Kugler is a lunar

Moon

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 crater

Impact crater

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 that lies in the southern hemisphere

Sphere

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 on the far side of the Moon

Moon

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. It is located just past the southeast limb of the Moon's surface, in the proximity of the libration

Libration

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 zone that is occasionally brought into sight. The crater lies in the mid-point between the craters Anuchin

Anuchin (crater)

Anuchin is a lunar impact crater that lies on the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It is located to the south of the larger crater Lamb, and to the north-northwest of Kugler....

 to the north-northwest and Priestley

Priestley (lunar crater)

Priestley is a lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon from the Earth, in the low southern latitudes. It lies to the southeast of the flooded crater Kugler....

 to the south-southeast.

In the past the floor of this crater has been flooded by basalt

Basalt

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ic lava

Lava

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, leaving a dark (low albedo

Albedo

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) surface that is level and nearly featureless. The surviving rim is low and heavily worn, with a number of old crater indentations along the edge. Attached to the western rim is the smaller Kugler U, an old, worn formation. To the south is the double-crater formation Kugler N, which has also been flooded by lava.

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 Kugler.

Kugler	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
N	56.3° S	102.8° E	42 km
R	55.5° S	98.6° E	13 km
U	54.0° S	101.5° E	37 km