Equiano is a crater on

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. It has a diameter of 102 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the

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in 1976. Equiano is named for the abolitionist writer

Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano (; c. 1745 – 31 March 1797), known for most of his life as Gustavus Vassa (), was a writer and abolitionist from, according to his memoir, the Eboe (Igbo) region of the Kingdom of Benin (today southern Nigeria). Enslaved as ...

, who lived from 1750 to 1797. Equiano has patches of bright material near its central peak, and these may be hollows. To the northeast of Equiano is Mofolo crater, and to the northwest is

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crater. Equiano crater EN0238529760M.jpg, Higher resolution view showing the hollows around the central peak Neumann Equiano Mofolo MESSENGER NAC mosaic.jpg,

(left foreground), Equiano (right), and Mofolo (upper left) craters. The crater in upper right is unnamed.

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