Vasco da Gama

Crater, craters · 93.5 km across · 13.78°, -83.94° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約93.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Portuguese navigator, explorer (c. 1460-1524).

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 · 8

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。

Vasco da Gama A22 km

Vasco da Gama B25.1 km

Vasco da Gama C46.8 km

Vasco da Gama F55.8 km

Vasco da Gama P102.5 km

Vasco da Gama R60.9 km

Vasco da Gama S30.3 km

Vasco da Gama T19.9 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Rimae Vasco da Gama 谷（リマ）68 km

Bohr クレーター83 km

Dalton クレーター101 km

Einstein クレーター162 km

Balboa クレーター167 km

Vallis Bohr 谷181 km

Sundman クレーター247 km

Glushko クレーター254 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