Cook Crater, Moon - Cook Statue, Gisborne. New Zealand.
S 38° 40.579 E 178° 01.682
60H E 589424 N 5718640
The Cook Crater on the Moon is named after James Cook whose statue overlooks the New Zealand east coast city of Gisborne.
Waymark Code: WM43FJ
Location: New Zealand
Date Posted: 07/01/2008
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(From Wikipedia) Cook Crater is a lunar crater, 46kms in diameter, that lies in the western part of the Mare Fecunditatis, just to the southeast of the prominent Colombo crater. To the southwest is the Monge crater.
The interior of this crater has been flooded with lava, leaving only a low rim projecting above the surface. This rim is not quite circular, and has a somewhat hexagonal appearance. The low wall is worn in a few places, particularly along the northeastern rim. There is a tiny craterlet 'Cook A' on the interior floor near the southeast rim.
Captain James Cook (1728-1779), after whom this moon crater was named, was an English explorer who sailed on the HMS Endeavour to New Zealand where on his first voyage, he demonstrated by circumnavigating New Zealand that it was not attached to a larger landmass to the south. Cook Strait, the channel of water between the North and South Islands of NZ, takes its name from Captain James Cook, the first European commander to sail through it, in January - February 1770.
His Statue stands on top of Kaiti Hill overlooking the first landing site of James Cook's crew near the city of Gisborne. It was made in Italy and has always been a talking point as it appears to be wearing the wrong hat.
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