Dawes (Lunar crater)

Dawes is a lunar impact crater that is located in the wide strait between Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquilitatis. To the southwest is the larger Plinius crater. To the northeast is the Mons Argaeus mountainous rise.

This is a circular crater with a sharp rim that has a slightly flattened oval perimeter. It has a slight central rise, and a somewhat darkened floor covered in overlapping swirl-like deposits that was likely formed by extruded lava.