Iazu (crater)
Iazu is an impact crater in the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain, within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars. It is about 7 km in diameter. It is close to the landing site of the Mars Exploration Rover-B Opportunity, and its walls have been photographed by the spacecraft during its traverse to Endeavour Crater. At the time, the crater was about 38 kilometers (24 mi) away. It was named in 2006 for Iazu, a village in Dâmbovița County, southern Romania.
Annotated image showing the position of Opportunity and names for the craters Iazu, Endeavour, and Victoria 
MER-B on Sol 2239 imaged the then distant craters including the Rim of Endeavour crater and Iazu ejecta 
Annotated elevation map of Opportunity landing site and some surrounding craters including Endeavour and Airy
Bopolu (crater) is west of Iazu and Endeavour crater.
Views from orbit
From surface
Context map
See also
References
- ^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Iazu on Mars". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
- ^ "One Mars Rover Sees A Distant Goal; The Other Takes A New Route". NASA/JPL. 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
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