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resident Elizabeth Freeman Rosenzweig in a naming contest which was eventually adopted by the

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(IAU) on 2015. Karsh is named for the

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photographer

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. The craters Carolan,

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, and

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were also named as part of the contest. Karsh lies on the west rim of the much larger

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basin.

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