KUON GEO

Rima Sheepshanks

Rima, rimae · 157.5 km across · 58.28°, 23.69° · the Moon
谷（リマ）・差し渡し約157.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Named from nearby crater.
Source of the name: Great Britain (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1985 · 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.
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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.
Galle クレーター76 km
Sheepshanks クレーター109 km
Kane クレーター146 km
Gärtner クレーター176 km
C. Mayer クレーター178 km
Rima Gärtner 谷（リマ）192 km
Democritus クレーター209 km
Moigno クレーター253 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