Crozier (crater)

Crozier (crater)

Coordinates	13°30′S 50°48′E / 13.5°S 50.8°E / -13.5; 50.8Coordinates: 13°30′S 50°48′E / 13.5°S 50.8°E / -13.5; 50.8
Diameter	22 km
Depth	1.3 km
Colongitude	310° at sunrise
Eponym	Francis R. M. Crozier

Crozier is a lunar crater that is located on the southwest edge of Mare Fecunditatis, a lunar mare in the eastern part of the Moon's near side. It lies to the east-northeast of the prominent crater Colombo, and southeast of the small crater Bellot.

The narrow rim of this crater forms a distorted enclosure that has outward bulges along the northwest, southwest, and southeastern sides. The interior floor has been resurfaced and nearly filled by basaltic lava, producing a level surface with a low albedo that matches the dark hue of the nearby lunar mare. Nearly adjacent to the outer rim are the similar flooded craters Crozier D to the east and Crozier M to the southeast.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Crozier.

Crozier	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
B	12.5° S	52.4° E	8 km
D	13.4° S	51.7° E	21 km
E	12.7° S	52.0° E	6 km
F	12.8° S	51.0° E	5 km
G	12.1° S	50.1° E	4 km
H	14.0° S	49.4° E	11 km
L	10.0° S	51.4° E	6 km
M	8.9° S	53.4° E	6 km

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