The Moon, named after Turkey

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

FEATURES · 5

NAME	TYPE	SIZE	WHY THAT NAME
Montes Taurus	mons	166.2 km	Named from terrestrial Taurus Mts.
Mons Argaeus	mons	61.5 km	Named from peak in Asia Minor (now Erciyas Dagi).
Shahinaz	crater	16 km	Turkish female name.
Jehan	crater	4.5 km	Turkish female name.
Osman	crater	1.8 km	Turkish 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