Mars, named after Philippines

6 named features. The International Astronomical Union records why each name was chosen, and those reasons are printed below exactly as they were approved.

FEATURES · 6

NAME	TYPE	SIZE	WHY THAT NAME
Camiling	crater	21.9 km	Town in the Philippines.
Bacolor	crater	21.6 km	Town in the Philippines.
Taytay	crater	18.2 km	Town in the Philippines.
Daet	crater	10.6 km	Town in the Philippines.
Solano	crater	9 km	Town in Philippines.
Naic	crater	8.7 km	Town in the Philippines.

Names and their origins come from the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS Astrogeology), retrieved 2026-08-14.
All named features ｜ KUON MARS map ｜ About the map ｜ The temperature on Mars ｜ How far away Mars is

DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA MGS MOLA · NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS