Volta (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	53.9° N, 84.4° W
Diameter	123 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	88° at sunrise
Eponym	Alessandro Volta

Volta is a lunar crater near the northwest limb of the Moon. It is located south-southeast of Xenophanes crater, and due north of the smaller Galvani crater. The Regnault crater lies across the western rim of Volta. Attached to the southwest rim of Volta and the southern rim of Regnault is Stokes crater. Lying in the ground between Volta and Stokes in the north, and Galvani in the south, is the worn Langley crater.

The outer rim of Volta is heavily worn and irregular, with small craters overlaying the rim crest, with 'Volta K' and 'Volta J' along the south south, a chain of craters along the east sides, and Regnault along the west rim. Even the northern rim is irregular, with a gouging valley extending through the north-northeast rim toward Xenophanes. In contrast the interior floor is relatively level and flat, with only a few small craters in the surface. The most notable of these are 'Volta D' in the southeast and 'Volta B' to the northeast.

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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 Volta crater.

Volta	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
B	54.6° N	83.5° W	9 km
D	52.5° N	83.3° W	20 km

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