KUON GEO

van den Bos

Crater, craters · 25.2 km across · -5.26°, 145.95° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約25.2km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Willem Hendrik; South African astronomer (1896-1974).
Source of the name: South Africa (Africa) · Approved by the IAU 1979 · Other features named after South Africa

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 van den Bos

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Tamm クレーター31 km
Vil'ev クレーター49 km
Marconi クレーター130 km
Chaplygin クレーター130 km
Pannekoek クレーター162 km
Dellinger クレーター166 km
Glazenap クレーター269 km
Schuster クレーター294 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.
All named features ｜ KUON THE MOON map ｜ About the map ｜ Every landing site on the Moon
DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA