IAU Lunar Nomenclature
Mercator
Mercator is an officially adopted crater, craters on the Moon. Explore its selenographic position and surrounding terrain in 3D.
Feature Profile
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Coordinates
- 29.25° S · 26.11° W
- Diameter
- 46.322285 km
- IAU approval
- 1935/01/01 00:00:00
- LAC quadrangle
- LAC-94 · Pitatus
Name origin
Gerard De Kremer (Gerhardus Mercator); Belgian cartographer, geographer, mathematician (1512-1594).