List of craters on Mars: H-N
Encyclopedia
There are hundreds of thousands of craters
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...

 on Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...

, but only some of them have names. Here is a list of named Martian craters, with names starting with the letter H – N (see also A – G and O – Z). Large Martian craters (greater than 60 km in diameter) are named after famous scientists and science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 authors, or if less than 60 km in diameter, after towns on Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...

. Craters cannot be named for living people, and small crater names are not intended to be commemorative - that is, they aren't named after a specific town on Earth - with some exceptions formerly made for craters near landing sites. Latitude and longitude are given as planetographic coordinates with west longitude.

H

Crater | Coordinates Diameter (km) Approval date Named after
Hadley  19.5°S 203.1°W 119.0 1973 George Hadley
George Hadley
George Hadley was an English lawyer and amateur meteorologist who proposed the atmospheric mechanism by which the Trade Winds are sustained. As a key factor in ensuring that European sailing vessels reached North American shores, understanding the Trade Winds was becoming a matter of great...

Haldane  53.1°S 230.9°W 78.7 1973 J. B. S. Haldane
J. B. S. Haldane
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane FRS , known as Jack , was a British-born geneticist and evolutionary biologist. A staunch Marxist, he was critical of Britain's role in the Suez Crisis, and chose to leave Oxford and moved to India and became an Indian citizen...

Hale
Hale (Martian crater)
Hale is a crater at 35.7°S, 323.4°E on Mars, just north of Argyre basin. It was created by an asteroid roughly across that impacted at an oblique angle about 3.5 to 3.8 billion years ago. The rim and ejecta are eroded and show smaller impacts, but subsequent deposits have covered up small craters...

 
36.1°S 36.5°W 149.0 1973 George Hale
Halley  48.7°S 59.3°W 84.5 1973 Edmund Halley
Ham  45.0°S 32.6°W 1.8 1976 Ham, France
Hammaguir  49.0°N 227.6°W 0.5 1979 Hammaguir
Hammaguir
Hammaguir is a town in Algeria, south-west of Béchar. Between 1947 and 1967 there was a rocket launch site near Hammaguir, used by France for launching sounding rockets and the satellite carrier "Diamant" between 1965 and 1967....

, Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

Hamelin  20.5°N 32.8°W 9.6 1976 Hamelin
Hamelin
Hamelin is a town on the river Weser in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Hamelin-Pyrmont and has a population of 58,696 ....

, Germany
Handlová  38.0°N 88.7°W 4.6 1991 Handlová
Handlová
Handlová is a town in the Prievidza District, Trenčín Region in the middle of Slovakia. It is made up of the three parts Handlová, Nová Lehota and Morovno.-Geography:...

, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

Harad  27.7°S 28.1°W 8.0 1976 Harad, Saudi Arabia
Hargraves  20.76°N 284.36°W 68.0 2006 Robert B. Hargraves
Robert B. Hargraves
Robert B. Hargraves was an American geologist who worked as a professor at Princeton University-Career:...

Harris  21.88°S 293.27°W 83 2010 Daniel Lester Harris
Hartwig  39.0°S 16.0°W 105.0 1973 Ernst Hartwig
Ernst Hartwig
Carl Ernst Albrecht Hartwig was a German astronomer.He discovered a new star in M31 on August 20, 1885. This object was designated as supernova "S Andromedae". During the 1883 observation campaign of comet 6P/d'Arrest he found five NGC objects working at the Strasbourg Observatory...

Hashir  3.21°N 275.04°W 16.5 2006-09-14 Hashir, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

Heaviside  70.7°S 95.3°W 87.4 1973 Oliver Heaviside
Oliver Heaviside
Oliver Heaviside was a self-taught English electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist who adapted complex numbers to the study of electrical circuits, invented mathematical techniques to the solution of differential equations , reformulated Maxwell's field equations in terms of electric and...

Heimdal
Heimdal (Martian crater)
Heimdal is a relatively recent impact crater on the planet Mars. It lies in Vastitas Borealis, the northern plain. It is named after Heimdal, a town in Norway....

 
68.52°N 124.73°W 11.5 2008 Heimdal
Heimdal, Hedmark
Heimdal is a village in Løten municipality, Norway, located a few miles north of the urban area Løten. Its population is 300.-References:...

, Norway
Heinlein
Heinlein (crater)
Heinlein is a crater in Promethei Terra, Mars. It is centered at 64.6 degrees south, 243.8 degrees west, and is 83 km in diameter. It is named after Robert A...

 
64.8°S 243.8°W 88.0 1994 Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein
Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre. He set a standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of...

Helmholtz  45.8°S 21.3°W 111.5 1973 Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz was a German physician and physicist who made significant contributions to several widely varied areas of modern science...

Henbury  63.76°S 147.87°W 27.0 2007-04-16 Henbury Crater, Australia
Henry  10.9°N 336.7°W 171.0 1973 Paul Henry and Prosper Henry
Henry Moore  59.73°S 306.24°W 66.1 2006-12-14 Henry J. Moore, American astrogeologist
Herculaneum  19.5°N 58.7°W 35.4 1988 Herculaneum
Herculaneum
Herculaneum was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in AD 79, located in the territory of the current commune of Ercolano, in the Italian region of Campania in the shadow of Mt...

, Italy
Herschel
Herschel (Martian crater)
Herschel is a large crater on Mars. It is named after the eighteenth century astronomer William Herschel.Herschel is 300 kilometers wide, so large that it is properly considered an impact basin. It is located in the cratered highlands of the Martian southern hemisphere, at 14.5°S, 230°W...

 
14.9°S 230.3°W 304.5 1973 William Herschel
William Herschel
Sir Frederick William Herschel, KH, FRS, German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel was a German-born British astronomer, technical expert, and composer. Born in Hanover, Wilhelm first followed his father into the Military Band of Hanover, but emigrated to Britain at age 19...

Hipparchus  44.8°S 151.4°W 93.0 1973 Hipparchus
Hipparchus
Hipparchus, the common Latinization of the Greek Hipparkhos, can mean:* Hipparchus, the ancient Greek astronomer** Hipparchic cycle, an astronomical cycle he created** Hipparchus , a lunar crater named in his honour...

Hit  47.4°N 221.7°W 7.3 1979 Hit, Iraq
Holden
Holden (Martian crater)
Holden is a 140 km wide crater on Mars, located with the southern highlands. It is named after Edward Singleton Holden, an American astronomer, and the founder of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific....

 
26.4°S 34.0°W 153.8 1973 Edward S. Holden
Holmes  75.0°S 293.2°W 122.0 1973 Arthur Holmes
Arthur Holmes
Arthur Holmes was a British geologist. As a child he lived in Low Fell, Gateshead and attended the Gateshead Higher Grade School .-Age of the earth:...

Honda  22.6°S 16.4°W 9.1 1976 Honda, Colombia
Hooke  45.2°S 44.4°W 139.0 1973 Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke FRS was an English natural philosopher, architect and polymath.His adult life comprised three distinct periods: as a scientific inquirer lacking money; achieving great wealth and standing through his reputation for hard work and scrupulous honesty following the great fire of 1666, but...

Hope  45.2°N 10.3°W 7.3 1976 Hope, BC
Hope, British Columbia
Hope is a district municipality located at the confluence of the Fraser and Coquihalla rivers in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Hope is at the eastern end of both the Fraser Valley and the Lower Mainland region, and is at the southern end of the Fraser Canyon...

, Canada
Horowitz  32.04°S 219.36°W 65.7 2009 Norman Horowitz
Houston  48.5°N 224.1°W 1.6 1979 Houston, TX
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, USA
Hsuanch'eng  47.0°N 227.4°W 2.0 1979 Xuancheng
Xuancheng
Xuancheng is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province of Eastern China. It borders Wuhu to the northwest, Chizhou to the west, Huangshan to the southwest, and the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu to the southeast and northeast respectively....

, China
Huancayo  3.7°S 39.9°W 25.1 1976 Huancayo
Huancayo
Huancayo with a rock') is the capital of the Junín Region, in the central highlands of Peru. It is located in Junín Province, of which it is also capital. Situated near the Mantaro Valley at an altitude of 3,271 meters, it has a population of 377,000 and is the fifth most populous city of the...

, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

Huggins  49.4°S 204.4°W 90.0 1973 William Huggins
William Huggins
Sir William Huggins, OM, KCB, FRS was an English amateur astronomer best known for his pioneering work in astronomical spectroscopy.-Biography:...

Hussey  53.8°S 126.7°W 99.0 1973 William Hussey
William Hussey
William Joseph Hussey was an American astronomer.He is most famous for the discovery and study of close binary stars. In the period from 1898 to 1899, he reobserved all binaries discovered by Otto Struve, with at least three observations of each...

Hutton  71.8°S 255.4°W 99.0 1973 James Hutton
James Hutton
James Hutton was a Scottish physician, geologist, naturalist, chemical manufacturer and experimental agriculturalist. He is considered the father of modern geology...

Huxley  63.0°S 259.2°W 107.0 1973 Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley
Thomas Henry Huxley PC FRS was an English biologist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution....

Huygens  14.3°S 304.6°W 470.0 1973 Christiaan Huygens

I

Crater | Coordinates Diameter (km) Approval date Named after
Iazu
Iazu (crater)
Iazu is an impact crater located in Meridiani Planum on Mars, about 7 km in diameter. It is close to the landing site of the Mars Exploration Rover-B Opportunity, and its walls have been photographed by the spacecraft during its traverse to Endeavour crater. At the time, the crater was about ...

 
2.69°S 5.2°W 6.8 2006-09-14 Iazu
Iazu
Iazu may refer to several villages in Romania:* Iazu, a village in Cojasca Commune, Dâmboviţa County* Iazu, a village in Scânteia Commune, Ialomiţa County* Iazu, a village in Măgurele Commune, Prahova CountyIazu is also a crater on Mars...

, Romania
Ibragimov  25.7°S 59.7°W 86.0 1982 Nadir Baba Ogly Ibragimov
Nadir Baba Ogly Ibragimov
Nadir Baba Ogly Ibragimov was an Azerbaijani and a Soviet astronomer. A crater on Mars is named in his honor. Nadir Ibragimov was astrophysicist of the...

Igal  20.3°S 249.2°W 8.6 1991 Igal, Hungary
Igal, Hungary
Igal is a town in Somogy county, Hungary.- External links :*...

Ikej  21.2°N 247.6°W 4.7 1988 Ikej, Russia
Imgr  19.4°N 248.9°W 3.0 1988 Imgr, Russia
Innsbruck  6.5°S 40.0°W 61.1 1976 Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

, Austria
Ins  24.8°N 251.2°W 2.8 1988 Ins, Switzerland
Ins, Switzerland
Ins is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.-Geography:Ins has an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 21.0% is forested...

Inta  24.6°S 25.2°W 16.2 1976 Inta
Inta
Inta is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia. During the Soviet era a "corrective labor camp" was located here. Population: It is served by Inta Airport....

, Russia
Inuvik
Inuvik (crater)
Inuvik is a crater located outside of the perennial north polar cap on Mars. The crater's diameter is 20.5 kilometres, and it lies at latitude 78.7°N, longitude 28.6°W. In 1988, the International Astronomical Union's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature named the crater after the town...

 
78.7°N 28.6°W 20.5 1988 Inuvik, Northwest Territories
Inuvik, Northwest Territories
Inuvik is a town in the Northwest Territories of Canada and is the administrative centre for the Inuvik Region.The population as of the 2006 Census was 3,484, but the two previous census counts show wide fluctuations due to economic conditions: 2,894 in 2001 and 3,296 in 1996...

, Canada
Irbit  24.6°S 25.0°W 13.3 1976 Irbit
Irbit
Irbit is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located from Yekaterinburg by train or by car on the right bank of the Nitsa River. It is crossed by long distance railway Yekaterinburg–Tavda–Ustye-Akha and by road traffic routes, directed to Kamyshlov, Artyomovsk, Turinsk, and Tyumen. Total area...

, Russia
Irharen  34.8°N 219.2°W 6.5 1991 Irharen, Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

Isil  27.3°S 272.2°W 82.0 1991 Isil, Spain
Izendy  29.2°S 101.5°W 23.5 1991 Izendy, Russia

J

Crater | Coordinates Diameter (km) Approval date Named after
Jal  26.5°S 28.8°W 5.0 1976 Jal, New Mexico
Jal, New Mexico
Jal is a city in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,996 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Jal is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land....

, USA
Jama  21.6°N 53.3°W 2.9 1988 Jama, Tunisia
Jampur  39.0°N 81.7°W 29.0 1991 Jampur
Jampur
Jampur is a small city located at 29°38'32" N , 70°35'45"E in Rajanpur District, south of Dera Ghazi Khan, in the centre of Pakistan. It comprises an area of about 8-10 square kilometres and has a population of almost 1,20,000.-History:...

, Pakistan
Janssen  2.7°N 322.5°W 158.0 1973 Pierre Janssen
Jarry-Desloges  9.5°S 276.3°W 92.0 1973 Rene Jarry-Desloges
Rene Jarry-Desloges
René Jarry-Desloges was a French amateur astronomer who worked at his own observatory.He observed the planets, and was able to confirm the rotational period of Mercury, which was first deduced by Giovanni Schiaparelli....

Jeans  69.8°S 205.9°W 80.2 1973 James Jeans
Jen  40.2°N 10.6°W 9.0 1976 Jen
Jen
Jen may refer to:*Ren , a.k.a. Jen, Confucian word for humaneness*Jennifer , diminutive form JenFamous people with this surname*Jen, common of surname Ren, Njim, Nham, Yam, Yum, Yim, Im...

, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

Jezero
Jezero (crater)
Jezero is a crater on Mars. Once flooded with water, the crater contains a fan-delta deposit rich in clays.In several Slavic languages including Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Serbian, and Slovenian, the word jezero means "lake".-Mars Science Laboratory:...

 
18.41°N 282.38°W 49.0 2007-07-25 Jezero
Jezero
Jajce or Jezero is a village and a municipality in western Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the western part of the Republika Srpska entity. The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina uses both Jajce and Jezero as the official names of the municipality...

, Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

Jezža  48.8°S 38.0°W 9.1 1976 Jezža
Jezza
Jezza may refer to:* Alex Jesaulenko, Australian rules footballer;* a common nickname for people called Jeremy or Jerry. Prominent Jeremys also known as Jezza include:** Jeremy Hardy, British comedian....

, Russia
Jijiga  25.4°N 54.0°W 17.3 1976 Jijiga
Jijiga
Jijiga is a city in eastern Ethiopia and the capital of the Somali Region of that country. Located in the Jijiga Zone approximately 80 km east of Harar and 60 km west of the border with Somalia, this city has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1,609 meters above sea...

, Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

Jodrell  47.8°N 227.8°W 3.0 1979 Jodrell Bank
Jodrell Bank
The Jodrell Bank Observatory is a British observatory that hosts a number of radio telescopes, and is part of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester...

, England, UK
Johannesburg  48.2°N 226.8°W 1.0 1979 Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

, South Africa
Johnstown  9.8°S 51.1°W 3.2 2006 Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, west-southwest of Altoona, Pennsylvania and east of Pittsburgh. The population was 20,978 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County...

, USA
Jojutla  81.63°N 169.65°W 19.0 2006 Jojutla, Mexico
Joly  74.7°S 42.7°W 79.9 1973 John Joly
John Joly
John Joly FRS was an Irish physicist, famous for his development of radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer...

Jones  19.1°S 19.9°W 94.0 1973 Harold Spencer Jones
Harold Spencer Jones
Sir Harold Spencer Jones KBE FRS was an English astronomer. Although born "Jones", his surname became "Spencer Jones"....

Jörn  27.18°S 283.67°W 20.7 2006 Jörn
Jörn
Jörn is a locality situated in Skellefteå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 877 inhabitants in 2005....

, Sweden
Jumla  21.3°S 273.6°W 45.0 2006 Jumla, Nepal

K

Crater | Coordinates Diameter (km) Approval date Named after
Kachug  18.4°N 252.5°W 4.7 1988 Kachug, Russia
Kagoshima  47.6°N 224.4°W 1.5 1979 Kagoshima, Japan
Kagul  24.0°S 19.1°W 8.5 1976 Kagul
Kagul
Also called tagutok , bantula or tagungtung and kuratung .The kagul is a type of Philippine bamboo scraper gong/slit drum of the Maguindanaon and Visayans with a jagged edge on one side, played with two beaters, one scarping the jagged edge and the other one making a beat...

, Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

Ka-id  4.5°S 44.8°W 8.5 1976 Ka-id, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

Kaiser
Kaiser (crater)
Kaiser Crater is a crater in the Noachis quadrangle of Mars, located at 46.6° S and 340.9° W. It is 207 km wide and was named after Frederick Kaiser, a Dutch astronomer ....

 
46.6°S 340.9°W 207.0 1973 Frederik Kaiser
Frederik Kaiser
Frederik Kaiser was a Dutch astronomer.He was director of the Leiden Observatory from 1838 until his death....

Kaj  27.3°S 29.4°W 1.8 1976 Kaj
Kaj
Kaj may refer to:* Kaj River, river of Afghanistan* Kaj , a fictional frog on the television series Kaj & Andrea- Given name :* Kaj Arnö * Kaj Birket-Smith , Danish philologist and anthropologist...

, Russia
Kakori  41.8°S 29.9°W 29.7 1976 Kakori
Kakori
Kakori is a town and a nagar panchayat in Lucknow district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated 14 km north of Lucknow. More widely known for its kebabs, Zardozi work and Dasheri mangoes, Kakori is also the centre of once flourishing Urdu poetry, literature and the Qadiriya...

, India
Kaliningrad  48.8°N 225.1°W 1.2 1979 Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea...

, Russia
Kalocsa  6.9°N 7.0°W 35.2 2008 Kalocsa
Kalocsa
Kalocsa is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. It lies 88 miles south of Budapest. It is situated in a marshy but highly productive district, near the left bank of the Danube River. Historically it had greater political and economic importance than at present.Kalocsa is the Episcopal see...

, Hungary
Kamativi  20.7°S 260.1°W 59.0 1991 Kamativi
Kamativi
Kamativi is a small mining town in Matabeleland North province, Zimbabwe. Kamativi is also the name of a tin mine located at the town. The town exists because of the mine....

, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

Kamloops  53.8°S 32.6°W 65.0 1991 Kamloops, BC
Kamloops, British Columbia
Kamloops is a city in south central British Columbia, at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River and near Kamloops Lake. It is the largest community in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and the location of the regional district's offices. The surrounding region is more commonly...

, Canada
Kamnik  37.22°S 161.91°W 10.2 2009 Kamnik
Kamnik
Kamnik is the name of a municipality in Slovenia as well as the town that serves as its administrative, cultural, economic, and educational center. The municipality is in north central Slovenia. It encompasses a large part of the Kamnik Alps and the surrounding area...

, Slovenia
Kampot  42.1°S 45.7°W 13.0 1976 Kampot (city), Cambodia
Kanab  27.5°S 19.0°W 15.0 1976 Kanab, Utah
Kanab, Utah
Kanab is a city in and the county seat of Kane County, Utah, United States. The area was first settled in 1864 and the town was founded in 1870 when ten Mormon families moved into the area. The population was 3,564 at the 2000 census...

, USA
Kandi  32.73°S 238.0°W 8.5 2009 Kandi
Kandi
Kandi is a town, arrondissement and commune in the Alibori Department of eastern Benin. Originally a market town, Kandi is now primarily a farming centre. It lies on the nation's main north-south highway, 650 km from Cotonou and 325 miles north of Porto-Novo. The town is the capital of...

, Benin
Kansk  20.8°S 17.3°W 34.3 1976 Kansk
Kansk
Kansk is a town on the left bank of the Kan River in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Population: It is home to the Kansk air base and is crossed by the Trans-Siberian railroad....

, Russia
Kantang  24.7°S 17.6°W 54.8 1976 Kantang
Amphoe Kantang
Kantang is a district in the western part of Trang Province, Thailand.-History:Kantang was the original capital of Trang Province, at first in Khuan Thani, and then from 1893-1916 to the coastal Kantang itself. As the area was prone to floodings the capital was finally moved further inland to...

, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

Karpinsk  45.9°S 32.2°W 29.8 1976 Karpinsk
Karpinsk
Karpinsk is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Turya River , north of Yekaterinburg. Population: -History:The settlement of Bogoslovsk was founded in either 1759 or in 1769. It remained one of the largest copper production centers in the Urals until 1917...

, Russia
Karshi  23.5°S 19.4°W 22.3 1976 Karshi
Qarshi
Qarshi is a city in southern Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qashqadaryo Province and has a population of 197,600 . It is about 520 km south-southwest of Tashkent, and about 335 km north of Uzbekistan's border with Afghanistan. It is located at latitude 38° 51' 48N; longitude 65° 47'...

, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....

Kartabo  41.2°S 52.5°W 20.0 1976 Kartabo, Guyana
Kartabo, Guyana
Kartabo is a village in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region of Guyana.Kartabo is on the lower Mazaruni River, 6 miles from Bartica. Its population is approximately 354. Residents are involved in fishing, farming, boat-building and logging. Some people are employed at the Tiperu Stone Quarries.Kartabo has...

Karzok  18.36°N 131.9°W 15.6 2006 Karzok, Kashmir
Kasabi  28.1°S 271.0°W 43.0 1991 Kasabi, Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

Kashira  27.3°S 18.4°W 68.5 1976 Kashira
Kashira
Kashira is a town and the administrative center of Kashirsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Oka River south of Moscow. Population:...

, Russia
Kasimov  24.9°S 23.0°W 91.3 1976 Kasimov
Kasimov
Kasimov is a town in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, which serves as the administrative center of Kasimovsky District . The town is situated on the left bank of the Oka River...

, Russia
Kasra  22.2°N 256.4°W 3.6 1988 Kasra, Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

Katoomba  79.11°S 232.33°W 53.0 2006 Katoomba, New South Wales
Katoomba, New South Wales
Katoomba is the chief town of the City of Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia and the administrative headquarters of Blue Mountains City Council. It is on the Great Western Highway 110 kilometres west of Sydney and 39 kilometres south-east of Lithgow. Katoomba railway station is on the...

, Australia
Kaup  22.9°N 33.2°W 3.3 1976 Kaup, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...

Kaw  16.6°N 255.8°W 11.2 1976 Kaw, French Guiana
Kaw, French Guiana
Kaw or Caux is a village in the commune of Régina, in north-east French Guiana, lying on the banks of Approuague river.-External links:*...

Kayne  15.7°S 186.6°W 34.9 1997 Kayne, Botswana
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

Keeler  61.0°S 151.3°W 95.0 1973 James E. Keeler
Kem  45.3°S 33.0°W 3.3 1976 Kem, Russia
Kepler
Kepler (Martian crater)
Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle on Mars. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance...

 
47.1°S 219.1°W 233.0 1973 Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. A key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers, based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican...

Keul'  46.3°N 237.9°W 5.9 1979 Keul', Russia
Khanpur  21.0°N 258.1°W 2.5 1988 Khanpur
Khanpur
Khanpur is a city and Tehsil of the Rahim Yar Khan District of Bahawalpur Division, in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. According to the census of 1998, the city population was 117,764 with an annual growth rate of 2.6%. As of in 2009, it is around 156,152....

, Pakistan
Kholm  7.3°S 42.1°W 11.6 1976 Kholm
Kholm
Kholm is a town and the administrative center of Kholmsky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Lovat and Kunya Rivers, north of Toropets, southwest of Staraya Russa, and south of Veliky Novgorod. Population:...

, Russia
Khurli  21.1°S 247.1°W 8.9 1991 Kurli, Pakistan
Kibuye  29.13°S 178.29°W 7.4 2010 Kibuye
Kibuye
Kibuye is a city in Karongi district, and the capital of Western Province in Rwanda. The city lies on the eastern shore of Lake Kivu, about halfway down, and between Gisenyi and Cyangugu. It is known as a beach resort and is home to a genocide memorial marking the massacre of 90% of the town's...

, Rwanda
Kifri-  46.0°S 54.4°W 15.0 1976 Kifri-, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

Kimry  20.4°S 16.4°W 21.6 1976 Kimry
Kimry
Kimry , formerly Kimra, is a town in the south of Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River, at its confluence with the Kimrka River, to the east of Tver...

, Russia
Kin  20.4°N 33.5°W 8.3 1976 Kin, Okinawa
Kin, Okinawa
is a town located in Kunigami District, Okinawa, Japan.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 11,037 and a density of 294 persons per km². The total area is 37.57 km²....

, Japan
Kinda  26.0°S 105.2°W 14.0 1991 Kinda, Dem. Rep Congo
Kingston  22.3°N 47.1°W 0.7 1979 Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...

Kinkora  25.2°S 247.2°W 54.3 1991 Kinkora
Kinkora, Prince Edward Island
Kinkora is a settlement in Prince Edward Island....

, PE
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

, Canada
Kipini  26.1°N 31.6°W 73.6 1976 Kipini, Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

Kirs  26.6°S 19.5°W 3.0 1976 Kirs, Russia
Kirs, Russia
Kirs is a town and the administrative center of Verkhnekamsky District of Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Kirs River near its confluence with the Vyatka, northeast of Kirov. Population:...

Kirsanov  22.4°S 25.2°W 15.5 1976 Kirsanov
Kirsanov
Kirsanov is a town in Tambov Oblast, Russia, located on the Vorona River at its confluence with the Pursovka River east of Tambov. Population:...

, Russia
Kisambo  34.4°N 89.0°W 15.8 1991 Kisambo, Dem. Rep. Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

Kita  23.0°S 17.2°W 10.2 1976 Kita, Mali
Kita, Mali
Kita is a town and commune in western Mali. It lies on the eastern slope of Mount Kita , known for its caves and rock paintings. Today, the city is known for its music, its annual Roman Catholic pilgrimage and its role as a processing center for the surrounding cotton- and peanut-growing region...

Knobel  6.7°S 226.8°W 128.6 1973 Edward Knobel
Edward Knobel
Edward Ball Knobel was an English businessman and amateur astronomer. He was born in London, England.He started to study law but his love of geology made him change to the Government School of Mines in 1861. In 1862, he changed his career again, starting to work for Bass & Co...

Koga
Koga (crater)
Koga is a Martian impact crater, approximately 19 kilometers in diameter. It is located at 29.3°S, 103.8°W, north of the crater Virrat and northeast of the crater Dinorwic. To the north is the crater Nhill. It is named after a town in Tanzania, and its name was approved by the International...

 
29.3°S 103.8°W 19.3 1991 Koga, Tanzania
Kok  15.8°N 28.1°W 6.3 1976 Kok, Sarawak
Sarawak
Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...

, Malaysia
Kong  5.4°S 38.7°W 11.8 1976 Kong, Côte d'Ivoire
Kong, Côte d'Ivoire
Kong is a town and commune in the Ferkessédougou Department, in the Savanes Region of northern Côte d'Ivoire. It was the capital of the Kong Empire .-Natural history:...

Kontum  32.06°S 67.13°W 22.1 2006 Kontum
Kontum
Kon Tum is the capital town of Kon Tum province in Vietnam. It is located inland in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam, near the borders with Laos and Cambodia....

, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

Korolev  73.0°N 195.5°W 84.2 1973 Sergei Korolev
Korph  19.6°N 254.6°W 7.5 1988 14 Korph, Russia
Kourou  47.1°N 227.3°W 2.0 1979 Kourou
Kourou
Kourou is a commune in French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America.Kourou is the location of the Guiana Space Centre, France and ESA's main spaceport.-Geography:...

, French Guiana
French Guiana
French Guiana is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department located on the northern Atlantic coast of South America. It has borders with two nations, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west...

Koval'sky  30.2°S 141.5°W 309.0 1985 M.A. Koval'sky
Koy  21.7°N 50.5°W 7.1 1988 Koy
KOY
KOY in Phoenix is the oldest radio station in the state of Arizona. It is owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications.-KOY:KOY was the first radio station in the state of Arizona, signing on in 1921 as Amateur Radio station 6BBH on 360 meters . Earl Neilsen was the holder of the 6BBH...

, Russia
Krasnoye  36.1°N 216.2°W 6.5 1991 Krasnoye, Russia
Kribi  43.3°S 43.6°W 13.7 1976 Kribi
Kribi
-Location:The coastal town of Kribi lies on the Gulf of Guinea, in Océan Department, South Province, at the mouth of the Kienké River. This location, lies approximately , by road, south of Douala, the loargest city in Cameroon and the busiest seaport in the country...

, Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...

Krishtofovich  48.5°S 262.8°W 112.0 1982 Afrikan Nikolaevich Krishtofovich
Afrikan Nikolaevich Krishtofovich
Afrikan Nikolaevich Krishtofovich was a Soviet paleobotanist.He gathered extensive collections of the Mesozoic flora. In 1932 he published his book Geological review of the countries of the Far East....

Kuba  25.6°S 19.7°W 26.8 1976 Kuba
Quba (city)
Quba is a city in and the capital of the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan...

, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

Kufra  40.7°N 239.7°W 37.5 1979 Kufra
Kufra
Kufra is a basin and oasis group in Al Kufrah District, southeastern Cyrenaica in Libya. Kufra is historically important above all because at the end of nineteenth century it became the center and holy place of the Senussi order...

, Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

Kuiper  57.4°S 157.3°W 87.0 1976 Gerard Peter Kuiper
Gerard Kuiper
Gerard Peter Kuiper , Netherlands – December 24, 1973, Mexico City) was a Dutch-American astronomer after whom the Kuiper belt was named.-Early life:...

Kular  16.6°N 251.9°W 8.1 1988 Kular
Kular
Kular is a village in Firozpur District, Punjab, India.It is located in south western Punjab, lying in close proximity with the Rajasthan State's Hanumangarh and Sri Ganganagar districts. Many farmers of the village own land in both Punjab and Rajasthan. The village, unlike its other counterparts...

, Russia
Kumak  35.8°S 68.2°W 15.0 1979 Kumak, Russia
Kumara  43.3°N 231.5°W 12.0 1979 Kumara, New Zealand
Kumara, New Zealand
Kumara is a town on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located 30 kilometres south of Greymouth, close to the western end of State Highway 73, which leads across Arthur's Pass to Christchurch...

Kunes  25.5°S 252.2°W 15.1 1991 Kunes, Norway
Kunowsky  57.1°N 9.7°W 67.4 1973 George K. Kunowsky
George K. Kunowsky
Georg Karl Friedrich Kunowsky was a German lawyer who was also a talented amateur astronomer.He made observations of Mars with an 11 cm achromatic refractor telescope made by Joseph von Fraunhofer, which was one of the first times that achromatic refractors were used for planetary...

Kushva  44.3°S 35.6°W 38.3 1976 Kushva
Kushva
Kushva is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, situated in the Ural Mountains near Yekaterinburg. Population: -History:Originally a mining town founded in 1735 at the Blagodat Mountain to explore its iron ore deposits, it was granted town status in 1926 and was then renamed from Kushvinsky Zavod ...

, Russia

L

Crater | Coordinates Diameter (km) Approval date Named after
La Paz  21.3°N 49.1°W 0.6 1979 La Paz, Mexico
Labria  35.3°S 48.1°W 54.0 1979 Lábrea
Lábrea
Lábrea is the southernmost municipality in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population is 38,451 and its area is 68.508,6 km². The town is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Lábrea....

, Brazil
Lachute  4.3°S 39.8°W 16.1 1976 Lachute, Quebec
Lachute, Quebec
Lachute, is a town in southwest Quebec, 35 km northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of Mirabel International Airport...

, Canada
Laf  48.3°N 6.0°W 3.2 1976 Laf
LAF
LAF may refer to:*Lafayette, Indiana , United States; Amtrak station code LAF*Lance Armstrong Foundation*Lean air-fuel*Lebanese Air Force*Lebanese Armed Forces*Lithuanian Activist Front...

, Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...

Lagarto  50.2°N 8.4°W 19.5 1976 Lagarto, Brazil
Lamas  27.3°S 20.7°W 23.2 1976 Lamas, Peru
Lamas, Peru
Lamas is the capital of the Lamas Province, situated in the San Martín Region of northern Peru. There are 16 871 inhabitants, according to the 2007 census. In 2005 a deep earthquake shake Lamas, killed 5 people, 174 injured and hundreds homeless....

Lambert 20.2°S 334.7°W 92.0 1973 Johann Heinrich Lambert
Johann Heinrich Lambert
Johann Heinrich Lambert was a Swiss mathematician, physicist, philosopher and astronomer.Asteroid 187 Lamberta was named in his honour.-Biography:...

Lamont  58.6°S 113.6°W 76.0 1973 Johann von Lamont
Johann von Lamont
Johann von Lamont was a Scottish-German astronomer and physicist.-Biography:Von Lamont was born John Lamont at Corriemulzie near Inverey in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The son of Robert Lamont and Elizabeth Ewan, his education began at the local school in Inverey, near Braemar...

Lampland  35.9°S 79.6°W 79.0 1973 Carl Otto Lampland
Carl Otto Lampland
Carl Otto Lampland was an American astronomer.Carl Otto Lampland was born near Hayfield in Dodge County, Minnesota. He was born into a family of ten children...

Land  48.6°N 8.8°W 5.4 1976 Land, Alabama, USA
Lapri  20.5°N 252.6°W 3.1 1988 Lapri, Russia
Lar  26.1°S 29.1°W 7.0 1979 Lar, Iran
Lassell  20.9°S 62.5°W 92.0 1973 William Lassell
William Lassell
William Lassell FRS was an English merchant and astronomer.Born in Bolton and educated in Rochdale after the death of his father, he was apprenticed from 1814 to 1821 to a merchant in Liverpool. He then made his fortune as a beer brewer, which enabled him to indulge his interest in astronomy...

Lasswitz  9.4°S 221.8°W 111.0 1976 Kurd Lasswitz
Lau  74.4°S 107.8°W 104.9 1973 Hans E. Lau
Hans E. Lau
Hans-Emil Lau was a Danish astronomer.He started his observational career during his studies at the Copenhagen University. After completing his degree in 1906 he worked at the Urania, the Treptow Observatory at Berlin, and finally at Horsholm Observatory in Copenhagen.He is most famous for his...

Laylá  61.35°S 253.0°W 20.8 2007-04-16 Layla, Saudi Arabia
Le Verrier  38.0°S 342.9°W 140.0 1973 Urbain Le Verrier
Lebu  20.5°S 19.5°W 20.0 1976 Lebu, Chile
Lebu, Chile
Lebu is a port city and commune in central Chile administered by the Municipality of Lebu. Lebu is also the capital of Arauco Province in Bío-Bío Region...

Leighton  3.06°N 302.32°W 69.0 2009 Robert B. Leighton
Leleque  36.8°N 221.9°W 8.4 1991 Leleque
Leleque
Leleque is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina.-References:...

, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

Lemgo  42.8°S 34.8°W 16.6 1976 Lemgo
Lemgo
Lemgo is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of c. 42,000.It was founded in the 12th century by Bernhard II at the crossroad of two merchant routes. Lemgo was a member of the Hanseatic League, a medieval trading association of free cities in several...

, Germany
Lenya  27.0°S 106.9°W 15.5 1991 Lenya, Burma
Leuk  24.1°N 55.1°W 3.6 1988 Leuk
Leuk
Leuk is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.Since it controls access to the Gemmi Pass, it had some importance from the time of Roman Raetia. The Leukerbad thermal baths are just North of Leuk, towards the pass...

, Switzerland
Lexington  22.0°N 48.7°W 5.0 1979 Lexington, Massachusetts
Lexington, Massachusetts
Lexington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,399 at the 2010 census. This town is famous for being the site of the first shot of the American Revolution, in the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775.- History :...

, USA
Li Fan  47.2°S 153.2°W 104.8 1973 Li Fan
Liais  75.4°S 252.8°W 132.0 1973 Emmanuel Liais
Emmanuel Liais
Emmanuel Liais was a French astronomer, botanist and explorer who spent many years in Brazil.He was born in Cherbourg, the son of a wealthy family in the shipbuilding industry....

Libertad  23.3°N 29.5°W 31.0 1976 Libertad
Libertad
Libertad, the Spanish word for "freedom", may refer to any of the following:-Geography:Argentina*Libertad, Buenos Aires Province*Libertad, ChacoBelize*Libertad, BelizeEquador*Libertad, EquadorMexico*Libertad, Chihuahua*Libertad, Chiapas...

, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

Linpu  18.4°N 246.9°W 18.5 1976 Linpu, Zhejiang
Zhejiang
Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...

, China
Lins  15.9°N 29.9°W 6.2 1976 Lins
Lins, São Paulo
Lins is a municipality in the western part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2006 is 69,721 and the area is 527.98 km². The elevation is 437 m...

, Brazil
Lipany  0.22°S 280.33°W 50.1 2011 Lipany
Lipany
Lipany is a town in the Sabinov District, Prešov Region in northeastern Slovakia.- History :The first written mention about Lipany comes from 1312. It gained town privileges in the 16th century.- Geography :...

, Slovakia
Lipik  38.42°S 248.43°W 56.0 2009 Lipik
Lipik
-Settlements:The settlements included in the administrative area of Lipik include:* Antunovac, population 365* Bjelanovac, population 10* Brekinska, population 126* Brezine, population 223* Bujavica, population 33* Bukovčani, population 16...

, Croatia
Lisboa  21.5°N 47.7°W 0.7 1979 Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...

, Portugal
Lismore  27.05°N 41.72°W 9.0 2006 Lismore
Lismore, County Waterford
Lismore is a town in County Waterford, Ireland. It is located where the N72 road crosses the River Blackwater.-History:It was founded by Saint Mochuda, also known as Saint Carthage. In the 7th century, Lismore was the site of the well-known Lismore Abbey. It is also home to Lismore Castle, the...

, Ireland
Littleton  15.9°N 252.9°W 7.2 1988 Littleton, Maine
Littleton, Maine
Littleton is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 955 at the 2000 census. In 1800 the southern half of the town was given as a land grant to Williams College and in 1801 the northern half was given as a grant to Framingham Academy...

, USA
Liu Hsin  53.6°S 171.6°W 137.0 1973 Liu Xin
Liu Xin
Liu Xin , later changed name to Liu Xiu , courtesy name Zijun , was a Chinese astronomer, historian, and editor during the Xin Dynasty . He was the son of Confucian scholar Liu Xiang and an associate of other prominent thinkers such as the philosopher Huan Tan...

Livny  27.4°S 29.2°W 9.2 1976 Livny
Livny
Livny is a town in Oryol Oblast, Russia. Population: The town apparently originated in 1586 as Ust-Livny, a wooden fort on the bank of the Livenka River, although some believe that a town had existed on the spot previous to the Mongol invasion of Rus...

, Russia
Llanesco
Llanesco (crater)
Llanesco is a Martian impact crater, 27 kilometers in diameter. It is located at 28.5S, 101.2°W, north of the crater Dinorwic. It is named after a town in Spain, and its name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1991...

 
28.5°S 101.2°W 27.0 1991 Llanesco, Spain
Locana  3.5°S 38.2°W 6.6 1976 Locana
Locana
Locana is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km northwest of Turin in the Orco Valley...

, Italy
Lockyer  28.0°N 199.5°W 71.0 1973 Joseph N. Lockyer
Lod
Lod (crater)
Lod Crater is a crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars, located at 21.2° N and 31.6° W. It is 7.5 km in diameter and was named after a town in Israel....

 
21.2°N 31.6°W 7.5 1976 Lod
Lod
Lod is a city located on the Sharon Plain southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2010, it had a population of 70,000, roughly 75 percent Jewish and 25 percent Arab.The name is derived from the Biblical city of Lod...

, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

Lodwar  55.4°S 43.3°W 16.0 1991 Lodwar
Lodwar
Lodwar is the largest town in northwestern Kenya, located west of Lake Turkana on the A1 road. Its main industries are basket weaving and tourism. The Loima Hills lie to its west. Lodwar is the capital of Turkana District...

, Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

Lohse  43.7°S 16.8°W 155.5 1973 Oswald Lohse
Oswald Lohse
Wilhelm Oswald Lohse was a German astronomer. He first worked at the private Bothkamp Observatory, and starting in 1874 at the Potsdam Astrophysical Observatory, being its Chief Astronomer at the time of his death....

Loja  41.5°N 223.9°W 10.4 1979 Loja, Ecuador
Loja, Ecuador
Loja is the capital of Ecuador's Loja Province. It is located in the Cuxibamba valley in the south of the country, sharing borders with the provinces of Zamora-Chinchipe and El Oro, and with Peru in the south...

Lomela  81.8°S 56.1°W 11.2 1991 Lomela, Dem. Rep. Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

Lomonosov
Lomonosov (Martian crater)
Lomonosov is a medium crater on Mars, with a diameter close to 150 km. It is located in the Martian northern plains north of the planet's equator. Since it is large and found close to the boundary between the Mare Acidalium quadrangle and the Mare Boreum quadrangle, it is found on both maps...

 
65.2°N 9.2°W 153.0 1973 Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. Among his discoveries was the atmosphere of Venus. His spheres of science were natural science, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, history, art,...

Lonar  73.21°N 321.73°W 11.3 2007 Lonar, India
Longa  20.9°S 26.0°W 10.4 1976 Longa
Longa, Angola
Longa is a town and municipality in Cuando Cubango Province in Angola....

, Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

Loon  19.0°S 246.6°W 7.6 1991 Loon, Ontario, Canada
Lorica  20.0°S 28.4°W 67.6 1976 Santa Cruz de Lorica
Santa Cruz de Lorica
Santa Cruz de Lorica is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia.-References:...

, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

Los  35.4°S 76.3°W 7.9 1979 Los, Sweden
Los, Sweden
Los is a locality situated in Ljusdal Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 403 inhabitants in 2005.An eight kilometre wide crater on Mars was officially named after this village in 1979. The crater is located at 35.4N and 76.3W on the Martian surface....

Lota  46.7°N 11.9°W 15.4 1976 Lota, Chile
Lota, Chile
Lota is a city and commune located in the center of the Chile on the Gulf of Arauco. It lies within the Concepción Province of the Biobío Region.-History:...

Loto  22.1°S 22.5°W 22.4 1976 Loto
Loto
Loto are a Portuguese band from Alcobaça. The band consists of Ricardo, JT and Pedrosa, and they produce electro-pop-rock-dance music.Their debut was in October 2002 with the EP Swinging on a Star....

, Dem. Rep. Congo
Louth  70.41°N 256.88°W 37.75 2007-02-07 Louth, Ireland
Lowbury  42.7°N 93.1°W 17.9 1991 Lowbury, New Zealand
Lowell  52.3°S 81.4°W 203.0 1973 Percival Lowell
Percival Lowell
Percival Lawrence Lowell was a businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and formed the beginning of the effort that led to the discovery of Pluto 14 years after his death...

Luck  17.4°N 37.0°W 7.7 1976 Luck, Wisconsin
Luck, Wisconsin
Luck is a village in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,210 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Luck is located at ....

, USA
Luga  44.6°S 47.5°W 45.0 1976 Luga, Russia
Łuki  29.8°S 37.4°W 21.2 1979 Łuki, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

Luqa  18.22°S 228.27°W 16.5 2010 Luqa
Luqa
Ħal Luqa is a village located in the south east of Malta. It is an old town that has a dense population, typical of the Maltese Islands. The population of Ħal Luqa is 6,028 . There is a church in its main square dedicated to St. Andrew. The traditional feast of St...

, Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

Lutsk  39.0°N 3.2°W 5.0 1976 Lutsk
Lutsk
Lutsk is a city located by the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of the surrounding Lutskyi Raion within the oblast...

, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

Luzin  27.3°N 328.8°W 97.0 1976 N. N. Luzin
Lydda  24.7°N 32.0°W 36.5 1997 Lydda
Lod
Lod is a city located on the Sharon Plain southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2010, it had a population of 70,000, roughly 75 percent Jewish and 25 percent Arab.The name is derived from the Biblical city of Lod...

, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

Lyell  70.1°S 15.6°W 131.0 1973 Charles Lyell
Charles Lyell
Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, Kt FRS was a British lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day. He is best known as the author of Principles of Geology, which popularised James Hutton's concepts of uniformitarianism – the idea that the earth was shaped by slow-moving forces still in operation...

Lyot  50.8°N 330.7°W 236.0 1973 Bernard Lyot
Bernard Lyot
Bernard Ferdinand Lyot was a French astronomer.His interest in astronomy started in 1914. He soon acquired a telescope and soon upgraded to a . From graduation in 1918 until 1929, he worked as a demonstrator at the Ecole Polytechnique...


M

Crater | Coordinates Diameter (km) Approval date Named after
Mädler
Mädler (Martian crater)
Mädler is a crater on Mars named in honor of the German astronomer Johann Heinrich Mädler. It is located at 2.7°E 10.7°S.Mädler and collaborator Wilhelm Beer produced the first reasonably good maps of Mars in the early 1830s. When doing so, they selected a particular feature for the prime meridian...

 
10.8°S 357.3°W 125.0 1973 Johann Heinrich Mädler
Madrid  48.8°N 224.6°W 3.5 1979 Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

, Spain
Mafra  44.4°S 53.2°W 13.0 1976 Mafra (Santa Catarina), Brazil
Magadi  34.9°S 46.2°W 53.0 1979 Magadi, Kenya
Magadi, Kenya
Magadi, Kenya is a town in the Great Rift Valley at Lake Magadi, located southwest of Nairobi, in southern Kenya. Magadi is northeast of Lake Natron in Tanzania....

Magelhaens  32.7°S 174.8°W 105.0 1976 Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer. He was born in Sabrosa, in northern Portugal, and served King Charles I of Spain in search of a westward route to the "Spice Islands" ....

Maggini  28.0°N 350.6°W 143.0 1973 Mentore Maggini
Mentore Maggini
Mentore Maggini was an Italian astronomer.He was director of the Collurania Observatory and is best known for his maps of Mars and the work on binary stars.A crater on Mars was named in his honor....

Mago  16.1°N 254.7°W 2.8 1988 Mago, Russia
Maidstone  41.9°S 54.3°W 10.0 1976 Maidstone
Maidstone
Maidstone is the county town of Kent, England, south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town linking Maidstone to Rochester and the Thames Estuary. Historically, the river was a source and route for much of the town's trade. Maidstone was the centre of the agricultural...

, England, United Kingdom
Main  76.6°S 310.9°W 109.0 1973 Rev. Robert Main
Robert Main
The Reverend Robert Main was an English astronomer.Born in Kent, the eldest son of Thomas Main, Robert Main attended school in Portsea before studying mathematics at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he graduated as sixth wrangler in 1834...

Makhambet  28.42°N 40.55°W 16.0 2006 Makhambet, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

Manah  4.7°S 33.7°W 11.2 1976 Manah, Oman
Manah, Oman
Manah is a town in the region Ad Dakhiliyah, in northeastern Oman.- Manah :The wilayat of Manah is thought to be the first resting place of Malik bin Fahim al Azdi before the Arabs entered Oman when the Maa'rab Dam in Yemen broke. A falaj in Manah still bears his name. In the old town, there are...

Mandora
Mandora (crater)
Mandora is a crater on Mars at 12.3N 53.7W. It is 59.4 km in diameter, and is named after the locality of Mandora in Western Australia.-External links:*....

 
12.3°N 53.7°W 59.4 1988 Mandora
Mandora Station
Mandora Station is a cattle station on the Western Australia coast south of Broome, located in the Shire of Broome. It maintains a weather station and is noted for the Mandora Marsh wetland, and for its proximity to Eighty Mile Beach, which are key stopping places for migratory birds.Mandora...

, Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

Manti  3.6°S 37.7°W 16.2 1976 Manti, Utah
Manti, Utah
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 3,040 people, 930 households, and 742 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,560.2 people per square mile . There were 1,010 housing units at an average density of 518.3 per square mile...

, USA
Manzi  22.4°S 27.5°W 7.2 1976 Manzi, Burma
Maraldi  62.2°S 32.0°W 124.0 1973 Giacomo F. Maraldi
Giacomo F. Maraldi
Giacomo Filippo Maraldi was an French-Italian astronomer and mathematician. His name is also given as Jacques Philippe Maraldi....

Marbach  17.8°N 249.0°W 25.8 1976 Marbach
Marbach, Lucerne
Marbach is a municipality in the district of Entlebuch in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.-Geography:Marbach has an area of . Of this area, 45.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 47.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.6% is settled and the remainder is non-productive...

, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

Marca  10.1°S 158.3°W 81.0 1985 Marca, Peru
Mari  52.4°S 45.9°W 41.6 1991 Mari, Syria
Mari, Syria
Mari was an ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, located 11 kilometers north-west of the modern town of Abu Kamal on the western bank of Euphrates river, some 120 km southeast of Deir ez-Zor, Syria...

Maricourt  53.32°N 71.3°W 9.9 2007 Maricourt, Quebec
Maricourt, Quebec
Maricourt is a village of 437 people, part of the Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec.-References:...

Mariner  35.1°S 164.5°W 170.0 1967 Mariner 4
Mariner 4
Mariner 4 was the fourth in a series of spacecraft, launched on November 28, 1964, intended for planetary exploration in a flyby mode and performed the first successful flyby of the planet Mars, returning the first pictures of the Martian surface...

Marth  13.0°N 3.5°W 98.4 1973 Albert Marth
Albert Marth
Albert Marth was a German astronomer who worked in England and Ireland.He came to England in 1853 to work for George Bishop, a rich wine merchant and patron of astronomy. At that time, paid jobs in astronomy were quite rare....

Martin  21.41°S 69.33°W 61.4 2006 James Martin
James Martin (NASA)
James Slattin Martin, Jr. was project manager for the Viking program.-Biography:As Viking 1 landed on Mars, Martin hung up on a call from President Ford, telling him that he was "busy right now" and to call back in three hours...

Martz  35.3°S 215.9°W 97.0 1973 Edwin P. Martz
Edwin P. Martz
Edwin P. Martz, Jr was an American physicist and astronomer.He worked with William Pickering at Lowell Observatory in 1937 creating the first color photographs of Mars. He then worked at the Dearborn Observatory from 1939 until 1941. During the Second World War he was an optical engineer for the U.S...

Masursky  12.1°N 32.4°W 117.9 1997 Harold Masursky
Harold Masursky
Harold Masursky was an American geologist and astronomer.He started his career working for the US Geological Survey and later joined NASA as a senior science member. He was responsible for investigation of planetary and lunar surfaces, being interested in finding scientifically valuable landing...

Matara  49.62°S 325.48°W 49.4 2009 Matara, Sri Lanka
Matara, Sri Lanka
Matara is a city on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, 160 km from Colombo. It is one of the largest cities in Sri Lanka. It was deeply affected by the Asian tsunami in December 2004.-History:...

Maunder  50.0°S 358.5°W 107.5 1973 Edward Maunder
Mazamba  27.56°S 69.75°W 53.5 2006 Mazamba, Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

McLaughlin  22.1°N 22.5°W 96.2 1973 Dean B. McLaughlin
Dean Benjamin McLaughlin
Dean Benjamin McLaughlin was an American astronomer. He was a professor of astronomy at the University of Michigan. He was the father of the science fiction author Dean B...

McMurdo  84.4°S 359.1°W 30.3 2000 McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...

, Antarctica
Medrissa  18.8°N 56.7°W 21.2 1988 Medrissa
Medrissa
Medrissa is a town and commune in Tiaret Province in northwestern Algeria.-References:...

, Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

Mega  1.5°S 37.0°W 18.0 1976 Mega, Ethiopia
Mega, Ethiopia
Mega is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located between Moyale and Yabelo on the paved highway south to Kenya, in the Borena Zone of the Oromia Region , this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1740 meters above sea level...

Meget  19.1°N 252.8°W 4.6 1988 Meget, Russia
Mellish
Mellish (crater)
Mellish is a crater on Mars located in the planet's southern hemisphere at coordinates 72.9S, 24.0W. It was named after John E. Mellish, an American amateur astronomer from St. Charles, Illinois. The crater was named after Mellish in 1994 at the request of Steven Dick at the U.S. Naval Observatory....

 
72.8°S 24.0°W 101.7 1994 John E. Mellish
John E. Mellish
John Edward Mellish was an American amateur astronomer and telescope builder.John E. Mellish lived outside of Madison Wisconsin...

Mellit  7.11°N 1.8°W 23.7 2008 Mellit, Sudan
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...

Mena  32.4°S 18.8°W 32.5 1979 Mena
Mena
-Biology:*Mena, one of three members of the Ena/Vasp homology proteins in mice*Mena , a genus of sea anemone-Geography:*MENA, an acronym for the "Middle East & North Africa" region**For coverage of the MENA revolutions see Arab Spring...

, Russia
Mendel
Mendel (Martian crater)
Mendel is the name of a crater in Terra Cimmeria, Mars. It is located at -58.8°N, 161.0°E and was named in honor of Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics.-External links:* on Google Mars...

 
59.1°S 199.0°W 78.6 1973 Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Johann Mendel was an Austrian scientist and Augustinian friar who gained posthumous fame as the founder of the new science of genetics. Mendel demonstrated that the inheritance of certain traits in pea plants follows particular patterns, now referred to as the laws of Mendelian inheritance...

Mendota  36.1°N 221.7°W 8.9 1991 Mendota, Illinois
Mendota, Illinois
Mendota is a city located in north-central Illinois in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The city has 7,272 residents, and is the fifth largest city in LaSalle County, though recent estimates have shown that the population has decreased to 6,995 residents. It is part of the...

, USA
Mie  48.5°N 220.4°W 104.0 1973 Gustav Mie
Gustav Mie
Gustav Adolf Feodor Wilhelm Ludwig Mie was a German physicist.-Biography:Mie was born in Rostock. From 1886 he studied mathematics and physics at the University of Rostock. In addition to his major subjects, he also attended lectures in chemistry, zoology, geology, mineralogy, astronomy as well as...

Mila  27.4°S 20.8°W 10.6 1976 Mila
Mila Province
Mila is a province of Algeria, whose capital is Mila. Other localities include Telerghma, Grarem Gouga, Hamala and Rouached.-Administrative divisions:...

, Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

Milankovic  54.7°N 146.7°W 118.4 1973 Milutin Milankovitch
Milford  52.8°S 41.5°W 27.3 1991 Milford, Utah
Milford, Utah
Milford is a city in Beaver County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,420 at the 2010 census.-History:Although there were ranches in the area in the 1870s, Milford did not come into being until the arrival of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad in 1880.-Milford Flat...

, USA
Millman  54.3°S 149.8°W 75.0 1994 Peter Millman
Peter Millman
Peter Mackenzie Millman was a Canadian astronomer. He worked at the Dunlap Observatory from 1933 until 1940. In early 1941 he enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1946 he joined the Dominion Observatory in Ottawa...

Millochau  21.4°S 275.0°W 115.0 1973 Gaston Millochau
Gaston Millochau
Gaston Millochau was a French astronomer.From 1899 until 1903 he observed Mars at the Meudon Observatory and reported some details visible on its surface. In contrast to other observers at that time he did not see any canal-like features.A crater on Mars was named in his honor.-External links:*...

Milna  23.46°S 12.31°W 27 2010 Milna
Milna
Milna is a village and municipality on the western side of the island of Brač, Split-Dalmatia county, Croatia.It is situated in a deep bay oriented towards the island of Mrduja and Split Channel, on the west.The village was settled in the 16th century, by sheppards from Nerežišća.- Villages in the...

, Croatia
Mirtos  22.3°N 51.8°W 5.8 1988 Mirtos, Crete
Crete
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...

, Greece
Mistretta  24.9°S 109.2°W 14.8 1991 Mistretta
Mistretta
Mistretta is a comune in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 90 km east of Palermo and about 110 km west of Messina...

, Sicily
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...

, Italy
Mitchel  67.7°S 283.9°W 138.4 1973 Ormsby M. Mitchel
Ormsby M. Mitchel
Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel was an American astronomer and major general in the American Civil War....

Miyamoto
Miyamoto (crater)
Miyamoto is a crater on Mars, west of the Plains of Meridiani. The crater is wide. The crater's northeastern half is filled with rocks formed in the presence of water and include minerals of iron and sulfur, which likely settled on lake bottoms or in groundwater systems...

 
2.88°S 7.0°W 160.0 2007 Shotaro Miyamoto
Mliba  39.9°S 272.1°W 13.5 1991 Mliba
Mliba
Mliba is a town in central Swaziland. It is located on the MR5 route to the northeast of Manzini, between the towns of Luve and Bhalekane.-References:...

, Swaziland
Swaziland
Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...

Mohawk  43.2°N 5.4°W 17.5 1976 Mohawk
Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York
Mohawk is a town in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The population was 3,844 at the 2010 census.The Town of Mohawk is on the north border of the county, west of the City of Amsterdam.The county seat, Fonda is in Mohawk.- History :...

, Montgomery, New York
Montgomery County, New York
As of the census of 2000, there were 49,708 people, 20,038 households, and 13,104 families residing in the county. The population density was 123 people per square mile . There were 22,522 housing units at an average density of 56 per square mile...

, USA
Mojave
Mojave (crater)
Mojave Crater is an impact crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars located at7.5° N and 33.1° W. It is 58.5 km in diameter and was named after a town in California, USA....

 
7.5°N 33.1°W 58.5 2006 Mojave, California
Mojave, California
Mojave is a census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States. Mojave is located east of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 2762 feet...

, USA
Molesworth  27.7°S 210.9°W 181.0 1973 Percy B. Molesworth
Percy B. Molesworth
Percy Braybrooke Molesworth was a Major in the corps of Royal Engineers and an amateur astronomer.- Life and work :...

Montevallo  15.4°N 54.4°W 51.9 1988 Montevallo, Alabama
Montevallo, Alabama
Montevallo is a city in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. A college town, it is the home of the University of Montevallo, a public liberal arts university with around 3000 students. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city of Montevallo is 4,825....

, USA
Morella  9.7°S 51.5°W 78.9 2006 Morella, Castellon
Moreux  42.1°N 315.6°W 138.0 1973 Theophile Moreux
Théophile Moreux
-Life:Moreux was born at Argent-sur-Sauldre, Cher on 20 November 1867.He initiated the Bourges Observatory at the seminary St Célestin at Bourges, where he was a professor of science and mathematics....

Moroz  23.7°S 20.56°W 123.0 2007-08-20 Vasily Ivanovich; Russian planetary scientist (1931–2004).
Moss  19.5°N 250.6°W 9.1 1976 Moss, Norway
Moss, Norway
is a coastal city and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Moss. The city of Moss was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...

Müller  26.0°S 232.3°W 129.0 1973 Hermann J. Müller and Carl H. Müller
Murgoo  23.9°S 22.5°W 24.5 1976 Murgoo, Western Australia
Mut  22.6°N 35.8°W 6.6 1976 Mut, Sudan
Mutch  0.6°N 55.3°W 211.0 1985 Thomas A. Mutch
Thomas A. Mutch
Thomas A. Mutch was an American geologist and planetary scientist. He was a professor at Brown University from 1960 until his death. He was presumed killed when he disappeared during descent from Mount Nun in the Kashmir Himalayas.He published two books about the geology of the Moon and of Mars...


N

Crater | Coordinates Diameter (km) Approval date Named after
Naar  23.1°N 42.2°W 11.4 1976 Naar, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

Naic  24.7°N 252.6°W 8.3 1976 Naic
NAIC
NAIC is an initialism for* The National Association of Investors Corporation* The National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center* The North American Industry Classification System* The National Association of Insurance Commissioners...

, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

Nain  41.8°N 233.2°W 6.8 1979 Nain, Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

, Canada
Naju  45.3°N 237.2°W 8.1 1979 Naju
Naju
Naju is a city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.The capital of South Jeolla was located at Naju until it was moved to Gwangju in 1895. The name Jeolla actually originates from the first character of Jeonju and the first character of Naju . Dongshin University is situated in Naju...

, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

Nakusp  24.72°N 35.52°W 7.5 2006 Nakusp, British Columbia
Nakusp, British Columbia
The Village of Nakusp is a small community located on the shores of Upper Arrow Lake, a portion of the Columbia River, in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia...

, Canada
Nan  26.9°S 20.0°W 1.9 1976 Nan, Thailand
Nan, Thailand
Nan is a town in Northern Thailand. It is located some 668 km north of Bangkok. Its population exceeds 24.000. It is situated in the centre of the province which bears its name, and of which it is the administrative capital. It covers the whole tambon Nai Wiang of Mueang Nan district, an area...

Nansen  50.3°S 140.6°W 81.0 1967 Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a...

Nardo  27.8°S 32.9°W 26.6 1976 Nardò
Nardò
Nardò is a town and comune of 31,185 inhabitants and comune in the southern Italian region of Apulia, in the province of Lecce.-History:...

, Italy
Naruko  36.25°S 161.81°W 4.4 Naruko, Miyagi
Naruko, Miyagi
is a former town located in Tamatsukuri District, Miyagi, Japan.On March 31, 2006, Naruko was merged with the town of Iwadeyama, from Tamatsukuri District, the towns of Kashimadai, Matsuyama and Sanbongi, all from Shida District, the town of Tajiri, from Tōda District, and the city of Furukawa to...

Naryn  14.89°N 236.79°W 3.7 2008 Naryn
Naryn
Naryn is the provincial administrative center of the Naryn Province in central Kyrgyzstan, with a population of 34,822 . It is situated on both banks of the Naryn River, , which cuts a picturesque gorge through the town...

, Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...

Naukan  21.5°N 30.7°W 8.4 1976 Naukan, Russia
Navan  26.1°S 23.6°W 26.5 1976 Navan
Navan
-People:Navan was the childhood home of Pierce Brosnan, who appeared in the television series Remington Steele and was the fifth film actor to play James Bond. TV personality Hector Ó hEochagáin, and comedians Dylan Moran and Tommy Tiernan also hail from Navan....

, Ireland
Nazca  31.9°S 266.4°W 15.5 1991 Nazca
Nazca
Nazca is a system of valleys on the southern coast of Peru, and the name of the region's largest existing town in the Nazca Province. It is also the name applied to the Nazca culture that flourished in the area between 300 BC and AD 800...

, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

Negele  36.1°S 264.1°W 37.8 1991 Negele, Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

Neive  23.4°N 253.0°W 2.9 1988 Neive
Neive
Neive is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southeast of Turin and about 60 km northeast of Cuneo...

, Italy
Nema  20.9°N 52.2°W 15.8 1976 Nema, Russia
Nepa  25.2°S 19.7°W 15.5 1976 Nepa
Nepa
Nepa is a village development committee in Dailekh District in the Bheri Zone of western-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3621 people living in 739 individual households.-External links:*...

, Russia
Nereus
Nereus (Martian crater)
Nereus is a small impact crater on Mars with a diameter of about . It is located just south of the planet's equator on the relatively smooth Meridiani Planum ....

 
02.1°S 05.5°W ~0.01 Nereus
Nereus
In Greek mythology, Nereus was the eldest son of Pontus and Gaia , a Titan who with Doris fathered the Nereids, with whom Nereus lived in the Aegean Sea. In the Iliad the Old Man of the Sea is the father of Nereids, though Nereus is not directly named...

, a Greek god (probably of the sea)
Never  23.7°N 254.3°W 2.9 1988 Never, Russia
New Bern  21.8°N 49.2°W 0.9 1979 New Bern, North Carolina
New Bern, North Carolina
New Bern is a city in Craven County, North Carolina with a population of 29,524 as of the 2010 census.. It is located at the confluence of the Trent and the Neuse rivers...

, USA
New Haven  22.3°N 49.3°W 1.0 1979 New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...

, USA
New Plymouth  15.9°S 184.2°W 33.3 2003 New Plymouth, Idaho
New Plymouth, Idaho
New Plymouth is a city in Payette County, Idaho, United States. The population was 1,400 at the 2000 census. It was incorporated on February 15, 1896. It is the host of the annual Payette County Fair....

, USA
Newcomb  24.4°S 359.0°W 252.0 1973 Simon Newcomb
Simon Newcomb
Simon Newcomb was a Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician. Though he had little conventional schooling, he made important contributions to timekeeping as well as writing on economics and statistics and authoring a science fiction novel.-Early life:Simon Newcomb was born in the town of...

Newport  22.5°N 49.0°W 1.8 1979 Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War...

, USA
Newton
Newton (Martian crater)
Newton is a large crater on Mars, with a diameter close to 300 km. It is located south of the planet's equator in the heavily cratered highlands of Terra Sirenum. The impact that formed Newton likely occurred more than 3 billion years ago...

 
40.8°S 158.1°W 298.0 1973 Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton PRS was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been "considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived."...

Nhill
Nhill (crater)
Nhill is a Martian impact crater, 22 kilometers in diameter. It is located at 29°S, 103.4°W, southwest of the crater Llanesco and northwest of the crater Dinorwic. It is named after a town in Victoria, Australia, and its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1991...

 
29.0°S 103.4°W 22.0 1991 Nhill, Victoria
Nhill, Victoria
Nhill is a town in the Wimmera, in western Victoria, Australia. Nhill is located on the Western Highway, half-way between Adelaide and Melbourne. At the 2006 census Nhill had a population of 1915.-History:...

, Australia
Nicholson
Nicholson (Martian crater)
Nicholson is a crater on Mars centered at 0.1° N and 164.5° W. It is 62 miles wide , and located in the Memnonia quadrangle. Nicholson is a good marker for the equator as it sits almost directly on the martian equator...

 
0.2°N 164.6°W 102.5 1973 Seth Barnes Nicholson
Seth Barnes Nicholson
Seth Barnes Nicholson was an American astronomer.Nicholson was born in Springfield, Illinois and was raised in rural Illinois...

Nier  43.1°N 254.0°W 47.0 1997 Alfred O. C. Nier
Alfred O. C. Nier
Alfred Otto Carl Nier was an American physicist who pioneered the development of mass spectrometry and used it in innovative ways to establish some major scientific results.-Early career:...

Niesten  28.3°S 302.3°W 115.0 1973 Louis Niesten
Louis Niesten
Louis Niesten was a Belgian astronomer working at the Brussels Royal Observatory. In 1877 he observed Mars and created a detailed map of its surface features....

Nif  20.1°N 56.3°W 8.7 1976 Nif, Yap
Yap
Yap, also known as Wa'ab by locals, is an island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It is a state of the Federated States of Micronesia. Yap's indigenous cultures and traditions are still strong compared to other neighboring islands. The island of Yap actually consists of four...

, Micronesia
Federated States of Micronesia
The Federated States of Micronesia or FSM is an independent, sovereign island nation, made up of four states from west to east: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae. It comprises approximately 607 islands with c...

Nipigon
Nipigon (crater)
Nipigon is an impact crater on Mars, located in the Arcadia quadrangle just North-East of the volcano Uranius Patera. The crater is in diameter. The crater was named in 1991 after the Canadian town Nipigon, Ontario...

 
34.0°N 81.9°W 9.3 1991 Nipigon, Ontario
Nipigon, Ontario
Nipigon is a township in Thunder Bay District, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located along the west side of the Nipigon River and south of the small Lake Helen running between Lake Nipigon and Lake Superior...

, Canada
Niquero  38.8°S 166.09°W 10.78 2008 Niquero, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

Nitro  21.5°S 24.0°W 28.7 1976 Nitro, West Virginia
Nitro, West Virginia
Nitro is a city in West Virginia, along the Kanawha River. Most of the city lies in Kanawha County, with the remainder in Putnam County. The population was 7,178 at the 2010 census.Nitro was incorporated in 1932 by Circuit Court.- City name origin :...

, USA
Njesko  35.5°S 275.0°W 28.0 1991 Njesko, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

Noma  25.7°S 24.4°W 42.1 1976 Noma, Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

Noord  19.49°S 11.26°W 7.8 2011 Noord
Noord
Noord is a town in Aruba . It is part of the Noord/Tanki Leendert administrative unit of Aruba, which has a population of 16,944 as of 2000....

, Aruba
Aruba
Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...

Nordenskiöld  52.7°S 158.9°W 89.0 1982 Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
Freiherr Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld , also known as A. E. Nordenskioeld was a Finnish baron, geologist, mineralogist and arctic explorer of Finnish-Swedish origin. He was a member of the prominent Finland-Swedish Nordenskiöld family of scientists...

Northport  18.7°N 54.6°W 19.5 1988 Northport, Alabama
Northport, Alabama
Northport is a city in Tuscaloosa County in the west central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. Located on the Black Warrior River across from downtown Tuscaloosa, it is currently the 24th largest city in Alabama with an estimated population of 23,442 in 2009...

, USA
Novara  25.1°S 10.7°W 86.9 1997 Novara
Novara
Novara is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With c. 105,000 inhabitants, it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is an important crossroads for commercial traffic along the routes from Milan to Turin...

, Italy
Nune  17.7°N 38.8°W 8.6 1976 Nune, Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

Nutak  17.6°N 30.3°W 11.2 1976 Nutak, Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

, Canada

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