Venus Crater Database

At right: Radar image of Venus colored by topography. See larger version.

This web page leads to a database of images and information about the 900 or so impact craters on the surface of Venus. The database was compiled by Robert Herrick (herrick@lpi.usra.edu). Please read the README file if you are going to use the database extensively. It has descriptions, references, acknowledgements and caveats regarding the database. If you use the database for research, I do ask that you reference the appropriate work as described in the README file. If you find an obvious error, please let me know about it. The database and its description can be downloaded in various formats (see below).

Accessing the Database

• Craters by Image Map
  
• Craters by Descending Diameter
  
• Craters by Descending Latitude
  
• Craters by Name
  
• Multi-floored craters and crater fields by Descending Diameter
  
• Ringed craters by Descending Diameter
  

Downloading the Database

• Description of database: HTML Ascii Text MS Word Applix StarOffice
• Explanation of entries in database: HTML Ascii Text MS Word Applix StarOffice
• Discrepancies with other databases: Ascii Text MS Excel Applix StarOffice
• All three "sheets" of database in one file: Excel Applix StarOffice
• Main database: Tab-delimited text Excel Applix StarOffice
• Database of multi-ringed craters: Tab-delimited text Excel Applix StarOffice
• Database of multiple impacts (formed by incoming meteoroid breaking and separating in atmosphere): Tab-delimited text Excel Applix StarOffice

Hot links to other crater databases

• USGS database compiled by Gerald G. Schaber

Last updated January 23, 2013