Full List of Features Available in the Mercury Orbital Data Explorer
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Feature NameFeature TypeOriginCenter Point (Lat/Lon)
AbedinCraterZainul; Bangladeshi painter and printmaker (1914-1976).61.732,-10.6611
Abeeso FaculaFaculaSomali word for snake.21.7,145.4
Abu NuwasCraterArab poet (c. 1756-1810).17.6291,-21.1888
Adventure RupesRupesEnglish; one of Cook's ships on second voyage to the Pacific, 1772-75.-65.4806,-65.3002
Africanus HortonCrater(James Beale); Sierra Leonean author, folklorist (1835-1883).-50.9615,-41.1949
Agwo FaculaFaculaIgbo (Southeastern Nigeria) word for snake.22.4,146.3
Ahmad BabaCraterAbu-a;-Abbas Aj,Ad Obm Aj,Ad a;-Takruri Al-Massufi; Sudanese writer (1556-1627).58.3264,-128.351
AileyCraterAlvin; American dancer and choreographer (1931-1989).45.5848,177.923
AksakovCraterSergey; Russian author (1791-1859).34.7128,-78.7446
AkutagawaCraterRyunosuke; Japanese writer (1892-1927).48.252,-141.091
Al AkhtalCraterArab poet (c. 640-710).59.3831,-99.7051
Al HamadhaniCraterArab writer (d. 1007).39.1914,-91.7601
Al JahizCraterArab author (d. 869).1.3624,-21.7645
AlencarCraterJose de; Brazilian novelist (1829-1877).-63.6369,-103.778
Alpha Crucis RupesRupesBrazilian; an oceanographic research vessel investigating the role of the South Atlantic in global climate change, as well as studying marine biodiversity.-12.4824,131.691
Altair RupesRupesMexican; oceanographic vessel used for academic and federal research in the Pacific (2000s).-70.4846,173.506
AlverCraterBetti; Estonian poet (1906-1989).-66.9709,77.2464
Alvin RupesRupesAmerican; U.S.Navy's first deep submergence research vessel commissioned in 1964, designed specifically for oceanographic research.8.2951,151.281
AmaralCraterTarsila do; Brazilian painter (1886-1973).-26.4914,117.824
Amaru FaculaFaculaQuechua word for snake.-49.8,10.5
Amru Al QaysCraterArab poet (pre-Islamic).12.4276,-176.115
AndalCrater10th century Tamil (South Indian) writer.-47.5247,-37.7116
AneirinCraterWelsh poet (fl. 6th century).-27.4658,-2.6763
AngelouCraterMaya, American author and poet (1928 - 2014).80.32,-66.71
Angkor VallisVallisAncient city in Cambodia.57.2833,114.042
AnguissolaCraterSofonisba; Italian painter (1532-1625)80.69,142.65
Antoniadi DorsumDorsumEugene M.; Greco-French astronomer, defined classical nomenclature for albedo features of Mars (1870-1944).27.1971,-29.6507
AnyteCraterAnyte of Tegea, Greek poet (early 3rd centrury BC).79.5,149.33
Aparangi PlanitiaPlanitiaMaori word for the planet Mercury.6.7,70.62
ApollodorusCraterApollodorus of Damascus; Greek architect (2nd century AD).30.5376,163.284
ApolloniaAlbedo FeatureAlbedo name for H-5, Hokusai region.45.0001,45.0001
Arecibo CatenaCatenaRadio telescope in Puerto Rico.-27.577,-28.2946
AristoxenusCraterGreek philosopher and musical theorist (fl. 4th century B.C.).83.9348,-17.4574
Astrolabe RupesRupesFrench; d'Urville's ship to explore Antarctica, 1838-40.-42.5537,-70.8975
AsvaghosaCraterIndian philosopher and poet (fl. A.D. 80-150).10.6107,-21.4937
AtgetCraterEugène; French photographer (1857-1927).25.5724,166.375
AuroraAlbedo FeatureAlbedo name for H-2, Victoria region.45.0001,-89.9999
AustraliaAlbedo FeatureAlbedo name for H-15, Bach region.-72.5,0.0001
BachCraterJ. S.; German composer (1685-1750).-69.8554,-103.006
BagryanaCraterElisaveta; Bulgarian poet (1893-1991).-3.8892,76.266
BalagtasCraterF.; Philippino writer (1788-1862).-22.563,-13.9009
BalanchineCraterGeorge (Giorgi Balanchivadze); American choreographer of Georgian-Russian origin (1904-1983).38.4689,175.517
BalzacCraterHonore de; French novelist (1799-1850).10.6226,-144.666
BaranauskasCraterAntanas; Lithuanian poet (1835-1902).50.7266,-39.7579
BarmaCraterYakovlev; 16th Century Russian architect.-40.9317,-163.493
BarneyCraterNatalie Clifford; American-French playwright, poet, and novelist (1876-1972).-11.6895,59.7101
BartokCraterBela; Hungarian composer (1881-1945).-29.2204,-135.064
BashoCraterMatsuo; Japanese poet (1644-1694).-32.3923,-170.453
Beagle RupesRupesBritish; naval vessel aboard which Charles Darwin served as a naturalist on a surveying expedition, 1831-1836.-3.2243,100.757
BechetCraterSidney; American jazz musician and composer (1897-1959).83.0777,-93.6628
BeckettCraterClarice; Australian painter (1887-1935).-40.2014,111.294
BeethovenCraterLudwig van; German composer of Flemish descent (1770-1827).-20.8625,-124.21
BekCraterEgyptian sculptor (active c. 1340 B.C.).21.1606,-50.987
Belgica RupesRupesBelgian; ship used for an expedition to determine the position of the South Magnetic Pole in 1898, first ship to winter in Antarctica.-50.4491,63.7645
BelinskijCraterVissarion Grigoryevich; Russian literary critic and journalist (1811-1848).-77.0939,-103.925
BelliniCraterGiovanni; Italian painter (1430-1516).-33.77,87.17
BelloCraterAndres; Venezuelan poet and scholar (1781-1865).-18.8661,-120.182
BenoitCraterRigaud; Haitian painter (1911-1987).7.4832,104.353
BerkelCraterSabri; Turkish painter and printmaker (1909-1993).-13.7259,26.8101
BerliozCraterHector; French composer (1803-1869).79.363,38.6616
BerniniCraterGian Lorenzo; Italian sculptor and architect (1598-1680).-80.3188,-140.97
BerryCraterCharles Edward Anderson "Chuck": American singer and songwriter (1926-2017).70.57,112.73
Bibilava FaculaeFaculaMalagasy (Madagascar) word for snake.16.4,157.2
Bitin FaculaFaculaCebuano (S. Philippines) word for snake.-51.55,-28.45
BjornsonCraterBjornstjerne; Norwegian poet and dramatist (1832-1910).73.107,-113.988
Blossom RupesRupesEnglish; ship used for an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage, 1825-1827.-3.0432,89.8484
BoccaccioCraterGiovanni; Italian poet and novelist (1313-1375).-80.9899,-23.0069
BoethiusCraterAnicius Manlius Severinus; Roman scholar (c. A.D. 470-524).-0.9765,-73.6433
BoreaAlbedo FeatureAlbedo name for H-1, Borealis region.75.0001,0.0001
Borealis PlanitiaPlanitiaNorthern plain; from classical albedo name for quadrangle.67.3,32.6
Borobudur FossaeFossaA 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, in Central Java, Indonesia, consisting of nine stacked platforms and topped by a central dome.-32.77,88.5
BotticelliCraterSandro; Italian painter (1445-1510).63.6306,-112.348
BoznanskaCraterOlga; Polish painter (1865-1940).59.6448,-40.7549
BrahmsCraterJohannes; German composer and pianist (1833-1897).58.3234,-177.358
BramanteCraterDonato; Italian architect (1444-1514).-47.2289,-61.5546
BronteCraterCharlotte (1816-1855), Emily (1818-1848), Anne (1820-1849); English novelists, and Branwell (1817-1848); author and painter.38.3918,-127.057
BrooksCraterGwendolyn; American poet and novelist (1917-2000).-45.217,-168.015
BruegelCraterPieter; Flemish painter (1525-1569).49.7274,-109.456
BrunelleschiCraterFilippo; Florentine architect (1377-1446).-8.9379,-22.5108
Budh PlanitiaPlanitiaHindu word for Mercury.19.5245,-150.462
BuninCraterIvan, Russian author of prose and poetry; first Russian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1933. (1861 - 1941).84.47,-141.76
BurkeCraterMary William Ethelbert Appleton “Billie”; American performing artist (1884-1970).85.9085,-171.56
BurnsCraterRobert; Scottish national poet (1759-1796).54.1027,-117.374
ByronCraterG. G.; English poet (1788-1824).-8.4358,-33.0038
CaduceataAlbedo FeatureAlbedo name for H-3, Shakespeare region.45.0001,-135
Cahokia VallisVallisCahokia Mounds, ancient city in southern Illinois, USA.65.5471,126.942
CalderCraterAlexander; American sculptor (1898-1976).3.5143,12.7469
CallicratesCraterGreek architect (5th century B.C.).-66.515,-30.3734
Caloris MontesMonsHot mountains; surface temperature hottest near this position.31.4641,-174.153
Caloris PlanitiaPlanitiaHot plain; surface temperature hottest near this position.31.6525,161.985
CalvinoCraterItalo; Italian writer (1923-1985).-3.9913,-56.0324
Calypso RupesRupesFrench; originally commissioned in 1942 as a minesweeper, Calypso was purchased by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and used for oceanographic studies in 1950-1996.19.5316,43.5213
CamoesCraterLuiz (Vas) de; Portuguese poet (c. 1524-1580).-71.4193,-68.3909
CanovaCraterAntonio, marchese d’Ischia; Italian sculptor (1757-1822).25.6,-3.71
CapoteCraterTruman; American author (1924-1984).-21.0965,72.4131
Caral VallisVallisAncient city in the Supe Valley, Peru.62.6583,129.29
CaravaggioCraterMichelangelo Merisi; Italian painter (1571-1610).3.175,87.2391
CarducciCraterGiosue; Italian poet (1835-1907).-36.5405,-90.3887
CarletonCraterWilliam; Irish writer (1794-1869).-52.2,56.6
Carnegie RupesRupesAmerican; iron-free vessel used to conduct magnetic surveys from 1909 to 1928.58.5243,-53.2463
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