List of largest craters in the Solar System

 Following are the largest impact craters on various worlds of the Solar System. For a full list of named craters, see List of craters in the Solar System.

BodyCraterCrater diameterBody diameterRatioImagesNotes
MercuryCaloris1,550 km (963 mi)4,880 km32%The Mighty Caloris (PIA19213).png
Rembrandt715 km (444 mi)15%Rembrandt crater mosaic.jpg
VenusMead280 km (170 mi)12,100 km2%
EarthVredefort250–300 km (160–190 mi)12,740 km2%Vredefort Dome STS51I-33-56AA.jpg
Sudbury Basin250 km (160 mi)2%Sudbury Wanapitei WorldWind.jpg
Chicxulub crater182 km (113 mi)1.4%Yucatan chix crater.jpgCause of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
Luna
(moon of Earth)
Procellarum3,000 km (2,000 mi)3,470 km86%PIA18822-LunarGrailMission-OceanusProcellarum-Rifts-Overall-20141001.jpgNot confirmed as an impact basin.
South Pole–Aitken basin2,500 km (1,600 mi)70%Aitken Kagu big.jpg
Imbrium1,145 km (711 mi)33%Imbrium location.jpg
MarsNorth Polar Basin10,600 × 8,500 km (6,550 × 5,250 mi)6,780 km125–155%MarsTopoMap-PIA02031 modest.jpgNot confirmed as an impact basin
Utopia3,300 km (2,100 mi)50%Mars northern hemisphere topo.jpgLargest confirmed impact basin on Mars and in the Solar System
Hellas2,300 km (1,400 mi)34%Hellas Planitia by the Viking orbiters.jpgLargest visible crater in the Solar System
Vesta (asteroid)Rheasilvia505 km (310 mi)529 km (569 km)[1]90%[1]A False-Color Topography of Vesta's South Pole.jpg
Veneneia395 km (250 mi)70%[1]Rheasilvia and Veneneia.jpgPartially obscured by Rheasilvia
Ceres (asteroid)Kerwan284 km (180 mi)[2]952 km30%PIA19596-Ceres-DwarfPlanet-Dawn-2ndMappingOrbit-image28-20150625.jpgFaint shallow crater, below the center of this image.
Yalode271 km (170 mi)[2]28%Urvara and Yalode craters.jpg
Hygiea (asteroid)Serpens180±15434 ± 14 km40%
Ganymede
(moon of Jupiter)
Epigeus343 km (213 mi)5,270 km6.5%Crater Epigeus on Ganimede.jpg
Callisto
(moon of Jupiter)
Valhalla360 km (224 mi)4,820 km7.5%Valhalla crater on Callisto.jpg
Heimdall210 km (130 mi)4%(no good images have been taken)
Mimas
(moon of Saturn)
Herschel139 km (86 mi)396 km35%Mimas moon.jpg
Tethys
(moon of Saturn)
Odysseus445 km (277 mi)1,060 km42%Tethys N00151608 sharp.jpg
Dione
(moon of Saturn)
Evander350 km (220 mi)[3]1,123 km34%Evander crater, Dione.jpg
Rhea
(moon of Saturn)
Mamaldi480 km (300 mi)[4]1,530 km31%PIA07763 Rhea full globe5.jpg
Tirawa360 km (220 mi)24%PIA09819 Tirawa basin.jpg
Titan
(moon of Saturn)
Menrva392 km (244 mi)5,150 km7.5%Titancrater.jpg
Iapetus
(moon of Saturn)
Turgis580 km (360 mi)1,470 km40%A Moon with Two Dark Sides.jpg
Engelier504 km (313 mi)34%Iapetus as seen by the Cassini probe - 20071008.jpg
Gerin445 km (277 mi)30%Iapetus Roncevaux.jpgGerin is overlain by Engelier
Falsaron424 km (263 mi)29%Iapetusnorth.jpg
Titania
(moon of Uranus)
Gertrude326 km (203 mi)1,580 km21%PIA00039 Titania.jpgLittle of Titania has been imaged, so it may well have larger craters.
PlutoSputnik basinca. 1,300 × 900 km2,370 km34–44%Sputnik basin topographic.png
unnamed crater450 km (280 mi)19%Pluto-01 Stern 03 Pluto Color TXT.jpgUpper right of image, difficult to see
Charon
(moon of Pluto)
Mordor Maculaca. 475 km (295 mi)1,207 km40%Charon by New Horizons on 13 July 2015.pngDark region at north pole. Not confirmed as an impact basin.
Dorothyca. 261 km (162 mi)21%Charon-Neutral-Bright-Release.jpgCrater at upper right overlapping Mordor Macula

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