KUON GEO

Knox-Shaw

Crater, craters · 13.4 km across · 5.36°, 80.19° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約13.4km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Harold; British astronomer (1885-1970).
Source of the name: Great Britain (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1973 · Other features named after Great Britain

SEE IT · 地図で見る

Elevation here was measured by laser from orbit (LOLA). Nothing is estimated or generated.
Open the map centred on Knox-Shaw

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Banachiewicz クレーター6 km
Schubert クレーター82 km
Back クレーター127 km
Jenkins クレーター165 km
Neper クレーター168 km
Tacchini クレーター170 km
Wildt クレーター172 km
Virchow クレーター174 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