Gibran (crater)

Gibran is a crater on Mercury and is in the east of the Shakespeare quadrangle.

[1] Gibran is located east of the rayed crater of Degas and nearby Damer.

[2] These pit craters are thought to be evidence of shallow volcanic activity and may have formed when retreating magma caused an unsupported area of the surface to collapse, creating a pit.

The discovery of multiple pit-floor craters augments evidence that volcanic activity has been a widespread process in the geologic evolution of Mercury's crust.

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