KUON GEO

Kira

Crater, craters · 6.8 km across · -17.71°, 132.83° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約6.8km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Russian female name.
Source of the name: Russia (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1976 · Other features named after Russia

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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NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Patsaev クレーター36 km
Lander クレーター78 km
Bondarenko クレーター118 km
Volkov クレーター129 km
Tsiolkovskiy クレーター137 km
Dobrovol'skiy クレーター174 km
Fesenkov クレーター178 km
Shirakatsi クレーター209 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