Abisme (crater)


Abisme is the largest known crater on Saturn's moon Iapetus. It is 767.74 km in diameter and one of the larger craters in the Solar System. It is located in Cassini Regio at. Craters Climborin, Clarin, Dapamort, Johun and Valdebron can be found inside Abisme. It was imaged for the first time by the Cassini spacecraft in 2004.

Nomenclature

Crater Abisme is named after a Saracen baron in the Old French epic poem Song of Roland; this name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2013.

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