Geological Chronicle
Dawson is a lunar impact crater that lies on the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. The formation spans an official diameter of 44.32 kilometers.
It lies across a crater triplet: the southeast rim is intruding into the crater Alekhin; the northwest rim also intrudes into the larger satellite crater Dawson V, and the northeast rim is attached to the comparably sized Dawson D. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-142.