McClure (crater)
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McClure is a small lunar
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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...

. It is located along the western edge of the Mare Fecunditatis
Mare Fecunditatis
Mare Fecunditatis is a lunar mare which is 840 km in diameter. The Fecuditatis basin formed in the Pre-Nectarian epoch, while the basin material surrounding the mare is of the...

, due east of the prominent crater Colombo
Colombo (crater)
Colombo is a lunar impact crater that lies on the strip of rough continental terrain between Mare Fecunditatis to the east and Mare Nectaris in the west. It is located to the south of the crater Goclenius, and northwest of Cook....

. To the north of McClure is the similar Crozier
Crozier (crater)
Crozier is a lunar crater that is located on the southwest edge of Mare Fecunditatis, a lunar mare in the eastern part of the Moon's near side. It lies to the east-northeast of the prominent crater Colombo, and southeast of the small crater Bellot....

, and to the southwest is the larger Cook
Cook (crater)
Cook is a lunar crater that lies in the western part of the Mare Fecunditatis, just to the southeast of the prominent crater Colombo. To the southwest is Monge....

. The outer rim is nearly circular and not significantly worn. The inner walls slope down to a somewhat irregular interior floor. McClure C is attached to the exterior of the northwest rim.

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 McClure.
McClure Latitude Longitude Diameter
A 15.7° S 49.1° E 6 km
B 15.4° S 49.3° E 9 km
C 14.7° S 49.8° E 27 km
D 14.8° S 51.8° E 22 km
M 14.2° S 51.3° E 21 km
N 14.2° S 52.7° E 9 km
P 14.8° S 53.5° E 16 km
S 13.8° S 53.4° E 4 km
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