Largest impact crater on Venus
- Who
- Mead crater
- Where
- Not Applicable
- When
- 16 December 2011
Mead, north of Aphrodite Terra, has a diameter of around 280 km. It is characterised by two distinct rings surrounded by an ejecta blanket. For its size, Mead is quite shallow, suggesting it may have been filled by lava or impact melt after its formation.