Munkácsy, named after

Mihály Munkácsy Mihály Munkácsy (20 February 1844 – 1 May 1900) was a Hungarian painter. He earned international reputation with his genre pictures and large-scale biblical paintings. Early years Munkácsy was born as ''Mihály Leó Lieb'' () to Mi ...

, is a crater on Mercury. Munkácsy originally had a double-ring basin structure, but most of the inner ring was buried when the basin was flooded with volcanic lava. Only a few remnants of the ring poke up through the lava, although low ridges in the lava seem to trace out much of the rest of the ring's circumference. Munkácsy is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury. The name of the crater was adopted by the

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in 2009. Munkácsy is named for the Hungarian painter

. The crater Fonteyn is to the northwest of Munkácsy, and the crater Raditladi is to the northeast.

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crater is to the southwest. Munkácsy crater EW0246620006G.jpg, Most of the crater Munkácsy crater MESSENGER NAC mosaic.jpg, Mosaic across the central crater

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Impact craters on Mercury Eminescu quadrangle Raditladi quadrangle {{Mercury-planet-stub