List of craters on Venus
This is a list of named craters on Venus. All craters on Venus are named after famous women or female first names.
Direction of Increasing Longitude: east
A
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
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Abigail | -52.2 | 111.2 | 18.4 | Hebrew first name |
Abika | -52.5 | 104.4 | 14.5 | Mari first name |
Abington | -47.8 | 277.7 | 21.7 | Frances Abington, British actress |
Abra | 6.2 | 97.4 | 7.2 | Ewe first name |
Adaiah | -47.3 | 253.4 | 18 | Hebrew first name |
Adamson | -14.8 | 29.6 | 27.2 | Joy Adamson, Austrian naturalist |
Addams | -56.2 | 98.9 | 87 | Jane Addams, American social reformer |
Adivar | 8.9 | 76.2 | 30.3 | Halide Edip Adıvar, Turkish author |
Adzoba | 12.8 | 117 | 10 | Ewe first name |
Aethelflaed | -18.2 | 196.6 | 20 | Ethelfleda, Mercian queen |
Afiba | -47.1 | 102.7 | 9.5 | Ewe first name |
Afiruwa | 4.3 | 3.8 | 5.2 | Hausa first name |
Aftenia | 50 | 324 | 7 | Moldavian first name |
Afua | 15.5 | 124 | 10 | Akan first name |
Aglaonice | -26.4 | 339.9 | 63.7 | Aglaonice, Ancient Greek astronomer |
Agnesi | -39.4 | 37.7 | 42.4 | Maria Agnesi, Italian mathematician |
Agoe | 13.1 | 4.3 | 6.3 | Ewe first name |
Agrippina | -33.2 | 65.7 | 38.6 | Agrippina the Elder, Roman empress |
Ahava | 53.6 | 187.3 | 10.4 | Hebrew first name |
Aigul | 38.2 | 280.4 | 6 | Kalmykia first name |
Ailar | -15.8 | 68.4 | 8.2 | Turkish first name |
Aimee | 16.1 | 127.2 | 17 | French first name |
Aisha | 39.3 | 53.3 | 10.6 | Arabic first name |
Aita | 8.9 | 270.7 | 14 | Estonian first name |
Akeley | 8 | 244.5 | 23.4 | Delia Akeley, American explorer |
Akhmatova | 61.3 | 307.9 | 41.4 | Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet |
Akiko | 30.6 | 187.3 | 17.4 | Yosano Akiko, Japanese poet |
Akosua | -58.6 | 18.1 | 6.2 | Akan first name |
Aksentyeva | -42 | 271.9 | 42.5 | Zinaida Aksentyeva, Russian astronomer |
Akuba | 9.6 | 23 | 5.5 | Ewe first name |
Al-Taymuriyya | 32.9 | 336.1 | 19 | Ayesha Al-Taymuriyya, Egyptian author |
Alcott | -59.5 | 354.4 | 66 | Louisa May Alcott, American author |
Alima | -46 | 229.2 | 10.3 | Arabic first name |
Alimat | -29.5 | 205.9 | 13.5 | Osset first name |
Alina | 8.3 | 267.78 | 3.7 | Short form of French first name Adeline/Adelaide |
Alison | -4 | 165.6 | 14.4 | Irish first name |
Alma | -2.4 | 228.8 | 16.8 | Kazakh first name |
Almeida | 46.6 | 123.3 | 15.5 | Portuguese first name |
Altana | 1.4 | 69.9 | 6 | Kalmyk first name |
Amalasuntha | -11.5 | 342.4 | 15.4 | Amalasuntha, Ostrogoth queen |
Amanda | -29.2 | 94.5 | 12.5 | Latin first name |
Amaya | 11.3 | 89.4 | 34.5 | Carmen Amaya, Spanish dancer |
Amelia | 8.57 | 280.45 | 3.3 | Latin first name |
Amenardes | 15 | 54.3 | 27.9 | Amenardes, Egyptian princess |
Aminata | 6.6 | 25.2 | 9.7 | Mandinka first name |
Anaxandra | 44.2 | 162.3 | 20.4 | Anaxandra, Ancient Greek artist |
Andami | -17.5 | 26.5 | 28.9 | Azar Andami, Iranian physician and researcher |
Andreianova | -3 | 68.8 | 66.1 | Elena Andreianova, Russian ballerina |
Anicia | -26.3 | 31.3 | 38.2 | Anicia, Ancient Greek physician and poet |
Annia Faustina | 22.1 | 4.7 | 23.4 | Faustina the Younger, Roman empress |
Antonina | 28.1 | 106.8 | 13.8 | Russian first name |
Anush | 14.9 | 86.5 | 12.7 | Armenian and Persian first name |
Anya | 39.5 | 297.8 | 18.1 | Russian first name |
Ariadne | 43.9 | 360 | 23.6 | Greek first name |
Asmik | 3.9 | 166.4 | 19.5 | Armenian first name |
Astrid | -21.4 | 335.2 | 10.5 | Scandinavian first name |
Audrey | 23.8 | 348.1 | 15.2 | English first name |
Aurelia | 20.3 | 331.8 | 31.1 | Aurelia, mother of Julius Caesar |
Austen | -25 | 168.4 | 45.1 | Jane Austen, British novelist |
Avene | 40.4 | 149.4 | 10 | Akan first name |
Avviyar | -18 | 353.7 | 20.6 | Avviyar, Tamil novelist |
Ayana | -29.2 | 175.5 | 13.8 | Altay first name |
Ayashe | 22.7 | 31.4 | 6.7 | Hausa first name |
Ayisatu | 34.6 | 5.5 | 7 | Fula first name |
B
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
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Bachira | 26.5 | 10 | 7.3 | Algerian first name |
Bądarzewska | -22.6 | 137.2 | 29.6 | Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Polish composer |
Bahriyat | 50.3 | 357.5 | 5 | Kumyk first name |
Baker | 62.5 | 40.3 | 109 | Josephine Baker, American dancer |
Bakisat | 26 | 356.8 | 7.4 | Chechen first name |
Balch | 29.9 | 282.9 | 40 | Emily Balch, American economist |
Ban Zhao | 17.1 | 147 | 39 | Ban Zhao, Chinese historian |
Baranamtarra | 17.9 | 267.8 | 25.5 | Baranamtarra, Mesopotamian queen |
Barauka | 10.6 | 346.3 | 12.9 | Hausa first name |
Barrera | 16.6 | 109.4 | 27 | Oliva Sabuco, Spanish medical writer |
Barrymore | -52.3 | 195.7 | 56.6 | Ethel Barrymore, American actress |
Barsova | 61.3 | 223 | 76 | Valeria Barsova, Soviet singer |
Barto | 45.3 | 146.3 | 48 | Agniya Barto, Soviet poet |
Barton | 27.4 | 337.5 | 52.2 | Clara Barton, American Red Cross founder |
Bascom | -10.4 | 302.2 | 34.6 | Florence Bascom, American geologist |
Bashkirtseff | 14.7 | 194 | 36.2 | Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian painter and diarist |
Bassi | -19 | 64.6 | 31 | Laura Bassi, Italian physicist |
Bathsheba | -15.1 | 49.5 | 32.3 | Bathsheba, Hebrew queen |
Batten | 15.2 | 217.4 | 65 | Jean Batten, New Zealand aviator |
Batya | 72.7 | 235.4 | 9.3 | Hebrew first name |
Beecher | 13 | 253.4 | 40.4 | Catharine Beecher, American author |
Behn | -32.4 | 142 | 25.4 | Aphra Behn, British writer |
Bender | -13 | 327.4 | 39.8 | Heidi Julia Bender, American child author and artist[A] |
Berggolts | -63.5 | 53 | 29.5 | Olga Berggolts, Russian poet |
Bernadette | -46.6 | 285.6 | 12.8 | French first name |
Bernhardt | 31.6 | 84.4 | 25.3 | Sarah Bernhardt, French actress |
Bernice | -40.7 | 14.8 | 12.6 | Greek first name |
Berta | 62 | 322 | 20 | Finnish first name |
Bette | -24.6 | 347.9 | 7.2 | German first name |
Bickerdyke | -82 | 171.3 | 36.3 | Mary Ann Bickerdyke, American nurse |
Bineta | 57.3 | 144.1 | 10.7 | Mandinka first name |
Birute | 36.1 | 32 | 22.3 | Lithuanian first name |
Blackburne | 11 | 183.9 | 30.5 | Anna Blackburne, British biologist |
Blanche | -9.3 | 157 | 12.3 | French first name |
Blixen | -60.1 | 145.7 | 20.8 | Karen Blixen, Danish writer |
Bly | 37.7 | 305.5 | 18.7 | Nellie Bly, American journalist |
Boivin | 4.3 | 299.5 | 20.4 | Marie Boivin, French medical researcher |
Boleyn | 24.4 | 220.1 | 70.4 | Anne Boleyn, English queen |
Bonnevie | -36.1 | 127 | 92.2 | Kristine Bonnevie, Norwegian biologist |
Bonnin | -6.3 | 117.6 | 28.5 | Gertrude Bonnin, aka Zitkala-Sa, Lakota social reformer |
Boulanger | -26.6 | 99.2 | 71.5 | Nadia Boulanger, French pianist |
Bourke-White | 21.2 | 147.9 | 33.6 | Margaret Bourke-White, American photo-journalist |
Boyd | -39.4 | 221.4 | 22 | Louise Arner Boyd, American explorer |
Boye | -9.6 | 292.3 | 28 | Karin Boye, Swedish writer |
Bradstreet | 16.5 | 47.7 | 36 | Anne Bradstreet, American poet |
Bridgit | -45.3 | 348.9 | 10 | Irish first name |
Brooke | 48.4 | 296.6 | 22.9 | Frances Brooke, English novelist |
Browning | 28.3 | 4.9 | 23.4 | Elizabeth Browning, British poet |
Bryce | -62.5 | 197 | 23.9 | Lucy Bryce, Australian medical pioneer |
Buck | -5.7 | 349.6 | 21.8 | Pearl S. Buck, American writer |
Budevska | 0.5 | 143.2 | 18 | Adriana Budevska, Bulgarian actress. |
Bugoslavskaya | -23 | 300.4 | 29.9 | Yevgenia Bugoslavskaya, Soviet astronomer. |
C
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Caccini | 17.4 | 170.4 | 38.1 | Francesca Caccini, Italian composer |
Caitlin | -65.3 | 12 | 14.7 | Irish first name |
Caiwenji | -12.4 | 287.6 | 22.6 | Cai Wenji, Chinese poet |
Caldwell | 23.6 | 112.4 | 51 | Taylor Caldwell, American author |
Callas | 2.4 | 27 | 33.8 | Maria Callas, American singer |
Callirhoe | 21.2 | 140.7 | 33.8 | Callirhoe, Greek sculptor |
Caroline | 6.9 | 306.3 | 18 | French first name |
Carr | -24 | 295.7 | 31.9 | Emily Carr, Canadian artist |
Carreno | -3.9 | 16.1 | 57 | Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan pianist |
Carson | -24.2 | 344.1 | 38.8 | Rachel Carson, American biologist |
Carter | 5.3 | 67.3 | 17.5 | Maybelle Carter, American singer |
Castro | 3.4 | 233.9 | 22.9 | Rosalía de Castro, Galician poet |
Cather | 47.1 | 107 | 24.6 | Willa Cather, American novelist |
Centlivre | 19.1 | 290.4 | 28.8 | Susanna Centlivre, English actress |
Chapelle | 6.4 | 103.8 | 22 | Georgette Chapelle, American journalist |
Chechek | -2.6 | 272.3 | 7.2 | Tuvan first name |
Chiyojo | -47.8 | 95.7 | 40.2 | Chiyojo, Japanese poet |
Chloe | -7.4 | 98.6 | 18.6 | Greek first name |
Cholpon | 40 | 290 | 6.3 | Kyrgyz first name |
Christie | 28.3 | 72.7 | 23.3 | Agatha Christie, English author |
Chubado | 45.3 | 5.6 | 7 | Fulbe first name |
Clara | -37.5 | 235.3 | 3.2 | Latin first name |
Clementina | 35.9 | 208.6 | 4 | Portuguese form of Clementine, French first name |
Cleopatra | 65.8 | 7.1 | 105 | Cleopatra, Egyptian queen |
Cline | -21.8 | 317.1 | 38 | Patsy Cline, American singer |
Clio | 6.3 | 333.5 | 11.4 | Greek first name |
Cochran | 51.9 | 143.4 | 100 | Jacqueline Cochran, American aviator |
Cohn | -33.3 | 208.1 | 18.3 | Carola Cohn, Australian artist |
Colleen | -60.8 | 162.2 | 13.5 | Irish first name |
Comnena | 1.2 | 343.7 | 19.5 | Anna Comnena, Byzantine princess and writer |
Conway | 48.3 | 39 | 49.3 | Lady Anne Finch Conway, English natural scientist |
Cori | 25.4 | 72.9 | 56.1 | Gerty Cori, Czech biochemist |
Corinna | 22.9 | 40.6 | 19.2 | Corinna, Greek poet |
Corpman | 0.3 | 151.8 | 46 | Elizabeth Koopman Hevelius, German astronomer |
Cortese | -11.4 | 218.4 | 27.7 | Isabella Cortese, Italian physician |
Cotton | 70.8 | 300.2 | 48.1 | Eugénie Cotton, French physicist |
Cunitz | 14.5 | 350.9 | 48.6 | Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer |
Cynthia | -16.7 | 347.5 | 15.9 | Greek first name |
D
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
d'Este | -34.3 | 238.9 | 21.6 | Isabella d'Este, Italian noblewoman |
Dado | -13.9 | 87.6 | 11.2 | Fulbe first name |
Dafina | 28.6 | 244.1 | 5.5 | Albanian first name |
Danilova | -26.4 | 337.2 | 48.8 | Maria Danilova, Russian ballet dancer |
Danute | -63.5 | 56.5 | 12.3 | Lithuanian first name |
Daphne | 41.3 | 280.4 | 15.5 | Greek first name |
Darline | -19.3 | 232.6 | 13 | Anglo-Saxon first name |
Dashkova | 78.2 | 306.5 | 45.1 | Yekatrina Dashkova, Russian philologist |
Datsolalee | 38.3 | 171.8 | 17.5 | Datsolalee, Washoe artist |
de Ayala | 12.4 | 31.9 | 19 | Josefa de Ayala, Spanish painter |
de Beausoleil | -5 | 102.8 | 28.2 | Martine de Beausoleil, French earth science researcher |
de Beauvoir | 2 | 96.1 | 52.5 | Simone de Beauvoir, French writer |
de Lalande | 20.5 | 355 | 21.3 | Marie-Jeanne de Lalande, French astronomer |
de Staël | 37.4 | 324.3 | 25 | Anne de Staël, French writer |
De Witt | -6.5 | 275.6 | 20.7 | Lydia De Witt, American pathologist |
Deborah | -37.3 | 10.6 | 9.7 | Hebrew first name |
Defa | 32.2 | 11.3 | 8.5 | Fulbe first name |
Degu | 27.3 | 289.9 | 5.5 | Adygan first name |
Deken | 47.1 | 288.5 | 48 | Agatha Deken, Dutch novelist |
Deledda | 76 | 127.5 | 32 | Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist |
Delilah | -57.9 | 250.2 | 18.5 | Hebrew first name |
Deloria | -32 | 97.1 | 31.9 | Ella Deloria, Sioux Anthropologist |
Dena | -20.7 | 338.7 | 2.4 | Lithuanian first name |
Denise | -14.4 | 94.7 | 2 | Greek first name |
Devorah | -22.5 | 343.4 | 4.8 | Hebrew first name |
Devorguilla | 15.3 | 4 | 22.9 | Devorguilla Irish heroine |
Dheepa | -21.6 | 176.3 | 4.7 | Indian first name |
Dickinson | 74.6 | 177.2 | 67.5 | Emily Dickinson, American poet |
Dinah | -62.9 | 37.1 | 15.6 | Hebrew first name |
Dix | -37 | 329 | 63.3 | Dorothea Dix, American social activist |
Dolores | 51.4 | 201.6 | 12.6 | Spanish first name |
Domnika | 18.4 | 294.3 | 6.7 | Moldavian first name |
Doris | 2.3 | 90 | 14.5 | Greek first name |
Dorothy | -35.4 | 11.3 | 8.4 | Greek first name |
du Chatelet | 21.5 | 165 | 18.5 | Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician, physicist |
Duncan | 68.1 | 291.7 | 40.3 | Isadora Duncan, American dancer |
Dunghe | -56.2 | 295.3 | 5.5 | Kalmyk first name |
Durant | -62.3 | 227.7 | 21.1 | Ariel Durant, American writer |
Duse | -82.5 | 358 | 30.4 | Eleonora Duse, Italian actress |
Dyasya | 5.1 | 297.6 | 7.8 | Nganasan (Samoyed) first name |
E
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Edgeworth | 32.2 | 22.8 | 29 | Maria Edgeworth, Irish writer |
Edinger | -68.8 | 208.5 | 33.3 | Tilly Edinger, American geologist (1897–1967) |
Efimova | 81 | 223 | 26.5 | Nina Simonovich-Efimova, Soviet painter and puppet-theatre designer (1877–1948) |
Eila | -75 | 94.6 | 9.5 | Finnish first name |
Eileen | -22.8 | 232.7 | 16.1 | Irish first name |
Eini | -41.6 | 96.4 | 5.9 | Finnish first name |
Elena | -18.3 | 73.4 | 17.6 | Italian first name |
Elenora | 47.1 | 6.9 | 4.5 | German first name (variation of Eleanor) |
Elizabeth | 59.1 | 215.4 | 10.5 | Hebrew first name |
Ellen | -22.8 | 281.3 | 14.6 | German first name |
Elma | -10.1 | 91.1 | 10.2 | Finnish first name |
Elza | -34.4 | 275.9 | 18 | Latvian first name |
Emilia | -26.5 | 88.2 | 12.5 | Swedish first name |
Emma | -13.7 | 302.3 | 11.8 | German first name |
Enid | 16.4 | 352.1 | 9.2 | Celtic first name |
Erika | 72 | 175.4 | 10.5 | Hungarian, German first name |
Erin | -47 | 184.8 | 13.6 | Irish first name |
Erinna | -78 | 309.1 | 33.8 | Erinna |
Erkeley | 43.9 | 103.3 | 8 | Altai first name |
Ermolova | 60.3 | 154.4 | 60.9 | Maria Yermolova, Russian actress (1853–1928) |
Erxleben | -50.9 | 39.4 | 31.6 | Dorothea Christiane Erxleben, first woman Ph.D in Germany (1715–1762) |
Escoda | 18.2 | 149.5 | 19.6 | Josefa Llanes Escoda |
Esmeralda | 64.4 | 104.5 | 9.8 | Gypsy first name |
Estelle | 1.1 | 93.7 | 18.8 | Latin first name |
Esterica | 36.8 | 3.6 | 3.6 | Romanian first name |
Esther | 19.4 | 21.8 | 17.6 | Persian first name |
Eudocia | -59.1 | 202 | 27.5 | Aelia Eudocia |
Eugenia | 80.6 | 105.4 | 6 | Greek first name |
Evangeline | 69.6 | 221.9 | 16 | Greek first name |
Evelyn | -61.2 | 212.3 | 18 | Celtic first name |
Evika | -5.1 | 31.4 | 20.3 | Tatar first name |
Ezraela | 57 | 186.8 | 7.8 | Hebrew first name |
F
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
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Faiga | 4.9 | 170.9 | 9.6 | Anglo-Saxon first name |
Faina | 71.1 | 100.7 | 10 | Turkish first name |
Farida | 4.8 | 39 | 18 | Muslim first name from Arabic |
Fatima | -17.8 | 31.9 | 14.5 | Arabic first name |
Faufau | 18.8 | 8.3 | 7.8 | Polynesian first name |
Fava | -0.7 | 87.4 | 9.7 | Dunghan (Kyrgyzstan) first name |
Fazu | 32.4 | 106 | 6.1 | Avarian (Daghestan) first name |
Fedorets | 59.7 | 65.6 | 57.6 | Valentina Aleksandrovna Fedorets, Soviet astronomer (1923–1976) |
Felicia | -19.8 | 226.5 | 11.5 | Latin first name |
Ferber | 26.4 | 12.9 | 23.1 | Edna Ferber |
Fernandez | 76.2 | 17.2 | 23.7 | M. A. Fernandez, Spanish actress (18th century). |
Ferrier | 15.7 | 111.3 | 29.1 | Kathleen Ferrier |
Feruk | -64 | 107.6 | 8.3 | Nivkhi (Sakhalin Isl.) first name |
Festa | 11.5 | 27.2 | 35.3 | Italian painter |
Fiona | 5 | 166.6 | 3.5 | Celtic first name |
Firuza | 51.8 | 108 | 6 | Persian first name |
Flagstad | -54.3 | 18.9 | 39.2 | Kirsten Flagstad |
Florence | -15.2 | 85 | 10.5 | English first name |
Flutra | -68.4 | 112 | 6 | Albanian first name |
Fossey | 2 | 188.7 | 30.4 | Dian Fossey |
Fouquet | -15.1 | 203.5 | 47.8 | Marie Fouquet, French medical writer, charity worker (17th century). |
Francesca | -28 | 57.7 | 17 | Italian first name |
Frank | -13.1 | 12.9 | 22.7 | Anne Frank |
Fredegonde | -50.5 | 93.3 | 25.2 | Fredegund, Frankish queen (d. AD 597) |
Frida | 68.2 | 55.6 | 21.6 | Swedish first name |
Frosya | 29.5 | 113.4 | 9.8 | Russian first name |
Fukiko | -23.1 | 105.8 | 13.9 | Japanese first name |
G
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gabriela | -17.8 | 240.4 | 17.5 | Hebrew first name |
Gahano | -80.2 | 77.4 | 4.5 | Seneca first name |
Gail | -16.1 | 97.5 | 10 | Hebrew first name |
Galina | 47.6 | 307.1 | 16.8 | Bulgarian first name |
Galindo | -23.3 | 258.8 | 23.8 | Beatrix Galindo, Spanish physician and educator (1465–1534) |
Gautier | 26.3 | 42.8 | 59.3 | Judith Gautier: French Poet and novelist (1845 – 1917) |
Gaze | 17.9 | 240.2 | 33.3 | Vera Gaze, Soviet astronomer (1899–1954) |
Gentileschi | 45.2 | 260.6 | 20.5 | Artemisia Gentileschi : Italian painter (1593 – c. 1656) |
Georgina | -20.4 | 58.8 | 5.9 | Greek first name |
Germain | -37.9 | 63.7 | 35.5 | Sophie Germain, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher.(1776 – 1831) |
Giliani | -72.9 | 142.1 | 19.9 | Alessandra Giliani, Italian anatomist (1307–1326) |
Gillian | -15.2 | 50.1 | 14.7 | Latin first name |
Gilmore | -6.7 | 132.8 | 21.3 | Mary Gilmore, Australian poet and journalist.(1865 – 1962) |
Gina | 78.1 | 76.5 | 14.6 | Italian first name |
Giselle | -11.8 | 298 | 10.4 | French first name |
Glaspell | -58.4 | 269.6 | 26.3 | Susan Glaspell, American playwright, actress, director, novelist, and journalist. (1876 – 1948) |
Gloria | 68.5 | 94.2 | 20.7 | Portuguese first name |
Godiva | -56.1 | 251.6 | 30.7 | Lady Godiva, (Godgifu) Mercian noblewoman (c. 1040-1085) |
Goeppert-Mayer | 59.7 | 26.8 | 33.5 | Maria Goeppert-Mayer, was a German-born American theoretical physicist, and Nobel laureate in Physics. (1906 – 1972) |
Golubkina | 60.3 | 286.5 | 28.4 | Anna Golubkina, Soviet sculptor (1864–1927) |
Goncharova | -63 | 97.7 | 30.3 | Natalia Goncharova, Russian avant-garde artist, painter, costume designer, writer, illustrator, and set designer. (1881 –1962) |
Grace | -13.8 | 268.9 | 19 | Greek first name |
Gražina | 72.4 | 337.5 | 16.5 | Lithuanian first name |
Greenaway | 22.9 | 145.1 | 93 | Kate Greenaway, English children's book illustrator and writer. (1846 – 1901) |
Gregory | 7.1 | 95.8 | 18 | Isabella Augusta Gregory, Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager. (1852 – 1932) |
Gretchen | -59.7 | 212.3 | 20.8 | German first name |
Grey | -52.4 | 329.4 | 50 | Lady Jane Grey, English noblewoman and de facto monarch of England for 9 days July 1553. (1536/1537 – 1554) |
Grimke | 17.2 | 215.3 | 34.8 | Sarah Grimké, American slavery abolitionist, writer, and women's suffragist.(1792 –1873) |
Guan Daosheng | -61.1 | 181.8 | 43.6 | Guan Daosheng, Chinese painter, calligrapher (1262–1319) |
Gudrun | 10.6 | 326.4 | 13.3 | Norse first name |
Guilbert | -58 | 13.6 | 25.5 | Yvette Guilbert, French cabaret singer and actress of the Belle Époque. (1865 – 1944) |
Gulchatay | 20.5 | 295.5 | 9 | Arabic first name |
Gulnara | -23.7 | 174 | 5 | Persian first name گلناره |
Guzel | -57.6 | 298.7 | 7.3 | Turkish first name |
Gwynn | 9.7 | 37.2 | 32 | Nell Gwyn, Long-time mistress of King Charles II of England. (1650 – 1687) |
H
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
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Hadisha | -39 | 97.2 | 8.9 | Kazakh first name |
Halima | 28.5 | 14.6 | 8.9 | Hausa first name |
Halle | -19.8 | 145.5 | 21.5 | Wilhelmina Halle (Wilma Neruda), Austrian violinist (1839–1911) |
Hamuda | 62.9 | 2.5 | 15.8 | Hebrew first name |
Hanka | -27.3 | 114.3 | 5 | Czech first name |
Hannah | 17.9 | 102.6 | 19.8 | Hebrew first name |
Hansberry | -22.7 | 324.1 | 26.6 | Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright (1930–1965) |
Hapei | 66.1 | 178 | 4.2 | Cheyenne (Oklahoma) first name |
Hayashi | 53.8 | 243.9 | 43.1 | Hayashi Fumiko, Japanese writer (1903–1951) |
Heather | -6.8 | 334.1 | 11.5 | English first name |
Heidi | 23.6 | 350.1 | 15.2 | First name, form of Hester. |
Helga | -10.4 | 116.7 | 8.8 | Norwegian first name. |
Hellman | 4.7 | 356.3 | 34.7 | Lillian Hellman, American playwright, author (1905–1984). |
Heloise | 40 | 51.9 | 38 | Heloise, French physician, hospital founder (c. 1098-1164). |
Helvi | 12.4 | 82.7 | 12.2 | Estonian first name. |
Henie | -51.9 | 146 | 70.4 | Sonja Henie, Norwegian skater (1912–1969). |
Hepworth | 5.1 | 94.7 | 62.6 | Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (1903–1975). |
Higgins | 8.1 | 241.3 | 40 | Marguerite Higgins, American journalist (1920–1966). |
Hilkka | -69 | 72 | 10.3 | Finnish first name. |
Himiko | 19 | 124.3 | 36.6 | Himiko, Japanese queen (4th century). |
Hiriata | 15.3 | 23.5 | 5 | Polynesian first name. |
Hiromi | 35.2 | 287.3 | 6 | Japanese first name. |
Holiday | -46.7 | 12.8 | 27.7 | Billie Holiday, American singer (1915–1959). |
Horner | 23.4 | 97.7 | 25.2 | Mary Horner, English naturalist, geologist (19th century). |
Howe | -45.7 | 174.8 | 38.6 | Julia Howe, American biographer, poet (1819–1910). |
Hsueh T'ao | -52.6 | 13.8 | 21 | Hsueh T'ao, Chinese poet, artist (c. AD 760). |
Hua Mulan | 86.8 | 337.7 | 24 | Hua Mulan, Chinese warrior (c. AD 590). |
Huang Daopo | -54.2 | 165.3 | 29.1 | Huang Daopo, Chinese engineer. |
Huarei | 15 | 32.3 | 8.5 | Polynesian first name. |
Hull | 59.4 | 263.6 | 47.3 | Peggy Hull, American war correspondent (1889–1967). |
Hurston | -77.6 | 94.7 | 52.4 | Zora Hurston, American writer, anthropologist (1891–1960). |
Hwangcini | 6.3 | 141.8 | 30.2 | Hwang Jini, Korean poet (16th century) |
I
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Icheko | 6.6 | 97.9 | 5.9 | Evenk/Tungu first name |
Ichikawa | -61.6 | 156.3 | 31.4 | Fusae Ichikawa, Japanese feminist (1893–1981). |
Ilga | -12.4 | 307.3 | 10.8 | Latvian first name. |
Imagmi | -48.4 | 100.7 | 7.6 | Eskimo (Chukotka) first name. |
Indira | 64.1 | 289.8 | 16.6 | Hindu first name. |
Ines | -67.1 | 241.9 | 11.2 | First name, Galician-Portuguese and Spanish version of Agnes. |
Inga | 38.1 | 226.6 | 10 | Danish first name. |
Ingrid | -12.4 | 308.9 | 11.5 | Scandinavian first name. |
Inira | -43.1 | 239.4 | 16.5 | Eskimo first name. |
Inkeri | -28.3 | 223.9 | 10.1 | Finnish first name. |
Iondra | 10.5 | 286.5 | 7.9 | Selkup (Samoyed) first name. |
Iraida | 27.8 | 108.1 | 6.5 | Greek first name. |
Irene | 49.8 | 134 | 13.6 | Greek first name. |
Irina | 35 | 91.2 | 15.2 | Russian first name. |
Irinuca | 51.4 | 121.9 | 8 | Romanian first name. |
Irma | -50.9 | 122 | 9.5 | Finnish first name. |
Isabella | -29.8 | 204.2 | 175 | Isabella I of Castile, Spanish queen (1451–1504). |
Isako | -9 | 278 | 13.5 | Japanese first name. |
Isolde | -74.5 | 211.9 | 11.9 | English first name. |
Istadoy | -51.8 | 132.6 | 5.4 | Tajik/Persian first name. |
Ivka | 68.2 | 303.8 | 14.9 | Serbo-Croatian first name. |
Ivne | -27 | 132.8 | 9 | Koryak (Kamchatka) first name. |
Izakay | -12.3 | 210.8 | 10.2 | Mari first name. |
Izudyr | -53.9 | 135.2 | 6.6 | Mari (Volga Finn) first name. |
J
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jaantje | 46.5 | 123 | 7.8 | Dutch first name. |
Jacqueline | -70.1 | 123.6 | 16.5 | French first name. |
Jadwiga | 68.4 | 91 | 12.7 | Polish first name. |
Jalgurik | -42.3 | 125.1 | 7.5 | Evenk/Tungu first name. |
Jamila | 45.8 | 134.8 | 7.9 | Arabic first name. |
Jane | -60.5 | 304.8 | 10.2 | Hebrew] first name. |
Janice | 87.3 | 261.9 | 10 | English first name. |
Janina | -2 | 135.7 | 9.3 | Polish first name. |
Janyl | -28 | 138.8 | 5.6 | Kyrgyz first name. |
Jasmin | 15.6 | 61.6 | 15.1 | Persian first name. |
Jeanne | 40.1 | 331.5 | 19.4 | French first name. |
Jennifer | -4.6 | 99.8 | 9.6 | Greek first name. |
Jerusha | -22 | 342.7 | 17.2 | Hebrew first name. |
Jex-Blake | 65.4 | 169.3 | 31.6 | Sophia Jex-Blake, British pioneer woman physician (1840–1912). |
Jhirad | -16.8 | 105.6 | 50.2 | Jerusha Jhirad, Indian physician. |
Jitka | -61.9 | 70.9 | 13 | Slovakian first name. |
Jocelyn | -33.2 | 276.4 | 14 | German first name. |
Jodi | -35.7 | 68.7 | 10.2 | English first name. |
Johanna | 19.5 | 247.3 | 15.1 | Hebrew first name. |
Johnson | 51.8 | 254.6 | 24.5 | Amy Johnson, Australian aviator (1903–1941). |
Joliot-Curie | -1.6 | 62.4 | 91.1 | Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist, Nobel laureate (1897–1956). |
Joshee | 5.5 | 288.7 | 37 | Anandibai Joshee, Indian pioneer physician (1865–1887). |
Juanita | -62.8 | 90 | 19.3 | Spanish first name. |
Judith | -29.1 | 104.5 | 16.6 | Hebrew first name. |
Julie | 51 | 242.6 | 13.5 | Czech, German first name. |
Jumaisat | -15.1 | 135.6 | 7.5 | Kumyk (Daghestan) first name. |
Jutta | 0 | 142.6 | 7 | Finnish first name. |
K
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kafutchi | 26.7 | 16.4 | 7.1 | Bantu first name. |
Kahlo | -59.9 | 178.9 | 35.6 | Frida Kahlo, Mexican artist (1910–1954). |
Kaikilani | -32.8 | 163.2 | 19.9 | Kaikilani, first female ruler of Hawaii, (c. 1555). |
Kaisa | 13.5 | 293.3 | 12 | Finnish first name. |
Kala | 1.5 | 314.4 | 17.4 | Koryak (Kamchatka) first name. |
Kalombo | -30.5 | 34 | 9.6 | Bantu first name. |
Kanik | -32.5 | 249.9 | 16.5 | Sakhalin first name. |
Karen | -12.4 | 17.7 | 10.5 | Greek first name. |
Karo | 21.9 | 37.2 | 7 | Maori first name. |
Kartini | 57.8 | 333 | 23.4 | Kartini, Javanese educator (1879–1904). |
Kastusha | -28.6 | 59.9 | 13 | Mordovian (Volga River Finn, Russia) first name. |
Katrya | -29.5 | 108.7 | 9.2 | Ukrainian first name. |
Katya | 57.8 | 285.7 | 10.5 | Russian first name. |
Kauffman | 49.4 | 27.1 | 25.5 | Angelica Kauffman, German painter (1741–1807). |
Kavtora | 59 | 23.3 | 9.8 | Afghan first name. |
Kelea | 8.9 | 25.6 | 24.5 | Chiefess of Maui, Keleanohoanaapiapi (c. 1450). |
Kelila | 52.6 | 191.8 | 5 | Hebrew first name. |
Kelly | -4.8 | 359.2 | 11.2 | Gaelic first name. |
Kemble | 47.7 | 14.9 | 23.6 | Fanny Kemble, English actress (1809–1893). |
Kenny | -44.4 | 271.1 | 52.7 | Elizabeth Kenny, Australian nurse, therapist (1880–1952). |
Ketzia | 3.9 | 300.5 | 14.6 | Hebrew first name. |
Khadako | 54.2 | 139.3 | 7.4 | Nenets (Samoyed) first name. |
Khafiza | 6 | 299.2 | 7 | Arabic first name. |
Khatun | 40.3 | 87.2 | 44.1 | Mihri Khatun, Turkish poet (1456–1514). |
Khelifa | -1.5 | 129.9 | 10.8 | Arabic first name. |
Kimitonga | -25.1 | 48.3 | 5 | Polynesian first name. |
Kingsley | -22.6 | 306.4 | 26.6 | Mary Kingsley, English explorer, writer (1862–1900). |
Kiris | 20.9 | 98.8 | 13.3 | Latvian first name. |
Kitna | -28.9 | 277.3 | 15.3 | Kamchatka first name. |
Klafsky | -20.7 | 188.1 | 25.5 | Katharina Klafsky, Hungarian opera singer (1855–1896). |
Klenova | 78.1 | 104.5 | 141 | Maria Klenova, Soviet marine geologist (c. 1910-1978). |
Kodu | 0.9 | 338.7 | 10.5 | Wolof (W. Africa, Senegal) first name. |
Koidula | 64.2 | 139.6 | 67 | Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet(1843–1886). |
Koinyt | -30.9 | 293.2 | 11.7 | Nivkh (E. Siberia) first name. |
Kollado | -61 | 53.4 | 5.5 | Fulbe first name. |
Kollwitz | 25.2 | 133.6 | 29.1 | Kathe, German artist (1867–1945). |
Konopnicka | 14.5 | 166.6 | 20.1 | Maria Konopnicka Polish poet (1842–1910). |
Kosi | -43.9 | 54.9 | 7.7 | Ewe first name. |
Kristina | -65.2 | 315.9 | 9.7 | Slavonic form of Christiana, Latin first name. |
Kumba | 26.3 | 332.7 | 11.4 | Fulbe (W. Africa, Guinea) first name. |
Kumudu | 61.3 | 154.1 | 4.4 | Singalese first name. |
Kuro | 7.8 | 57.6 | 8.8 | Fulbe first name. |
Kyen | -6.2 | 64.7 | 5.2 | Bantu first name. |
Kylli | 41.1 | 67 | 13.2 | Finnish first name. |
L
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
La Fayette | 70.2 | 107.6 | 39.6 | Marie la Fayette. |
Lachappelle | 26.7 | 336.7 | 36.8 | Marie Lachappelle, French medical researcher (1769–1821). |
Lagerlöf | 81.2 | 285.2 | 56 | Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish novelist (1858–1940). |
Landowska | 84.6 | 74.3 | 33 | Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (1877–1959). |
Langtry | -17 | 155 | 50.3 | Lillie Langtry, English actress (1853–1929). |
Lara | -4.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 | Latin first name. |
Larisa | -18.47 | 131.06 | 3.7 | Latin first name. |
Laulani | -68.2 | 121.2 | 12.4 | Hawaiian first name. |
Laura | 48.9 | 141.2 | 17.2 | Spanish, Italian first name. |
Laurencin | -15.4 | 46.5 | 29.8 | Marie Laurencin, French painter (1885–1956). |
Lazarus | -52.9 | 127.2 | 24.2 | Emma Lazarus, American poet (1849–1887). |
Leah | -34.2 | 187.8 | 12 | Hebrew first name. |
Lebedeva | 45.2 | 49.8 | 37.4 | Sarah Lebedeva, Soviet sculptor (1881–1968). |
Lehmann | -44.1 | 39.1 | 21.7 | Inge Lehmann, Danish geophysicist (1888-?). |
Leida | -23.3 | 266.6 | 18.8 | Estonian first name. |
Leila | -44.2 | 86.8 | 18.8 | Arabic first name. |
Lena | 39.5 | 23 | 15.2 | Russian first name. |
Lenore | 38.7 | 292.2 | 15.5 | Greek first name (form of Helen). |
Leona | -3.1 | 169 | 3 | Greek first name. |
Leonard | -73.8 | 185.2 | 31.7 | Wrexie Leonard, American assistant to P. Lowell (1867–1937). |
Leslie | -11.2 | 13.5 | 7.2 | English first name. |
Letitia | 34.5 | 288.7 | 17.5 | Latin first name. |
Leyster | 1 | 260 | 45.8 | Judith Leyster, Dutch painter (1609–1660). |
Lhagva | -75.8 | 300.1 | 7.9 | Mongolian first name. |
Li Qingzhao | 23.7 | 94.6 | 22.8 | Li Qingzhao, Chinese essayist, scholar (1085–1151). |
Lida | 36.6 | 273.9 | 20.3 | Russian first name. |
Lilian | 25.6 | 336 | 13.5 | Hebrew first name. |
Liliya | 30.2 | 31.1 | 15 | Russian first name. |
Lind | 50.2 | 355 | 25.8 | Jenny Lind, Swedish singer (1820–1887). |
Linda | -12.4 | 2.8 | 7.1 | Latin first name. |
Lineta | -5 | 354.1 | 15.6 | Latvian first name. |
Lisa | 29 | 182 | 4.5 | Hebrew first name, short form of Elizabeth. |
Liv | -21.1 | 303.9 | 11.2 | Norwegian first name. |
Loan | 28.3 | 60 | 7.4 | Vietnamese first name. |
Lockwood | -32.9 | 51.6 | 22 | Belva Lockwood, American lawyer, feminist (1830–1917). |
Lois | -17.9 | 214.7 | 13.5 | Greek first name. |
Lonsdale | 55.6 | 222.4 | 43 | Kathleen Lonsdale, English physicist, crystallographer (1903–1971). |
Lorelei | 55.7 | 243.9 | 15 | German first name. |
Loretta | -19.7 | 202.6 | 13.5 | Latin first name. |
Lotta | 51.1 | 335.9 | 11.8 | Swedish first name. |
Lu Zhi | -42.6 | 303.4 | 8.3 | Chinese first name. |
Lucia | -62.1 | 67.8 | 16 | Latin first name. |
Lullin | 23 | 81.3 | 25.1 | Maria Lullin, (1751-1822) wife of the Swiss entomologist François Huber (1750–1831). |
Lydia | 10.7 | 340.7 | 15.2 | Greek first name. |
Lyon | -66.5 | 270.6 | 12.4 | Mary Lyon, American educator, college president (1797–1849). |
Lyuba | 1.6 | 283.9 | 12.4 | Russian first name. |
Lyudmila | 62.1 | 329.7 | 14.1 | Russian first name. |
M
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ma Shouzhen | -35.7 | 92.5 | 18.9 | Ma Shouzhen, Chinese poet, painter (1592–1628). |
Maa-Ling | -14.7 | 359.5 | 6 | Chinese first name. |
MacDonald | 30 | 120.7 | 17.6 | Flora MacDonald, Scottish Jacobite. |
Madeleine | -4.7 | 293.2 | 16 | French first name. |
Madina | 22.7 | 58 | 6.3 | Kabarda first name. |
Mae | -40.5 | 345.2 | 7.5 | Greek first name, form of Margaret. |
Magda | 67 | 329.7 | 10.1 | Danish first name. |
Magdalena | -11.2 | 48.7 | 11.5 | Spanish form of Hebrew first name. |
Magnani | 58.6 | 337.2 | 26.4 | Anna Magnani. |
Mahina | -2 | 182.2 | 15.4 | Hawaiian first name. |
Makola | -3.8 | 106.7 | 16.6 | Hawaiian first name. |
Maltby | -23.3 | 119.7 | 36.6 | Margaret Maltby, American physicist (1860–1944). |
Mamajan | -65.1 | 257.3 | 2 | Turkman first name from Persian. |
Mansa | -33.9 | 63.4 | 8.1 | Akan first name. |
Manton | 9.3 | 26.9 | 20.5 | Sidnie Manton, English zoologist (1902–1980) Irene, botanist (1904–1988). |
Manzolini | 25.6 | 91.3 | 41.8 | Anna Morandi, Italian anatomist, teacher (1716–1774). |
Maranda | 4.9 | 169.7 | 16.8 | Latvian first name. |
Marere | 19.6 | 65.8 | 6.3 | Polynesian first name. |
Maret | -33.3 | 280.2 | 11.7 | Estonian first name. |
Margarita | 12.7 | 9.2 | 13 | Greek first name. |
Margit | 60.1 | 273.1 | 14 | Hungarian first name. |
Maria Celeste | 23.4 | 140.4 | 97.5 | Maria Celeste, daughter of Galileo (d. 1634). |
Marianne | 9.3 | 358 | 9 | Greek first name, from Mary. |
Marie | -21.7 | 232.4 | 14.2 | French first name. |
Mariko | -23.3 | 132.9 | 12.9 | Japanese first name. |
Markham | -4.1 | 155.6 | 71.8 | Beryl Markham. |
Marsh | -63.6 | 46.6 | 47.7 | Ngaio Marsh. |
Martinez | -11.7 | 174.7 | 23.5 | Maria Martinez. |
Marysya | 53.3 | 75.1 | 6.3 | Belorussian first name. |
Marzhan | -58.9 | 248.3 | 13.8 | Karakal first name. |
Masako | -30.2 | 53.2 | 23.8 | Hozyo Masako. |
Masha | 60.7 | 88.5 | 6.4 | Russian first name. |
Matahina | -72.3 | 65.9 | 8.5 | Polynesian first name. |
Maurea | -39.5 | 69.1 | 9.9 | Polynesian first name. |
Mbul'di | 23.8 | 74.7 | 6 | Fulbe/Wodabi first name. |
Mead | 12.5 | 57.2 | 270 | Margaret Mead. |
Medhavi | -19.4 | 40.6 | 30.4 | Pandita Ramabai Medhavi, East Indian author, humanitarian (1858–1922). |
Megan | -61.8 | 130.6 | 15.8 | Welsh first name. |
Meitner | -55.6 | 321.6 | 149 | Lise Meitner. |
Melanie | -62.8 | 144.3 | 12.3 | Greek first name. |
Melanka | 34.4 | 19.2 | 9 | Ukrainian first name. |
Melba | 4.7 | 193.5 | 21.8 | Nellie Melba. |
Melina | -69.9 | 319.5 | 12.7 | Greek first name. |
Meredith | -14.5 | 278.9 | 11.4 | English first name. |
Merian | 34.5 | 76.3 | 22.2 | Maria Sibylla Merian. |
Merit Ptah | 11.4 | 115.6 | 16.5 | Merit Ptah. |
Michelle | -19.6 | 40.5 | 15 | French first name. |
Mildred | -51.7 | 348.3 | 12 | English first name. |
Millay | 24.4 | 111.2 | 48 | Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet (1892–1950). |
Miovasu | 72.1 | 99.9 | 4.5 | Cheyenne first name. |
Mirabeau | 1.1 | 284.3 | 23.8 | Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau, French writer (d. 1932). |
Miriam | 36.5 | 48.2 | 16.5 | Hebrew first name. |
Mona Lisa | 25.6 | 25.1 | 79.4 | Lisa Giacondo, the model for Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa (b. c. 1474). |
Monika | 72.3 | 122.4 | 25.5 | German first name. |
Montessori | 59.4 | 280 | 42.1 | Maria Montessori. |
Montez | 17.9 | 266.5 | 21.1 | Lola Montez. |
Moore | -30.4 | 248.4 | 21.1 | Marianne Moore. |
Morisot | -61.2 | 211.3 | 48 | Berthe Morisot. |
Mosaido | 17.3 | 75.2 | 7.4 | Fulbe/Wodabi first name. |
Moses | 34.6 | 119.9 | 28 | Grandma Moses, American folk artist. |
Mowatt | -14.6 | 292.3 | 38.4 | Anna Cora Mowatt, American actress, playwright, author (1819–1870). |
Mu Guiying | 41.2 | 81 | 32.3 | Mu Guiying, Chinese warrior. |
Mukhina | 29.5 | 0.5 | 24.5 | Vera Mukhina. |
Mumtaz-Mahal | 30.3 | 228.4 | 38.2 | Mumtaz Mahal. |
Munter | -15.3 | 39.3 | 32.1 | Gabriele Münter. |
Muriel | -41.7 | 12.4 | 20.2 | Greek first name. |
N
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nadeyka | -54.8 | 305.3 | 9.3 | Belorussian first name. |
Nadia | -27.9 | 0.6 | 11.3 | Russian first name. |
Nadine | 7.8 | 359.1 | 18.6 | French first name. |
Nadira | 44.1 | 201.5 | 31.4 | Nodira Uzbek poet (1791–1842). |
Nakai | -61 | 286.2 | 4.5 | Cheyenne first name. |
Nalkowska | 28.1 | 290 | 22.2 | Zofia Nałkowska, Polish novelist, playwright (1884–1954). |
Nalkuta | 30.1 | 307.8 | 6.5 | Ossetian (N. Caucasus) first name. |
Namiko | 43.4 | 56.2 | 13 | Japanese first name. |
Nana | 49.8 | 75.4 | 8.8 | Serbo-Croatian first name. |
Nancy | 6.4 | 272.2 | 4.4 | Hebrew first name. |
Nanichi | -44.8 | 337.8 | 19 | Taíno (Puerto Rico) first name. |
Naomi | 6 | 70.3 | 17.5 | Hebrew first name. |
Nastya | -49 | 275.8 | 12.5 | From Anastasiya, Russian first name. |
Natalia | 67.1 | 272.9 | 10.8 | Romanian first name. |
Ndella | -15.9 | 60.7 | 5.9 | Wolof first name. |
Neda | 16.7 | 313.5 | 7.7 | Macedonian first name. |
Nedko | -8.8 | 317.6 | 8.5 | Nenets (Samoyed) first name. |
Neeltje | 12.4 | 124.4 | 10 | Dutch first name. |
Nelike | -26.8 | 329.2 | 6.3 | Nanay (E. Siberia) first name. |
Němcová | 5.9 | 125.1 | 22.9 | Božena Němcová, Czech novelist, poet (1820–1882). |
Nevelson | -35.3 | 307.8 | 69.8 | Louise Nevelson, American artist (1899–1988). |
Ngaio | -53.3 | 61.8 | 9.5 | Maori first name. |
Ngone | 6 | 331.9 | 12.2 | Wolof (W. Africa, Senegal) first name. |
Nicole | 48.4 | 259.3 | 6.4 | French first name. |
Nijinskaya | 25.8 | 122.5 | 36.2 | Bronislava Nijinskaya, Russian dancer (1891–1972). |
Nilanti | -38.2 | 331.4 | 9.2 | Singalese first name. |
Nilsson | -75.9 | 277.6 | 27.3 | Christina Nilsson, Swedish opera singer, violinist (1843–1921). |
Nin | -3.9 | 266.4 | 27.1 | Anaïs Nin, French novelist (1903–1977). |
Nina | -55.5 | 238.7 | 24.6 | Russian first name. |
Ninzi | 15.9 | 331.7 | 7.1 | Burma (Myanmar) first name. |
Nofret | -58.8 | 252.2 | 22.5 | Nofret, Egyptian queen (c. 1900 BC). |
Nomeda | -49.2 | 55.5 | 10.4 | Lithuanian first name. |
Noreen | 33.6 | 22.7 | 18.6 | Irish first name. |
Noriko | -5.3 | 358.3 | 7.5 | Japanese first name. |
Nsele | 6.7 | 64.2 | 5.1 | Mandingo first name. |
Nuon | 78.6 | 336.6 | 6.5 | Khmer first name. |
Nuriet | 20.6 | 245.6 | 17.9 | Adygan (N. Caucasus) first name. |
Nutsa | 27.5 | 341.2 | 8 | Abkhazian (Georgia) first name. |
Nyal'ga | 17 | 64.5 | 5.5 | Fulbe/Wodabi first name. |
Nyele | -22.7 | 318.4 | 11.9 | Mandingo (W. Africa, Mali) first name. |
Nyogari | -46.4 | 306.4 | 13 | Ewe (W. Africa, Ghana) first name. |
O
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
O'Connor | -26 | 143.9 | 30.4 | Flannery O'Connor. |
O'Keeffe | 24.5 | 228.8 | 76.9 | Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist (1887–1986). |
Oakley | -29.3 | 310.5 | 18.4 | Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter, entertainer (1860–1926). |
Obukhova | 70.7 | 289.7 | 46 | Nadezhda Obukhova, Soviet singer (1886–1961). |
Odarka | 40.8 | 138.2 | 7 | Ukrainian first name. |
Odikha | -41.6 | 238.1 | 10.6 | Uzbek first name. |
Odilia | 81.2 | 200.2 | 20.8 | Portuguese first name. |
Ogulbek | 2.4 | 145 | 6.5 | Turkman first name. |
Oivit | -73.9 | 195.5 | 4.8 | Cheyenne first name. |
Oksana | 11.9 | 352 | 7.7 | Ukrainian first name. |
Oku | -64.2 | 232.2 | 13.3 | Karelian first name. |
Olena | 10.9 | 149 | 7 | Ukrainian first name. |
Olesnicka | 18.3 | 210.9 | 33 | Zofia Oleśnicka, Polish poet (fl. c. 1550). |
Olesya | 5.6 | 273.3 | 12 | Ukrainian first name. |
Olga | 26.1 | 283.8 | 15.5 | Russian first name. |
Olivia | 37.2 | 207.9 | 10.2 | Latin first name. |
Olya | 51.4 | 291.8 | 13.4 | Russian first name. |
Oma | -42.7 | 329.1 | 7.6 | Sioux first name. |
Onissya | -25.6 | 150.2 | 8.2 | Komi-Permyak (Urals Finn) first name. |
Opika | -57.1 | 151.9 | 9.8 | Chuvash (Volga area) first name. |
Orczy | 3.7 | 52.3 | 26.9 | Emmuska Orczy, Hungarian novelist, playwright (1865–1947). |
Orguk | -23.5 | 198.2 | 11.7 | Nivkhi (Amur River area, E. Siberia) first name. |
Orlette | -68.1 | 193.3 | 12.5 | French first name. |
Orlova | 56.5 | 235 | 19.6 | Lyubov Orlova, Soviet actress (1902–1975). |
Ortensia | 7.6 | 155.7 | 7 | Italian first name. |
Oshalche | 29.7 | 155.5 | 8.3 | Mari (Volga Finn) first name. |
Osipenko | 71.2 | 321 | 30 | Polina Osipenko, Soviet aviator (1907–1939). |
Ottavia | -47.5 | 187.1 | 12.9 | Roman first name. |
Outi | 61.6 | 267.7 | 10.5 | Finnish first name. |
P
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Paige | -1.2 | 24.6 | 6.8 | Italian first name. |
Pamela | 11 | 238.5 | 14.2 | English first name. |
Parishan | -0.2 | 146.5 | 6.8 | Persian first name. |
Parra | 20.5 | 78.5 | 42.4 | Parra, Chilean writer. |
Parvina | -62.2 | 153 | 7 | Persian (Tajik) first name. |
Pasha | 42.7 | 156.3 | 7.2 | Russian first name from Persian. |
Pat | 2.9 | 262.6 | 10.1 | English first name. |
Patimat | -1.3 | 156.5 | 5.1 | Avarian (Daghestan) first name. |
Patti | 35 | 301.6 | 47 | Adelina Patti, Italian singer (1843–1919). |
Pavlinka | -25.5 | 158.7 | 7.5 | Belorussian first name. |
Peck | -28.9 | 294.3 | 30.4 | Annie Smith Peck, American mountaineer, educator (1850–1935). |
Peggy | -20.4 | 357.2 | 11.9 | English first name (form of Margaret). |
Peña | -23.6 | 190.6 | 29.6 | Tonita Peña (Quah Ah), Pueblo artist (1895–1949). |
Phaedra | 35.9 | 252.7 | 15.7 | Greek first name. |
Philomena | -40.7 | 151.9 | 14.8 | Greek first name. |
Phryne | -46.2 | 314.7 | 39.4 | Phryne, Greek model, courtesan (4th century BC). |
Phyllis | 12.3 | 132.4 | 11.4 | Greek first name. |
Piaf | 0.8 | 5.3 | 39.1 | Edith Piaf, French singer, songwriter (1915–1963). |
Piret | 37.8 | 41.7 | 27 | Estonian first name. |
Pirkko | 44.8 | 254.6 | 12.3 | Finnish first name. |
Piscopia | 1.5 | 190.9 | 26.2 | Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician, educator (1646–1684). |
Polenova | -45.5 | 335.5 | 41 | Elena Polenova, Russian painter, folk crafts trustee (1850–1898). |
Polina | 42.4 | 148.2 | 21.6 | Russian first name. |
Ponselle | -63 | 289.1 | 57.7 | Rosa Ponselle, American opera singer (1897–1981). |
Potanina | 31.6 | 53.1 | 94.2 | Aleksandra Potanina, Russian explorer (1843–1893). |
Potter | 7.2 | 309.1 | 46.9 | Beatrix Potter, English children's author (1866–1943). |
Prichard | 44 | 11.5 | 23.3 | Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian writer (1884–1969). |
Puhioia | 20.6 | 69.4 | 5.5 | Maori first name. |
Purev | -31.1 | 46.4 | 11.6 | Mongolian first name. |
Pychik | -62.4 | 33.8 | 10.1 | Chukcha (NE Siberia) first name. |
Q
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Qarlygha | -33 | 162.9 | 9.3 | Kazakh first name. |
Quimby | -5.7 | 76.7 | 23.2 | Harriet Quimby, American aviatrix (1884–1912). |
Qulzhan | 23.5 | 165.4 | 7.9 | Kazakh first name. |
Quslu | 6.2 | 166.8 | 8.7 | Kazakh first name. |
R
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rachel | -48.7 | 13.5 | 12.5 | Hebrew first name. |
Radhika | -30.3 | 166.4 | 7.9 | Hindu first name. |
Radka | 75.6 | 96.3 | 10.5 | Bulgarian first name. |
Radmila | 69.1 | 167 | 5.2 | Serbo-Croatian first name. |
Rae | -8.9 | 58.4 | 5.5 | From Rachel, Hebrew first name. |
Rafiga | 62.9 | 175.6 | 5.7 | Azeri first name from Arabic. |
Raisa | 27.5 | 280.3 | 13.5 | Russian first name. |
Raki | -49.4 | 70 | 7.5 | Fulbe first name. |
Rampyari | 50.6 | 179.3 | 7.7 | Hindu first name. |
Rand | -63.8 | 59.5 | 24.3 | Ayn Rand, American writer (1905–1982). |
Rani | 64.1 | 160.4 | 10.7 | Hindu first name. |
Raymonde | 48.4 | 191.5 | 5.3 | French first name. |
Rebecca | -12.1 | 5.4 | 9.5 | Hebrew first name. |
Recamier | -12.6 | 58.1 | 25.3 | Julie Récamier, French patriot, defied Napoleon (c. 1777-c. 1849). |
Regina | 30 | 147.3 | 24.9 | Latin first name. |
Reiko | 22.6 | 192.1 | 9.7 | Japanese first name. |
Retno | -52.9 | 192.3 | 7.2 | Indonesian first name. |
Rhoda | 11.4 | 347.7 | 12.2 | Greek first name. |
Rhys | 8.6 | 298.8 | 44 | Jean Rhys, Welsh writer (1894–1979). |
Richards | 2.5 | 196.1 | 25 | Ellen Richards, founder of science of ecology (1842–1911). |
Riley | 14.1 | 72.5 | 20.2 | Margaretta Riley, English botanist (1804–1899). |
Rita | 71 | 334.8 | 8.3 | Italian first name. |
Romanskaya | 23.2 | 178.4 | 30.4 | Sofia Romanskaya, Soviet astronomer (1886–1969). |
Romola | 9.3 | 54.2 | 17.5 | Italian first name. |
Roptyna | 62.2 | 28.9 | 11.5 | Chukcha (NE Siberia) first name. |
Rosa Bonheur | 9.7 | 288.8 | 104 | Rosa Bonheur, French painter (1822–1899). |
Rose | -35.2 | 248.2 | 15.5 | German first name. |
Rossetti | 57 | 6.4 | 23.4 | Christina Rossetti, English poet (1830–1894). |
Rowena | 10.4 | 171.4 | 19.5 | Celtic first name. |
Roxanna | 26.5 | 334.6 | 9.5 | Persian first name. |
Royle | -32.7 | 193.7 | 6.1 | Bashkir first name. |
Rudneva | 78.4 | 174.7 | 29.8 | Varvara Rudneva, Russian physician (1844–1899). |
Rufina | -74.6 | 195.1 | 5 | Greek first name. |
Ruit | -25.5 | 72.9 | 6.4 | Polynesian first name. |
Runak | -58.5 | 196.3 | 7.6 | Kurdian first name. |
Ruslanova | 83.9 | 16.6 | 44.3 | Lidiya Ruslanova, Soviet singer (1900–1973). |
Ruth | 43.3 | 19.9 | 18.5 | Hebrew first name. |
S
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sabin | -38.5 | 274.7 | 33.1 | Florence R. Sabin. |
Sabira | -5.8 | 239.9 | 15.7 | Tatar first name from Arabic. |
Safarmo | -10.8 | 161.4 | 7.4 | Tajik first name. |
Saida | 28.2 | 302 | 9.5 | Arabic first name. |
Salika | -5 | 97.7 | 12.5 | Mari first name. |
Samantha | 45.6 | 281.7 | 16.9 | Aramaic first name. |
Samintang | -39 | 80.7 | 25.9 | 16th century Korean poet. |
Sandel | -45.7 | 211.7 | 17.9 | Cora Sandel, Norwegian author (1880–1974). |
Sandi | -68.1 | 315.1 | 12.6 | From Alexandra, Greek first name. |
Sandugach | 59.9 | 143.5 | 10 | Tartar first name. |
Sanger | 33.8 | 288.6 | 83.6 | Margaret Sanger, American medical researcher (1883–1966). |
Sanija | 33.1 | 251 | 18 | Tatar first name. |
Saodat | -2.9 | 344.6 | 3.7 | Uzbek first name from Arabic. |
Sarah | -42.4 | 1.8 | 18.5 | Hebrew first name. |
Sartika | -63.4 | 67 | 18.7 | Dewi Sartika, Indonesian educator (1884–1942). |
Sasha | 38.3 | 277.3 | 4.6 | Russian first name. |
Saskia | -28.6 | 337.1 | 37.1 | Saskia van Uylenburgh, Rembrandt's wife. |
Sayers | -67.5 | 229.8 | 98 | Dorothy L. Sayers, English novelist, playwright.(1893–1957). |
Sayligul | 73.6 | 172.9 | 4.3 | Persian (Tajik) first name. |
Scarpellini | -23.2 | 34.6 | 27.1 | Caterina Scarpellini, 19th century Italian astronomer. |
Seiko | -21 | 216.6 | 3.4 | Japanese first name. |
Selma | 68.5 | 155.9 | 11.4 | Celtic first name. |
Seseg | -36.3 | 312.6 | 9.8 | Buryat (Siberia) first name. |
Sévigné | 52.6 | 326.5 | 29.6 | Marie Sévigné, French writer (1626–1696). |
Seymour | 18.2 | 326.5 | 63 | Jane Seymour, English queen (c. 1509-1537). |
Shakira | 3 | 213.6 | 17.6 | Bashkir first name. |
Shasenem | -44 | 258.9 | 9 | Turkman first name from Persian and Arabic. |
Sheila | 19.9 | 50.2 | 5.6 | Irish/Celtic first name. |
Shih Mai-Yu | 18.4 | 318.9 | 22.3 | Chinese physician (1873–1954). |
Shirley | 31.5 | 55.4 | 18 | English first name. |
Shushan | -43.8 | 70.2 | 8.5 | Armenian first name. |
Sidney | 13.4 | 199.6 | 20.2 | Mary Sidney, Elizabethan dramatist (1561–1621). |
Sigrid | 63.6 | 314.4 | 16.2 | Scandinavian first name. |
Simbya | -74.4 | 130 | 4 | Nganasan (Samoyed) first name. |
Simonenko | -26.9 | 97.6 | 31.9 | Alla Nikolaevna Simonenko, Soviet astronomer.[1] |
Sirani | -31.5 | 230.4 | 28.3 | Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter, etcher, printmaker (1638–1665). |
Sitwell | 16.6 | 190.4 | 32.8 | Edith Sitwell, English poet, critic (1887–1964). |
Solace | 35.9 | 317.2 | 5.3 | Latin first name. |
Sophia | -28.6 | 18.8 | 17.6 | Greek first name. |
Sovadi | -44.8 | 225.5 | 12.4 | Khmer (Cambodian) first name. |
Stanton | -23.3 | 199.3 | 107 | Elizabeth C. Stanton, American suffragist (1815–1902). |
Stefania | 51.3 | 333.3 | 11.7 | Romanian first name. |
Stein | -30.1 | 345.5 | 13.3 | Gertrude Stein, American writer (1874–1946). |
Steinbach | -41.4 | 256.9 | 20.3 | Sabina von Steinbach, German sculptor (c. 1250). |
Stina | 37.4 | 22.8 | 10.4 | Swedish first name. |
Storni | -9.8 | 245.6 | 21.7 | Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (1892–1938). |
Stowe | -43.2 | 233.2 | 80 | Harriet Beecher Stowe, American novelist (1811–1896). |
Stuart | -30.8 | 20.2 | 68.6 | Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1542–1587). |
Suliko | 9.6 | 214.6 | 14.9 | Georgian first name. |
Sullivan | -1.4 | 110.9 | 32 | Anne Sullivan, American teacher of Helen Keller (1866–1936). |
Surija | 5.3 | 178.2 | 15.3 | Azeri first name. |
Susanna | 6 | 93.3 | 13.3 | Hebrew first name. |
Sveta | 82.5 | 273.2 | 21 | Russian first name |
T
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Taglioni | 41.7 | 122.6 | 31 | Marie Taglioni |
Tahia | 44.3 | 73.7 | 6.1 | Polynesian first name. |
Taira | -1.6 | 296.8 | 19.6 | Osset first name. |
Tako | 25.1 | 285.3 | 10.7 | Fulbe first name. |
Talvikki | 41.9 | 22 | 12.6 | Finnish first name. |
Tamara | 61.6 | 317.2 | 11 | Georgian first name. |
Tanya | -19.3 | 282.7 | 14 | Russian first name. |
Tatyana | 85.4 | 212.4 | 19 | Russian first name. |
Taussig | -9.2 | 229 | 25.8 | Helen Taussig, American pediatrician, heart researcher (1898–1986). |
Tehina | -30.4 | 76.4 | 5.4 | Polynesian first name. |
Tekarohi | 21.2 | 76.4 | 9.3 | Polynesian first name. |
Temou | -10 | 83.4 | 9.3 | Polynesian first name. |
Teresa | -42.5 | 10 | 14.8 | First name from Greek. |
Terhi | 45.7 | 253.1 | 10.7 | Finnish first name. |
Teroro | -75.8 | 88.1 | 9.2 | Polynesian first name. |
Teumere | -38.3 | 88.1 | 5.4 | Polynesian first name. |
Teura | -12.3 | 90.2 | 9.3 | Polynesian first name. |
Thomas | -13 | 272.5 | 25.2 | Martha Thomas, American college president (1857–1935). |
Tiffany | -8.7 | 22.9 | 7 | Greek first name. |
Tinyl | 9.7 | 132.1 | 12.8 | Chukcha (NE Siberia) first name. |
Toklas | 0.7 | 273.1 | 17.5 | Alice B. Toklas, American writer, art patron (1877–1967). |
Tolgonay | 68.8 | 271.1 | 4.6 | Kyrgyz first name. |
Trollope | -54.8 | 246.4 | 27.2 | Frances Trollope, English novelist (1780–1863). |
Truth | 28.7 | 287.8 | 47.3 | Sojourner Truth, American abolitionist (1797–1883). |
Tseraskaya | 28.6 | 79.2 | 30.3 | Lidiya Tseraskaya, Soviet astronomer (1855–1931). |
Tsetsa | 31.3 | 317.7 | 9.9 | Mordovian (Volga Finn) first name. |
Tsiala | 2.9 | 100 | 16.5 | Georgian first name. |
Tsvetayeva | 64.6 | 147.4 | 42.9 | Marina Tsvetayeva, Soviet poet (1892–1941). |
Tsyrma | -14.1 | 318.5 | 7.8 | Buryat (Siberia) first name. |
Tubman | 23.6 | 204.6 | 42.9 | Harriet Tubman, American abolishionist (1820–1913). |
Tünde | 76.8 | 193 | 16.3 | Hungarian first name. |
Tursunoy | 80.9 | 229.3 | 4.7 | Uzbek first name. |
Tussaud | 21.7 | 221 | 16 | Marie Tussaud, Swiss wax artist (1760–1850). |
Tuyara | -62.9 | 15.5 | 13.2 | Yakut first name |
U
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ualinka | 13.2 | 168.6 | 8.1 | Ossetian (N. Caucasus) first name |
Udagan | 10.7 | 206.9 | 11.5 | Yakut first name. |
Udaltsova | -20.3 | 275.3 | 26.7 | Nadezhda Udaltsova, Russian artist (1885–1961). |
Udyaka | 30.9 | 172.9 | 7.7 | Orochi (Amur River) first name. |
Ugne | 34.9 | 205.8 | 10.3 | Lithuanian first name. |
Ul'yana | 24.3 | 253 | 12.5 | Russian first name. |
Uleken | 33.7 | 185.1 | 10.9 | Nanay (Amur River area, E. Siberia) first name. |
Ulla | -51.5 | 184.5 | 10.4 | Swedish first name. |
Ulpu | -35.7 | 179 | 7 | Finnish first name. |
Ulrique | 75.9 | 55.6 | 19.6 | French first name. |
Uluk | -62.2 | 178.6 | 10.3 | Neghidalian (Amur River area, E. Siberia) first name. |
Umaima | -23.3 | 195.4 | 6.9 | Arabic first name. |
Umkana | -53.3 | 198.6 | 6.2 | Eskimo (Chukotka) first name. |
Unay | 53.5 | 172.7 | 11.4 | Mari first name. |
Undset | 51.7 | 60.8 | 20 | Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author (1882–1949). |
Unitkak | 40.8 | 199.5 | 8 | Eskimo (Chukotka) first name. |
Urazbike | -9 | 202.5 | 7 | Tartar first name. |
Ustinya | -41.2 | 251.6 | 11.8 | Russian first name. |
Uvaysi | 2.3 | 198.3 | 38.9 | Jahonotin Uvaysiy, Uzbek poet (c. 1780-c. 1850). |
Uyengimi | -76.9 | 204.9 | 8.9 | Khanty, Mansi (Ob River Finn) first name. |
V
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Văcărescu | -63 | 199.8 | 31.5 | Elena Văcărescu. |
Vaka | -41.4 | 8.9 | 11.8 | Bulgarian first name. |
Valadon | -49 | 167.7 | 25.2 | Suzanne Valadon, French painter (1865–1940). |
Valborg | 75.5 | 272.1 | 20 | Danish first name. |
Valentina | 46.4 | 144.1 | 24.6 | Latin first name. |
Valerie | -6.4 | 30.9 | 13.6 | French first name. |
Vallija | 26.3 | 120 | 15.2 | Latvian first name. |
Vanessa | -6 | 1.9 | 10 | Greek first name. |
Vard | 17.5 | 314.5 | 6.1 | Armenian first name. |
Varya | 2.8 | 211.8 | 14.3 | Russian first name. |
Vashti | -6.8 | 43.7 | 17 | Persian first name. |
Vasilutsa | 16.5 | 334.4 | 5.7 | Moldavian first name. |
Vassi | 34.4 | 346.5 | 8.5 | Karelian first name. |
Veriko | 20.4 | 350.1 | 5.2 | Georgian first name. |
Veronica | -38.1 | 124.6 | 17.9 | Latin first name. |
Vesna | -60.3 | 220.5 | 14.9 | Slavic first name. |
Veta | 42.6 | 349.5 | 6.4 | Romanian first name. |
Vigée-Lebrun | 17.3 | 141.4 | 57.8 | Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun, French painter (1755–1842). Spelling changed from Vigier Lebrun. |
Viola | -36.1 | 240.5 | 10 | English first name. |
Virga | -26.9 | 7.7 | 10.3 | Lithuanian first name. |
Virginia | -52.9 | 185.9 | 18.5 | Latin first name. |
Virve | -5.1 | 346.9 | 18 | Estonian first name. |
Vlasta | 28.4 | 250.1 | 10.7 | Czech first name. |
Volkova | 75.2 | 242.2 | 47.5 | Anna Volkova, Russian chemist (1800–1876). |
Volyana | 60.6 | 359.9 | 5.3 | Gypsy first name. |
von Paradis | -32.2 | 314.9 | 37.5 | Maria von Paradis, Austrian pianist (1759–1834). |
von Schuurman | -5 | 191 | 29.1 | Anna Maria van Schurman, Dutch linguist, writer, artist (1607–1678). |
Von Siebold | -52 | 36.6 | 32.4 | Regina von Siebold, German physician, educator (1771–1849). |
von Suttner | -10.6 | 234.9 | 24 | Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist, pacifist (1843–1914). |
Voynich | 35.4 | 56.1 | 48.7 | Ethel Lilian Voynich |
W
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wanda | 71.3 | 323.1 | 21.7 | Polish first name. |
Wang Zhenyi | 13.2 | 217.8 | 23.4 | Wang Zhenyi, Chinese astronomer, geophysicist (1768–1797). |
Warren | -11.7 | 176.5 | 50.9 | Mercy Warren, American colonial poet, playwright, historian (1728–1814). |
Wazata | 33.6 | 298.3 | 13.9 | Hausa (Nigeria) first name. |
Weil | 19.4 | 283.1 | 24.2 | Simone Weil, French author (1909–1943). |
Wen Shu | -5 | 303.7 | 31.5 | Wen Shu, Chinese painter (1595–1634). |
Wendla | 22.5 | 207.6 | 5.7 | Swedish first name. |
West | 26.1 | 303 | 28.8 | Rebecca West, Irish novelist, critic, actress (1892–1983). |
Wharton | 55.7 | 61.9 | 50.5 | Edith Wharton, American writer (1862–1937). |
Wheatley | 16.6 | 268 | 74.8 | Phillis Wheatley, first black writer of note in America (1753–1784). |
Whiting | -6.1 | 128 | 35.7 | Sarah Whiting, American physicist, astronomer (1847–1927). |
Whitney | -30.2 | 151.3 | 42.5 | Mary Whitney, American astronomer (1847–1921). |
Wieck | -74.2 | 244.8 | 20.2 | Clara Wieck, German pianist, composer (1819–1896). |
Wilder | 17.4 | 122.6 | 35.1 | Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (1867–1957). |
Willard | -24.6 | 296.1 | 48.4 | Emma Willard, American educator (1787–1870). |
Wilma | 36.7 | 1.7 | 12.5 | English first name. |
Winema | 3 | 168.6 | 21.7 | Winema, Modoc Indian heroine, peacemaker (c. 1848-1932). |
Winnemucca | -15.4 | 121.1 | 30.3 | Sarah Winnemucca, Piute interpreter, activist (c. 1844-1891). |
Wiwi-yokpa | -73.8 | 228.4 | 4.5 | Abenaki/Algonquin (Canada) first name. |
Wollstonecraft | -39.1 | 260.8 | 44.1 | Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (1759–1797). |
Woolf | -37.7 | 27.2 | 24.5 | Virginia Woolf, British writer (1882–1941). |
Workman | -12.9 | 299.9 | 17.4 | Fanny Workman, American mountaineer, author (1859–1925). |
Wu Hou | -25.5 | 317.4 | 27.5 | Wu Hou, Chinese empress (c. 624-705). |
Wynne | 55 | 53.6 | 10 | English first name |
X
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Xantippe | -10.9 | 11.8 | 40.4 | Xanthippe, the wife of Socrates. |
Xenia | -30.3 | 249.4 | 13.5 | Greek first name |
Xi Wang | 14 | 208 | 7.7 | Chinese first name |
Xiao Hong | -43.5 | 101.7 | 38.7 | Xiao Hong, Chinese novelist (1911–1942) |
Ximena | -68.2 | 243.6 | 12.8 | Portuguese first name |
Y
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yablochkina | 48.3 | 195.3 | 64.3 | Aleksandra Yablochkina, Soviet actress (1866–1964) |
Yakyt | 2.1 | 170.2 | 13.8 | Karakalpak first name. |
Yale | -13.4 | 271.2 | 18.5 | Caroline Yale, American educator of the deaf (1848–1933). |
Yambika | 32.6 | 208.7 | 6.5 | Mari (Volga Finn) first name. |
Yasuko | -26.1 | 169 | 10.6 | Japanese first name. |
Yazruk | 21.2 | 160.2 | 10.5 | Nivkhi (Amur River area, E. Siberia) first name. |
Yelya | -47.5 | 211.7 | 8.6 | Nenets (Samoyed) first name. |
Yemysh | 11.9 | 214.7 | 6 | Mari (Volga Finn) first name. |
Yenlik | -16 | 225.4 | 8.6 | Kazakh first name. |
Yerguk | 42.7 | 226.8 | 6.3 | Neghidalian (Amur River) first name. |
Yeska | 27.4 | 230.1 | 9.1 | Selkup (Samoyed) first name. |
Yetta | 58.6 | 185.4 | 9 | From Henrietta, German first name. |
Yokhtik | -50.1 | 158.1 | 11.4 | Nivkhi (Amur River area, E. Siberia) first name. |
Yoko | -5.7 | 232 | 5 | Japanese first name. |
Yolanda | 7.8 | 152.7 | 11.4 | Greek first name. |
Yomile | -27.3 | 138.7 | 13.6 | Bashkir first name. |
Yonge | -14 | 115.1 | 42.8 | Charlotte Mary Yonge, English writer (1823–1901). |
Yonok | -65.1 | 234.1 | 9.5 | Korean first name. |
Yonsuk | -34 | 234.8 | 8.5 | Korean first name. |
Yoshioka | -32.4 | 59 | 16.6 | Yayoi, Japanese physician, college founder (c. 1871-1959). |
Ytunde | 49.9 | 81.1 | 6.1 | Yoruba first name. |
Yvette | 7.5 | 249.6 | 10.6 | French first name |
Yvonne | -56 | 298.4 | 14.5 | French first name |
Z
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Named after |
---|---|---|---|---|
Zakiya | -66.5 | 234.1 | 7.5 | Arabic first name |
Zamudio | 9.6 | 189.3 | 19 | Adela Zamudio, Bolivian poet (1854–1928). |
Zarema | 16.8 | 235.2 | 5 | Avarian (Daghestan) first name. |
Zdravka | 65.1 | 299 | 12.5 | Bulgarian first name. |
Zeinab | -2.2 | 159.6 | 12.5 | Persian first name from Arabic |
Zemfira | -46.2 | 157.7 | 11.4 | Gypsy first name. |
Zenobia | -29.3 | 28.6 | 39.1 | Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra (Syria) (3rd century AD). |
Zerine | -29.6 | 258.6 | 6.5 | Persian first name. |
Zhilova | 66.3 | 125.7 | 53 | Maria Zhilova, Russian astronomer (1870–1934). |
Zhu Shuzhen | -26.5 | 356.5 | 29.4 | Zhu Shuzhen, Chinese poet (1126–1200). |
Zija | -3.5 | 265 | 16.8 | Arabic first name. |
Zina | 41.9 | 320.1 | 9 | Romanian first name. |
Živile | 48.8 | 113.1 | 13.5 | Lithuanian first name. |
Zlata | 64.6 | 333.9 | 7 | Serbo-Croatian first name. |
Zosia | -18.9 | 109.2 | 10.5 | Polish first name. |
Zoya | 69.1 | 236.2 | 20 | Russian first name. |
Zuhrah | 34.7 | 357 | 5.8 | Arabic first name. |
Zula | 7.3 | 282 | 5 | Chechen first name. |
Zulfiya | 18.4 | 101.9 | 12.9 | Uzbek first name. |
Zulma | -7.7 | 102 | 11 | Spanish first name. |
Zumrad | 32.1 | 94.8 | 12.9 | Uzbek first name. |
Zurka | -12.8 | 275.2 | 5.5 | Gypsy first name. |
Zvereva | 45.4 | 283.1 | 22.9 | Lidiya Zvereva, Russian aviator (1890–1916) |
See also
Notes
- ^ Heidi Julia Bender was the author and illustrator of Cathy, Please Don't Move. Born in 1979, she lived in University Park, Maryland.[2] She died in 1991 of an inoperable tumor in her brain stem.[3]
References
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel, Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, 2012, Google Books
- ↑ Bender, Heidi (1989). Cathy, Please Don't Move (PDF). Winchester, Virginia: Make a Wish Foundation. p. 21.
- ↑ "Heidi Julia Bender (Obituary)". The Washington Post. April 2, 1991.
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