Just to the west is the crater Frost, along the southern rim of the walled plain Landau.

This is a moderately eroded feature, with a worn outer rim that is marked by several lesser impacts.

The interior floor is relatively level, except for a double central peak formation at the midpoint.

The crater was named in 1970 after Boris Sergeevich Petropavlovsky, a Soviet rocket pioneer.

[3] By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Petropavlovskiy.