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, see List of craters in the Solar System.
BodyCraterCrater diameterBody diameterRatioImagesNotes
MercuryCaloris4,880 km32%
MercuryRembrandt4,880 km15%
VenusMead12,100 km2%
EarthVredefort250–300 km 12,740 km2%
EarthSudbury Basin12,740 km2%
EarthChicxulub crater12,740 km1.4%Cause of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
Moon
Procellarum3,470 km86%Not confirmed as an impact basin.
Moon
South Pole–Aitken basin3,470 km70%
Moon
Imbrium3,470 km33%
MarsNorth Polar Basin10,600 × 8,500 km 6,780 km125–155%Not confirmed as an impact basin
MarsUtopia6,780 km50%Largest confirmed impact basin on Mars and in the Solar System
MarsHellas6,780 km34%Largest visible crater in the Solar System
Vesta Rheasilvia529 km 90%
Vesta Veneneia529 km 70%Partially obscured by Rheasilvia
Kerwan952 km30%Faint shallow crater, below the center of this image.
Yalode952 km28%
Hygiea Serpens434 ± 14 km40%
Ganymede
Epigeus5,270 km6.5%
Callisto
Valhalla4,820 km7.5%
Callisto
Heimdall4,820 km4%
Mimas
Herschel396 km35%
Tethys
Odysseus1,060 km42%
Dione
Evander1,123 km34%
Rhea
Mamaldi1,530 km31%
Rhea
Tirawa1,530 km24%
Titan
Menrva5,150 km7.5%
Iapetus
Turgis1,470 km40%
Iapetus
Engelier1,470 km34%
Iapetus
Gerin1,470 km30%Gerin is overlain by Engelier
Iapetus
Falsaron1,470 km29%
Titania
Gertrude1,580 km21%Little of Titania has been imaged, so it may well have larger craters.
PlutoSputnik basinca. 1,300 × 900 km2,370 km34-44%
Plutounnamed crater2,370 km19%Upper right of image, difficult to see
Charon
Mordor Maculaca. 1,207 km40%Dark region at north pole. Not confirmed as an impact basin.
Charon
Dorothyca. 1,207 km21%Crater at upper right overlapping Mordor Macula