KUON GEO

Promontorium Kelvin

Promontorium, promontoria · 45 km across · -26.95°, -33.45° · the Moon
岬・差し渡し約45km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin; Scottish natural philosopher (1824-1907).
Source of the name: Scotland (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Scotland

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.
Rupes Kelvin 崖34 km
Hippalus クレーター103 km
Dunthorne クレーター107 km
Rimae Hippalus 谷（リマ）118 km
Loewy クレーター130 km
Vitello クレーター152 km
Campanus クレーター153 km
Puiseux クレーター157 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