Christopher Columbus - Columbo Lunar Crater; Statue in Central Park
N 40° 46.193 W 073° 58.363
18T E 586696 N 4513719
Columbo Crater is a lunar impact crater named after Christopher Columbus. The statue of Christopher Columbus is located in Central Park in New York City, New York, USA.
Waymark Code: WM6XXJ
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/03/2009
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The following information about the Columbo Crater comes from
Wikipedia:
Colombo is a lunar impact crater that lies on the strip of rough continental terrain between Mare Fecunditatis to the east and Mare Nectaris in the west. It is located to the south of Goclenius crater, and northwest of Cook crater.
The rim of Colombo is circular, although slightly indented along the northwest where 'Colombo A' intrudes slightly into the interior. The inner wall is asymmetrical, being much more narrow to the north and northwest and wider to the southeast. The rim is somewhat eroded, and several tiny craterlets lie along the inner wall to the southeast. The small satellite crater 'Colombo B' lies across the south-southwestern rim."
The interior floor of Colombo crater is nearly level, and has been partially covered by deposits of lava. This surface has a lower albedo than the surrounding surface, and has the same dark hue as the lunar mare to the east. At the mid-point of the interior is a semi-circular formation of four central ridges, resembling the remains of a larger mountain mass. The concave side of this feature is facing toward the northwest.
The following information about the statue of Christopher Columbus comes from the Central Park 2000 website:
[Unveiled 1894]
1451-1506
b. Genoa, Italy • d. Valladolid, Spain
Sculpted: 1892
Sculptor: Jeronimo Suñol 1839-1902
Gift of New Yorkers and the funding of The New York Genealogical Society
Facing the Olmsted Flower Bed at the center of Literary Walk in Central Park stands a bronze statue on granite base who is not a literary figure at all, Christopher Columbus. This Italian mariner and navigator is credited with having been the first European to sail across the Atlantic Ocean. This statue portrays Columbus beside a globe resting on a roped sea anchor, with one hand holding a flag as he looks up to the sky while his other hand reaches out as if for a reply. It is a modified replica of one Suñol had created for the Plaza de Colon in Madrid in 1885. Why Columbus, a man of such dubious character has found himself in the company of so many eminent literary figures is questionable. The explorer however, did write an abundance of diaries, which have been the source of interest to historians for centuries. This fact may account for the misguided placement.