Mitchel (crater)
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Western side of Mitchel crater (Martian crater), as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).
![](/w/images/thumb/5/51/Wikimitchelwestdevils.jpg/300px-Wikimitchelwestdevils.jpg)
Dust devil tracks in Mitchell crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Note: this is an enlargement of a previous image of west side of Mitchel crater
Mitchel Crater is an impact crater in the Mare Australe quadrangle of Mars, located at 67.7°S latitude and 283.9°W longitude. It is 138.4 km in diameter and was named after Ormsby M. Mitchel, and the name was approved in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN).[1]
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