Mojave is a 58 km diameter impact crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars, located at 7.5° N and 33.0° W. It was named after the town of Mojave in southern California, U.S.[1] The crater is located within the Martian Xanthe Terra region.

It is believed that the pits form from steam produced when the heat from the impact process interacts with ice in the ground.

Because of this relationship, researchers have found that many Martian craters contain a great deal of material; much of it is believed to be ice deposited when the climate was different.

Based on crater counts of its ejecta blanket, it is thought to be about 3 million years old.

It is believed to be the most recent crater of its size on Mars, and has been identified as the probable source of the shergottite meteorites collected on Earth.