De Vico (crater)
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De Vico is a small lunar
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 impact crater
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...

 that is located in the southwest part of the Moon
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, to the south of the crater Sirsalis
Sirsalis (crater)
Sirsalis is a relatively young lunar impact crater located near the western lunar limb, to the southwest of the Oceanus Procellarum. The crater lies across a ridge that runs in a north–south direction. It has a sharp edge and a low central peak...

. To the west-northwest is Crüger
Crüger (crater)
Crüger is a lunar crater that is located in the western part of the Moon, to the northeast of the much larger walled plain Darwin.The most distinctive feature about this crater is very dark interior floor that is one of the lowest albedo features on the Moon. The surface has been covered in...

. De Vico is a circular, bowl-shaped formation with a small, flat bottom at the mid-point. To the northwest is the lava
Lava
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-flooded remains of De Vico T. Beyond is a linear rille
Rille
Rille is typically used to describe any of the long, narrow depressions in the lunar surface that resemble channels. Typically a rille can be up to several kilometers wide and hundreds of kilometers in length...

 designated Rimae Sirsalis
Rimae Sirsalis
Rimae Sirsalis is a lunar rille. It is located at and is 426 km long. It was formed by extension of the surface, possibly due to dike propagation in the subsurface.Rimae Sirsalis cuts across highlands almost exclusively...

that follows a path to the northeast past the rim of Sirsalis.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on Lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to De Vico.
De Vico Latitude Longitude Diameter
A 18.8° S 63.5° W 32 km
AA 18.8° S 63.1° W 12 km
B 17.8° S 58.7° W 9 km
C 20.6° S 62.3° W 12 km
D 21.1° S 61.9° W 12 km
E 21.1° S 61.3° W 13 km
F 19.1° S 62.6° W 12 km
G 19.0° S 58.9° W 8 km
H 19.9° S 59.1° W 8 km
K 20.1° S 58.3° W 8 km
L 19.9° S 57.7° W 5 km
M 21.1° S 59.4° W 8 km
N 19.8° S 61.9° W 6 km
P 20.4° S 60.8° W 30 km
R 19.4° S 61.9° W 13 km
S 19.5° S 63.4° W 10 km
T 18.7° S 61.8° W 41 km
X 20.5° S 60.1° W 6 km
Y 20.4° S 60.3° W 6 km
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