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De La Rue is the remnant of a lunar crater of the form called a walled-plain. It lies in the northeast part of the Moon on the near side, and so appears foreshortened due to its location. The crater lies to the north-northwest of the prominent Endymion crater, just beyond the eastern extreme of Mare Frigoris. Strabo crater intrudes into the northern part of De La Rue's northern rim, and the smaller Thales crater is attached to the northwestern part of the wall. The perimeter of Del La Rue is a disintegrated mass of hills, irregular ground, and notches from old craters. The rim is generally rounded along the northwest half, while a formation to the southeast is intruding into the crater resulting in a somewhat straightened wall along that flank. There are remnants of small craters along the south-southeast rim, and several ghost-crater rims lay along the interior floor beside the northern inner wall. Near the mid-point of the relatively flat interior floor is the bowl-shaped 'De La Rue J' satellite crater. There is rough ground attached to the southern rim of this crater, and low hills just to the west. The inner floor is rougher along the southeast side. The remaining floor is marked by many tiny craterlets, with a notable pair in the northeast part of the interior. |
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