Venusian impact craters on Magellan images: View from Venera 15/16

The review of the data of the analysis of images of Venera 15/16 mission is done. These data are used to make some predictions of how many impact craters the MAGELLAN space probe would see on Venus and how they would look. The possible trends of crater areal distribution and characteristic features of the size-frequency relationship are discussed.'Geology and Tectonics of Venus', special issue edited by Alexander T. Basilevsky (USSR Acad. of Sci. Moscow), James W. Head (Brown University, Providence), Gordon H. Pettengill (MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts) and R. S. Saunders (J.P.L., Pasadena).