List of craters on Mercury

This is a list of named craters on Mercury, the innermost planet of the Solar System (for other features, see list of geological features on Mercury). Most Mercurian craters are named after famous writers, artists and composers. According to the rules by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, all new craters must be named after an artist that was famous for more than fifty years, and dead for more than three years, before the date they are named. Craters larger than 250 km in diameter are referred to as "basins" (also see ).H-7 text_all.word

, there are 444 named Mercurian craters, a small fraction of the total number of named Solar System craters, most of which are lunar, Martian and Venerian craters.

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.

A Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Abedin 116.23 2009 Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter Abu Nuwas 117 1976 Abu Nuwas, Arabic poet Africanus Horton 140 1976 Africanus Horton, Sierra Leonean writer Ahmad Baba 126 1979 Ahmad Baba al Massufi, West African writer Ailey 23 2012 Alvin Ailey, American choreographer Aksakov 174 2012 Sergey Aksakov, Russian author Akutagawa 106 2015 Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer Al-Akhtal 94.29 1985 Akhtal, Arab poet Alencar 106 1979 José de Alencar, Brazilian novelist Al-Hamadhani 164 1979 Badi' az-Zaman al-Hamadhani, Arab writer Al-Jāhiz 83 1976 Al-Jahiz, Arab author Alver 151 2013 Betti Alver, Estonian poet Amaral 105 2008 Tarsila do Amaral, Brazilian artist Amru Al-Qays 47 1976 Imru Al-Qays Ibn Hujr, Arabic poet Andal 109 1976 Aandaal, Tamil writer Aneirin 467 2014 Aneirin, Welsh poet (6th century) Angelou 18 2019 Maya Angelou, American author and poet Anguissola 35 2017 Sofonisba Anguissola, Italian painter Anyte 20 2017 Anyte of Tegea, Greek poet Apollodorus 41 2008 Apollodorus of Damascus, Ancient Greek architect Aristoxenus 52 1979 Aristoxenus, Ancient Greek writer Asawa 130 2024 Ruth Aiko Asawa, Japanese-American sculptor Aśvaghoṣa 88 1976 Aśvaghoṣa, Sanskrit, poet Atget 100 2008 Eugène Atget, French photographer

B Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Bach 214.29 1976 Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer Bagryana 101 2015 Elisaveta Bagryana, Bulgarian poet Balagtas 104 1976 Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet Balanchine 38 2012 George Balanchine, Georgian choreographer Baranauskas 36 2015 Antanas Baranauskas, Lithuanian poet Barney 29 2013 Natalie Clifford Barney, American-French playwright, poet, and novelist Balzac 67 1976 Honoré de Balzac, French writer Bartók 118 1979 Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer Barma 123 1982 Postnik "Barma" Yakovlev, Russian architect Bashō 75 1979 Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet Bechet 17.6 2013 Sidney Bechet, American jazz musician and composer Beckett 60 2008 Clarice Beckett, Australian painter Beethoven 630 1976 Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer Bek 32 2010 Bek, Egyptian sculptor Belinskij 70.67 1985 Vissarion Belinsky, Russian literary critic Bellini 45 2019 Giovanni Bellini, Italian painter Bello 139 1976 Andrés Bello, Venezuelan writer Benoit 40 2009 Rigaud Benoit, Haitian artist Berkel 23 2009 Sabri Berkel, Turkish painter Berlioz 31.44 2013 Hector Berlioz, French composer Bernini 168.13 1976 Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor Berry 25 2020 Chuck Berry, American singer and songwriter Bilokur 67 2024 Kateryna Bilokur, Ukrainian painter Bjornson 75.93 1985 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian poet Boccaccio 151.95 1976 Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian writer Boethius 114 1976 Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, Roman philosopher Botticelli 136.35 1979 Sandro Botticelli, Italian artist Boznańska 72 2015 Olga Boznańska, Polish painter Brahms 100 1979 Johannes Brahms, German composer Bramante 156 1976 Donato Bramante, Italian architect Brontë 68 1976 The Brontë family, English writers and artists Brooks 34 2015 Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet and novelist Bruegel 72 1985 Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Flemish painter Brunelleschi 128.57 1976 Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect Bunin 37 2019 Ivan Bunin, Russian author Burke 28.5 2015 Billie Burke, American actress Burns 43 1985 Robert Burns, Scottish poet Byron 106.58 1976 Lord Byron, English poet

C Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Calder 24 2013 Alexander Calder, American sculptor Callicrates 68 1976 Kallicrates, Ancient Greek architect Calvino 67 2009 Italo Calvino, Italian writer Camões 70 1976 Luís de Camões, Portuguese writer Canova 46 2018 Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor Capote 88 2013 Truman Capote, American Author Caravaggio 185 2013 Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio, Italian painter Carducci 108.19 1976 Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet Carleton 177 2018 William Carleton, Irish writer Carolan 24.34 2015 Turlough Carolan, Irish composer and performer Caruso 31 2013 Enrico Caruso, Italian singer Carvalho 90 Beth Carvalho, Brazilian musician Castiglione 80 2015 Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian painter Catullus 100.2 2012 Gaius Valerius Catullus, Roman poet Cervantes 213.16 1976 Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish writer Cézanne 67 1985 Paul Cézanne, French painter Chaikovskij 171 1976 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer Chao Meng-Fu 140.73 1976 Zhao Mengfu, Chinese artist Chekhov 194 1976 Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and writer Chesterton 37.23 2012 Gilbert Keith Chesterton, English author Chiang Kui 41 1976 Jiang Kui, Chinese poet Chŏng Chŏl 143 1979 Chŏng Ch'ŏl, Korean poet Chopin 131 1976 Frédéric Chopin, Polish composer Chu Ta 100 1976 Zhu Da, Chinese painter Codesido 64 2024 Julia Codesido, Peruvian painter Coleridge 112 1976 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet Copland 208 2010 Aaron Copland, American composer Copley 34 1976 John Singleton Copley, American painter Couperin 80 1979 The Couperin family of French musicians Cunningham 37 2008 Imogen Cunningham, American photographer

D Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Dali 176 2008 Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter Damer 60 2013 Anne Seymour Damer, English sculptor Darío 151 1976 Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan writer David 23 2013 Jacques-Louis David, French painter de Graft 68 2009 Joe de Graft, Ghanaian playwright Debussy 81 2010 Claude Debussy, French composer Degas 54 1979 Edgar Degas, French artist Delacroix 158 1979 Eugène Delacroix, French artist Derain 167 2009 André Derain, French artist Derzhavin 156 1979 Gavril Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet Despréz 47.05 1979 Josquin des Prez, Franco-Flemish composer Dickens 77.31 1976 Charles Dickens, English novelist Disney 113 2012 Walt Disney, American animator Dominici 20 2010 Maria de Dominici, Maltese painter Donelaitis 85 2013 Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet Donne 86 1976 John Donne, English poet Dostoevskij 430.06 1979 Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist Dowland 158 1979 John Dowland, English composer Driscoll 30 2015 Clara Driscoll, American artist Duccio 132 2013 Duccio di Buoninsegna, Italian painter Du Fu 33 2015 Du Fu, Chinese artist Dürer 195 1976 Albrecht Dürer, German artist Dvorák 75 1976 Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer

E Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Eastman 67 2009 Charles Eastman, Sioux author Echegaray 63 1985 José Echegaray, Spanish dramatist Egonu 25 2012 Uzo Egonu, Nigerian artist Eitoku 101 1976 Kanō Eitoku, Japanese artist El Husseini 87 2024 Jumana El Husseini, Palestinian painter and sculptor Ellington 216 2012 Duke Ellington, American musician Eminescu 129 2008 Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet Enheduanna 105 2015 Enheduanna, Sumerian poet Enwonwu 38 2008 Ben Enwonwu, Nigerian painter Ensor 24.92 2013 James Ensor, Belgian painter Equiano 102 1976 Olaudah Equiano, Benin writer Erté 48.5 2013 Erté, Russian-born French artist

F Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Faulkner 168 2012 William Faulkner, American author Fet 79 1985 Afanasy Fet, Russian poet Firdousi 98 2010 Hakim Ferdowsi, Persian poet Flaubert 95 1985 Gustave Flaubert, French author Flaiano 43 2013 Ennio Flaiano, Italian author Fonteyn 29 2012 Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer Freire 51 2024 María Freire, Uruguayan painter Fuller 26.97 2013 Richard Buckminster Fuller, American engineer and architect Futabatei 57 1976 Futabatei Shimei, Japanese author

G Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Gainsborough 95 1985 Thomas Gainsborough, English painter Gaudí 81 2012 Antoni Gaudí i Cornet, Spanish Catalan architect Gauguin 70 1979 Paul Gauguin, French artist Geddes 84 2010 Wilhelmina Geddes, Irish stained glass artist Ghiberti 110 1976 Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor Giambologna 69 2013 Giambologna, Flemish sculptor Gibran 106 2009 Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese American poet and artist Giotto 144 1976 Giotto di Bondone, Italian painter Glinka 89 2008 Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer Gluck 100 1979 Christoph Willibald Gluck, Austrian composer Goethe 317.17 1979 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer Gogol 79 1985 Nikolai Gogol, Russian playwright Gordimer 58 2019 Nadine Gordimer, South African writer Goya 138 1976 Francisco Goya, Spanish artist Grainger 113 2012 Percy Grainger, Australian composer Grieg 59 1985 Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer Grotell 48.25 2012 Maija Grotell, Finnish and American ceramist Guido d'Arezzo 58 1976 Guido of Arezzo, Italian music theorist

H Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Hafiz 280 2014 Hafiz of Shiraz, Persian poet Halim 44 2024 Tahia Halim, Egyptian painter Hals 93 1985 Frans Hals, Dutch painter Han Kan 50 1985 Han Gan, Chinese painter Handel 138 1976 George Frideric Handel, German composer Harunobu 107 1976 Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese artist Hauptmann 118 1985 Gerhart Hauptmann, German playwright Hawthorne 120 1979 Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist Haydn 251 1976 Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer Heaney 125 2017 Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright Heine 73 1979 Heinrich Heine, German poet Hemingway 126 2009 Ernest Hemingway, American writer Henri 163.8 2012 Robert Henri, American painter Hesiod 101 1976 Hesiod, Ancient Greek poet Hiroshige 138 1976 Andō Hiroshige, Japanese artist Hitomaro 105 1976 Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Japanese poet Hodgkins 19 2009 Frances Hodgkins, New Zealand painter Hokusai 114 2010 Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese painter Holbein 115 1979 Hans Holbein the Younger, German artist Holberg 64 1976 Ludvig Holberg, Danish writer Holst 170 2012 Gustav Holst, British composer Homer 319 1976 Homer, Greek Poet Hopper 36 2012 Edward Hopper, American painter Horace 56 1976 Horace, Roman poet Hovnatanian 34 2008 Hakob Hovnatanian, Armenian painter Hugo 206 1979 Victor Hugo, French writer Hun Kal 0.93 1976 '20' in the language of the Maya (serves as Mercury's a meridian reference point) Hurley 67 2013 Frank Hurley, Australian photographer

I Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Ibsen 159 1976 Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright Ictinus 58.03 1976 Iktinos, Ancient Greek architect Imhotep 159 1976 Imhotep, Ancient Egyptian architect Ives 18 1979 Charles Ives, American composer Izquierdo 174 2009 María Izquierdo, Mexican painter

J Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Janáček 47 1985 Leoš Janáček, Czech composer Jiménez 27 2019 Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and author Jókai 93 1979 Mór Jókai, Hungarian writer Jobim 167 2015 Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian composer Joplin 139 2012 Scott Joplin, American composer Josetsu 30 2019 Taikō Josetsu, Japanese ink painter Judah Ha-Levi 85 1976 Yehuda Halevi, Spanish-Jewish writer

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