Mofolo

MESSENGER NAC image of Mofolo
Feature type	Impact crater
Location	Discovery quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates	37°41′S 28°13′W / 37.68°S 28.22°W / -37.68; -28.22
Diameter	103.0 km (64.0 mi)
Eponym	Thomas Mofolo

Mofolo is a crater on Mercury.^[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Mofolo is named for the Basotho writer Thomas Mofolo, who lived from 1876 or 1877 to 1948.^[2]

To the north of Mofolo is Petrarch crater and the "weird terrain" that is antipodal to the Caloris basin. To the west is Neumann crater, and to the southwest is Equiano.

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  Oblique view
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  Neumann (left foreground), Equiano (right), and Mofolo (upper left) craters. The crater in upper right is unnamed.