Beaumont (crater)

lunar crater data


caption=Location of the lunar crater Beaumont (lower center).
latitude=18.0
N_or_S=S
longitude=28.8
E_or_W=E
diameter=53 km
depth=1.7 km
colong=332
eponym=L. É. de Beaumont

Beaumont is a lava-flooded crater located on the southwestern shore of the Mare Nectaris on Earth's Moon. It lies to the northwest of the similarly flooded crater remnant Fracastorius. To the west is the prominent crater Catharina.

The rim of Beaumont is breached in the east, where the lava from Mare Nectaris broached the crater and flooded the interior. Now only a worn and crater-impacted outer wall remains. If the crater once possessed a central peak, it is no longer apparent. The floor contains several hills and small craters. A low ridge runs northward from the crater rim across the Mare Nectaris.

atellite 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 Beaumont.

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