Van Eyck is a 271 km diameter

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in the

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. It is located at 43.22°N, 159.43°W and is named after the 15th century Flemish painter

Jan van Eyck Jan van Eyck ( , ; – July 9, 1441) was a painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art. Ac ...

. Its name was adopted by the

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(IAU) in 1979. Van Eyck lies on the southwestern margin of the even-larger Shakespeare basin. The younger

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crater lies to the northwest of Van Eyck.

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