Alexander the Great & the Alexander Crater - NYC, NY - Extraterrestrial Locations on Waymarking.com

This bronze bust of Alexander depicts him as a young man with long wavy hair. A placard indicates that it is either Greek or Roman and dates it to 150 BC to 138 AD. The placard also indicates that Alexander was considered divine and his image became the most famous. He was worshipped in Greek cities and his cult continued even into Roman times. This bust, the placard continues, depicts Alexander with the long "leonine" hair to divinely associate him with Herakles (Hercules).
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As for the lunar crater, Wikipedia (visit link) informs us:

"Alexander is a lunar crater-like feature in the rugged surface to the north of Mare Serenitatis. It lies to the south-southwest of the prominent crater Eudoxus, and to the east-northeast of Calippus.
The Alexander formation has been so heavily worn and distorted with the passage of time that it now resembles little more than a lowland region enclosed by rugged ranges. The rim segments lie along the northwest, west, and south sections of the crater, while the eastern side stands open to the surrounding surface. The surviving walls are nearly rectangular in form, with the most prominent mounts in the northwest.
The crater floor is more smooth and has a darker albedo in the western half, and gradually grows lighter and more impacted toward the east. There are no craters of significance within the perimeter of this formation, although there are tiny craterlets aplenty in the rougher eastern section."

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