Stieglitz (crater)

Stieglitz is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2012, after the American photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

Stieglitz

Mosaic of MESSENGER WAC images
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	72.54°N 292.37°W / 72.54; -292.37
Quadrangle	Borealis
Diameter	100 km
Eponym	Alfred Stieglitz

Stieglitz is left of the center of this projection of part of the northern hemisphere of Mercury showing topography (red is high and blue is low)

Stieglitz is a complex crater, having a central peak.

The crater is within Borealis Planitia. The crater Gaudí is due north of Stieglitz, and Strauss is to the southeast.

Oblique view of Stieglitz crater