List of craters on Mars
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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 A – G (see also H – N and O – Z). Large Martian craters (greater than 60 km in diameter) are named after famous scientists and science fiction
Science fiction
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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 made for craters near landing sites. Latitude and longitude are given as planetographic coordinates with west longitude.
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| Crater | | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval date | Named after |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aban | 16.1°N 249.0°W | 4.2 | 1988 | Aban, Russia |
| Achar | 45.8°N 236.9°W | 5.5 | 1979 | Achar Achar, Uruguay Achar is a small town in the Tacuarembó Department of northern-central Uruguay. It is located on Route 43, east of Route 5, on the intersection with the railroad track. It obtained "Town" status on 21 August 1936 by decree Ley No. 9.587.-Population:... , Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area... |
| Ada | 3.0°S 3.2°W | 1.0 | 2006 | Ada, Oklahoma Ada, Oklahoma Ada is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 16,008 at the 2000 census. As of 2009, the city population was estimated at 17,019.... , USA |
| Adams | 31.1°N 197.0°W | 94.9 | 1973 | Walter Sydney Adams Walter Sydney Adams Walter Sydney Adams was an American astronomer.-Life and work:He was born in Antioch, Syria to missionary parents, and was brought to the U.S. in 1885 He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1898, then continued his education in Germany... |
| Agassiz | 70.1°S 89.0°W | 117.7 | 1973 | Louis Agassiz Louis Agassiz Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history. He grew up in Switzerland and became a professor of natural history at University of Neuchâtel... |
| Airy Airy (Martian crater) Airy is an impact crater on Mars, named in honor of the British Astronomer, Royal Sir George Biddell Airy . The crater is approximately 40 kilometers in diameter and is located at 0.1°E 5.1°S in the Meridiani Planum region. The much smaller crater Airy-0, which defines the location of Mars' prime... |
5.1°S 0.1°E | 41.0 | 1973 | George Biddell Airy George Biddell Airy Sir George Biddell Airy PRS KCB was an English mathematician and astronomer, Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881... |
| Airy-0 Airy-0 Airy-0 is a crater on Mars whose location defines the position of the prime meridian of that planet. It is about across and lies within the larger crater Airy in the region Sinus Meridiani.... |
5.1°S 0.0°W | 0.5 | 1973 | |
| Ajon | 16.7°N 256.9°W | 8.4 | 1988 | Ajon, Russia |
| Aki | 35.8°S 60.3°W | 8.1 | 1979 | Aki, Kochi Aki, Kochi is a city located in Kōchi, Japan on the island of Shikoku.As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 19,882 and the density of 64.4 persons per km². The total area is 317.34 km². The heart of Aki city is located along the Japan National Route 55 and faces the Pacific Ocean to the south... , Japan |
| Aktaj | 20.6°N 46.6°W | 4.9 | 1988 | Aktaj, Russia |
| Alamos | 23.48°N 37.21°W | 6.3 | 2006-09-14 | Alamos Álamos The town and municipality of Álamos in the Mexican state of Sonora was founded in the late 17th century following discoveries of silver in the region. It was named by the conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, and became the capital of the surrounding region... , Mexico |
| Albany | 23.2°N 49.1°W | 2.0 | 1979 | Albany Albany, New York Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River... , NY New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... , USA |
| Albi | 41.8°S 35.1°W | 8.5 | 1976 | Albi, France |
| Alexey Tolstoy | 47.8°S 234.8°W | 95.0 | 1982 | Aleksei Tolstoi |
| Alga | 24.6°S 26.7°W | 19.2 | 1976 | Alga, Kazakhstan Alga, Kazakhstan Alga is a town in the Aktobe Province of western Kazakhstan. It is situated on the western bank of the Ilek river, and on the railway line from Aktobe to Aralsk. It used to have a chemical plant which is now a ruin, but caused a lasting environmental damage as large quantities of chemical waste... |
| Alitus | 35.2°S 38.2°W | 50.0 | 1979 | Alytus Alytus Alytus is a city with municipal rights in southern Lithuania. It is the capital of Alytus County. Its population in 2007 was 68,835. Alytus is the historical centre of the Dzūkija region. The city lies on the banks of the Nemunas River. The major highways linking Vilnius, Kaunas, Lazdijai, and... , Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark... |
| Amsterdam | 23.2°N 47.1°W | 1.3 | 1979 | Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population... , Netherlands |
| Angu | 20.2°N 254.4°W | 1.8 | 1988 | Angu Angu The Angu, also called Kukukuku by neighbouring tribes, is a small and previously violent tribe living mainly in the high, mountainous region of south-western Morobe, a province of Papua New Guinea... , 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... |
| Aniak Aniak (crater) Aniak is an impact crater on the planet Mars. It is in diameter. It is named after the city of Aniak, Alaska; the name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1979.... |
32.2°S 69.6°W | 51.0 | 1979 | Aniak, AK Alaska Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait... , USA |
| Annapolis | 23.4°N 47.8°W | 0.4 | 1979 | Annapolis, MD Maryland Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east... , USA |
| Antoniadi Antoniadi (Martian crater) Antoniadi is a crater on Syrtis Major Planum, Mars, located at 21.5° north latitude and 299.2° west longitude. It is 394 km long and was named after Eugène Michael Antoniadi, a Turkish-born French astronomer .... |
21.5°N 299.2°W | 394.0 | 1973 | Eugène M. Antoniadi |
| Apia | 37.6°S 271.1°W | 10.5 | 1991 | Apia, Samoa Apia, Samoa -Administration:Apia is part of the Tuamasaga political district and of election district Vaimauga West and Faleata East. There is no city administration for Apia. Apia consists of some 45 individual, independent villages... |
| Apt | 40.2°N 9.6°W | 10.0 | 1976 | Apt, France |
| Arago | 10.2°N 330.2°W | 154.0 | 1973 | François Arago François Arago François Jean Dominique Arago , known simply as François Arago , was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician.-Early life and work:... |
| Arandas | 42.7°N 15.1°W | 25.1 | 1976 | Arandas, Mexico |
| Argas | 23.6°N 50.3°W | 3.7 | 1988 | Argas Argas Argas is a genus of tick.-Species:* Argas abdussalami Hoogstraal & McCarthy, 1965* Argas acinus Whittick, 1938* Argas africolumbae Hoogstraal, Kaiser, Walker, Ledger, Converse & Rice, 1975... , Russia |
| Arica | 24.0°S 249.9°W | 15.5 | 1991 | Arica Arica Arica is a city in northern Chile. "Arica" may also refer to:Places* Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile* Arica Airport , Chile* Arica, Amazonas, town in Colombia* Rio Aricá-açu, tributary of the Cuiabá River south of Cuiabá, BrazilOther... , 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... |
| Arkhangelsky | 41.4°S 24.8°W | 125.0 | 1979 | A.D. Arkhangelsky |
| Arrhenius | 40.3°S 237.4°W | 129.0 | 1973 | Svante Arrhenius Svante Arrhenius Svante August Arrhenius was a Swedish scientist, originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, and one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry... |
| Arta | 21.6°N 54.4°W | 4.0 | 1988 | Arta, Russia |
| Asimov | 47.0°S 355.05°W | 85.0 | 2009 | Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000... |
| Aspen | 21.6°S 23.2°W | 20.3 | 1976 | Aspen, Colorado Aspen, Colorado The City of Aspen is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 5,804 in 2005... , USA |
| Avarua | 35.9°S 250.43°W | 52.0 | 2010 | Avarua Avarua Avarua is a town and district in the north of Rarotonga Island, the national capital of the Cook Islands... , Cook Islands Cook Islands The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand... |
| Aveiro | 21.5°N 79.1°W | 9.5 | 1985 | Aveiro, Portugal |
| Avire | 40.83°S 159.9°W | 6.54 | 2008 | Avire Aviré Aviré is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.... , Vanuatu Vanuatu Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was... |
| Ayacucho | 38.5°N 92.2°W | 2.5 | 1991 | Ayacucho, Bolivia |
| Ayr | 39.3°S 268.5°W | 13.0 | 1991 | Ayr, Queensland Ayr, Queensland Ayr is a town in Queensland, Australia near the delta of the Burdekin River, named after the Scottish town of Ayr by the settlers from the United Kingdom... , Australia |
| Azul | 42.4°S 42.6°W | 19.7 | 1976 | Azul, Argentina |
| Azusa | 5.6°S 40.4°W | 41.1 | 1976 | Azusa, California Azusa, California Azusa is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 46,361 at the 2010 census, up from 44,712 at the 2000 census. Though sometimes assumed to be a compaction of the phrase "everything from A to Z in the USA" from an old Jack Benny joke, the place name "Azusa"... , USA |
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| Crater | | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Date approved | Named after |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babakin | 36.4°S 71.6°W | 78.0 | 1985 | G. N. Babakin |
| Bacht | 18.9°N 257.4°W | 8.0 | 1976 | Bacht, 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.... |
| Bacolor | 33.0°N 241.4°W | 20.8 | 2006 | Bacolor, 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... |
| Bada | 20.5°N 50.8°W | 2.1 | 1988 | Bada, Russia |
| Bahn | 3.5°S 43.4°W | 12.3 | 1976 | Bahn, Liberia Liberia Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open... |
| Bak | 18.3°N 256.3°W | 3.2 | 1988 | Bak Bak, Hungary - External links :*... , Hungary |
| Bakhuysen | 23.3°S 344.4°W | 161.0 | 1973 | Hendricus van de Sande Bakhuyzen H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen Hendricus Gerardus van de Sande Bakhuyzen was a Dutch astronomer. His surname, van de Sande Bakhuyzen, is sometimes erroneously given as Backhuyzen or Bakhuysen. His first name is sometimes given as Hendrik Gerard... |
| Balboa | 3.9°S 34.0°W | 23.3 | 1976 | Balboa, Panama Balboa, Panama Balboa is a district of Panama City, located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.- History :The town of Balboa, founded by the United States during the construction of the Panama Canal, was named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the Spanish conquistador credited with discovering the Pacific Ocean... |
| Baldet | 23.0°N 294.6°W | 180.0 | 1973 | Fernand Baldet Fernand Baldet Fernand Baldet was a French astronomer.He worked with Count Aymar de la Baume Pluvinel observing Mars from the newly built observatory on Pic du Midi in 1909... |
| Balta | 24.1°S 26.6°W | 18.2 | 1976 | Balta, Ukraine Balta, Ukraine Balta is a small city in the Odessa Oblast of south-western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Baltsky Raion , and located approximately 200 kilometers from the oblast capital, Odessa... |
| Baltisk | 42.7°S 54.7°W | 52.0 | 1976 | Baltiysk Baltiysk Baltiysk , prior to 1945 known by its German name Pillau , is a seaport town and the administrative center of Baltiysky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, located on the northern part of the Vistula Spit, on the shore of the Strait of Baltiysk separating the Vistula Bay from the Gdańsk Bay. Baltiysk... , Russia |
| Balvicar | 16.4°N 53.3°W | 20.5 | 1988 | Balvicar Balvicar Balvicar is a village on the island of Seil, a small island southwest of Oban, Scotland. It is one of three villages on the island along with Ellenabeich and Clachan-Seil. It was a former slate-mining village beginning in the 16th century, and eventually ceased mining after sporadic operation... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... , UK |
| Bamba | 3.4°S 41.7°W | 23.0 | 1976 | Bamba, 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... |
| Bamberg | 40.0°N 3.2°W | 58.3 | 1976 | Bamberg Bamberg Bamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from... , Germany |
| Banff | 17.7°N 30.8°W | 5.0 | 1976 | Banff, AB Banff, Alberta Banff is a town within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is located in Alberta's Rockies along the Trans-Canada Highway, approximately west of Calgary and east of Lake Louise.... , Canada |
| Banh | 19.6°N 55.6°W | 15.0 | 1976 | Ban, Burkina Faso Ban, Burkina Faso Ban is a town in the Solenzo Department of Banwa Province in western Burkina Faso. As of 2005 it had a population of 8,776.... |
| Bar | 25.5°S 19.5°W | 1.9 | 1976 | Bar, Ukraine Bar, Ukraine Bar is a city located on the Rov River in the Vinnytsia Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Barskyi Raion , and is part of the historic region of Podolia. The current estimated population is 17,200 .-History:The city was a small trade outpost named Row... |
| Barabashov | 47.7°N 68.8°W | 125.6 | 1973 | Nikolai P. Barabashov Nikolai P. Barabashov Nikolay Pavlovich Barabashov was a Soviet Russian astronomer.Barabashov graduated from Kharkov University, Ukraine, 1919; served as Director, Kharkov Observatory, 1930; Professor, Kharkov University, 1934; Rector, Kharkov University, 1943-1946... |
| Barnard | 61.4°S 298.4°W | 125.0 | 1973 | Edward Emerson Barnard |
| Baro | 25.0°S 249.4°W | 16.7 | 1991 | Baro Baro Baro is a city in central Nigeria.- Transport :It is located approximately 400 miles up the Niger River at the limit of river navigation, subject to dredging. It is also the terminus of a railway branchline connected to the Nigerian railway system.- External links :*... , 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... |
| Barsukov | 8.0°N 29.1°W | 71.7 | 2003 | Valeri L. Barsukov Valeri L. Barsukov Valeri Leonidovich Barsukov was a Soviet geochemist. He worked in comparative planetology and the geochemistry of space. He was director of the V. I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry from 1976 to 1992.In 1987 he received the V.I. Vernadsky Gold Medal for his work... |
| Basin | 18.0°N 253.1°W | 15.7 | 1976 | Basin, Wyoming Basin, Wyoming Basin is a town in, and the county seat of, Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1,239 at the 2000 census. The community is located near the center of the Bighorn Basin with the Big Horn River east of the town... , USA |
| Batoka | 7.7°S 36.8°W | 15.5 | 1976 | Batoka, 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.... |
| Batoş | 21.7°N 29.5°W | 17.2 | 1976 | Batoş Batos Batoş is a commune in Mureş County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Batoş, Dedrad, Goreni and Uila.- See also :* List of Hungarian exonyms... , Romania |
| Baykonyr | 46.7°N 227.4°W | 4.0 | 1979 | Baikonur Cosmodrome Baikonur Cosmodrome The Baikonur Cosmodrome , also called Tyuratam, is the world's first and largest operational space launch facility. It is located in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan, about east of the Aral Sea, north of the Syr Darya river, near Tyuratam railway station, at 90 meters above sea level... , 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... |
| Bazas | 28.0°S 266.7°W | 16.7 | 1991 | Bazas Bazas Bazas is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.-Geography:Bazas stands on a narrow promontory above the Beuve valley 60 km/37 mi southeast of Bordeaux and 40 km/25 mi southwest of Marmande.-History:... , France |
| Beagle Beagle (crater) This article is about the crater on Mars. For other uses, see Beagle .Beagle is a crater on Mars in Meridiani Planum which was explored by the Opportunity rover. It was located by the rover in images taken on sol 855 , 310 metres away... |
2.0°S 5.5°W | 0.04 | (informal) | |
| Becquerel Becquerel (Martian crater) Becquerel is a 167 km-diameter crater at 22.1°N, 352.0°E on Mars, in Arabia Terra. It is named after Antoine H. Becquerel.Photographs by the Mars Global Surveyor revealed layered sedimentary rocks in the crater. The layers appear to be only a few meters thick and show little variations in... |
22.3°N 8.0°W | 171.2 | 1973 | Henri Becquerel Henri Becquerel Antoine Henri Becquerel was a French physicist, Nobel laureate, and the discoverer of radioactivity along with Marie Curie and Pierre Curie, for which all three won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics.-Early life:... |
| Beer Beer (Martian crater) Beer is a crater on Mars named in honor of the German astronomer Wilhelm Beer. It is located at 14.4°S 351.8°E .Beer and collaborator Johann Heinrich Mädler produced the first reasonably good maps of Mars in the early 1830s. When doing so, they selected a particular feature for the prime meridian... |
14.6°S 8.2°W | 89.8 | 1973 | Wilhelm Beer |
| Beloha | 39.5°S 303.4°W | 33.5 | 2006 | Beloha Beloha Beloha is a town in Androy Region, Madagascar.Beloha is a town in Androy Region, Madagascar.Beloha is a town in Androy Region, Madagascar.... , Madagascar |
| Beltra | 18.2°N 257.7°W | 7.4 | 1988 | Beltra Beltra Beltra is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. A Martian crater is named after it: see Beltra . Beltra is situated between the Ox Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. AJ's Public house is situated near Beltra woods. Beltra Post Office is owned and managed by the Murray Family. Farming, haulage and... , Ireland |
| Belz | 21.8°N 43.3°W | 10.2 | 1976 | Belz Belz Belz , a small city in the Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, is located between the Solokiya river and the Rzeczyca stream.... , 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... |
| Bend | 22.6°S 27.8°W | 3.6 | 1976 | Bend, Oregon Bend, Oregon Bend is a city in and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States, and the principal city of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bend is Central Oregon's largest city, and, despite its modest size, is the de facto metropolis of the region, owing to the low population... , USA |
| Bentham | 56.1°S 40.6°W | 11.5 | 1991 | Bentham, England, UK |
| Bentong | 22.5°S 19.1°W | 10.2 | 1976 | Bentong Bentong Bentong is both a town and a district in Pahang, Malaysia. The district covers an area of 1,831 km². It is located 80 km northeast of Kuala Lumpur, just across the main range, Titiwangsa Mountains. The original main street going into Bentong town has been modified to a dual carriageway... , Malaysia |
| Bernard | 23.6°S 154.3°W | 131.0 | 1985 | P. Bernard |
| Berseba | 4.5°S 37.7°W | 37.5 | 1976 | Berseba Berseba Berseba is a village in the Karas Region of southern Namibia and the district capital of the Berseba electoral constituency... , 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... |
| Beruri | 5.28°N 278.84°W | 46.6 | 2006-09-14 | Beruri Beruri Beruri is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 13,220 and its area is 17,251 km².... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
| Bhor | 42.1°N 225.6°W | 6.0 | 1979 | Bhor Bhor Bhor is a city and a municipal council in Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India.- Geography :Bhor is located at . It has an average elevation of 588 metres .- Demographics :... , India |
| Bianchini | 64.2°S 95.4°W | 76.0 | 1973 | Francesco Bianchini Francesco Bianchini Francesco Bianchini was an Italian philosopher and scientist. He worked for the curia of three popes, including being camiere d`honore of Clement XI, and secretary of the commission for the reform of the calendar, working on the method to calculate the astronomically correct date for Easter in a... |
| Bigbee | 25.0°S 34.8°W | 20.5 | 1976 | Bigbee, MS Mississippi Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi... , USA |
| Bira | 25.4°N 45.6°W | 2.9 | 1988 | Bira, Russia Bira, Russia Bira is an urban-type settlement in Obluchensky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. Population: 4,176 ; 4,311 ; 4,111 .-History:The railway station of Bira was built in 1908... |
| Bise | 20.4°N 56.9°W | 9.8 | 1976 | Bise, Okinawa, Japan |
| Bison | 26.6°S 29.2°W | 16.0 | 1976 | Bison, Kansas Bison, Kansas Bison is a city in Rush County, Kansas, United States, named for the native large ungulate of the region. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 255.-Geography:Bison is located at... , USA |
| Bjerknes | 43.4°S 188.6°W | 94.0 | 1973 | Vilhelm Bjerknes |
| Bland | 18.5°N 251.3°W | 7.1 | 1988 | Bland, Missouri Bland, Missouri Bland is a city in Gasconade and Osage counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 565 at the 2000 census.The Osage County portion of Bland is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:... , USA |
| Bled | 21.8°N 31.5°W | 7.8 | 1976 | Bled Bled Bled is a municipality in northwestern Slovenia in the region of Upper Carniola. The area, within the Julian Alps, is a popular tourist destination.-History:... , Slovenia |
| Blitta | 26.1°S 21.0°W | 13.6 | 1976 | Blitta Blitta Blitta is a prefecture and town located in the Centrale Region of Togo.- References :... , Togo Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic , is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. Togo covers an area of approximately with a population of approximately... |
| Blois | 23.8°N 56.0°W | 12.5 | 1976 | Blois Blois Blois is the capital of Loir-et-Cher department in central France, situated on the banks of the lower river Loire between Orléans and Tours.-History:... , France |
| Bluff | 23.7°N 250.0°W | 6.6 | 1976 | Bluff, New Zealand Bluff, New Zealand Bluff is a town and seaport in the Southland region, on the southern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the southern-most town in New Zealand and, despite Slope Point being further to the south, is colloquially used to refer to the southern extremity of the country... |
| Boeddicker | 15.0°S 197.7°W | 109.0 | 1973 | Otto Boeddicker Otto Boeddicker Otto Boeddicker was a German astronomer. He published drawings of naked-eye observations of the Milky Way in 1892, made over a period of six years... |
| Bogia | 44.3°S 276.84°W | 38.0 | 2008 | Bogia Bogia Borgia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetellidae.... , 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... |
| Bogra | 24.4°S 28.9°W | 21.3 | 1976 | Bogra Bogra Bogra is a town, and one of the oldest towns in northern Bangladesh. It is a centre of commerce and trade within the Bogra District and located under the Rajshahi Division. Bogra is sometimes described as the nerve centre of Northern Bangladesh. Amongst many notable activities, it has been hosting... , Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south... |
| Bok Bok (Martian crater) Bok Crater is a crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars, located at 20.8° N and 31.7° W. It is 7.1 km in diameter and was named after a town in New Guinea.... |
20.8°N 31.7°W | 7.1 | 1976 | Bok, 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... |
| Bole | 25.6°N 54.1°W | 8.3 | 1976 | Bole Bole, Ghana Bole is a town in the Northern Region of Ghana. It is connected by road to the towns of Sawla and Bamboi, and Bouna in the Ivory Coast. Bole is home to a number of refugees from the civil war in the Ivory Coast.... , Ghana |
| Bombala | 27.9°S 254.0°W | 38.1 | 1991 | Bombala, NSW Bombala, New South Wales Bombala is a town in the Monaro region of south-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in Bombala Council. It is located approximately south of the state capital, Sydney, and south of the town of Cooma. The name derives from an Aboriginal word meaning "Meeting of the waters". The town lies on the... , Australia |
| Bond | 33.2°S 36.0°W | 110.6 | 1973 | George Phillips Bond George Phillips Bond George Phillips Bond was an American astronomer. He was the son of William Cranch Bond. Some sources give his year of birth as 1826.... |
| Bonestell | 42.3°N 30.5°W | 42.4 | 1997 | Chesley Bonestell Chesley Bonestell Chesley Bonestell was an American painter, designer and illustrator. His paintings were a major influence on science fiction art and illustration, and he helped inspire the American space program... |
| Bonneville Bonneville (crater) Bonneville is an impact crater on Mars. It is located within the much larger crater Gusev. Bonneville was visited by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in 2004, during its exploration of the floor of Gusev... |
14.6°S 175.5°E | 0.21 | (informal) | Lake Bonneville Lake Bonneville Lake Bonneville was a prehistoric pluvial lake that covered much of North America's Great Basin region. Most of the territory it covered was in present-day Utah, though parts of the lake extended into present-day Idaho and Nevada. Formed about 32,000 years ago, it existed until about 14,500 years... |
| Boola | 81.31°N 105.7°W | 17.0 | 2006 | Boola Boola Boola is a town and sub-prefecture in the forest region in the Beyla Prefecture in the Republic of Guinea.... , Guinea |
| Bopolu | 2.95°S 6.33°W | 19.3 | 2006-09-14 | Bopolu Bopolu Bopolu is the capital city of Gbarpolu County, Liberia, and is located 100 kilometers north of Monrovia. As of the 2008 census, Bopolu has a population of 2908. Of this, 1547 were male and 1361 female.... , Liberia Liberia Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open... |
| Bor | 18.4°N 33.8°W | 4.3 | 1976 | Bor, Russia |
| Bordeaux | 23.4°N 49.0°W | 1.8 | 1979 | Bordeaux Bordeaux Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture... , France |
| Boru | 24.6°S 27.9°W | 10.9 | 1976 | Boru, Russia |
| Bouguer | 18.7°S 332.8°W | 107.0 | 1973 | Pierre Bouguer Pierre Bouguer Pierre Bouguer was a French mathematician, geophysicist, geodesist, and astronomer. He is also known as "the father of naval architecture".... |
| Boulia | 23.1°S 248.8°W | 10.5 | 1991 | Boulia, Queensland Boulia, Queensland Boulia is a town in Central West Queensland, Australia. It is located approximately by road south of Mount Isa, and lies on the Burke River, which was named after the explorer Robert O'Hara Burke who passed through the area with the Burke and Wills expedition in 1860. The township was gazetted in... , Australia |
| Bozkir | 44.5°S 32.2°W | 84.0 | 1976 | Bozkir Bozkir Bozkır is a town and district of Konya Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2008 census, population of the district is 31,601 of which 7,212 live in the town of Bozkır.The town occupied a central position in ancient Isauria... , 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... |
| Brashear | 54.2°S 119.2°W | 79.0 | 1973 | John Brashear John Brashear Dr. John Alfred Brashear was an American astronomer and instrument builder.- Life and work :Brashear was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, a town 35 miles south of Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River. His father, Basil Brown Brashear, was a saddler, and his mother, Julia Smith Brashear, was a... |
| Bremerhaven | 23.9°N 48.7°W | 2.5 | 1979 | Bremerhaven Bremerhaven Bremerhaven is a city at the seaport of the free city-state of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It forms an enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the River Weser on its eastern bank, opposite the town of Nordenham... , Germany |
| Briault | 10.2°S 270.4°W | 96.6 | 1973 | P. Briault P. Briault P. Briault was a French astronomer.Between 1916 and 1918 he observed the surface features of Mercury and published his maps as one of the first available at the time.A crater on Mars was named in his honor.-External links:**... |
| Bridgetown | 22.1°N 47.2°W | 1.3 | 1979 | Bridgetown Bridgetown The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael... , Barbados Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint... |
| Bristol | 22.3°N 47.0°W | 3.0 | 1979 | Bristol Bristol Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007... , England, UK |
| Broach | 23.7°N 57.0°W | 12.0 | 1976 | Broach Bharuch Bharuch , also known as Broach, is the oldest city in Gujarat, situated at the mouth of the holy river Narmada. Bharuch is the administrative headquarters of Bharuch District and a municipality of more than 1,50,000 inhabitants. As Bharuch is a major seaport city, a number of trade activities have... , India |
| Bronkhorst | 10.7°S 55.3°W | 17.9 | 2006 | Bronkhorst Bronkhorst Bronkhorst is a village in the municipality of Bronckhorst, Gelderland, the Netherlands. Technically, it is a city and with only 171 inhabitants , it is one of the smallest cities in the Netherlands .-Early history:The early history of Bronkhorst is, as is common for Dutch towns, largely unknown... , Netherlands |
| Brush | 21.9°N 248.7°W | 6.4 | 1976 | Brush, Colorado Brush, Colorado The City of Brush is a Statutory City located in Morgan County, Colorado, United States. The population was 5,117 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Brush is located at .... , USA |
| Bulhar | 50.7°N 225.6°W | 18.7 | 1979 | Bulhar, Somalia Somalia Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory... |
| Bunge | 34.2°S 48.7°W | 73.7 | 1979 | Alexander G. von Bunge Alexander G. von Bunge Alexander Georg von Bunge was a Baltic German botanist. He was a professor of botany at the University of Tartu, and was director of the department from 1842 until 1844... |
| Burroughs Burroughs (crater) Burroughs is a large crater on Mars at latitude 72.5S / longitude 243.1W, with a diameter of . It is named after Edgar Rice Burroughs, the American science fiction novelist who wrote a series of fantasy novels set on the planet.-External links:*... |
72.4°S 243.0°W | 125.7 | 1973 | Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.-Biography:... |
| Burton | 14.1°S 156.4°W | 123.0 | 1973 | Charles E. Burton Charles E. Burton Charles E. Burton was an Irish astronomer.For some time he worked as an assistant to Lord Rosse at Parsonstown, Ireland.... |
| Buta | 23.5°S 32.5°W | 11.0 | 1979 | Buta Buta Buta is a town and seat of Buta Territory in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the Rubi River, a tributary of the Itimbiri River. It is headquarters of the Bas-Uele District, Orientale Province... , 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... |
| Butte | 5.2°S 39.0°W | 13.0 | 1976 | Butte, Montana Butte, Montana Butte is a city in Montana and the county seat of Silver Bow County, United States. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the sole entity of Butte-Silver Bow. As of the 2010 census, Butte's population was 34,200... , USA |
| Byrd | 65.5°S 232.2°W | 126.8 | 1976 | Richard E. Byrd |
| Byske | 5.0°S 34.0°W | 13.5 | 1976 | Byske Byske Byske is a locality situated in Skellefteå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 1,731 inhabitants in 2005.... , Sweden |
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| Cádiz | 23.4°N 49.1°W | 1.5 | 1979 | Cádiz Cádiz Cadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia.... , Spain |
| Cairns | 23.8°N 47.5°W | 8.6 | 1976 | Cairns, Queensland Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean... , Australia |
| Calahorra | 26.7°N 38.7°W | 35.2 | 1997 | Calahorra Calahorra Calahorra, , La Rioja, Spain is a municipality in the comarca of Rioja Baja, near the border with Navarre on the right bank of the Ebro. During ancient Roman times, Calahorra was a municipium known as Calagurris.-Location:... , Spain |
| Calamar | 18.5°N 55.0°W | 7.2 | 1988 | Calamar, 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... |
| Calbe | 25.4°S 28.9°W | 13.3 | 1976 | Calbe Calbe Calbe is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.It is situated on the Saale River, approx. north of Bernburg, and southeast of Magdeburg. It is known as Calbe an der Saale, to distinguish it from the smaller town of Kalbe on the Milde in the same state. Pop... , Germany |
| Camargo | 17.9°N 250.4°W | 4.7 | 1988 | Camargo Camargo, Chuquisaca Camargo is a small town in the Chuquisaca Department of Bolivia in the South American Andes.-Location:Camargo is the capital of Nor Cinti Province and is situated in Camargo Municipio, embedded between north-southerly mountain ridges, at an elevation of 2,414 m, on the banks of Río Chico which... , Bolivia Bolivia Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America... |
| Camiling | 0.8°S 38.1°W | 22.5 | 1976 | Camiling, the 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... |
| Camiri | 45.0°S 42.2°W | 26.4 | 1976 | Camiri Camiri Camiri is a town in Bolivia, Santa Cruz Department, Cordillera Province. It is the seat of the Camiri Municipality. The town has an estimated population of 33,705 inhabitants,... , Bolivia Bolivia Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America... |
| Campbell | 54.7°S 194.6°W | 129.0 | 1973 | John W. Campbell John W. Campbell John Wood Campbell, Jr. was an influential figure in American science fiction. As editor of Astounding Science Fiction , from late 1937 until his death, he is generally credited with shaping the so-called Golden Age of Science Fiction.Isaac Asimov called Campbell "the most powerful force in... and William Wallace Campbell William Wallace Campbell William Wallace Campbell was an American astronomer, and director of Lick Observatory from 1900 to 1930. He specialized in spectroscopy.-Biography:... |
| Campos | 22.0°S 27.9°W | 8.1 | 1976 | Campos Campos dos Goytacazes Campos dos Goytacazes is a municipality and city located in the northern area of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, with a population of 463,545 inhabitants. Its area is 4,031.910 km², which makes it the largest municipality in the state and its elevation is 14 m... , Brazil |
| Can | 48.5°N 14.7°W | 8.4 | 1976 | Çan Çan Çan is a town and district of Çanakkale Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. According to the 2010 census, population of the district is 50,669 of which 28,808 live in the town of Çan. The district covers an area of , and the town lies at an elevation of .-External links:* * *... , Turkey |
| Canala | 24.61°N 80.09°W | 12 | 2011 | Canala Canala Canala is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.-History:On 25 April 1995 about 47% of the territory of Canala was detached and became the commune of Kouaoua.... , New Caledonia New Caledonia New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of... |
| Cañas | 31.5°S 270.3°W | 42.0 | 1991 | Cañas, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an... |
| Canaveral | 47.1°N 224.2°W | 3.3 | 1979 | Cape Canaveral Cape Canaveral Cape Canaveral, from the Spanish Cabo Cañaveral, is a headland in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of the state's Atlantic coast. Known as Cape Kennedy from 1963 to 1973, it lies east of Merritt Island, separated from it by the Banana River.It is part of a region known as the... , FL Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... , USA |
| Canberra | 47.5°N 227.4°W | 3.0 | 1979 | Canberra Canberra Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne... , Australia |
| Cangwu | 42.2°N 89.7°W | 14.0 | 1991 | Cangwu, China |
| Canillo | 10.23°N 243.61°W | 35.0 | 2009 | Canillo Canillo Canillo is one of the parishes of Andorra. Canillo is also the name of the main town of the parish. Canillo has a gondola link to the main ski resort of Grandvalira.-Geography:... , Andorra |
| Canso Canso (crater) Canso is a Martian crater. It lies about 450 kilometres west of the Viking 1 lander, slightly northeast of Lunae Planum, and west of Chryse Planitia, in the Lunae Palus quadrangle. The crater is named after Canso, a fishing town in Nova Scotia... |
21.6°N 60.7°W | 27.4 | 1988 | Canso, Nova Scotia Canso, Nova Scotia For the headland, see Cape Canso.Canso is a small Canadian town in Guysborough County, on the north-eastern tip of mainland Nova Scotia, next to Chedabucto Bay. The area was established in 1604, along with Port Royal, Nova Scotia. The British construction of a fort in the village , was instrumental... , Canada |
| Cantoura | 15.0°N 51.8°W | 51.4 | 1988 | Cantoura, 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... |
| Cankuzo | 19.4°S 308.01°W | 51.0 | 2010 | Cankuzo Cankuzo Cankuzo is a city located in eastern Burundi. It is the capital city of Cankuzo Province.... , Burundi Burundi Burundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura... |
| Capen | 6.57°N 345.73°W | 70.0 | 2008 | Charles Capen |
| Cartago | 23.5°S 18.0°W | 37.5 | 1976 | Cartago, Costa Rica Cartago, Costa Rica - See also :* Cartago Agrarian Union Party* Provincial Integration Party Three* Cartago in Spanish... |
| Cassini Cassini (Martian crater) Cassini is a crater on Mars named in honour of the Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini.The crater is approximately 415 km in diameter and can be found at 327.9°W and 23.8°N. It is in the Arabia quadrangle of Mars.... |
23.8°N 328.2°W | 412.0 | 1973 | Giovanni Cassini Giovanni Domenico Cassini This article is about the Italian-born astronomer. For his French-born great-grandson, see Jean-Dominique Cassini.Giovanni Domenico Cassini was an Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer... |
| Castril | 14.7°S 184.8°W | 2.2 | 2006 | Castril, Spain |
| Cave | 21.8°N 35.7°W | 8.4 | 1976 | Cave, New Zealand Cave, New Zealand CaveUrban AreaPopulation:Extent:Territorial AuthorityName:Timaru District CouncilPopulation:42,867 Land area:2,736.54 km² Mayor:Janie AnnearWebsite:http://www.timaru.govt.nz/Extent:... |
| Caxias Caxias (crater) Caxias is a Martian impact crater, approximately 25 kilometers in diameter. It is located at 29.3°S, 100.8°W, southeast of the crater Llanesco and northeast of the crater Dinorwic. It was named after Duque de Caxias, a town in Brazil, and its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union... |
29.3°S 100.8°W | 25.4 | 1991 | Caxias Caxias Caxias is a Portuguese name that can refer to:* Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, a Brazilian military leader, nobleman and statesman-Brazil:*Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul*Caxias *Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro... , Brazil |
| Cefalù | 23.63°N 38.97°W | 5.3 | 2006-09-14 | Cefalù Cefalù Cefalù is a city and comune in the province of Palermo, located on the northern coast of Sicily, Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea about 70 km east from the provincial capital and 185 km west of Messina... , Italy |
| Cerulli | 32.5°N 337.9°W | 130.0 | 1973 | Vincenzo Cerulli Vincenzo Cerulli Vincenzo Cerulli was an Italian astronomer who owned a private observatory in Teramo, where he was born.Cerulli compiled a star catalog with Elia Millosevich... |
| Chafe Chafe (crater) Chafe is a crater on Mars named after Chafe in Zamfara State, Nigeria . The crater was designated in 1988, is 4.8 kilometres in diameter and is located at 15.3ºN 257.7ºW, Amenthes Region, Quadrangle MC14.... |
15.3°N 257.7°W | 4.8 | 1988 | Chafe, Nigeria Chafe, Nigeria Chafe is a Local Government Area in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Chafe at.It has an area of 1,698 km² and a population of 266,008 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 880.... |
| Chaman | 61.11°S 309.13°W | 48.1 | 2006-12-14 | Chaman, Pakistan |
| Chamberlin | 66.1°S 124.5°W | 120.4 | 1973 | Thomas Chamberlin Thomas Chamberlin Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin was an influential American geologist and educator. In 1893 he founded the Journal of Geology, of which he was editor for many years.-Biography:... |
| Changsvông | 23.7°N 57.4°W | 35.0 | 1976 | Changsvông, Korea Korea Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the... |
| Chapais Chapais (crater) Chapais is a crater on Mars, named after the community of Chapais, Quebec, Canada. Chapais Crater is located at 22.6° south latitude, and 20.6° west longitude. Its diameter is .... |
22.6°S 20.6°W | 37.4 | 1976 | Chapais, Quebec Chapais, Quebec Chapais is a community in the Canadian province of Quebec, located on Route 113 near Chibougamau in the Jamésie region. It is surrounded by, but not a part of, the municipality of Baie-James. The community was first settled in 1929, when prospector Léo Springer discovered deposits of copper, silver... , Canada |
| Charleston | 22.9°N 47.9°W | 1.5 | 1979 | Charleston, South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the... , USA |
| Charlier | 68.7°S 168.7°W | 113.1 | 1973 | Carl Charlier Carl Charlier Carl Vilhelm Ludwig Charlier was a Swedish astronomer.He received his Ph.D. from Uppsala University in 1887, later worked there and at the Stockholm Observatory and was Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory at Lund University from 1897.He made extensive statistical studies of the... |
| Charlieu | 38.5°N 84.1°W | 19.1 | 1991 | Charlieu Charlieu Charlieu is a commune in the Loire department at the northern end of the Rhône-Alpes region of France. It is home to Charlieu Abbey.-External links:* *... , France |
| Chatturat | 35.7°N 95.1°W | 8.2 | 1991 | Chatturat Amphoe Chatturat Chatturat is a district of Chaiyaphum Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:Phraya Narin Songkhram led people from Vientiane to establish a new town at Mueang Narai, in the modern-day Tambon Cho Ho, Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima district. Later they moved to a fertile square pond, decided to stay... , 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... |
| Chauk | 23.6°N 56.0°W | 10.0 | 1976 | Chauk Chauk Chauk is a town and river port in Magway Division, north-central Myanmar, on the Irrawaddy River. It is located across the river from Seikpyu and is connected by a bridge. In 1902, the Chauk-Lonywa oil field was discovered near Chauk.-Economy:... , Burma |
| Cheb | 24.4°S 19.5°W | 8.3 | 1976 | Cheb Cheb Cheb is a city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic, with about 33,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the river Ohře , at the foot of one of the spurs of the Smrčiny and near the border with Germany... , Czech Republic |
| Chefu | 23.1°S 247.9°W | 11.5 | 1991 | Chefu, Mozambique |
| Chekalin | 24.5°S 26.9°W | 89.3 | 1976 | Chekalin Chekalin Chekalin , formerly known as Likhvin is a town in Suvorovsky District of Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Oka River. Population: It is the least populous inhabited locality in Russia with the town status.... , Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states... |
| Chia | 1.6°N 59.8°W | 96.0 | 1985 | Chía, Spain Chía, Spain Chía or Gia is a municipality in Aragon in the province of Huesca, with an area of 25.95 km² and a population of 112 inhabitants .-External links:*... |
| Chimbote | 1.5°S 39.8°W | 67.2 | 1976 | Chimbote Chimbote Chimbote is the largest city in the Ancash Region of Peru, and the capital of both Santa Province and Chimbote District.The city is located on the coast in Chimbote Bay, south of Trujillo and north of Lima on the North Pan-American highway. It is the start of a chain of important cities like... , 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.... |
| Chincoteague | 41.5°N 236.0°W | 37.0 | 1979 | Chincoteague, Virginia Chincoteague, Virginia Chincoteague is a town on Chincoteague Island in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. The population was 4,317 at the 2000 census. The town is perhaps best known for the Chincoteague Ponies, although these are not actually on the island of Chincoteague but on nearby Assateague Island... , USA |
| Chinju | 4.6°S 42.2°W | 66.6 | 1976 | Chinju, 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... |
| Chinook | 22.7°N 55.5°W | 20.0 | 1976 | Chinook Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Chive | 21.9°N 56.1°W | 9.0 | 1976 | Chive, Bolivia |
| Choctaw | 41.5°S 37.3°W | 23.8 | 1976 | Choctaw Lake, Ohio Choctaw Lake, Ohio Choctaw Lake is a census-designated place in Madison County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,562 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Choctaw Lake is located at .... , USA |
| Chom | 38.9°N 2.6°W | 5.5 | 1976 | Chom, Tibet |
| Chupadero | 6.15°N 276.65°W | 8.0 | 2006-09-14 | Chupadero, New Mexico Chupadero, New Mexico Chupadero is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area... , USA |
| Chur | 17.1°N 29.4°W | 4.3 | 1976 | Chur, Russia |
| Circle | 22.4°S 25.6°W | 11.5 | 1976 | Circle, Montana Circle, Montana Circle is a town in and the county seat of McCone County, Montana, United States. The population was 644 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Circle is located at .... , USA |
| Clark | 55.6°S 133.4°W | 98.0 | 1973 | Alvan Clark Alvan Clark Alvan Clark , born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, the descendant of a Cape Cod whaling family of English ancestry, was an American astronomer and telescope maker. He was a portrait painter and engraver , and at the age of 40 became involved in telescope making... |
| Clogh | 20.8°N 47.8°W | 11.1 | 1976 | Clogh Clogh Clogh is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 9 miles from Ballymena. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 105 people. It is situated withinin the Glenravel ward of the Braid District of the Borough of Ballymena. It can also be spelt 'Clough'.Dunaghy Old Rectory, on the main... , Ireland |
| Clova | 21.7°N 52.1°W | 7.7 | 1988 | Clova Clova, Quebec Clova is a hamlet within the city of La Tuque, Quebec, Canada, in the Mauricie region.It is also the name of a post office in Clova, a dam and a power plant... , QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... , Canada |
| Cluny | 24.1°S 27.4°W | 14.8 | 1976 | Cluny Cluny Cluny or Clungy is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France. It is 20 km northwest of Mâcon.The town grew up around the Benedictine Cluny Abbey, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine in 910... , France |
| Cobalt | 26.0°S 27.1°W | 11.5 | 1976 | Cobalt, Connecticut, USA |
| Coblentz | 55.3°S 90.3°W | 112.0 | 1973 | William Coblentz William Coblentz William Weber Coblentz was an American physicist notable for his contributions to infrared radiometry and spectroscopy.-Early life, education, and employment:... |
| Cobres | 11.8°S 153.8°W | 94.0 | 1985 | San Antonio de los Cobres San Antonio de los Cobres San Antonio de los Cobres is a small town of population 4,274 in northwestern Argentina. It is the capital of the Los Andes Department of the Salta Province.... , 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... |
| Coimbra | 4.15°N 5.35°W | 34.7 | 2008 | Coimbra Coimbra Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the... , Portugal |
| Cólon | 23.0°N 47.2°W | 2.0 | 1979 | Colón, Panama Colón, Panama Colón is a sea port on the Caribbean Sea coast of Panama. The city lies near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. It is capital of Panama's Colón Province and has traditionally been known as Panama's second city.... |
| Columbus | 29.8°S 166.1°W | 119.0 | 1976 | Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the... |
| Comas Sola | 19.9°S 158.5°W | 127.0 | 1973 | Josep Comas Solá Josep Comas Solá Josep Comas i Solà was a Catalan Spanish astronomer.He observed planets including Mars and Saturn, measuring the period of rotation of the latter... |
| Conches | 4.3°S 34.3°W | 21.2 | 1976 | Conches Conches-sur-Gondoire Conches-sur-Gondoire is a commune on the Gondoire river in Brie, in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is roughly from Paris.... , France |
| Concord | 16.7°N 34.1°W | 20.7 | 1976 | Concord, Massachusetts Concord, Massachusetts Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 17,668. Although a small town, Concord is noted for its leading roles in American history and literature.-History:... , USA |
| Cooma | 24.0°S 108.4°W | 17.3 | 1991 | Cooma, New South Wales Cooma, New South Wales -Education: is Cooma's only public high school, it serves the town and seven of the neighbouring rural towns and villages such as Berridale, Jindabyne, Nimmitabel, Bredbo and Dalgety.... , Australia |
| Copernicus | 49.2°S 169.2°W | 294.0 | 1973 | Nicolaus Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe.... |
| Corby | 43.2°N 222.5°W | 6.7 | 1979 | Corby Corby Corby Town is a town and borough located in the county of Northamptonshire. Corby Town is 23 miles north-east of the county town, Northampton. The borough had a population of 53,174 at the 2001 Census; the town on its own accounted for 49,222 of this figure... , England, UK |
| Corinto | 16.93°N 218.39°W | 13.5 | 2008 | Corinto Corinto, Morazán Corinto is a municipality in the Morazán department of El Salvador. "La Gruta del Espíritu Santo" is a local tourist attraction, a registered National Monument of petroglyphs. The archaeologist Wolfgang Haberland performed studies in the late 1970s indicating the art belongs to the pre-Classic stage... , El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America... |
| Cost | 15.2°N 256.0°W | 11.6 | 1976 | Cost, Texas Cost, Texas Cost is an unincorporated community in Gonzales County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population 62 in 2000.Cost is located at... , USA |
| Cray | 44.4°N 16.2°W | 7.2 | 1976 | Cray, England, UK |
| Creel | 6.1°S 38.9°W | 9.3 | 1976 | Creel Creel, Chihuahua Creel is a town in the Sierra Tarahumara of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is the second-largest town in the municipality of Bocoyna. It is located some to the southwest of the state capital, Chihuahua, Chih... , Mexico |
| Crewe Crewe (crater) Crewe is a crater approximately 3 km in diameter on the planet Mars, located at 25° South, 10° West.The crater was named after the town of Crewe, Cheshire, England.-External links:*... |
25.1°S 19.6°W | 3.6 | 1976 | Crewe Crewe Crewe is a railway town within the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census the urban area had a population of 67,683... , England, UK |
| Crivitz Crivitz (crater) Crivitz is an impact crater on Mars. It is named after the small town of Crivitz in western Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The crater has a diameter of 6.1 kilometers and is located at 14.5 deg south and 174.7 deg east, within the larger crater Gusev.... |
14.7°S 185.3°W | 6.1 | 2003 | Crivitz Crivitz Crivitz is a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 18 km east of Schwerin. The founder of the town Crivitz, Wisconsin named it after his hometown Crivitz. It is twinned with Seaford in East Sussex.- References :... , Germany |
| Crommelin | 5.1°N 10.2°W | 113.9 | 1973 | Andrew Crommelin |
| Cross | 30.23°S 157.79°W | 67.5 | 2009 | Charles Arthur Cross |
| Crotone | 82.3°N 69.9°W | 6.4 | 2006 | Crotone, Italy |
| Cruls | 43.3°S 197.1°W | 88.0 | 1973 | Luiz Cruls Luiz Cruls 'Luís Ferdinand Cruls' was a Belgian astronomer who did most of his work in Brazil. He is also known as Louis Cruls.... |
| Cruz | 38.8°N 2.1°W | 5.4 | 1976 | Puerto la Cruz Puerto la Cruz Puerto la Cruz is a port city located in Anzoátegui State, in Venezuela. It is the seat of the Juan Antonio Sotillo Municipality. The city has road connections to the state capital, Barcelona, to Lecheria and to Guanta, and has the potential to become the largest and most important metropolitan... , Venezuela |
| Cue | 36.1°S 266.9°W | 10.7 | 1991 | Cue, Western Australia Cue, Western Australia - Further reading:* 'Along the Cue railway. Inspection of line with suggested improvements, visit to Georgina Siding'. West Australian, 11 June 1898, p. 5-External links:* *... |
| Culter | 8.84°S 53.99°W | 4.6 | 2006 | Culter, Scotland near Aberdeen, Scotland, also called Peterculter |
| Curie | 29.1°N 4.8°W | 114.1 | 1973 | Pierre Curie Pierre Curie Pierre Curie was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity, and Nobel laureate. He was the son of Dr. Eugène Curie and Sophie-Claire Depouilly Curie ... |
| Cypress | 47.6°S 47.4°W | 14.2 | 1976 | Cypress, Illinois Cypress, Illinois Cypress is a village in Johnson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 271 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cypress is located at .... , USA |
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| Crater | | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Date approved | Named after |
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| Da Vinci | 1.4°N 39.4°W | 100.2 | 1973 | Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance... |
| Daan | 40.8°S 268.5°W | 12.5 | 1991 | Daan Daan Da'an District is an important educational, commercial, residential, and cultural district of Taipei City, Republic of China . The name of the district means "great safety" or "great peace".- History :... , China |
| Daet | 7.4°S 41.8°W | 10.5 | 1976 | Daet, 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... |
| Daly | 66.5°S 23.1°W | 90.5 | 1973 | Reginald Aldworth Daly Reginald Aldworth Daly -External links:* Daly′s Biography, American Geophysical Union* GSA Today, vol. 16, no. 2, 2006* National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, 36 pp., 1960... |
| Dana | 72.7°S 32.8°W | 91.7 | 1973 | James Dwight Dana James Dwight Dana James Dwight Dana was an American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of mountain-building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continents and oceans around the world.-Early life and career:... |
| Danielson | 7.93°N 7.11°W | 66.7 | 2009 | G. Edward Danielson |
| Dank | 22.2°N 253.1°W | 8.7 | 1976 | Dank, Oman Oman Oman , officially called the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the... |
| Darvel | 18.0°N 51.1°W | 22.0 | 1988 | Darvel Darvel Darvel is a small town in East Ayrshire, Scotland, located at the eastern end of the Irvine Valley and is sometimes referred to as "The Lang Toon" due to its quaint appearance on Ordnance Survey maps.... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... , UK |
| Darwin | 57.3°S 19.5°W | 178.0 | 1973 | Charles Darwin Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory... and George Howard Darwin |
| Davies Davies (crater) Davies is a crater on Mars located at 46°N 0°E on the fringe of Acidalia Planitia near Arabia Terra. It is approximately 49 km in diameter.It was named in honor of Merton Davies , a pioneer in the cartography of planetary bodies... |
46.0°N 0.0°W | 49.2 | 2006 | Merton Davies Merton Davies Merton E. Davies graduated from Stanford University in 1937 and worked for the Douglas Aircraft corporation in the 1940s. He became a pioneer of spy satellite technology as a member of RAND Corporation after it split off from Douglas in 1948... |
| Dawes | 9.3°S 322.0°W | 191.0 | 1973 | William Rutter Dawes William Rutter Dawes William Rutter Dawes was an English astronomer.Dawes was born in West Sussex, the son of William Dawes, also an astronomer, who travelled to the colony of New South Wales on the First Fleet in 1788.... |
| de Vaucouleurs | 13.5°S 189.1°W | 293.0 | 2000 | Gerard de Vaucouleurs Gérard de Vaucouleurs -External links:* * http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/normal_galaxies.html-Other resources:... |
| Deba | 24.2°S 17.4°W | 10.3 | 1976 | Deba, 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... |
| Dein | 38.5°N 2.6°W | 26.0 | 1976 | Dein, 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... |
| Dejnev | 25.5°S 164.8°W | 156.0 | 1985 | Semyon Ivanovich Dezhnev |
| Delta | 46.3°S 39.2°W | 8.1 | 1976 | Delta, Louisiana Delta, Louisiana Delta is a village in Madison Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 239 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Tallulah Micropolitan Statistical Area.As the birthplace of Madam C.J... , USA |
| Denning Denning (Martian crater) Denning Crater is a crater in the Sinus Sabaeus quadrangle of Mars at 17.7° south latitude and 326.6° west longitude. It is about 165 km in diameter and was named after William F. Denning, a British astronomer .- Craters :... |
17.7°S 326.6°W | 165.0 | 1973 | William Frederick Denning William Frederick Denning William Frederick Denning was a British astronomer.Denning devoted a great deal of time to searching for comets, and discovered several including the periodic comet 72P/Denning-Fujikawa and the lost comet D/1894 F1... |
| Dersu | 22.9°N 52.0°W | 6.6 | 1988 | Dersu, Russia |
| Dese | 45.8°S 30.7°W | 13.7 | 1976 | Dese, 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... |
| Dessau | 80.72°S 289.8°W | 27.0 | 2006 | Dessau Dessau Dessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it is part of the merged town Dessau-Roßlau. Population of Dessau proper: 77,973 .-Geography:... , Germany |
| Deseado | 80.61°S 70.2°E | 10.2 | 1976 | Puerto Deseado Puerto Deseado Puerto Deseado, originally called Port Desire, is a city of about 15,000 inhabitants and a fishing port in Patagonia in Santa Cruz Province of Argentina, on the estuary of the Deseado River.... , 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... |
| Dia-Cau | 0.4°S 42.7°W | 29.7 | 1976 | Dia-Cau, 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 –... |
| Dilly | 13.24°N 202.9°W | 1.3 | 2006 | Dilly, Mali Dilly, Mali Dilly is a town and commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 39,968.... |
| Dingo | 24.0°S 17.5°W | 16.0 | 1976 | Dingo, Queensland, Australia |
| Dinorwic Dinorwic (crater) Dinorwic is a Martian impact crater, approximately 56 kilometers in diameter. It is located on the planet Mars at 30.4°S, 101.6°W, northeast of the crater Virrat and north of the crater Tugaske. To the northeast of Dinorwic is the crater Caxias, and farther north is the crater Llanesco. It is named... |
30.4°S 101.6°W | 55.8 | 1991 | Dinorwic, ON Dinorwic, Ontario Dinorwic is an unincorporated settlement in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is situated on Highway 17 at the junction of Highway 72.The nearest major community is Dryden, where hospital service is provided.... , Canada |
| Dison | 25.3°S 16.5°W | 21.0 | 1976 | Dison Dison Dison is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Dison had a total population of 14,243. The total area is 14.01 km² which gives a population density of 1,017 inhabitants per km².... , Belgium |
| Dixie | 17.9°N 56.0°W | 28.7 | 1988 | Dixie, Georgia USA |
| Doba | 10.91°N 240.46°W | 26.3 | 2009 | Doba Doba Doba is a city in Chad, the capital of the region of Logone Oriental.Exploitation of oil resources in the vicinity of Doba is expected to produce economic benefits.The town is served by Doba Airport.-Demographics:... , Chad |
| Dogana | 10.12°S 53.65°W | 41.2 | 2011 | Dogana Dogana Dogana may be:*Dogana, a town of San Marino*Dogana, means customs in Italian and can refer to :** Individual Custom Houses such as that of Venice**Agenzia delle Dogane , the Italian customs organisation... , San Marino San Marino San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino , is a state situated on the Italian Peninsula on the eastern side of the Apennine Mountains. It is an enclave surrounded by Italy. Its size is just over with an estimated population of over 30,000. Its capital is the City of San Marino... |
| Dokka | 77.27°N 145.82°W | 52.5 | 2006 | Dokka, Norway |
| Dokuchaev | 61.0°S 127.2°W | 78.0 | 1982 | Vasily V. Dokuchaev Vasily V. Dokuchaev Vasily Vasili'evich Dokuchaev was a Russian geographer who is credited with laying the foundations of soil science.- Overview :... |
| Doon | 23.8°N 250.6°W | 3.7 | 1988 | Doon, ON, Canada |
| Douglass | 51.8°S 70.6°W | 94.0 | 1973 | Andrew E. Douglass |
| Dowa | 31.67°S 249.86°W | 42.0 | 2010 | Dowa Dowa Dowa is a town located in the Central Region of Malawi. It is the administrative capital of Dowa District. William Kamkwamba, author of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope, was born and raised in Dowa.... , Malawi |
| Downe | 16.1°S 184.3°W | 28.0 | 2003 | Downe Downe Downe is a village in the London Borough of Bromley in London, UK.Downe is south west of Orpington and south east of Charing Cross. Downe lies in a wooded valley, and much of the centre of the village is unchanged; the former village school now acts as the village hall.-Darwin:Charles Darwin... , England, UK |
| Dromore Dromore (crater) Dromore Crater is a crater in the Lunae Palus quadrangle of Mars, located at 20.1 N and 49.7 W. It is 14.8 km in diameter and was named after a town in Northern Ireland.... |
20.1°N 49.7°W | 14.8 | 1976 | Dromore Dromore - Places :* Dromore, Ontario, Canada* Dromore , a crater in the Lunae Palus quadrangle of Mars- Other :* Bishop of Dromore, named for the town in County Down; the pre-Reformation antecedent of:** Roman Catholic Diocese of Dromore... , Ireland |
| Du Martheray | 5.5°N 266.5°W | 102.0 | 1973 | Maurice du Martheray Maurice du Martheray Maurice du Martheray was a Swiss astronomer and poet.During his over 40 years of observations he produced more than 20,000 high resolution pictures of the Sun, and more than 10,000 pictures of the Moon and the planets.... |
| Du Toit | 71.8°S 49.6°W | 83.0 | 1973 | Alexander Du Toit Alexander Du Toit Alexander Logie du Toit was a geologist from South Africa, and an early supporter of Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift.Born in Newlands, Cape Town in 1878, du Toit was educated at the Diocesan College in Rondebosch and the University of the Cape of Good Hope... |
| Dubki | 35.3°S 55.3°W | 9.0 | 1979 | Dubki Dubki Dubki is a village in Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is situated on a peninsula on the shore of Lake Peipsi-Pihkva. Before 1920 it was a part of Pskov Governorate. From 1920 to 1944, it was a part of Petseri County of Estonia, but in 1944 it was annexed by the RSFSR.Presently,... , Russia |
| Dulovo | 3.66°N 275.5°W | 18.8 | 2006-09-14 | Dulovo, Bulgaria Dulovo, Bulgaria Dulovo is a town in Silistra Province in northeastern Bulgaria, the historical region of Southern Dobruja. As the administrative centre of the homonymous Dulovo Municipality, it is the third largest town in the province after Silistra and Tutrakan... |
| Dunhuang | 81.0°S 48.5°W | 12.1 | 1991 | Dunhuang Dunhuang Dunhuang is a city in northwestern Gansu province, Western China. It was a major stop on the ancient Silk Road. It was also known at times as Shāzhōu , or 'City of Sands', a name still used today... , China |
| Dush | 22.7°N 54.1°W | 2.5 | 1988 | Dush, 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... |
| Dzeng | 80.7°S 70.4°W | 10.6 | 1991 | Dzeng Dzeng -References:* * - Thèse de Donation Avele, Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV * Charles Nanga, , Mémoire ENA.... , 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... |
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| Crater | | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval date | Named after |
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| Eads | 28.8°S 30.0°W | 2.3 | 1976 | Eads, Colorado Eads, Colorado The Town of Eads is a Statutory Town that is the county seat and the most populous town of Kiowa County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 747 at the 2000 census... , USA |
| Eagle Eagle (crater) Eagle is a 22-metre impact crater located on Mars on Meridiani Planum. The Opportunity rover came to rest inside Eagle crater when it landed in 2004... |
44.2°N 8.2°W | 13.0 | 1976 | Eagle, Idaho Eagle, Idaho Eagle is a city in Ada County, Idaho, United States. The population was 19,908 at the 2010 census. Due to growth in the Boise metropolitan area, Eagle has become increasingly suburban in recent years.-Geography:... |
| 1.9°S 5.5°W | 0.03 | (informal) | Spacecraft Eagle, Apollo 11 Apollo 11 In early 1969, Bill Anders accepted a job with the National Space Council effective in August 1969 and announced his retirement as an astronaut. At that point Ken Mattingly was moved from the support crew into parallel training with Anders as backup Command Module Pilot in case Apollo 11 was... |
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| Eberswalde Eberswalde (crater) Eberswalde, formerly known as Holden NE, is a partially buried impact crater in Margaritifer Terra, Mars. Eberswalde Crater lies just to the north of Holden Crater, a large crater that may have been a lake... |
24.0°S 33.3°W | 65.3 | 2006 | Eberswalde Eberswalde Eberswalde is a major town and the administrative seat of the district Barnim in the German Federal State of Brandenburg, about 50 km northeast of Berlin. Population 42144 , geographical location . The town is often called Waldstadt , because of the large forests around it, including the... , Germany |
| Echt | 22.2°S 28.2°W | 1.1 | 1976 | Echt Echt, Aberdeenshire Echt is an Aberdeenshire crossroads village in northeast Scotland with a population of approximately 300 people. Echt has a number of prehistoric remains, including the so called Barmekin of Echt which is on a hill to the northwest... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... , UK |
| Edam | 26.5°S 20.1°W | 20.2 | 1976 | Edam, Netherlands |
| Eddie | 12.4°N 217.9°W | 89.0 | 1973 | Lindsay Eddie Lindsay Eddie Lindsay Atkins Eddie was a South-African amateur astronomer. He was in active military service, and served with distinction during the Kafir invasion in 1876. His final rank was that of a Major.... |
| Eger | 48.6°S 51.9°W | 13.0 | 1976 | Eger Eger Eger is the second largest city in Northern Hungary, the county seat of Heves, east of the Mátra Mountains. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, historic buildings , and red and white wines.- Name :... , Hungary |
| Ehden | 8.2°N 241.1°W | 57.7 | 2009 | Ehden Ehden Ehden is a mountainous town situated in the heart of the northern mountains of Lebanon and on the southwestern slopes of Mount Makmal and Kornet el Sawda, the highest peak in Lebanon... , Lebanon |
| Eil | 42.1°N 9.8°W | 5.7 | 1976 | Eil, Somalia Somalia Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory... |
| Eilat | 56.51°S 309.88°W | 31.7 | 2006-12-14 | Eilat, Israel |
| Ejriksson | 19.4°S 173.9°W | 49.0 | 1967 | Leif Erikson |
| Elath | 46.2°N 13.7°W | 13.2 | 1976 | Eilat, Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea... |
| Elim | 80.21°S 263.21°W | 43.0 | 2006 | Elim, Western Cape Elim, Western Cape Elim is a village on the Agulhas Plain in the Western Cape of South Africa. It was established in 1824 by German missionaries as a Moravian mission station. When selecting the location, the missionaries placed a high priority on the proximity of water and on terrain that was suitable for planting... |
| Ellsley | 36.6°N 83.4°W | 11.1 | 1991 | Ellsley, England, UK |
| Elorza | 8.74°S 55.3°W | 47.0 | 2006 | Elorza Elorza Elorza is a small town in Apure State in Venezuela. It is located at and is close to the Colombian border.In August 2001, Venezuela completed a nationwide conversion of land-line phones to three-digit area codes and seven-digit local numbers. Elorza, Mantecal and Bruzual now have the area code 240.... , 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... |
| Ely | 23.9°S 27.4°W | 10.3 | 1976 | Ely, Nevada Ely, Nevada Ely is the largest city and county seat of White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Ely was founded as a stagecoach station along the Pony Express and Central Overland Route. Ely's mining boom came later than the other towns along US 50, with the discovery of copper in 1906... , USA |
| Emma Dean Emma Dean (crater) Emma Dean is a small impact crater in Meridiani Planum on Mars that was visited by the Opportunity rover from sols 929 to 943. The much larger crater Victoria lies about 100m to the east.... |
2.0°S 5.5°W | 0.10 | (informal) | John Powell's Boat, USA |
| Endeavour Endeavour (crater) Endeavour is an impact crater located in Meridiani Planum on Mars. Endeavour is in diameter. Using Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data, phyllosilicate-bearing outcrops have been detected along the rim of this crater. These minerals may have formed under wet conditions in a low-acidic environment... |
2.28°S 5.23°W | 22.5 | 2008 | Endeavour, Saskatchewan Endeavour, Saskatchewan - See also :* List of communities in Saskatchewan* Villages of Saskatchewan* Endeavour-External links:*******-Footnotes:... |
| Endurance Endurance (crater) Endurance is an impact crater on Mars that was visited by the Opportunity rover from May until December 2004. Mission scientists named the crater after the ship Endurance that sailed to the Antarctic in an exploration voyage organized by Ernest Shackleton.The rover entered the crater interior on... |
1.9°S 5.5°W | 0.13 | (informal) | HM Bark Endurance Endurance (1912 ship) The Endurance was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition... |
| Escalante Escalante (crater) Escalante Crater is an impact crater in the Amenthes quadrangle of Mars. It is located at0.2° N and 244.7° W. It is in diameter, and was named after Mexican astronomer F. Escalante.... |
0.2°N 244.7°W | 79.3 | 1973 | F. Escalante |
| Escorial | 77.0°N 55.4°W | 22.7 | 1991 | Escorial, Spain |
| Esk | 45.6°N 7.1°W | 3.9 | 1976 | Esk, Queensland Esk, Queensland Esk is a town in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, approximately 90 km northwest of Ipswich on the Brisbane Valley Highway. It was named after the River Esk in Scotland and England. It is the administrative centre of the Somerset Region... , Australia |
| Espino | 19.9°S 249.8°W | 12.0 | 1991 | Espino, 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... |
| Eudoxus | 44.9°S 147.5°W | 98.0 | 1973 | Eudoxus of Cnidus Eudoxus of Cnidus Eudoxus of Cnidus was a Greek astronomer, mathematician, scholar and student of Plato. Since all his own works are lost, our knowledge of him is obtained from secondary sources, such as Aratus's poem on astronomy... |
| Evpatoriya | 47.3°N 225.6°W | 1.0 | 1979 | Eupatoria Eupatoria Yevpatoria or Eupatoria is a city in Crimea, Ukraine.-History:The first recorded settlement in the area, called Kerkinitis , was built by Greek colonists around 500 BC... , Crimea Crimea Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name... , 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... |
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| Crater | | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval date | Named after |
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| Faith | 43.3°N 11.9°W | 5.8 | 1976 | Faith, South Dakota Faith, South Dakota Faith is a city in Meade County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 421 at the 2010 census. Sue, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known, was discovered about 15 miles north and east of Faith in December 1990.-Geography:... , USA |
| Falun | 24.2°S 24.7°W | 10.2 | 1976 | Falun Falun Falun is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 36,447 inhabitants in 2005. It is also the capital of Dalarna County... , Sweden |
| Faqu | 24.8°S 253.8°W | 12.4 | 1991 | Faqu, Jordan Jordan Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing... |
| Fastov | 25.3°S 20.4°W | 10.3 | 1976 | Fastov, 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... |
| Fenagh | 34.6°N 215.7°W | 6.3 | 1991 | Fenagh Fenagh Fenagh is a village in County Leitrim, northwest Ireland. It is on the R202, between Ballinamore and Mohill.-History:The area was the site of the battle of Fidhnacha in 1094.... , Ireland |
| Fesenkov | 21.8°N 86.7°W | 87.0 | 1973 | Vasilii Fesenkov |
| Firsoff | 2.66°N 9.42°W | 90 | 2010 | Axel Firsoff Axel Firsoff Valdemar Axel Firsoff was known principally as an amateur astronomer. He was born in ca. 1910 of Swedish descent, and died on 19 November 1981. He lived in Lochearnhead, Scotland, before moving to Somerset, England, where he settled in Glastonbury.... |
| Fitzroy | 35.68°S 248°W | 38.0 | 2010 | Fitzroy, Falkland Islands Fitzroy, Falkland Islands Fitzroy is a settlement on East Falkland. It is divided into Fitzroy North and Fitzroy South.It is named after Robert FitzRoy who sailed with Charles Darwin on HMS Beagle, andis on the inlet known as Port Pleasant.... |
| Flammarion | 25.4°N 311.8°W | 173.0 | 1973 | Camille Flammarion Camille Flammarion Nicolas Camille Flammarion was a French astronomer and author. He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, several notable early science fiction novels, and several works about Spiritism and related topics. He also published the magazine... |
| Flat | 25.7°S 19.6°W | 2.5 | 1976 | Flat, Alabama, USA |
| Flaugergues | 17.0°S 340.8°W | 245.0 | 1973 | Honoré Flaugergues Honoré Flaugergues Honoré Flaugergues was a French astronomer..... |
| Floq | 15.1°N 252.9°W | 2.2 | 1988 | Floq, Albania |
| Flora | 45.0°S 51.5°W | 19.0 | 1976 | Flora, Mississippi Flora, Mississippi Flora is a town in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,546 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Flora is located at .... , USA |
| Focas | 33.9°N 347.3°W | 76.5 | 1973 | Jean Focas Jean Focas Jean-Henri Focas was a Greco-French astronomer. In Greek he was known as Ioannis Focas. He worked at the Pic du Midi Observatory, investigating the surface features of Mars using visual and photographic techniques. The lunar crater Focas and a crater on Mars were named after him.... |
| Fontana | 63.2°S 72.2°W | 80.0 | 1973 | Francesco Fontana Francesco Fontana Francesco Fontana was an Italian lawyer and astronomer.He created woodcuts showing the Moon and the planets as he saw them through a self-constructed telescope... |
| Foros | 33.7°S 27.9°W | 24.5 | 1979 | Foros Foros, Ukraine Foros is a resort townlet in Crimea, Ukraine. Located at around near Cape Sarych, Foros is the southernmost resort in the Crimea.The settlement was founded and named by medieval Greek merchants. It was rediscovered in the late 19th century by Alexander Kuznetsov, a Russian "tea king" who had his... , 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... |
| Fournier | 4.4°S 287.4°W | 118.0 | 1973 | Georges Fournier Georges Fournier Georges Fournier was a French astronomer.He observed the planet Mars with great detail. In 1909 he was credited with discovering clouds on the planet. During the campaign to observe Mercury between 1924 and 1929 he was the only experienced observer who doubted the deduced rotational period... |
| Fram Fram (crater) Fram is an impact crater in Meridiani Planum, on Mars. It was visited by the rover Opportunity on Sol 84, April 24, 2004.Fram spans about 8 metres in diameter. Opportunity paused beside it while travelling from the rover's landing site toward a larger crater, Endurance... |
1.9°S 5.5°W | 0.01 | (informal) | Fram Fram Fram is a ship that was used in expeditions of the Arctic and Antarctic regions by the Norwegian explorers Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup, Oscar Wisting, and Roald Amundsen between 1893 and 1912... |
| Freedom | 43.7°N 9.1°W | 12.9 | 1976 | Freedom, Oklahoma Freedom, Oklahoma Freedom is a town in Woods County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 289 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Freedom is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land.-Climate:... , USA |
| Funchal | 23.2°N 49.5°W | 1.7 | 1979 | Funchal Funchal Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira. The city has a population of 112,015 and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries.-Etymology:... , Madeira Islands |
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| Crater | | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval date | Named after |
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| Gaan | 39.0°N 3.5°W | 2.8 | 1976 | Gaan, Somalia Somalia Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory... |
| Gagra | 20.9°S 22.2°W | 13.3 | 1976 | Gagra Gagra Gagra is a town in Abkhazia, Georgia’s breakaway republic, sprawling for 5 km on the northeast coast of the Black Sea, at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains... , Georgia Georgia (country) Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of... |
| Gah | 45.0°S 32.7°W | 2.7 | 1976 | Gah, Maluku Maluku Islands The Maluku Islands are an archipelago that is part of Indonesia, and part of the larger Maritime Southeast Asia region. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone... , Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an... |
| Galap | 37.67°S 167.19°W | 5.9 | 2009 | Galap, Palau Palau Palau , officially the Republic of Palau , is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines and south of Tokyo. In 1978, after three decades as being part of the United Nations trusteeship, Palau chose independence instead of becoming part of the Federated States of Micronesia, a... |
| Galdakao | 13.5°S 183.5°W | 35.0 | 2003 | Galdakao Galdakao Galdakao is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.It is located in the Greater Bilbao, in the valley of the Ibaizabal river, near the Ganguren mountain range... , Basque Country Basque Country (autonomous community) The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories.... , Spain |
| Gale Gale (crater) Gale is a crater on Mars, near the border of the lowlands of Elysium Planitia at . It is 154 km in diameter and believed to be about 3.5 to 3.8 billion years old... |
5.5°S 222.3°W | 155.3 | 1991 | Walter Gale Walter Frederick Gale Walter Frederick Gale was an Australian banker. Gale was born in Paddington, Sydney. He had a strong interest in astronomy and built his first telescope in 1884.... |
| Gali | 44.1°S 37.2°W | 26.4 | 1976 | Gali Gali (town) Gali is a town in Georgia, 77 km southeast to Sukhumi in region Abkhazia. It is the centre of Gali District and was previously in the UN security zone prior to the Russian veto of the UMOMIG Mission in 2009.- References :... , Georgia Georgia (country) Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of... |
| Galilaei | 5.7°N 27.0°W | 137.3 | 1973 | Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei , was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism... |
| Galle Galle (Martian crater) Galle is a crater on Mars. It is located on the eastern rim of the huge impact basin Argyre Planitia. It is named after the astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.... |
51.2°S 30.9°W | 230.0 | 1973 | Johann Galle |
| Galu | 22.3°S 21.7°W | 12.5 | 1976 | Galu Galu Galu is a settlement in Kenya's Coast Province.... , 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... |
| Gamboa | 40.77°N 44.43°W | 33.0 | 2006 | Gamboa, Panama Gamboa, Panama Gamboa is a small town in the Republic of Panama. It was one of a handful of permanent Canal Zone townships, built to house employees of the Panama Canal and their dependents. The name Gamboa is the name of a tree of the quince family.- Location :... |
| Gander | 31.5°S 265.9°W | 38.0 | 1991 | Gander, NL Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador Gander is a Canadian town located in the northeastern part of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, approximately south of Gander Bay, south of Twillingate and east of Grand Falls-Windsor... , Canada |
| Gandu | 45.7°S 47.3°W | 8.8 | 1976 | Gandu Gandu Gandu is a town and municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Gandu is also the birthplace of Sumeet Bitu Nadan.-References:... , Brazil |
| Gandzani | 34.5°N 91.0°W | 54.8 | 1991 | Gandzani, Georgia Georgia (country) Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of... |
| Gardo | 26.9°S 24.8°W | 17.2 | 1976 | Gardo, Somalia Somalia Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory... |
| Gari | 36.2°S 71.3°W | 9.4 | 1979 | Gari, Sverdlovsk Oblast |
| Garm | 48.6°N 9.1°W | 5.0 | 1976 | Garm, Tajikistan Garm, Tajikistan Gharm, , is a district in the Rasht Valley area of central Tajikistan.From the 1920s until 1955 there was a Gharm Oblast in Tajikistan, which included the territory of the current Gharm Valley... |
| Gasa | 35.68°S 230.72°W | 6.5 | 2009 | Gasa, Bhutan Gasa, Bhutan Gasa is a town near Gasa Dzong in Gasa District in northwestern Bhutan.Population 3116 .... |
| Gastre | 24.9°N 247.5°W | 7.0 | 1976 | Gastre Gastre Gastre is a village in Chubut Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Gastre Department. It was founded in 1904. The place was the center of a controversy in the 1990s when the National Atomic Energy Commission proposed to build a deep borehole disposal in the area.... , 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... |
| Gatico | 21.2°S 20.9°W | 18.0 | 1976 | Gatico, Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... |
| Gilbert Gilbert (Martian crater) Gilbert is a large Martian crater located in the south of the planet in the area of Promethei Terra. It is one of several large craters in the heavily pock-marked upland region. It was named in 1973 in honour of American geologist Grove K. Gilbert.... |
68.2°S 273.7°W | 126.4 | 1973 | Grove Gilbert |
| Gill | 15.9°N 354.6°W | 83.0 | 1973 | David Gill David Gill (astronomer) Sir David Gill FRS was a Scottish astronomer who is known for measuring astronomical distances, for astrophotography, and for geodesy. He spent much of his career in South Africa.- Life and work :... |
| Glazov | 20.8°S 26.6°W | 24.7 | 1976 | Glazov Glazov Glazov is a town located in the north of the Udmurt Republic, Russia along the Trans-Siberian Railway. Population: It was founded in the 16th century as a village; town status was granted to it in 1780. Olga Knipper, wife of the famous Russian writer Anton Chekhov, was born in Glazov. During the... , Russia |
| Gledhill | 53.5°S 273.0°W | 82.5 | 1973 | Joseph Gledhill Joseph Gledhill Joseph Gledhill was a British astronomer. He worked as an assistant at the Bermerside Observatory in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.... |
| Glendore | 18.5°N 51.8°W | 8.0 | 1988 | Glendore, Ireland |
| Glide | 8.2°S 43.2°W | 10.5 | 1976 | Glide, Oregon Glide, Oregon Glide is a census-designated place in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,690 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000,... , USA |
| Globe | 23.9°S 27.4°W | 51.7 | 1976 | Globe, Arizona Globe, Arizona Globe has an arid climate, characterized by hot summers and moderate to warm winters. Globe's arid climate is somewhat tempered by its elevation, however, leading to slightly cooler temperatures and slightly more precipitation than Phoenix or Yuma.... , USA |
| Goba | 23.5°S 21.1°W | 10.8 | 1976 | Goba Goba Goba is a town in south-central Ethiopia. Located in the Bale Zone of the Oromia Region approximately 446 km southeast of Addis Ababa, this city has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 2,743 meters above sea level... , 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... |
| Goff | 23.5°N 255.2°W | 7.9 | 1976 | Goff Goff Goff is a surname with several distinct origins. It is the 946th most common family name in the United States. When the surname originates from England it is derived from an occupational name from German, Cornish and Breton the German Goff, meaning a godly person, a strong warrior, or a priest. The... , Somalia Somalia Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory... |
| Gol | 47.5°N 10.7°W | 9.6 | 1976 | Gol, Norway Gol, Norway is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hallingdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Gol. Gol was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838... |
| Gold Gold (crater) Gold Crater is a crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars, located at 20.2° N and 31.3° W. It is 9.0 km in diameter and was named after a town in Pennsylvania, USA.... |
20.2°N 31.3°W | 9.0 | 1976 | Gold, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Golden | 22.2°S 33.5°W | 20.2 | 1976 | Golden, Illinois Golden, Illinois Golden is a village in Adams County, Illinois, United States. The population was 629 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Golden is located at .... , USA |
| Goldstone | 48.0°N 225.5°W | 1.0 | 1979 | Goldstone Observatory, CA California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , USA |
| Gori | 23.2°S 28.9°W | 6.2 | 1979 | Gori Gori, Georgia Gori is a city in eastern Georgia, which serves as the regional capital of Shida Kartli and the centre of the homonymous administrative district. The name is from Georgian gora , that is, "heap", or "hill"... , Georgia Georgia (country) Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of... |
| Graff | 21.4°S 206.3°W | 158.0 | 1973 | Kasimir Graff Kasimir Graff Kasimir Romuald Graff was a German astronomer. He worked as an assistant at the Hamburg Observatory and became a professor at Hamburg in 1916. In 1928 he became director of the Vienna Observatory, Austria. When the Nazi government took over in Austria in 1938, he was forced to retire... |
| Gratteri | 17.71°S 160.18°W | 7.3 | 2006 | Gratteri, Italy on the island of Sicily, Italy |
| Green | 52.7°S 8.4°W | 184.0 | 1973 | Nathaniel E. Green Nathaniel E. Green Nathaniel Everett Green was an English painter, art teacher and astronomer. He professionally painted landscapes and portraits, and also gained fame with his drawings of planets.... |
| Greg | 38.61°S 247.19°W | 68.0 | 2010 | Percy Greg Percy Greg Percy Greg , son of William Rathbone Greg, was an English writer.... |
| Grindavik | 25.39°N 39.07°W | 12.0 | 2006 | Grindavik Grindavík Grindavík is a fishing town at the peninsula of Reykjanes at the south-western coast of Iceland.It is one of the few cities with a harbour at this coast. Most of the 2,800 inhabitants work in the fishing industry... , Iceland Iceland Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population... |
| Grójec | 21.7°S 30.9°W | 38.5 | 1976 | Grójec Grójec Grójec is a town in Poland. Located in the Masovian Voivodeship, about 40 km south of Warsaw, it is the capital of Grójec County. It has about 14,875 inhabitants . Grójec surroundings are considered to be the biggest apple-growing area of Poland. It is said, that the region makes up also for... , Poland |
| Groves | 4.1°S 44.6°W | 11.2 | 1976 | Groves, Texas Groves, Texas Groves is a city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,733 at the 2000 census. A July 1, 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 14,393. It is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area.... , USA |
| Guaymas | 25.9°N 45.1°W | 20.0 | 1976 | Guaymas Guaymas Guaymas is a city and municipality located in the southwest part of the state of Sonora in northwestern Mexico. The city is located 117 km south of the state capital of Hermosillo, and 242 miles from the U.S. border, and is the principal port for the state. The municipality is located in the... , Mexico |
| Guir | 21.8°S 20.5°W | 18.9 | 1976 | Guir, Mali Mali Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with... |
| Gulch | 16.0°N 251.1°W | 8.2 | 1976 | Gulch Gulch A gulch is a deep V-shaped valley formed by erosion. It may contain a small stream or dry creek bed and is usually larger in size than a gully. Occasionally, sudden intense rainfall may produce flash floods in the area of the gulch.... , 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... |
| Gunnison | 44.0°S 257.2°W | 40.8 | 2003 | Gunnison, Colorado Gunnison, Colorado The historic City of Gunnison, a Home Rule Municipality, is the county seat and the most populous city of Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 5,854. It was named in honor of John W... , USA |
| Gusev | 14.7°S 184.6°W | 166.0 | 1976 | Matvei Gusev Matvei Gusev Matvey Matveyevich Gusev was a Russian astronomer who worked at Pulkovo Observatory near St. Petersburg from 1850 to 1852 and then at Vilnius Observatory thereafter.... |
| Gwash | 39.3°N 3.2°W | 4.7 | 1976 | Gwash, Pakistan |