List of craters on Mars: O–Z
This is a list of craters on Mars. There are hundreds of thousands of impact craters on Mars, but only some of them have names. This list here contains only named Martian craters starting with the letter O – Z (see also lists for A – G and H – N).
Large Martian craters (greater than 60 kilometers in diameter) are named after famous scientists and science fiction authors; smaller ones (less than 60 km in diameter) get their names from towns on Earth. Craters cannot be named for living people, and small crater names are not intended to be commemorative – that is, a small crater isn't actually named after a specific town on Earth, but rather its name comes at random from a pool of terrestrial place names, with some exceptions made for craters near landing sites.[2] Latitude and longitude are given as planetographic coordinates with west longitude.
O
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval date | Named after | Refs |
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Obock | 2.0°S 209.5°W | 14.5 | 2013 | Djibouti place name | WGPSN |
Ocampo | 33.0°N 221.8°W | 7.1 | 1991 | Mexico place name | WGPSN |
Ochakov | 42.5°S 31.9°W | 33.3 | 1976 | Ukraine place name | WGPSN |
Oglala | 3.2°S 38.2°W | 18.2 | 1976 | USA (South Dakota) place name | WGPSN |
Ohara | 4.93°N 277.59°W | 10.8 | 2006 | Japan place name | WGPSN |
Oituz | 23.46°N 341.24°W | 15.3 | 2018 | Oituz, Romania | WGPSN |
Okhotsk | 23.2°N 47.4°W | 1.2 | 1979 | Okhotsk, Russia | WGPSN |
Okotoks | 21.2°S 275.7°W | 22.6 | 2006 | Canada (Alberta) place name | WGPSN |
Olenek | 20.1°N 54.3°W | 3.0 | 1988 | Russia place name | WGPSN |
Olom | 23.2°N 57.8°W | 6.0 | 1988 | Russia place name | WGPSN |
Ome | 20.8°N 256.0°W | 2.9 | 1988 | Japan place name | WGPSN |
Ōmura | 25.6°S 25.3°W | 8.4 | 1976 | Japan place name | WGPSN |
Onon | 16.3°N 257.6°W | 3.5 | 1988 | Onon, Mongolia | WGPSN |
Oodnadatta | 52.8°S 34.2°W | 27.0 | 1991 | South Australia place name | WGPSN |
Oraibi | 17.4°N 32.4°W | 33.0 | 1976 | USA (Arizona) place name | WGPSN |
Ore | 17.0°N 34.0°W | 7.0 | 1976 | Nigeria place name | WGPSN |
Orinda | 45.7°N 233.1°W | 9.8 | 1979 | USA (California) place name | WGPSN |
Orson Welles | 0.2°S 45.9°W | 124.5 | 2003 | Orson Welles | WGPSN |
Ostrov | 26.8°S 28.2°W | 73.0 | 1976 | Russia place name | WGPSN |
Ottumwa | 24.8°N 55.8°W | 53.2 | 1976 | USA (Iowa) place name | WGPSN |
Oudemans | 10.0°S 91.9°W | 124.0 | 1973 | Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans | WGPSN |
Oyama | 23.66°N 20.17°W | 106.8 | 2010 | Vance Oyama | WGPSN |
P
Q
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval date | Named after | Refs |
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Qara | 16.43°N 209.7°W | 2.5 | 2018 | Qara Oasis, Egypt | WGPSN |
Qibā | 17.3°N 257.0°W | 3.9 | 1988 | Saudi Arabia place name | WGPSN |
Quenisset | 34.6°N 319.4°W | 138.0 | 1973 | Ferdinand Quénisset | WGPSN |
Quick | 18.4°N 49.3°W | 13.4 | 1976 | Canada (British Columbia) place name | WGPSN |
Quines | 42.2°S 270.9°W | 10.9 | 1991 | Argentina place name | WGPSN |
Quorn | 5.6°S 33.7°W | 5.9 | 1976 | South Australia place name | WGPSN |
Quthing | 0.4°N 210.7°W | 15.6 | 2013 | Lesotho place name | WGPSN |
R
S
T
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval date | Named after | Refs |
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Tábor | 35.8°S 58.4°W | 19.5 | 1979 | Czech Republic place name | WGPSN |
Tabou | 45.4°S 35.1°W | 8.3 | 1976 | Côte d'Ivoire place name | WGPSN |
Taejin | 35.5°S 274.4°W | 28.0 | 1991 | South Korea place name | WGPSN |
Tak | 26.3°S 28.7°W | 5.1 | 1976 | Tak Province, Thailand | WGPSN |
Tala | 20.5°S 247.3°W | 9.0 | 1991 | Tunisia place name | WGPSN |
Talas | 36.0°S 284.6°W | 30.0 | 2015 | Kyrgyzstan place name | WGPSN |
Talsi | 41.9°S 49.4°W | 10.0 | 1976 | Latvia place name | WGPSN |
Taltal | 39.51°S 234.21°E | 10 | 2016 | Town in Chile | WGPSN |
Talu | 40.7°S 339.9°W | 10.0 | 2016 | Indonesia place name | WGPSN |
Tame | 23.0°S 108.1°W | 13.5 | 1991 | Colombia place name | WGPSN |
Tara | 44.4°S 52.9°W | 34.0 | 1976 | Ireland place name | WGPSN |
Tarakan | 41.5°S 30.5°W | 39.8 | 1976 | Indonesia place name | WGPSN |
Tarata | 3.8°S 41.3°W | 12.3 | 1976 | Bolivia place name | WGPSN |
Tarma | 16.7°N 250.2°W | 8.9 | 1988 | Peru place name | WGPSN |
Tarq | 38.1°N 171.22°E | 35.36 | 2017 | Town in Iran | WGPSN |
Tarsus | 23.3°N 40.3°W | 19.0 | 1976 | Tarsus, Turkey | WGPSN |
Tavua | 15.62°N 242.48°W | 32.3 | 2008 | Fiji place name | WGPSN |
Taxco | 20.9°N 40.2°W | 17.5 | 1976 | Mexico place name | WGPSN |
Taytay | 7.37°N 19.65°W | 18.4 | 2006 | Taytay, Philippines | WGPSN |
Taza | 43.9°S 45.3°W | 24.0 | 1976 | Morocco place name | WGPSN |
Tecolote | 24.8°S 106.9°W | 51.0 | 1991 | USA (New Mexico) place name | WGPSN |
Tehachapi | 36.57°N 329.58°W | 26 | 2019 | Tehachapi, California | WGPSN |
Teisserenc de Bort | 0.4°N 315.0°W | 119.0 | 1973 | Léon Teisserenc de Bort | WGPSN |
Tejn | 15.6°N 253.6°W | 3.6 | 1988 | Denmark place name | WGPSN |
Telz | 21.4°N 248.9°W | 2.6 | 1988 | Germany place name | WGPSN |
Tem' | 42.3°N 9.5°W | 5.9 | 1976 | Russia place name | WGPSN |
Tepko | 15.4°N 256.6°W | 3.8 | 1988 | South Australia place name | WGPSN |
Terby | 28.3°S 285.9°W | 174.0 | 1973 | François J. Terby | WGPSN |
Thermia | 19.9°N 250.9°W | 2.9 | 1988 | Greece place name | WGPSN |
Thila | 18.09°N 204.58°W | 5.3 | 2008 | Thula, Yemen | WGPSN |
Thira | 14.6°S 184.1°W | 22.5 | 1997 | Fira, Greece | WGPSN |
Thom | 41.4°S 267.8°W | 24.0 | 1991 | Thailand place name. Na Thom District, Nakhon Phanom.[3] | WGPSN |
Thule | 23.6°S 25.8°W | 13.3 | 1976 | Greenland place name | WGPSN |
Tibrikot | 12.6°N 55.0°W | 61.9 | 1988 | Nepal place name | WGPSN |
Tignish | 31.0°S 273.1°W | 22.0 | 1991 | Canada (Prince Edward Island) place name | WGPSN |
Tikhonravov | 13.5°N 324.2°W | 386.0 | 1985 | Mikhail Tikhonravov | WGPSN |
Tikhov | 51.1°S 254.3°W | 111.0 | 1973 | Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov | WGPSN |
Tile | 17.9°N 28.7°W | 7.4 | 1976 | Somalia place name | WGPSN |
Timaru | 25.5°S 22.4°W | 17.9 | 1976 | New Zealand place name | WGPSN |
Timbuktu | 5.7°S 37.6°W | 73.0 | 1976 | Timbuktu, Mali | WGPSN |
Timoshenko | 42.0°N 64.1°W | 88.5 | 1982 | Ivan Fedorovich Timoshenko | WGPSN |
Tivat | 46.3°S 250.5°W | 3.6 | 2011 | Montenegro place name | WGPSN |
Tivoli | 14.3°S 259.18°W | 32.4 | 2010 | Grenada place name | WGPSN |
Tiwi | 27.8°S 24.8°W | 21.4 | 1976 | Oman place name | WGPSN |
Toconao | 20.9°S 74.8°W | 17.7 | 2006 | Chile place name | WGPSN |
Tokko | 22.8°N 250.6°W | 2.1 | 1988 | Russia place name | WGPSN |
Tokma | 21.5°N 251.5°W | 3.2 | 1988 | Russia place name | WGPSN |
Tolon | 18.4°N 255.1°W | 2.7 | 1988 | Russia place name | WGPSN |
Tomari | 20.2°N 246.3°W | 5.9 | 1988 | Russia place name | WGPSN |
Tombaugh | 3.5°N 198.2°W | 60.3 | 2006 | Clyde Tombaugh; American astronomer (1906–1997) | WGPSN |
Tombe | 42.8°S 44.5°W | 11.6 | 1976 | Sudan place name | WGPSN |
Tomini | 16.27°N 234.2°W | 7.4 | 2006 | Indonesia place name | WGPSN |
Tooting | 23.1°N 152.4°W | 27.5 | 2006 | Tooting, England | WGPSN |
Topola | 15.83°N 267.79°W | 8 | 2018 | Topola, Serbia | WGPSN |
Torbay | 18.1°N 246.0°W | 6.5 | 1988 | Western Australia place name | WGPSN |
Torsö | 44.6°S 51.2°W | 16.0 | 1976 | Sweden place name | WGPSN |
Torup | 28.2°S 262.3°W | 45.5 | 1991 | Sweden place name | WGPSN |
Trinidad | 23.6°S 251.0°W | 28.0 | 1991 | Peru place name | WGPSN |
Triolet | 37.09°S 168.14°W | 11.66 | 2008 | Mauritius place name | WGPSN |
Troika | 17.0°N 254.9°W | 13.5 | 1976 | Sweden place name | WGPSN |
Trouvelot | 16.2°N 13.1°W | 154.7 | 1973 | Étienne Léopold Trouvelot | WGPSN |
Troy | 23.4°N 52.7°W | 9.9 | 1976 | USA (Idaho) place name | WGPSN |
Trud | 17.9°N 31.7°W | 2.1 | 1976 | Russia place name | WGPSN |
Trumpler | 61.8°S 150.8°W | 78.0 | 1973 | Robert Julius Trumpler | WGPSN |
Tsau | 49.8°N 239.0°W | 6.5 | 1979 | Botswana | WGPSN |
Tsukuba | 48.9°N 226.1°W | 1.8 | 1979 | Tsukuba, Japan | WGPSN |
Tuapi | 17.2°N 255.7°W | 4.6 | 1988 | Nicaragua place name | WGPSN |
Tugaske | 32.1°S 101.2°W | 31.3 | 1991 | Tugaske, Canada | WGPSN |
Tumul | 14.9°N 255.5°W | 8.8 | 1988 | Russia place name | WGPSN |
Tungla | 41.1°S 270.5°W | 17.0 | 1991 | Nicaragua place name | WGPSN |
Tura | 26.9°S 22.0°W | 16.4 | 1976 | Russia place name | WGPSN |
Turbi | 41.0°S 51.5°W | 31.3 | 1976 | Kenya place name | WGPSN |
Turma | 17.5°N 252.0°W | 6.8 | 1988 | Russia place name | WGPSN |
Tuscaloosa | 0.0°N 331.3°W | 60.0 | 2000 | USA (Alabama) place name | WGPSN |
Tuskegee | 2.9°S 36.2°W | 66.7 | 1976 | USA (Alabama) place name | WGPSN |
Tycho Brahe | 49.8°S 213.9°W | 106.0 | 1973 | Tycho Brahe | WGPSN |
Tyndall | 40.0°N 190.1°W | 86.8 | 1973 | John Tyndall | WGPSN |
Tyuratam | 45.0°S 202.0°W | 0.3 | 2013 | Kazakhstan place name | WGPSN |
U
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval date | Named after | Refs |
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Ubud | 10.63°S 341.68°E | 27 | 2016 | "Town in Indonesia | WGPSN |
Udzha | 81.98°N 282.8°W | 45.0 | 2006 | Russia place name | WGPSN |
Ulricehamn | 17.95°N 76.91°W | 2.34 | 2020 | Ulricehamn, Sweden | WGPSN |
Ulu | 22.7°N 252.7°W | 3.4 | 1988 | Russia place name | WGPSN |
Ulya | 18.1°S 248.4°W | 8.6 | 1991 | Russia place name | WGPSN |
Umatac | 42.8°N 222.8°W | 17.5 | 1979 | Guam place name | WGPSN |
Urk | 23.4°N 248.6°W | 2.8 | 1988 | Netherlands place name | WGPSN |
Utan | 24.5°N 246.3°W | 4.6 | 1988 | Russia place name | WGPSN |
Uzer | 1.2°S 1.76°W | 8.8 | 2006 | France place name | WGPSN |
V
W
X
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval date | Named after | Refs |
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Xainza | 0.78°N 3.96°W | 24.6 | 2006 | China place name | WGPSN |
Xui | 15.3°N 247.4°W | 2.7 | 1988 | Brazil place name | WGPSN |
Y
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval date | Named after | Refs |
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Yakima | 43.4°N 3.2°W | 13.0 | 1976 | USA (Washington) place name | WGPSN |
Yala | 17.6°N 38.7°W | 19.8 | 1976 | Yala Province, Thailand | WGPSN |
Yalata | 22.0°N 253.9°W | 4.8 | 1988 | South Australia place name | WGPSN |
Yalgoo | 4.94°N 275.85°W | 17.9 | 2006 | Western Australia place name | WGPSN |
Yar | 22.5°N 39.2°W | 6.4 | 1976 | Russia place name | WGPSN |
Yaren | 43.91°S 137.57°W | 9.6 | 2009 | Nauru place name | WGPSN |
Yat | 18.3°N 29.1°W | 7.6 | 1976 | Niger place name | WGPSN |
Yebra | 21.0°N 254.4°W | 4.4 | 1988 | Spain place name | WGPSN |
Yegros | 22.5°S 23.7°W | 14.5 | 1976 | Paraguay place name | WGPSN |
Yelapa | 3.83°N 1.13°W | 29 | 2018 | Yelapa, Mexico | WGPSN |
Yelwa | 31.2°N 122.7°W | 8.5 | 2018 | Nigeria place name | WGPSN |
Yorktown | 23.1°N 48.7°W | 8.1 | 1976 | Yorktown, Virginia, USA | WGPSN |
Yoro | 23.0°N 28.1°W | 9.8 | 1976 | Honduras place name | WGPSN |
Yungay | 44.2°S 44.8°W | 21.0 | 1976 | Peru place name | WGPSN |
Yuty | 22.4°N 34.2°W | 19.9 | 1976 | Yuty, Paraguay | WGPSN |
Z
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval date | Named after | Refs |
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Zaim | 18.08°N 336.97°E | 24 | 2020 | Zaim, Căușeni, Moldova | WGPSN |
Zarand | 3.39°S 1.5°W | 2.2 | 2006 | Iran place name | WGPSN |
Zaranj | 12.1°N 247.02°W | 28.0 | 2008 | Afghanistan place name | WGPSN |
Zhigou | 29.4°S 102.7°W | 22.0 | 1991 | China place name | WGPSN |
Zilair | 32.1°S 33.0°W | 48.0 | 1979 | Zilair, Russia | WGPSN |
Zir | 18.7°N 36.6°W | 6.2 | 1976 | Turkey place name | WGPSN |
Zongo | 34.1°S 41.8°W | 46.9 | 1979 | Zongo, Sud-Ubangi, Dem. Rep. Congo | WGPSN |
Žulanka | 2.3°S 42.3°W | 47.1 | 1976 | Russia place name | WGPSN |
Zumba | 28.68°S 133.18°W | 3.3 | 2006 | Ecuador place name | WGPSN |
Zuni | 19.4°N 29.6°W | 25.1 | 1976 | USA (New Mexico) place name | WGPSN |
Zunil | 7.8°N 193.9°W | 10.4 | 2003 | Zunil, Guatemala | WGPSN |
Zutphen | 14.0°S 185.8°W | 38.0 | 2003 | Netherlands place name | WGPSN |
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