Munch (crater)

Munch is a crater on Mercury. It was discovered on the first flyby of Mercury by the MESSENGER spacecraft on 14 January 2008, and was named after Edvard Munch a Norwegian painter, printmaker, and draftsman (1863-1944) by the IAU in November of the same year.^[2]

Munch

Image of Munch and surrounding regions. The yellow arrows in the bottom inset indicate the rim of Caloris basin
Feature type	Impact crater
Location	Raditladi quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates	40.48°N 207.18°W / 40.48; -207.18
Diameter	58 km (36 mi)[1]
Eponym	Edvard Munch

MESSENGER NAC mosaic

Munch is west of Sander and Poe craters, within the Caloris basin.