Šafařík is a small

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on the far side of the

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. It lies due north of the crater Tiselius and to the east-southeast of Sharonov. This is a worn and eroded crater with smaller impacts along the rim to the east and northwest. The remainder of the worn rim and the interior are relatively featureless. The crater was named by the

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in 1970.Šafařík
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) The crater lies within the Freundlich-Sharonov Basin.

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 Šafařík.

References

* * * * * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Safarik Impact craters on the Moon