Crozier (crater)

Coordinates13°30′S 50°48′E / 13.5°S 50.8°E / -13.5; 50.8

Diameter22 km

Depth1.3 km

Colongitude310° at sunrise

Crozier

LRO image
Coordinates	13°30′S 50°48′E / 13.5°S 50.8°E / -13.5; 50.8
Diameter	22 km
Depth	1.3 km
Colongitude	310° at sunrise
Eponym	Francis R. M. Crozier

Crozier is a lunar impact crater that is located on the southwest edge of Mare Fecunditatis, a lunar mare in the eastern part of the Moon's near side. It lies to the east-northeast of the prominent crater Colombo, and southeast of the small crater Bellot.

The narrow rim of this crater forms a distorted enclosure that has outward bulges along the northwest, southwest, and southeastern sides. The interior floor has been resurfaced and nearly filled by basaltic lava, producing a level surface with a low albedo that matches the dark hue of the nearby lunar mare. Nearly adjacent to the outer rim are the similar flooded craters Crozier D to the east and Crozier M to the southeast.

The crater is named after Irish Royal Navy officer and polar explorer Francis Crozier.