Dorsum_Oppel Knowpia

Dorsum Oppel is a wrinkle ridge at 18°42′N 52°36′E / 18.7°N 52.6°E / 18.7; 52.6 in Mare Crisium on the Moon. It is 298 km (185 mi) long and was named after the German paleontologist Albert Oppel in 1976.^[1]

The ridge trends north from Yerkes crater. Peirce and Swift craters lie to the east of the Dorsum.

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^ "Dorsum Oppel". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
- "Moon Nomenclature - Dorsum". lunar.ksc.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

[1] "Dorsum Oppel". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
- "Moon Nomenclature - Dorsum". lunar.ksc.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

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