Al-Bakri (crater)

Al-Bakri

Lunar Orbiter 4 image
Coordinates	14°18′N 20°12′E / 14.3°N 20.2°E / 14.3; 20.2Coordinates: 14°18′N 20°12′E / 14.3°N 20.2°E / 14.3; 20.2
Diameter	12 km
Depth	1.0 km
Colongitude	340° at sunrise
Eponym	Abu Abdullah al-Bakri

Al-Bakri (Arabic: البكري‎‎) is a small lunar crater on the northwest edge of Mare Tranquillitatis and is named after the Spanish Arab geographer and historian Abu Abdullah al-Bakri. It is just south of the eastern arm of the Montes Haemus that borders the Mare Serenitatis to the north. To the east-northeast is the prominent crater Plinius and Ross to the south-southeast. South of the crater are the rilles of the Rimae Maclear.

Al-Bakri was designated Tacquet A prior to being assigned a name by the IAU. The tiny Tacquet lies to the northwest on the Mare Serenitatis.

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