In his honor have been named a glacier, the Sven Hedin Glacier; a lunar crater Hedin; a species of the flowering plant, "Gentiana hedini"; the beetles "Longitarsus hedini" and "Coleoptera hedini"; a butterfly, "Fumea hedini Caradja"; a spider, "Dictyna hedini"; a fossil hoofed mammal, "Tsaidamotherium hedini"; a fossil Therapsid (a “mammal-like reptile”) "Lystrosaurus hedini"; and streets and squares in the cities of various countries (for example, “Hedinsgatan” at Tessinparken in Stockholm).