Huxley (Martian crater)

Huxley Crater

Location of Huxley Crater
Planet	Mars
Region	Hellas quadrangle
Coordinates	63°00′S 100°48′E / 63°S 100.8°E / -63; 100.8Coordinates: 63°00′S 100°48′E / 63°S 100.8°E / -63; 100.8
Diameter	107 km
Eponym	Thomas Henry Huxley

Huxley is a crater in the Hellas quadrangle of Mars, located at 63.0°S latitude and 259.2°W longitude. It is 107.0 km in diameter and was named after Thomas Henry Huxley, and the name was approved in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN).

Huxley is due south of the larger Secchi, other nearby named craters include Redi to the northwest, Laylá to the northeast and the Heinlein-Weinbaum crater pair to the east-southeast, no nearby named craters are located south but another crater named Gilbert is in the southwest.