Santa Maria (crater)

Santa Maria

Panorama taken by Opportunity rover on December 18th, 2010
Planet	Mars
Region	Meridiani Planum
Coordinates	2°10′19″S 5°26′42″W / 2.172°S 5.445°W / -2.172; -5.445
Quadrangle	Margaritifer Sinus
Diameter	90 meters (295 feet)
Discoverer	Opportunity rover
Eponym	Santa Maria, a ship used by Christopher Columbus during his crossing of the Atlantic in 1492.

Santa Maria is an impact crater on Mars, located at 2.172°S, 5.445°W within the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain, lying situated within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region.

This geological feature was first visited by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. It sits north west of the much larger Endeavour crater. The crater measures about 80–90 m (260–300 ft) across. Its name has not been officially recognized by the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature.^[1]