The Debussy quadrangle (H-14) is one of fifteen quadrangles on Mercury. It runs from 270 to 360° longitude and from -20 to -70° latitude. Named after the

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crater, it was mapped in detail for the first time after ''

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'' entered orbit around

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in 2011. It had not been mapped prior to that point because it was one of the six quadrangles that was not illuminated when ''

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'' made its flybys in 1974 and 1975. These six quadrangles continued to be known by their

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names, with this one known as the Cyllene quadrangle. In addition to the prominent Debussy crater, the western half of the

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basin is within the quadrangle. Rembrandt is the second-largest impact basin on Mercury, after

Caloris Caloris Planitia is a planitia, plain within a large impact basin on Mercury (planet), Mercury, informally named Caloris, about in diameter. It is one of the List of largest craters in the Solar System, largest impact basins in the Solar System. ...

. The eastern half of Rembrandt is in the Neruda quadrangle. The Bach quadrangle is south of Debussy quadrangle. To the west is Discovery quadrangle, and to the east is Neruda quadrangle. To the north is

Derain quadrangle The Derain quadrangle (H-10) is one of fifteen quadrangles on Mercury. It runs from 288° to 360° west longitude and from 22° S to 22° N latitude. Named after the Derain crater, it was mapped in detail for the first time after ''MESSENGER ...

, and to the northeast is Eminescu quadrangle.

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