Shuckburgh (crater)


Shuckburgh is a lunar impact crater that is located in the northeastern part of the Moon's near side, named after George Shuckburgh-Evelyn. It lies south-southeast of the flooded crater Chevallier and northwest of Hooke, roughly midway between these two formations. To the northeast is the Lacus Temporis plain.
The interior floor of this crater has been resurfaced with lava, leaving a level plain surrounded by the worn and rounded outer rim. This floor is nearly featureless, being marked only by a few tiny craterlets. The edge has an outward protrusion along the eastern side, with a forming a shelf along this side. There is a smaller outward protrusion in the north rim which connects it with the small crater Schuckburgh C.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Shuckburgh.
ShuckburghLatitudeLongitudeDiameter
A43.1° N55.5° E19 km
C43.5° N52.7° E12 km
E44.1° N56.9° E9 km