Zelinskiy is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon.

This crater is somewhat elliptical, having an outwardly bulging rim to the east.

Impacts have not significantly eroded many parts of the rim, although a small crater lies along the inner wall at the north end of the interior floor.

The floor is relatively level in the south and west, with some irregularities in the surface to the northeast.

By convention, these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint closest to Zelinskiy.