Feature type | Impact crater |
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Location | Beethoven quadrangle, Mercury |
Coordinates | 0°59′S 73°38′W / 0.98°S 73.64°W |
Diameter | 114 km (71 mi) |
Eponym | Boethius |
Boethius is a crater on the planet Mercury. It was named after Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, the Roman philosopher, by the IAU in 1976.[1]
Hollows are present on the arc of mountains within central Boethius.
The smaller crater Caruso is west of Boethius, and Polygnotus is to the east. Tansen is to the northeast.