List of Venus Craters / M

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Surname position ⌀ Named after
Maa-Ling 14.7 °  S , 0.5 °  W 6 km Chinese first name
MacDonald 30 °  N , 120.7 °  E 17.6 km Flora MacDonald (1722–1790), Scottish Jacobite and national heroine
Madeleine 4.7 °  S , 66.8 °  W 16 km French first name
Madina 22.7 °  N , 58 °  E 6.3 km Cabardian first name
Mae 40.5 °  S , 14.8 °  W 7.5 km English given name derived from Margaret
Magda 67 °  N , 30.3 °  W 10.1 km Danish first name
Magdalena 11.2 °  S , 48.7 °  E 11.5 km Hebrew first name
Magnani 58.6 °  N , 22.8 °  W 26.4 km Anna Magnani (1908–1973), Italian actress
Mahina 2 °  S , 177.8 °  W 15.4 km Hawaiian first name
Makola 3.8 °  S , 106.7 °  E 16.6 km Hawaiian first name
Maltby 23.3 °  S , 119.7 °  E 36.6 km Margaret Maltby (1860–1944), American physical chemist and suffragette
Mamajan 65.1 °  S , 102.7 °  W 2 km Turkmen first name
Mansa 33.9 °  S , 63.4 °  E 8.1 km First name of the Akan
Manton 9.3 °  N , 26.9 °  E 20.5 km Sidnie Manton (1902–1979), British entomologist,
Irene Manton (1904–1988), British botanist
Manzolini 25.6 °  N , 91.3 °  E 41.8 km Anna Morandi Manzolini (1714–1777), Italian anatomist
Maranda 4.9 °  N , 169.7 °  E 16.8 km Latvian first name
Marere 19.6 °  N , 65.8 °  E 6.3 km Polynesian first name
Maret 33.3 °  S , 79.8 °  W 11.7 km Estonian first name
Margarita 12.7 °  N , 9.2 °  E 13 km Greek first name
Margit 60.1 °  N , 86.9 °  W 14 km Hungarian first name
Maria Celeste 23.4 °  N , 140.4 °  E 97.5 km Maria Celeste (1600–1634), Italian nun and daughter of Galileo Galilei
Marianne 9.3 °  N , 2 °  W 9 km Greek first name
Marie 21.7 °  S , 127.6 °  W 14.2 km French first name
Mariko 23.3 °  S , 132.9 °  O 12.9 km Japanese given name
Markham 4.1 °  S , 155.6 °  O 71.8 km Beryl Markham (1902–1986), British aviation pioneer
Marsh 63.6 °  S , 46.6 °  E 47.7 km Ngaio Marsh (1899–1982), New Zealand writer and theater director
Martinez 11.7 °  S , 174.7 °  E 23.5 km Maria Martinez (1887–1980), Indian potter
Marysya 53.3 °  N , 75.1 °  E 6.3 km Belarusian first name
Marzhan 58.9 °  S , 111.7 °  W 13.8 km First name of the caracal
Masako 30.2 °  S , 53.2 °  E 23.8 km Hojo Masako (1156-1225), wife of the first Kamakura shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo
Masha 60.7 °  N , 88.5 °  E 6.4 km Russian first name
Ma Shouzhen 35.7 °  S , 92.5 °  E 18.9 km Ma Shouzhen (fl. 1592–1628), Chinese painter
Matahina 72.3 °  S , 65.9 °  E 8.5 km Polynesian first name
Maurea 39.5 °  S , 69.1 °  E 9.9 km Polynesian first name
Mbul'di 23.8 °  N , 74.7 °  E 6 km First name of the Fulbe
Mead 12.5 °  N , 57.2 °  E 270 km Margaret Mead (1901–1978), American anthropologist and ethnologist
Medhavi 19.4 °  S , 40.6 °  E 30.4 km Ramabai Dongre Medhavi (1858–1922), Indian Christian, social reformer and activist
Megan 61.8 °  S , 130.6 °  E 15.8 km Welsh first name
Meitner 55.6 °  S , 38.4 °  W 149 km Lise Meitner (1878–1968), Austro-Swedish nuclear physicist
Melanie 62.8 °  S , 144.3 °  E 12.3 km Greek first name
Melanka 34.4 °  N , 19.2 °  E 9 km Ukrainian first name
Melba 4.7 °  N , 166.5 °  W 21.8 km Nellie Melba (1861-1931), Australian opera singer
Melina 69.9 °  S , 40.5 °  W 12.7 km Greek first name
Meredith 14.5 °  S , 81.1 °  W 11.4 km English first name
Merian 34.5 °  N , 76.3 °  E 22.2 km Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), naturalist and artist
Merit Ptah 11.4 °  N , 115.6 °  E 16.5 km Merit-Ptah (approx. 2700 BC), ancient Egyptian doctor
Michelle 19.6 °  S , 40.5 °  E 15 km French first name
Mildred 51.7 °  S , 11.7 °  W 12 km English first name
Millay 24.4 °  N , 111.2 °  E 48 km Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950), American poet and playwright
Miovasu 72.1 °  N , 99.9 °  E 4.5 km First name of the Cheyenne
Mirabeau 1.1 °  N , 75.7 °  W 23.8 km Sibylle Gabrielle Riquetti de Mirabeau (1849–1932), French writer
Miriam 36.5 °  N , 48.2 °  E 16.5 km Hebrew first name
Mona Lisa 25.6 °  N , 25.1 °  E 79.4 km Lisa del Giocondo (1479–1542), model for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa
Monika 72.3 °  N , 122.4 °  E 25.5 km German first name
Montessori 59.4 °  N , 80 °  W 42.1 km Maria Montessori (1870–1952), Italian doctor, reform pedagogue, philosopher and philanthropist
Montez 17.9 °  N , 93.5 °  W 21.1 km Lola Montez (1821–1861), Irish dancer
Moors 30.4 °  S , 111.6 °  W 21.1 km Marianne Moore (1887–1972), American writer
Morisot 61.2 °  S , 148.7 °  W 48 km Berthe Morisot (1841–1895), French impressionist painter
Mosaido 17.3 °  N , 75.2 °  E 7.4 km First name of the Fulbe
Moses 34.6 °  N , 119.9 °  O 28 km Grandma Moses (1860–1961), American painter
Mowatt 14.6 °  S , 67.7 °  W 38.4 km Anna Cora Mowatt (1819–1870), American author, playwright, and actress
Mu Guiying 41.2 °  N , 81 °  E 32.3 km Mu Guiying , legendary Chinese warrior
Mukhina 29.5 °  N , 0.5 °  E 24.5 km Vera Ignatievna Muchina (1889–1953), Russian sculptor
Mumtaz Mahal 30.3 °  N , 131.6 °  W 38.2 km Mumtaz Mahal (1593–1631), Mughal empress and namesake for the Taj Mahal
Blithely 15.3 °  S , 39.3 °  E 32.1 km Gabriele Münter (1877–1962), German painter
Muriel 41.7 °  S , 12.4 °  E 20.2 km Greek first name