Quenisset (crater)


Quenisset is an impact crater on Mars, located in the Ismenius Lacus quadrangle at 34. N and 319. W. It measures 138 kilometer in diameter. Adopted by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature in 1973, the crater was named after French astronomer Ferdinand Quénisset.

Description

Some close up images of the rim show old glaciers along the walls of smaller craters. Some glaciers are called lobate debris aprons.