Gold (crater)

{{short description|Crater on Mars}}

{{Infobox crater data

| titlecolor = #FA8072

| title = Gold

| image = Viking Teardrop Islands.jpg

| caption = Tear-drop shaped islands caused by flood waters from Ares Vallis, as seen by Viking Orbiter. The islands were formed by the ejecta of Lod, Bok, and Gold craters.

| coordinate_title = Coordinates

| globe = Mars

| coordinates = {{coord|20.03|N|328.76|E|globe:mars_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| diameter = {{cvt|8.91|km}}

| eponym = A town in Pennsylvania

}}

Gold is a crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars. It was named after a town in Potter County, Pennsylvania in 1976.{{cite web|title=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature {{!}} Gold|url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2208|website=usgs.gov|publisher=International Astronomical Union|access-date=9 September 2021}}

Gold is famous as being one of several craters showing clear evidence that it was affected by floods of water from Ares Vallis on Mars.[https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19810003458 NASA SP-441: VIKING ORBITER VIEWS OF MARS], Viking Orbiter Imaging Team, 1980, Channels

File:Craters at the mouth of Ares Vallis P15 007072 2010 XI 21N031W.jpg|CTX camera image

File:Gold crater P15 007072 2010 XI 21N031W.jpg|Enlargement showing Gold