Volkov

Crater, craters · 40.8 km across · -13.62°, 131.67° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約40.8km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Vladislav Nikolayevich; Soviet engineer, cosmonaut (1935-1971).

Source of the name: Soviet (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1973 · Other features named after Soviet

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 · 2

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。

Volkov F9.9 km

Volkov J30.5 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Lander クレーター52 km

Dobrovol'skiy クレーター63 km

Shirakatsi クレーター102 km

Patsaev クレーター111 km

Lane クレーター127 km

Kira クレーター129 km

Perepelkin クレーター139 km

Ten Bruggencate クレーター151 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