Venus Crater Database
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. 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, please reference the appropriate work as described in the README file. If you find an obvious error, please contact the LPI RPIF at [email protected].
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
