Lane (crater)

Lane

Apollo 17 Mapping Camera image
Coordinates	9°30′S 132°00′E / 9.5°S 132.0°E / -9.5; 132.0Coordinates: 9°30′S 132°00′E / 9.5°S 132.0°E / -9.5; 132.0
Diameter	55 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	84° at sunrise
Eponym	Jonathan H. Lane

Lane is a lunar impact crater. It lies on the far side of the Moon, just to the west of the crater Ten Bruggencate. To the west of Lane is Perepelkin, and to the northwest lies Love. Also to the south of Love is Volkov and to the southwest is Dobrovol'skiy.

This crater is not heavily eroded, but the rim is somewhat disrupted at the northern and southern ends. To the south the rim has a prominent outward bulge that extends an extra 5–10 km. The interior is somewhat uneven, with low central ridges near the midpoint.

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Lane.