Magelhaens

Crater, craters · 37.2 km across · -11.98°, 44.07° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約37.2km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Fernao De (Ferdinand Magellan); Portuguese explorer (1480-1521).

Source of the name: Portugal (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Portugal

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 · 1

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。

Magelhaens A29.4 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.

Goclenius クレーター65 km

Montes Pyrenaeus 山98 km

Colombo クレーター115 km

Bellot クレーター123 km

Rimae Goclenius 谷（リマ）130 km

Gutenberg クレーター132 km

Bohnenberger クレーター175 km

Gaudibert クレーター188 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