Tags: Crater.
For the Martian crater see Mendel (Martian crater). For other things named Mendel see Mendel (disambiguation).Mendel is a large Impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon. It is located in the southern fringe of the huge skirt of ejecta that surrounds the Mare Orientale impact basin. To the south-southwest of Mendel is Lippmann an even larger crater.This is a worn and eroded crater formation with several small craters along the rim.