Crivitz (crater)

Crivitz

Planet	Mars
Coordinates	14°42′S 185°18′W / 14.7°S 185.3°W / -14.7; -185.3Coordinates: 14°42′S 185°18′W / 14.7°S 185.3°W / -14.7; -185.3
Quadrangle	Aeolis
Diameter	6.1 km
Eponym	Crivitz, Germany

Crivitz is an impact crater on Mars. It is named after the small town of Crivitz in western Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.^[1] The crater is located within the larger crater Gusev.

A topographic map created using Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) data. This map show the relative elevation in 100 meter elevation contour lines (dashed) and 500 meter elevation contour lines (bold) with a total elevation uncertainty of +/- 6 meters.

The name was proposed by Stephan Gehrke in 2002, at the time a research associate of the TU Berlin working on cartographic software and a visiting researcher at the United States Geological Survey.

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• Google Mars zoomable map - centered on the crater Crivitz, which is seen to be within Gusev.

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