The Moon, named after American

308 named features. The International Astronomical Union records why each name was chosen, and those reasons are printed below exactly as they were approved.

FEATURES · 308

NAME	TYPE	SIZE	WHY THAT NAME
Birkhoff	crater	329.8 km	George David; American mathematician (1884-1944).
Rimae Pettit	rille	320 km	Named from nearby crater.
Dorsa Ewing	dorsum	261.6 km	William Maurice; American geophysicist (1906-1974).
Rima Draper	rille	244.2 km	Named from nearby crater.
Van de Graaff	crater	240.5 km	Robert Jemison; American physicist (1901-1967).
Campbell	crater	222.5 km	Leon; American astronomer (1881-1951); William Wallace; American astronomer (1862-1938).
Catena Sumner	catena	220.5 km	Named from nearby crater.
Oppenheimer	crater	201.2 km	J. (Julius) Robert; American physicist (1904-1967).
Catena Leuschner (GDL)	catena	200.1 km	Named from nearby crater; GDL=Gas Dynamics Laboratory
Von Kármán	crater	186.4 km	Theodore; Hungarian-American aeronautical scientist (1881-1963).
Einstein	crater	181.5 km	Albert; German-American physicist; Nobel laureate (1879-1955).
W. Bond	crater	170.5 km	William Cranch; American astronomer (1789-1859).
Rima G. Bond	rille	166.9 km	Named from nearby crater.
Rowland	crater	166.1 km	Henry Augustus; American physicist (1848-1901).
Compton	crater	164.6 km	Arthur Holly; American physicist, Nobel laureate (1892-1962); Karl Taylor; American physicist (1887-1954).
Keeler	crater	158.1 km	James Edward; American astronomer (1857-1900).
Ashbrook	crater	157.7 km	Joseph; American astronomer (1918-1980).
Aitken	crater	129.7 km	Robert Grant; American astronomer (1864-1951).
Stebbins	crater	129.7 km	Joel; American astronomer (1878-1966).
Dorsum Grabau	dorsum	123.7 km	Amadeus William; American paleontologist (1870-1946).
Barnard	crater	115.7 km	Edward Emerson; American astronomer (1857-1923).
Gamow	crater	113.9 km	George; American physicist (1904-1968).
Wiener	crater	113.4 km	Norbert; American mathematician (1894-1964).
Alden	crater	111.4 km	Harold Lee; American astronomer (1890-1964).
Minkowski	crater	107.5 km	Hermann; German mathematician (1864-1909); Rudolph Leo Bernhard; American astronomer (1895-1976).
Anderson	crater	105.3 km	John August; American astronomer (1876-1959).
Russell	crater	103.4 km	Henry Norris; American astronomer (1877-1957); John; British artist, selenographer (1745-1806).
Wyld	crater	103.4 km	James Hart; American rocketry scientist (1913-1953).
Seyfert	crater	102.6 km	Carl Keenan; American astronomer (1911-1960).
Dorsa Rubey	dorsum	100.6 km	William Walden; American geologist (1898-1974).
Gilbert	crater	100.3 km	Grove Karl; American geologist (1843-1918), William; English physician and physicist (1544-1603).
Seares	crater	99.5 km	Frederick Hanley; American astronomer (1873-1964).
Vestine	crater	97.8 km	Ernest Harry; American geophysicist (1906-1968).
Byrd	crater	97.5 km	Richard Edwin; American explorer, aviator, navigator (1888-1957).
Schlesinger	crater	97.3 km	Frank; American astronomer (1871-1943).
Babcock	crater	95.3 km	Harold Delos; American astronomer, physicist (1882-1968).
Millikan	crater	94 km	Robert Andrews; American physicist; Nobel laureate (1868-1953).
Goddard	crater	93.2 km	Robert Hutchings; American rocketry scientist (1882-1945).
Parkhurst	crater	93.1 km	John A.; American astronomer (1861-1925).
Davisson	crater	92.5 km	Clinton Joseph; American physicist; Nobel laureate (1881-1958).
Langmuir	crater	91.5 km	Irving; American physicist, chemist; Nobel laureate (1881-1957).
Hess	crater	90.4 km	Victor Franz (Francis); American physicist (1883-1964); Harry Hammond; American geologist (1906-1969).
Robertson	crater	89.9 km	Howard Percy; American physicist, mathematician (1903-1961).
Chandler	crater	88.6 km	Seth Carlo; American astronomer (1846-1913).
McMath	crater	88.6 km	Francis Charles; American engineer, astronomer (1867-1938); Robert Raynolds; American astronomer (1891-1962).
Berkner	crater	87.6 km	Lloyd Viel; American geophysicist (1905-1967).
Perrine	crater	87.4 km	Charles Dillon; American astronomer (1867-1951).
Dorsum Cushman	dorsum	85.7 km	Joseph Augustine; American micropaleontologist (1881-1949).
Hale	crater	84.4 km	George Ellery; American astronomer (1868-1938); William; British rocket scientist (1797-1870).
Wood	crater	84.2 km	Robert Williams; American physicist (1868-1955).
Lyman	crater	83.3 km	Theodore; American physicist (1874-1954).
Dorsa Dana	dorsum	82.3 km	James Dwight; American Earth scientist (1813-1895).
Dellinger	crater	82 km	John Howard; American physicist (1886-1962).
Bridgman	crater	81.9 km	Percy Williams; American physicist; Nobel laureate (1882-1961).
Hubble	crater	81.8 km	Edwin Powell; American astronomer (1889-1953).
Ley	crater	81.1 km	Willy; German-American rocketry scientist (1906-1969).
Elvey	crater	80.2 km	Christian Thomas; American astronomer, geophysicist (1899-1970).
Olcott	crater	79.9 km	William Tyler; American astronomer (1873-1936).
Gibbs	crater	78.8 km	Josiah Willard; American mathematical physicist (1839-1903).
Peary	crater	78.8 km	Robert Edwin; American explorer (1856-1920).
Olivier	crater	78.5 km	Charles Pollard; American astronomer (1884-1975).
Frost	crater	78.3 km	Edwin Brant; American astronomer (1866-1935).
Chauvenet	crater	77.7 km	William; American astronomer, mathematician (1820-1870).
Klute	crater	77.5 km	Daniel O'Donnell; American rocketry scientist (1921-1964).
King	crater	76.2 km	Arthur Scott; American physicist (1876-1957); Edward Skinner; American astronomer (1861-1931).
Trumpler	crater	76.2 km	Robert Julius; American astronomer (1866-1956).
Nassau	crater	75.8 km	Jason John; American astronomer (1892-1965).
McLaughlin	crater	75.3 km	Dean Benjamin; American astronomer (1901-1965).
Waterman	crater	74.9 km	Alan Tower; American physicist (1892-1967).
Von Neumann	crater	74.8 km	John; American mathematician (1903-1957).
Cajori	crater	74.7 km	Florian; American mathematician (1859-1930).
Slipher	crater	74.7 km	Earl Charles; American astronomer (1883-1964); Vesto Melvin; American astronomer (1875-1969).
Chappell	crater	73.9 km	James Frederick; American astronomer (1891-1964).
Jansky	crater	73.8 km	Karl Guthe; American radio engineer (1905-1950).
Deutsch	crater	73.3 km	Armin Joseph; American astronomer (1918-1969).
Comstock	crater	73.2 km	George Cary; American astronomer (1855-1934).
Morse	crater	72.8 km	Samuel Finley Breese; American inventor (1791-1872).
O'Day	crater	70.4 km	Marcus; American physicist (1897-1961).
Leavitt	crater	69.3 km	Henrietta Swan; American astronomer (1868-1921).
Henyey	crater	68.7 km	Louis George; American astronomer (1910-1970).
Kirkwood	crater	68.1 km	Daniel; American astronomer (1814-1895).
Kiess	crater	67.8 km	Carl Clarence; American astrophysicist (1887-1967).
Barringer	crater	66.9 km	Daniel Moreau; American engineer, geologist (1860-1929).
St. John	crater	66.7 km	Charles Edward; American solar physicist, astronomer (1857-1935).
Haskin	crater	66.6 km	Larry A.; American chemist, geochemist (1934-2005).
Bronk	crater	66.2 km	Detlev Wulf; American neurophysiologist (1897-1975).
Dorsum Gast	dorsum	64.9 km	Paul Werner; American geochemist, geologist (1930-1973).
Alter	crater	64.7 km	Dinsmore; American astronomer, meteorologist (1888-1968).
Winlock	crater	63.9 km	Joseph; American astronomer (1826-1875).
Harlan	crater	63.5 km	Harlan James Smith; American astronomer (1924-1991).
Adams	crater	63.3 km	John Couch; British astronomer (1819-1892); Charles Hitchcock; American astronomer (1868-1951); Walter Sydney; American astronomer (1876-1956).
Stetson	crater	63.1 km	Harlan True; American astronomer, geophysicist (1885-1964).
Lampland	crater	63 km	Carl Otto; American astronomer (1873-1951).
Edison	crater	62.7 km	Thomas Alva; American inventor (1847-1931).
Lowell	crater	62.7 km	Percival; American astronomer (1855-1916).
Carver	crater	62.5 km	George Washington; American botanist (1864-1943).
Perkin	crater	62.5 km	Richard Scott; American telescope manufacturer (1906-1969).
Helberg	crater	61.9 km	Robert J.; American aeronautical engineer (1906-1967).
Chamberlin	crater	60.4 km	Thomas Chrowder; American geologist (1843-1928).
Brashear	crater	60.2 km	John Alfred; American astronomer (1840-1920).
Grissom	crater	59.8 km	Virgil Ivan ("Gus"); American astronaut (1926-1967).
Watson	crater	59.4 km	James Craig; American astronomer (1838-1880).
Langley	crater	59.2 km	Samuel Pierpont; American astronomer, physicist (1834-1906).
Baade	crater	57.9 km	Wilhelm Heinrich Walter; American astronomer (1893-1960).
Cannon	crater	57.6 km	Annie Jump; American astronomer (1863-1941).
Lovelace	crater	57.1 km	William Randolph, II; American doctor, space scientist (1907-1965).
Merrill	crater	57 km	Paul Willard; American astronomer (1887-1961).
Froelich	crater	56.7 km	Jack Edward (Froehlich); American rocket scientist (1921-1967).
Schaeberle	crater	56.7 km	John Martin; American astronomer (1853-1924).
De Forest	crater	56.3 km	Lee; American inventor (1873-1961).
Franklin	crater	55.9 km	Benjamin; American inventor (1706-1790).
Sanford	crater	55.1 km	Roscoe Frank; American astronomer (1883-1958).
Kane	crater	55 km	Elisha Kent; American explorer (1820-1857).
Moulton	crater	54.7 km	Forest R.; American astronomer (1872-1952).
Dryden	crater	54.5 km	Hugh Latimer; American physicist, engineer (1898-1965).
Lane	crater	53.8 km	Jonathan Homer; American physicist, astrophysicist (1819-1880).
Sumner	crater	52.9 km	Thomas Hubbard; American geographer, navigator (1807-1876).
Moore	crater	52.7 km	Joseph Haines; American astronomer (1878-1949).
Wexler	crater	52.4 km	Harry; American meteorologist (1911-1962).
Clark	crater	52.1 km	Alvan; American astronomer (1804-1887); Alvan G.; American astronomer, optician (1832-1897).
Cooper	crater	51.9 km	John Cobb; American jurist, scholar (1887-1967).
Chaffee	crater	51.8 km	Roger Bruce; American aeronautic engineer, astronaut (1935-1967).
Shoemaker	crater	51.8 km	Eugene Merle; American astrogeologist (1928-1997).
Mees	crater	51.6 km	Charles Edward Kenneth; British-born American photographer (1882-1960).
Porter	crater	51.5 km	Russell Williams; American telescope designer (1871-1949).
Meggers	crater	51.2 km	William Frederick; American physicist (1888-1966).
Douglass	crater	51 km	Andrew Ellicott; American astronomer (1867-1962).
Borman	crater	50.7 km	Frank; American astronaut, engineer (1928-Live).
Boss	crater	50.2 km	Lewis; American astronomer (1846-1912).
Leuschner	crater	50.1 km	Armin Otto; American astronomer (1868-1953).
Rutherfurd	crater	50 km	Lewis Morris; American astronomer (1816-1892).
Dugan	crater	49.7 km	Raymond Smith; American astronomer (1878-1940).
Shaler	crater	48.5 km	Nathaniel Southgate; American geologist, paleontologist (1841-1906).
Holden	crater	47.6 km	Edward Singleton; American astronomer (1846-1914).
Proctor	crater	47.6 km	Mary; American astronomer (1862-1957).
Gernsback	crater	47.2 km	Hugo; American writer (1884-1967).
McNally	crater	47 km	Paul Aloysius; American astronomer (1890-1955).
Van Maanen	crater	46.4 km	Adriaan; Dutch-American astronomer (1884-1946).
Ellerman	crater	46.2 km	Ferdinand; American astronomer (1869-1940).
Bok	crater	43 km	Priscilla Fairfield; American astronomer (1896-1975), Bart Jan; Dutch-American astronomer (1906-1983).
Bowditch	crater	43 km	Nathaniel; American astronomer, mathematician (1773-1848).
White	crater	42.3 km	Edward Higgins II; American astronaut (1930-1967).
Swann	crater	42.2 km	William Francis Gray; Anglo-American physicist (1884-1962).
Henry Frères	crater	41.7 km	Prosper; French astronomer (1849-1903); Paul; French astronomer (1848-1905).
Scobee	crater	41.5 km	Francis Richard "Dick"; member of the Challenger crew (1939-1986).
Anders	crater	41.3 km	William Alison; American astronaut (1933-Live).
Jarvis	crater	41.2 km	Gregory Bruce; Member of the Challenger crew (1944-1986).
Tesla	crater	41.2 km	Nikola; American scientist of Serbian origin (1856-1943).
Parsons	crater	41.1 km	John "Jack" Whiteside; American rocketry scientist (1914-1952).
McAdie	crater	41 km	Alexander George; American meteorologist (1863-1943).
Pease	crater	40.8 km	Francis Gladheim; American astronomer (1881-1938).
Lewis	crater	40.3 km	Gilbert Newton; American chemist (1875-1946).
Wright	crater	40.2 km	Frederick Eugene; American petrologist and astronomer (1877-1953); Thomas; British philosopher (1711-1786); William Hammond; American astronomer (1871-1959).
Urey	crater	39.3 km	Harold Clayton; American chemist; Nobel laureate (1893-1981).
Henry	crater	39.1 km	Joseph; American physicist (1797-1878).
Stearns	crater	38.9 km	Carl Leo; American astronomer (1892-1972).
Nicholson	crater	38.1 km	Seth Barnes; American astronomer (1891-1963).
Healy	crater	38 km	Roy; American rocketry scientist (1915-1968).
Golovin	crater	37.9 km	Nicholas Erasmus; American rocketry scientist (1912-1969).
Jenkins	crater	37.8 km	Louise Freeland; American astronomer (1888-1970).
Ingalls	crater	37.2 km	Albert Graham; American optician (1888-1958).
Pettit	crater	36.7 km	Edison; American astronomer (1889-1962).
Mills	crater	35.7 km	Mark Muir; American physicist (1917-1958).
Lovell	crater	35.1 km	James A., Jr.; American astronaut (1928-Live).
Bingham	crater	35 km	Hiram; American explorer (1875-1956).
Condon	crater	34.9 km	Edward Uhler; American physicist (1902-1974).
Yerkes	crater	34.9 km	Charles Tyson; American benefactor (1837-1905).
Warner	crater	34.5 km	Worcester Reed; American inventor (1846-1929).
Van Vleck	crater	33.5 km	John Monroe; American astronomer, mathematician (1833-1912).
Gould	crater	33 km	Benjamin Apthorp; American astronomer (1824-1896).
Smith	crater	32.9 km	Michael John; member of the Challenger crew (1945-1986).
Walker	crater	32.9 km	Joseph Albert; American test pilot (1921-1966).
Coblentz	crater	32.7 km	William Weber; American physicist, astronomer (1873-1962).
Mitchell	crater	32.2 km	Maria; American astronomer (1818-1889).
McNair	crater	32 km	Ronald Ewald; member of the Challenger crew (1950-1986).
Hall	crater	31.8 km	Asaph; American astronomer (1829-1907).
Lick	crater	31.6 km	James; American benefactor (1796-1876).
Izsak	crater	30.8 km	Imre; Hungarian-American astronomer (1929-1965).
Hayford	crater	28.2 km	John Fillmore; American civil engineer, geodesist (1868-1925).
Kearons	crater	28 km	William Maybrick; American astronomer (1878-1948).
Rittenhouse	crater	27.5 km	David; American inventor, astronomer, mathematician (1732-1796).
Onizuka	crater	26.9 km	Ellison Shoji; member of the Challenger crew (1946-1986).
Swasey	crater	24.9 km	Ambrose; American inventor (1846-1937).
Shapley	crater	24.8 km	Harlow; American astronomer (1885-1972).
Burnham	crater	24.1 km	Sherburne Wesley; American astronomer (1838-1921).
Ritchey	crater	24.1 km	George Willis; American astronomer, optician (1864-1945).
Fox	crater	24 km	Philip; American astronomer (1878-1944).
Lawrence	crater	24 km	Ernest Orlando; American physicist; Nobel laureate (1901-1958), and Robert Henry, Jr.; American astronaut (1935-1967).
Resnik	crater	22.2 km	Judith Arlene; member of the Challenger crew (1949-1986).
Taurus-Littrow Valley	apollo	21 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Recht	crater	20 km	Albert W.; American astronomer, mathematician (1892-1962).
Carmichael	crater	19.7 km	Leonard; American psychologist (1898-1973).
G. Bond	crater	19.1 km	George Philip; American astronomer (1826-1865).
McAuliffe	crater	19.1 km	Sharon Christa Corrigan; civilian school teacher member of the Challenger crew (1948-1986).
Peirce	crater	18.9 km	Benjamin; American mathematician, astronomer (1809-1880).
Nunn	crater	18.5 km	Joseph; American engineer (1905-1968).
Townley	crater	17.7 km	Sidney Dean; American astronomer (1867-1946).
Fryxell	crater	17.6 km	Roald Hilding; American geologist (1934-1974).
Gardner	crater	17.6 km	Irvine Clifton; American physicist (1889-1972).
Winthrop	crater	17.3 km	John; American astronomer (1714-1779).
Elmer	crater	16.9 km	Charles Wesley; American astronomer (1872-1954).
Richards	crater	16.8 km	Theodore William; American chemist; Nobel laureate (1868-1928).
Hendrix	crater	16.6 km	Don Osgood; American optician (1905-1961).
Maury	crater	16.6 km	Matthew Fontaine; American oceanographer (1806-1873); Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira; American astronomer (1866-1952).
Hill	crater	15.9 km	George William; American astronomer, mathematician (1838-1914).
Watts	crater	15.6 km	Chester Burleigh; American astronomer (1889-1971).
Pickering	crater	15.4 km	Edward Charles; American astronomer (1846-1919); William H.; American astronomer (1858-1938).
Scarp	apollo	14.8 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Whipple	crater	14.5 km	Fred Lawrence; American astronomer (1906-2004).
Benedict	crater	13.8 km	Francis Gano; American chemist, physiologist (1870-1957).
Smoky Mountains	apollo	13.8 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.
Stewart	crater	13.8 km	John Quincy; American astrophysicist (1894-1972).
Morley	crater	13.7 km	Edward Williams; American chemist (1838-1923).
Andersson	crater	13.4 km	Leif Erland; American astronomer (1943-1979).
Lindbergh	crater	13.3 km	Charles Augustus; American aviator (1902-1974).
Spurr	crater	13.2 km	Josiah Edward; American geologist (1870-1950).
Bancroft	crater	12.5 km	Wilder Dwight; American chemist (1867-1953).
Sculptured Hills	apollo	12.4 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Slocum	crater	12.2 km	Frederick; American astronomer (1873-1944).
Cameron	crater	10.9 km	Robert Curry; American astronomer (1925-1972).
Erlanger	crater	10.9 km	Joseph; American physiologist, Nobel Prize winner 1944 (1874-1965).
Stone Mountain	apollo	10.5 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.
Abbot	crater	10.4 km	Charles Greeley; American astrophysicist (1872-1973).
Swift	crater	10.1 km	Lewis; American astronomer (1820-1913).
Nielsen	crater	9.6 km	Axel Vilfrid; Danish astronomer (1902-1970); Harald Herborg; American physicist (1903-1973).
Crile	crater	9.3 km	George Washington; American doctor (1864-1943).
Van Biesbroeck	crater	9.1 km	George A.; Belgian-American astronomer (1880-1974).
Brackett	crater	8.9 km	Frederick Sumner; American physicist (1896-1988).
Draper	crater	8.3 km	Henry; American astronomer (1837-1882).
Bowen	crater	8.1 km	Ira Sprague; American astronomer (1898-1973).
McDonald	crater	7 km	William Johnson; American benefactor (1844-1926); Thomas Logie; Scottish selenographer (1901-1973).
MacMillan	crater	6.9 km	William Duncan; American mathematician, astronomer (1871-1948).
Tucker	crater	6.8 km	Richard Hawley; American astronomer (1859-1952).
Kuiper	crater	6.3 km	Gerard Peter; Dutch-American astronomer (1905-1973).
Bruce	crater	6.1 km	Catherine Wolfe; American philanthropist, astronomy patron (1816-1900).
Joy	crater	5.1 km	Alfred Harrison; American astronomer (1882-1973).
Very	crater	4.7 km	Frank Washington; American astronomer (1852-1927).
Light Mantle	apollo	4.6 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Humason	crater	4.3 km	Milton Lasell; American astronomer (1891-1972).
Armstrong	crater	4.2 km	Neil Alden; American astronaut (1930-2012).
Bear Mountain	apollo	3.5 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Family Mountain	apollo	3.4 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Menzel	crater	3.4 km	Donald Howard; American astrophysicist, Smithsonian researcher (1901-1976).
North Complex	apollo	3.1 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 15 site.
Curtis	crater	2.9 km	Heber Doust; American astronomer (1872-1942).
Aldrin	crater	2.8 km	Edwin Eugene, Jr. ("Buzz"); American astronaut (1930-Live).
Plain	apollo	2.8 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 15 site.
Collins	crater	2.6 km	Michael; American astronaut (1930-Live).
Eckert	crater	2.6 km	Wallace John; American astronomer (1902-1971).
St. George	apollo	2.4 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 15 site.
Pupin	crater	2.2 km	Michael Idvorsky; American physicist and inventor of Serbian origin (1858-1935).
Tortilla Flat	apollo	2.2 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Crescent	apollo	2 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 12 site.
Terrace	apollo	1.5 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 15 site.
Ravine	apollo	1.1 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.
North Ray	apollo	1 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.
Gator	apollo	0.9 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.
Nansen-Apollo	apollo	0.9 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Stubby	apollo	0.9 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.
Wreck	apollo	0.9 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.
Old Nameless	apollo	0.8 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 14 site.
Palmetto	apollo	0.8 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.
Trap	apollo	0.8 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.
Bridge	apollo	0.7 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 15 site.
Snowman	apollo	0.7 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 12 site.
Cochise	apollo	0.6 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Emory	apollo	0.6 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Hess-Apollo	apollo	0.6 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Lara	apollo	0.6 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Trident	apollo	0.6 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Mackin	apollo	0.5 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site. (Spelling changed from Mackin-Apollo.)
Steno-Apollo	apollo	0.5 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Victory	apollo	0.5 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Dune	apollo	0.4 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 15 site.
Horatio	apollo	0.4 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Middle Crescent	apollo	0.4 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 12 site.
Powell	apollo	0.4 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Bowen-Apollo	apollo	0.3 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Cone	apollo	0.3 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 14 site.
Elbow	apollo	0.3 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 15 site.
Index	apollo	0.3 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 15 site.
Spook	apollo	0.3 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.
Triplet	apollo	0.3 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 14 site.
Baby Ray	apollo	0.2 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.
Bench	apollo	0.2 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 12 site.
Brontë	apollo	0.2 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Earthlight	apollo	0.2 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 15 site.
Flag	apollo	0.2 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.
Last	apollo	0.2 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 15 site.
Surveyor	apollo	0.2 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 12 site.
West	apollo	0.2 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 11 site.
Cinco	apollo	0.1 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.
Doublet	apollo	0.1 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 14 site.
End	apollo	0.1 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.
Falcon	apollo	0.1 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Halfway	apollo	0.1 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.
Head	apollo	0.1 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 12 site.
Rhysling	apollo	0.1 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 15 site.
Shorty	apollo	0.1 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Spur	apollo	0.1 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 15 site.
Van Serg	apollo	0.1 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
Weird	apollo	0.1 km	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 14 site.
Block	apollo	n/a	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 12 site.
Flank	apollo	n/a	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 14 site.
Halo	apollo	n/a	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 12 site.
Plum	apollo	n/a	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.
Sharp-Apollo	apollo	n/a	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 12 site.
Spot	apollo	n/a	Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.

Names and their origins come from the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS Astrogeology), retrieved 2026-08-14.
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DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA