The crater is named after the deity of the Kogi people of northern Colombia who produced fertile black earth.

[1] The name Sintana was officially adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on 3 July 2015.

Much of the southern crater floor is covered with concentric terraces surrounding its large central peak.

These terraces are the result of mass wasting processes such as landslides, likely taking place in the final stage of impact crater formation as the cavity collapses due to gravity.

Sintana is surrounded by a highly degraded ejecta blanket, most of which lies to the east of the crater.