KUON GEO

Kane

Crater, craters · 55 km across · 62.99°, 25.84° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約55km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Elisha Kent; American explorer (1820-1857).
Source of the name: American (North America) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after American

SEE IT · 地図で見る

Elevation here was measured by laser from orbit (LOLA). Nothing is estimated or generated.
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SATELLITE CRATERS · 衛星クレーター · 3

Smaller craters that share this name with a letter added. The IAU records them under the same origin, so they are listed here rather than given pages of their own.
この名前に英字を足した小さなクレーターです。由来は親と同じものとして登録されているため、ここに並べています。
Kane A6.1 km
Kane F7.2 km
Kane G9.7 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Moigno クレーター107 km
C. Mayer クレーター117 km
Democritus クレーター129 km
Rima Sheepshanks 谷（リマ）146 km
Neison クレーター159 km
Peters クレーター160 km
Sheepshanks クレーター172 km
Gärtner クレーター173 km
Great-circle distances on a sphere of radius 1,737.4 km.
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