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'''Surveyor''' crater is a small crater in [[Mare Cognitum]] on the [[Moon]]. The name of the crater was formally adopted by the [[IAU]] in 1973.<ref name=GPN/>
On April 20, 1967, the [[Surveyor 3]] spacecraft landed within the crater near the east rim.
The [[Apollo 12]] astronauts [[Pete Conrad]] and [[Alan Bean]] landed the [[Apollo Lunar Module|Lunar Module]] (LM) ''Intrepid'' north of Surveyor crater on November 24, 1969. During the descent, Surveyor crater was a major landmark. Surveyor is the largest crater at the landing site. To the west of Surveyor is [[Head (crater)|Head]] crater. To the southwest are [[Bench (crater)|Bench]] crater and [[Sharp-Apollo (crater)|Sharp]] crater (now called Sharp-Apollo). To the south is [[Halo (crater)|Halo]] crater.
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