Tags: Crater.
Mandel’shtam is the remains of a large crater on the Moon’s far side. Nearly attached to the northeast outer rim is the crater Papaleksi. To the south lies the crater Vening Meinesz.The outer rim of this crater has been battered into near ruin with sections forming only an irregular circular rise in the surface. Much of the rim consists of clefts small craters and ridges.