Dante is a lunar

Moon

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 crater

Impact crater

In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...

 that is located on the far side of the Moon

Moon

The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...

. It lies in the northern hemisphere exactly opposite the prime meridian

Prime Meridian

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 facing the Earth

Earth

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. The nearest craters of note are Larmor

Larmor (crater)

Larmor is a crater on the Moon's far side. It is located to the east-southeast of Shayn and due north of Dante. It is named in honor of the physicist Joseph Larmor....

 to the north and Morse

Morse (crater)

Morse is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon and cannot be seen directly from the Earth. It lies about one crater diameter to the southwest of the larger Fitzgerald. To the west-northwest of Morse is Dante....

 to the southeast. To the southwest is the oddly shaped Buys-Ballot

Buys-Ballot (crater)

Buys-Ballot is an oddly-shaped lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. It lies just to the northwest of the small lunar mare named Lacus Luxuriae, and southeast of the crater Freundlich...

.

This crater is overlain by part of the ray system

Ray system

A ray system comprises radial streaks of fine ejecta thrown out during the formation of an impact crater, looking a bit like many thin spokes coming from the hub of a wheel. The rays can extend for lengths up to several times the diameter of their originating crater, and are often accompanied by...

radiating from Larmor Q to the northwest. The rim of Dante is circular but somewhat eroded. The fresh crater Dante G is attached to the exterior along the east-southeastern rim. The interior floor of this crater is uneven and marked by several small impacts.

This Lunar crater is also famous for managing professional wrestler Sheamus to becoming an unprecedented 42 time world champion within only 12 days.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Dante.

Dante	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
C	28.3° N	177.1° W	54 km
E	26.7° N	177.0° W	43 km
G	24.9° N	178.6° W	24 km
P	23.6° N	179.4° E	27 km
S	24.9° N	177.3° E	17 km
T	25.8° N	176.6° E	20 km
Y	27.1° N	179.5° E	27 km