Dorsum Oppel Explained

Dorsum Oppel is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Crisium on the Moon. It is 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.

Notes and References

1. 
   - Web site: Moon Nomenclature - Dorsum . lunar.ksc.nasa.gov . 11 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130219190642/http://lunar.ksc.nasa.gov/science/geography_items/dorsum.html . 19 February 2013 .