List of craters on Mars: H-N

This article should list only official names approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

The crater Nhill and its surroundings, in a screenshot in NASA World Wind

This is a list of craters on Mars. There are hundreds of thousands of impact crater on Mars, but only some of them have names. This list here only contains named Martian craters starting with the letter H – N (see also lists for A – G and O – Z).

Large Martian craters (greater than 60 km in diameter) are named after famous scientists and science fiction authors; smaller ones (less than 60 km in diameter) get their names from towns on Earth. Craters cannot be named for living people, and small crater names are not intended to be commemorative - that is, a small crater isn't actually named after a specific town on Earth, but rather its name comes at random from a pool of terrestrial place names, with some exceptions made for craters near landing sites. Latitude and longitude are given as planetographic coordinates with west longitude.

H

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval date	Named after
Hadley		119.0	1973	George Hadley
Halba		31.4	2013	Lebanon place name
Haldane		78.7	1973	J. B. S. Haldane
Hale		149.0	1973	George Ellery Hale
Halley		84.5	1973	Edmond Halley
Ham		1.8	1976	France place name
Hammaguir		0.5	1979	Hammaguir, Algeria
Hamelin		9.6	1976	Hamelin, Germany
Handlová		4.6	1991	Slovakia place name
Harad		8.0	1976	Saudi Arabia place name
Hargraves		68.0	2006	Robert B. Hargraves
Harris		83	2010	Daniel Lester Harris
Hartwig		105.0	1973	Ernst Hartwig
Hashir		16.5	2006-09-14	Turkey place name
Heaviside		87.4	1973	Oliver Heaviside
Heimdal		11.5	2008	Norway place name
Heinlein		88.0	1994	Robert A. Heinlein
Helmholtz		111.5	1973	Hermann von Helmholtz
Henbury		27.0	2007-04-16	Henbury Crater, Australia
Henry		171.0	1973	Paul Henry and Prosper Henry
Henry Moore		66.1	2006-12-14	Henry J. Moore, American astrogeologist
Herculaneum		35.4	1988	Italy place name
Herschel		304.5	1973	William Herschel
Hipparchus		93.0	1973	Hipparchus
Hit		7.3	1979	Iraq place name
Holden		153.8	1973	Edward S. Holden
Holmes		122.0	1973	Arthur Holmes
Honda		9.1	1976	Colombia place name
Hooke		139.0	1973	Robert Hooke
Hope		7.3	1976	Canada (British Columbia) place name
Horowitz		65.7	2009	Norman Horowitz
Houston		1.6	1979	Houston, TX, USA
Hsuanch'eng		2.0	1979	Xuancheng, China
Huancayo		25.1	1976	Peru place name
Huggins		90.0	1973	William Huggins
Hunten		82.4	2015	Donald Hunten
Hussey		99.0	1973	William Hussey
Hutton		99.0	1973	James Hutton
Huxley		107.0	1973	Thomas Henry Huxley
Huygens		470.0	1973	Christiaan Huygens

I

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval date	Named after
Iazu		6.8	2006-09-14	Romania place name
Ibragimov		86.0	1982	Nadir Baba Ogly Ibragimov
Igal		8.6	1991	Hungary place name
Ikej		4.7	1988	Russia place name
Imgr		3.0	1988	Russia place name
Innsbruck		61.1	1976	Innsbruck, Austria
Ins		2.8	1988	Switzerland place name
Inta		16.2	1976	Russia place name
Inuvik		20.5	1988	Canada (Northwest Territories) place name
Irbit		13.3	1976	Russia place name
Irharen		6.5	1991	Algeria place name
Isil		82.0	1991	Spain place name
Istok		4.8	2014	Kosovo place name
Izendy		23.5	1991	Russia place name

J

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval date	Named after
Jal		5.0	1976	USA (New Mexico) place name
Jama		2.9	1988	Tunisia place name
Jampur		29.0	1991	Pakistan place name
Janssen		158.0	1973	Pierre Janssen
Jarry-Desloges		92.0	1973	René Jarry-Desloges
Jeans		80.2	1973	James Hopwood Jeans
Jen		9.0	1976	Nigeria place name
Jezero		49.0	2007-07-25	Bosnia place name
Jezža		9.1	1976	Russia place name
Jijiga		17.3	1976	Ethiopia place name
Jodrell		3.0	1979	Jodrell Bank, England, UK
Johannesburg		1.0	1979	Johannesburg, South Africa
Johnstown		3.2	2006	USA (Pennsylvania) place name
Jojutla		19.0	2006	Jojutla, Mexico
Joly		79.9	1973	John Joly
Jones		94.0	1973	Harold Spencer Jones
Jörn		20.7	2006	Sweden place name
Jumla		45.0	2006	Nepal place name

K

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval date	Named after
Kachug		4.7	1988	Russia place name
Kagoshima		1.5	1979	Kagoshima, Japan
Kagul		8.5	1976	Moldova place name
Kāid		8.5	1976	Iraq place name
Kaiser		207.0	1973	Frederik Kaiser
Kaj		1.8	1976	Russia place name
Kakori		29.7	1976	Kakori, India
Kaliningrad		1.2	1979	Kaliningrad, Russia
Kalocsa		35.2	2008	Hungary place name
Kamativi		59.0	1991	Zimbabwe place name
Kamloops		65.0	1991	Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Kamnik		10.2	2009	Slovenia place name
Kampot		13.0	1976	Cambodia place name
Kanab		15.0	1976	USA (Utah) place name
Kandi		8.5	2009	Benin place name
Kansk		34.3	1976	Russia place name
Kantang		54.8	1976	Kantang District, Trang, Thailand
Karpinsk		29.8	1976	Russia place name
Karshi		22.3	1976	Uzbekistan place name
Kartabo		20.0	1976	Guyana place name
Karzok		15.6	2006	Kashmir place name
Kasabi		43.0	1991	Zambia place name
Kashira		68.5	1976	Russia place name
Kasimov		91.3	1976	Russia place name
Kasra		3.6	1988	Tunisia place name
Katoomba		53.0	2006	Australia (New South Wales) place name
Kaup		3.3	1976	Papua New Guinea place name
Kaw		11.2	1976	French Guiana place name
Kayne		34.9	1997	Botswana place name
Keeler		95.0	1973	James Edward Keeler
Kem'		3.3	1976	Russia place name
Kepler		233.0	1973	Johannes Kepler
Keren		28.7	2012	Eritrea place name
Keul'		5.9	1979	Russia place name
Khanpur		2.5	1988	Pakistan place name
Kholm		11.6	1976	Russia place name
Khurli		8.9	1991	Pakistan place name
Kibuye		7.4	2010	Rwanda place name
Kifrī		15.0	1976	Iraq place name
Kimry		21.6	1976	Russia place name
Kin		8.3	1976	Japan place name
Kinda		14.0	1991	Dem. Rep Congo place name
Kingston		0.7	1979	Kingston, Jamaica
Kinkora		54.3	1991	Canada (Prince Edward Island) place name
Kipini		73.6	1976	Kenya place name
Kirs		3.0	1976	Russia place name
Kirsanov		15.5	1976	Russia place name
Kisambo		15.8	1991	Dem. Rep. Congo place name
Kita		10.2	1976	Mali place name
Knobel		128.6	1973	Edward Knobel
Koga		19.3	1991	Tanzania place name
Kok		6.3	1976	Malaysia place name
Kong		11.8	1976	Côte d'Ivoire place name
Kontum		22.1	2006	Vietnam place name
Korolev		84.2	1973	Sergei Korolev
Korph		7.5	1988	Russia place name
Koshoba		10.3	2013	Turkmenistan place name
Kotka		19.5	2014	Finland place name
Kourou		2.0	1979	Kourou, French Guiana
Koval'sky		309.0	1985	Marian Albertovich Kowalski
Koy		7.1	1988	Russia place name
Krasnoye		6.5	1991	Russia place name
Kribi		13.7	1976	Cameroon place name
Krishtofovich		112.0	1982	Afrikan Nikolaevich Krishtofovich
Kuba		26.8	1976	Azerbaijan place name
Kufra		37.5	1979	Libya place name
Kuiper		87.0	1976	Gerard Peter Kuiper
Kular		8.1	1988	Russia place name
Kumak		15.0	1979	Russia place name
Kumara		12.0	1979	New Zealand place name
Kunes		15.1	1991	Norway place name
Kunowsky		67.4	1973	George K. Kunowsky
Kushva		38.3	1976	Russia place name

L

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval date	Named after
La Paz		0.6	1979	La Paz, Mexico
Labria		54.0	1979	Brazil place name
Lachute		16.1	1976	Canada (Quebec) place name
Laf		3.2	1976	Cameroon place name
Lagarto		19.5	1976	Brazil place name
Lamas		23.2	1976	Peru place name
Lambert		92.0	1973	Johann Heinrich Lambert
Lamont		76.0	1973	Johann von Lamont
Lampland		79.0	1973	Carl Otto Lampland
Land		5.4	1976	USA (Alabama) place name
Lapri		3.1	1988	Russia place name
Lar		7.0	1979	Iran place name
Lassell		92.0	1973	William Lassell
Lasswitz		111.0	1976	Kurd Lasswitz
Lau		104.9	1973	Hans E. Lau
Laylá		20.8	2007-04-16	Saudi Arabia place name
Le Verrier		140.0	1973	Urbain Le Verrier
Lebu		20.0	1976	Chile place name
Lederberg		87.0	2012	Joshua Lederberg
Leighton		69.0	2009	Robert B. Leighton
Leleque		8.4	1991	Argentina place name
Lemgo		16.6	1976	Germany place name
Lenya		15.5	1991	Burma place name
Leuk		3.6	1988	Switzerland place name
Lexington		5.0	1979	Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Li Fan		104.8	1973	Li Fan
Liais		132.0	1973	Emmanuel Liais
Liberta		25.1	2012	Antigua and Barbuda place name
Libertad		31.0	1976	Venezuela place name
Linpu		18.5	1976	China place name
Lins		6.2	1976	Brazil place name
Lipany		50.1	2011	Slovakia place name
Lipik		56.0	2009	Croatia place name
Lisboa		0.7	1979	Lisbon, Portugal
Lismore		9.0	2006	Ireland place name
Littleton		7.2	1988	USA (Maine) place name
Liu Hsin		137.0	1973	Liu Xin
Livny		9.2	1976	Russia place name
Llanesco		27.0	1991	Spain place name
Locana		6.6	1976	Italy place name
Lockyer		71.0	1973	Norman Lockyer
Lod		7.5	1976	Israel place name
Lodwar		16.0	1991	Kenya place name
Lohse		155.5	1973	Oswald Lohse
Loja		10.4	1979	Ecuador place name
Lomela		11.2	1991	Dem. Rep. Congo place name
Lomonosov		153.0	1973	Mikhail Lomonosov
Lonar		11.3	2007	India place name
Longa		10.4	1976	Angola place name
Loon		7.6	1991	Canada (Ontario) place name
López		85	2014	Epidio López
Lorica		67.6	1976	Colombia place name
Los		7.9	1979	Sweden place name
Lota		15.4	1976	Chile place name
Loto		22.4	1976	Dem. Rep. Congo place name
Louth		37.75	2007-02-07	Ireland place name
Lowbury		17.9	1991	New Zealand place name
Lowell		203.0	1973	Percival Lowell
Luba		38.3	2013	Equatorial Guinea place name
Lucaya		34.2	2013	Bahamas place name
Luck		7.7	1976	USA (Wisconsin) place name
Luga		45.0	1976	Russia place name
Łuki		21.2	1979	Ukraine place name
Luqa		16.5	2010	Malta place name
Lutsk		5.0	1976	Ukraine place name
Luzin		97.0	1976	Nikolai Luzin
Lydda		36.5	1997	Israel place name
Lyell		131.0	1973	Charles Lyell
Lyot		236.0	1973	Bernard Lyot

M

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval date	Named after
Mädler		125.0	1973	Johann Heinrich von Mädler
Madrid		3.5	1979	Madrid, Spain
Mafra		13.0	1976	Brazil place name
Magadi		53.0	1979	Kenya place name
Magelhaens		105.0	1976	Ferdinand Magellan
Maggini		143.0	1973	Mentore Maggini
Mago		2.8	1988	Russia place name
Maidstone		10.0	1976	England place name
Main		109.0	1973	Rev. Robert Main
Majuro		43.4	2011	Marshall Islands place name
Makhambet		16.0	2006	Kazakhstan place name
Manah		11.2	1976	Oman place name
Mandora		59.4	1988	Western Australia place name
Manti		16.2	1976	USA (Utah) place name
Manzī		7.2	1976	Burma place name
Maraldi		124.0	1973	Giacomo F. Maraldi
Marbach		25.8	1976	Switzerland place name
Marca		81.0	1985	Peru place name
Mari		41.6	1991	Mari, Syria
Maricourt		9.9	2007	Quebec place name
Mariner		170.0	1967	Mariner 4
Marth		98.4	1973	Albert Marth
Martin		61.4	2006	James Martin
Martynov		61.1	2013	Dmitry Martynov
Martz		97.0	1973	Edwin P. Martz
Masursky		117.9	1997	Harold Masursky
Matara		49.4	2009	Sri Lanka place name
Maunder		107.5	1973	Edward Walter Maunder
Mazamba		53.5	2006	Mozambique place name
McLaughlin		96.2	1973	Dean B. McLaughlin
McMurdo		30.3	2000	McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Medrissa		21.2	1988	Algeria place name
Mega		18.0	1976	Ethiopia place name
Meget		4.6	1988	Russia place name
Mellish		101.7	1994	John E. Mellish
Mellit		23.7	2008	Sudan place name
Mena		32.5	1979	Russia place name
Mendel		78.6	1973	Gregor Mendel
Mendota		8.9	1991	USA (Illinois) place name
Micoud		51.9	2011	Saint Lucia place name
Mie		104.0	1973	Gustav Mie
Mila		10.6	1976	Algeria place name
Milankovic		118.4	1973	Milutin Milanković
Milford		27.3	1991	USA (Utah) place name
Millman		75.0	1994	Peter Millman
Millochau		115.0	1973	Gaston Millochau
Milna		27	2010	Croatia place name
Mirtos		5.8	1988	Greece place name
Mistretta		14.8	1991	Italy place name
Mitchel		138.4	1973	Ormsby M. Mitchel
Miyamoto		160.0	2007	Shotaro Miyamoto
Moanda		38.9	2012	Gabon place name
Mliba		13.5	1991	Swaziland place name
Mohawk		17.5	1976	USA (New York) place name
Mojave		58.5	2006	USA (California) place name
Molesworth		181.0	1973	Percy B. Molesworth
Moni		5.4	2015	Cyprus place name
Montevallo		51.9	1988	USA (Alabama) place name
Morella		78.9	2006	Spain place name
Moreux		138.0	1973	Théophile Moreux
Moroz		123.0	2007-08-20	Vasily Ivanovich Moroz; Russian planetary scientist (1931–2004).
Moss		9.1	1976	Norway place name
Muara		3.8	2013	Brunei place name
Müller		129.0	1973	Hermann J. Müller and Carl H. Müller
Murgoo		24.5	1976	Western Australia place name
Mut		6.6	1976	Sudan place name
Mutch		211.0	1985	Thomas A. Mutch

N

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval date	Named after
Naar		11.4	1976	Egypt place name
Naic		8.3	1976	Philippines place name
Nain		6.8	1979	Canada (Newfoundland) place name
Naju		8.1	1979	South Korea place name
Nakusp		7.5	2006	Canada (British Columbia) place name
Nan		1.9	1976	Nan Province, Thailand
Nansen		81.0	1967	Fridtjof Nansen
Nardo		26.6	1976	Italy place name
Naruko		4.4		Naruko, Miyagi
Naryn		3.7	2008	Kyrgyzstan place name
Naukan		8.4	1976	Russia place name
Navan		26.5	1976	Ireland place name
Nazca		15.5	1991	Peru place name
Negele		37.8	1991	Ethiopia place name
Negril		52	2015	Jamaica place name
Neive		2.9	1988	Italy place name
Nema		15.8	1976	Russia place name
Nepa		15.5	1976	Russia place name
Never		2.9	1988	Russia place name
Neves		22.1	2013	Sao Tome and Principe place name
New Bern		0.9	1979	New Bern, North Carolina, USA
New Haven		1.0	1979	New Haven, Connecticut, USA
New Plymouth		33.3	2003	USA (Idaho) place name
Newcomb		252.0	1973	Simon Newcomb
Newport		1.8	1979	Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Newton		298.0	1973	Isaac Newton
Nhill		22.0	1991	Australia (Victoria) place name
Nicholson		102.5	1973	Seth Barnes Nicholson
Nier		47.0	1997	Alfred O. C. Nier
Niesten		115.0	1973	Louis Niesten
Nif		8.7	1976	Micronesia place name
Nipigon		9.3	1991	Canada (Ontario) place name
Niquero		10.78	2008	Cuba place name
Nitro		28.7	1976	USA (West Virginia) place name
Njesko		28.0	1991	Slovakia place name
Noma		42.1	1976	Namibia place name
Noord		7.8	2011	Aruba place name
Nordenskiöld		89.0	1982	Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
Northport		19.5	1988	USA (Alabama) place name
Novara		86.9	1997	Italy place name
Nune		8.6	1976	Mozambique place name
Nutak		11.2	1976	Canada (Newfoundland) place name

See also

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

External links

• USGS: Martian system nomenclature
• USGS: Mars Nomenclature: Craters