Evershed (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=35.7
N_or_S=N
longitude=159.5
E_or_W=W
diameter=66 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=160
eponym=John Evershed

Evershed is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located to the northeast of the larger Cockcroft crater, and to the north of the smaller Van den Bergh crater.

This crater has a worn outer rim that is somewhat indented and narrower along the eastern side where the formation overlays an older crater. The satellite crater 'Evershed R' is attached to the outer southwest rim. There are small craters along the southern and southeast rim. The interior floor contains an irregular ridge near the mid-point and some rugged terrain in the south, with various tiny craterlets marking the remaining relatively level surface.

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 Evershed crater.

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