only available in this data-set.}}

{{efn|name=Column-Diameter|1=The entries containing two diameter values are due to presumably newer data being available via [https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/ Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature]. The value consistent with the Robbins data is included in parentheses for completeness.}}

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{{wide image|Victoria Crater, Cape Verde-Mars.jpg|800px|An approximate true-color image, taken by Mars exploration rover Opportunity, shows the view of Victoria crater from Cape Verde. It was captured over a three-week period, from October 16 – November 6, 2006.}}

== See also ==

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• List of catenae on Mars
• List of mountains on Mars

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{{cite web|title=Nomenclature Search Results: Mars > Crater, Craters |publisher=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature – International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) |website=US Geological Survey |url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=MARS&featureType=Crater,%20craters |access-date=10 August 2017}}

{{cite web|title=Categories for Naming Features on Planets and Satellites |publisher=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature – International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) |website=US Geological Survey |url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/Categories |access-date= 10 August 2017}}

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• [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/MARS/target USGS: Martian system nomenclature]
• [https://archive.org/details/TheEtymologyOfMarsCraterNames_201803 The Origin of Mars Crater Names]

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