She falls into a nearby crater and dies of a broken neck.
It may have formed at the same time as the smaller nearby crater Gusev.
It looked as if it had been blasted out of a nearby crater.
However the formation has not been significantly reshaped by nearby craters.
A variety of other nearby craters and craterlets belong to Apianus.
Other nearby craters of note are Anderson to the southwest and Dante to the northeast.
Nearby craters of note include Icarus to the east and Racah to the south.
The interior floor is irregular along the northern and southwest sections where their shape has been modified by the large nearby craters mentioned above.
Other nearby craters of note include Stoney to the east, and Bellinsgauzen to the south.
The coastal plain is mostly covered by lava that flowed from the glacier or nearby craters.