Carrel is a small lunar crater on the Mare Tranquillitatis.

It has a somewhat distorted appearance, having a slight protruding bulge in the northwest rim.

This crater lies across a ridge in the surface of the mare.

It was named after the Nobel-winning and Nazi collaborationist [1]French scientist Alexis Carrel in 1979.

The lava-flooded crater Jansen lies about to the northeast.