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An elevated structure surrounded by a ring at lower elevation than its surroundings.
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Moat crater: Impact landform with a central elevated structure and an annular basin. See also central dome crater (Ganymede), chaotic crater floor (mars) (marginal), fractured floor crater (classes III and IV), inverted crater (with moat), marine-target crater, nested crater, pitted pedestal crater (with coalesced marginal pits), ring furrow, ring moat, and ring mold crater.
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Other moats: Circumferential depression, Blowout dune and hollow, south polar residual cap features:moat (sublimational).
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Hargitai, H., Kereszturi, Á. (2014). Moat. In: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_500-1
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