Dorsum Oppel

Dorsum Oppel is a wrinkle ridge at 18.7°N 52.6°E / 18.7; 52.6 in Mare Crisium on the Moon. It is 298 km (185 mi) long and was named after the German paleontologist Albert Oppel in 1976.^[1]

Dorsum Oppel and its surrounding craters

Dorsum Oppel

Apollo 17 image

The ridge trends north from Yerkes crater. Peirce and Swift craters lie to the east of the Dorsum.

References

1. "Dorsum Oppel". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
   - "Moon Nomenclature - Dorsum". lunar.ksc.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.