List of Venus Craters / M
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 |