Lamé (crater)

Lamé
Oblique Lunar Orbiter 4 image
Coordinates14°42′S 64°30′E / 14.7°S 64.5°E / -14.7; 64.5
Diameter84 km
Depth3.3 km
Colongitude296° at sunrise
EponymGabriel Lamé

Lamé is a lunar impact crater located astride the northeast rim of the crater Langrenus, to the east of Mare Fecunditatis. The eastern crater rim appears overlaid by a series of overlapping craters that form an intermittent chain flowing nearly a hundred kilometers to the south. The crater rim protrudes only slightly above the surrounding terrain, but it has a significant rampart where the rim lies within Vendelinus. In the middle of the floor is a slight ridge, forming a central peak.

On some older maps this crater was called Smith. It was previously designated Vendelinus C before being renamed by the IAU.