Scott is a
lunar impact crater near the south pole of the
Moon. Its location close to the lunar limb hinders observation, both from the foreshortening of the crater as seen from
Earth and from the limited sunlight that enters the basin. In fact the northern end of this crater is in near perpetual darkness, and has not been mapped in detail. Scott lies between the similar-sized crater
Amundsen to the southeast and
Schomberger to the northwest. Just to the northeast is the crater
Demonax.