Dobrovol'skiy (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	12.8° S, 129.7° E
Diameter	38 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	231° at sunrise
Eponym	Georgiy T. Dobrovolskiy

Dobrovol'sky is a small lunar crater on the Moon's far side. The northwest part of the crater rim is intruded upon by the somewhat larger Shirakatsi crater, and the outer rampart of that feature covers most of the interior floor of Dobrovol'sky. Very little of the original floor now survives, with a small section near the southern inner wall. The remainder of the crater rim is somewhat circular and only mildly worn.

To the north the southern rim of the much larger Perepelkin crater is intruded upon by the Shirakatsi crater, and three form a brief, curving crater chain. To the southeast of Dobrovol'sky is the Volkov crater.

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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 Dobrovol'skiy crater.