page_title: Dorsum Oppel
hierarchical_section_title: Dorsum Oppel
caption_attribution_description: English: This image was taken through a 6-inch reflector telescope and a Canon EOS 450d DSLR camera. Dorsum Oppel is clearly visible due to the low angle of light and shadows.
context_page_description: Dorsum Oppel is a wrinkle ridge at 18.7°N 52.6°E in Mare Crisium on the Moon. It is 298 km long and was named after the German paleontologist Albert Oppel in 1976.
  The ridge trends north from Yerkes crater. Peirce and Swift craters lie to the east of the Dorsum.
context_section_description: Dorsum Oppel is a wrinkle ridge at 18.7°N 52.6°E in Mare Crisium on the Moon. It is 298 km long and was named after the German paleontologist Albert Oppel in 1976.
  The ridge trends north from Yerkes crater. Peirce and Swift craters lie to the east of the Dorsum.
caption: Dorsum Oppel
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