Albategnius is an ancient
lunarimpact crater located in the central highlands. It is named after the Mesopotamian
Muslim astronomer and
scientistAbū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān al-Raqqī al-Ḥarrānī aṣ-Ṣābiʾ al-Battānī, Latinized as
Albategnius.Albategnius is one of the largest craters of
Nectarian age.
The level interior of Albategnius forms a walled plain, surrounded by the high,
terraced rim. The outer wall is somewhat
hexagon-shaped, and has been heavily eroded with impacts, valleys, and landslips. It attains a height above 4,000 metres along the northeast face. The rim is broken in the southwest by the smaller crater
Klein.
Offset to the west of the crater's midpoint is its central peak, designated Alpha (α) Albategnius. It is longest in extent in the north–south direction, extending for just under 20 kilometres, and has a width about half that. The peak rises to an altitude of roughly 1.5 km, and a tiny, relatively fresh crater is at the top.
Source: Wikipedia 
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