Back Menelau (cràter) Catalan Менелай (беттан кратер) CE Menelaus (Mondkrater) German Menelaus (cráter) Spanish منلائوس (دهانه) Persian Menelaus (cratère) French Cratere Menelaus Italian Menelaus (Moundkrater) LB Менелай (лунный кратер) Russian Менелай (ай кратеры) Tatar
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| Coordinates | 16°18′N 16°00′E / 16.3°N 16.0°E |
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| Diameter | 27 km |
| Depth | 3.0 km |
| Colongitude | 344° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Menelaus of Alexandria |
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Menelaus (/ˌmɛnɪˈleɪəs/) is a young lunar impact crater located on the southern shore of Mare Serenitatis near the eastern end of the Montes Hæmus mountain range. Its diameter is 27 km.[1] To the southwest is the small crater Auwers, and to the west-southwest is the even smaller Daubrée. To the northeast is a faint rille system named the Rimae Menelaus.
- ^ "Menelaus (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.