KUON GEO

The Moon, named after Spain

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

FEATURES · 29

NAMETYPESIZEWHY THAT NAME
Montes Cordilleramons963.5 kmSpanish for "mountain chain."
Montes Pyrenaeusmons251.3 kmNamed from terrestrial Pyrenees.
Rima Hyginusrille204 kmNamed from nearby crater.
Alphonsuscrater110.5 kmAlfonso X (El Sabio); Spanish astronomer (1221-1284).
Dorsum Azaradorsum103.2 kmFelix De; Spanish Earth scientist (1746-1811).
Arzachelcrater97 kmAl-Zarqālī; Spanish-Arabic astronomer (died 1100).
Ibn Firnascrater88.3 kmAbbas Ibn Firnas; Spanish-Arab humanitarian, technologist (unkn- A.D. 887).
Colombocrater79 kmColumbus, Christopher; Spanish explorer (1451-1506).
Zagutcrater78.9 kmAbraham Ben Samuel; Spanish astronomer (c. 1450-c. 1522).
Mutuscrater76.3 kmVincente Mut, or Muth; Spanish astronomer (unkn-1673).
Balboacrater69.2 kmVasco Nuñez de; Spanish explorer (1475-1519).
Rimae Arzachelrille57 kmWithin crater.
Gebercrater44.7 kmJābir Ibn Aflah Al-Ishbīlī, Abū Muhammad; Spanish-Arab astronomer (fl. first half of twelfth cent.).
Abenezracrater43.2 kmAbraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra; Spanish mathematician, astronomer (1092-1164/1167).
Isidoruscrater41.4 kmSt. Isidore of Seville; Spanish astronomer and encyclopaedist (c. 560-636).
Ibn-Rushdcrater31.1 kmAbu al-Walîd Ibn Rushd (Averroës); Spanish-Arab philosopher/doctor (1126-1198).
Cataláncrater26.8 kmMiguel Antonio; Spanish spectroscopist (1894-1957).
Mons Picomons24.4 kmSpanish for "peak."
Rima Carmenrille15 kmSpanish female name.
Al-Bakricrater12.2 kmAbū Ubayd Abdallāh Ibn abd al-Azīz Ibn Muhammad; Spanish-Arab geographer (1010-1094).
Ibn Bajjacrater12 kmSpanish-Arab astronomer and philosopher (c. 1095-1138).
Hyginuscrater8.7 kmCaius Julius; Spanish astronomer (fl. first century B.C.).
Cajalcrater8.6 kmSantiago Ramon Y; Spanish doctor; Nobel laureate (1852-1934).
Carloscrater4.7 kmSpanish male name.
Isabelcrater1.2 kmSpanish female name.
Josécrater1.2 kmSpanish male name.
Lindacrater1.1 kmSpanish female name.
Rosacrater0.8 kmSpanish female name.
Manuelcrater0.6 kmSpanish male name.
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