page_title: Petrarch (crater)
hierarchical_section_title: Petrarch (crater)
caption_attribution_description: English: Hilly and lineated terrain and a patch of smooth plains in a large degraded crater (lower left portion of the image). Linear scalloped valleys extend mostly NW from the center (e.g., Arecibo Vallis); some trend NNE. Small craters are rare in the terrain; most landforms are positive. Area centered at 28 degrees S, 22 degrees W measures 450 km across. Mariner 10 frame 27370 taken during the spacecraft's first encounter with Mercury.The large crater at left is Petrarch.
context_page_description: Petrarch is a crater on Mercury. This crater is located within the distorted terrain on the opposite side of the planet from the Caloris Basin. It was named after Petrarch, the medieval Italian poet, by the IAU in 1976.
context_section_description: Petrarch is a crater on Mercury. This crater is located within the distorted terrain on the opposite side of the planet from the Caloris Basin. It was named after Petrarch, the medieval Italian poet, by the IAU in 1976.
caption: Petrarch is the large crater to the lower left
  Mariner 10 image
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