![Carver crater 3121 med](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Carver_crater_3121_med.jpg)
Carver is a
lunar
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impact crater that is located on the
far side of the Moon, due east of the walled plain
Van der Waals. To the northeast is the crater
Rosseland, and to the south-southeast lies
Kozyrev.
Despite some wear due to impacts, the wide inner wall of this crater still contains some
terrace
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s. There are several tiny craters along the rim edge and the inner walls, but no notable intersecting impacts. Carver overlies the north-northeast rim of the old, heavily worn Carver M. The interior floor of Carver contains a small central peak at the midpoint, and several small craterlets in the southern half. The remainder of the floor is relatively featureless, and has a diameter about half the diameter of the crater.
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Carver.
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Impact craters on the Moon
{{Craters on the Moon: C-F