L. Clark (Laurel Blair Salton Clark, crewmember STS-107) -Schroter- La Caille -Schroter- La Condamine -Schroter- La Hire, Mons -LPI- La Hire, Rima (near Mons La Hire) -Wilkins- La Paz (Byrgius A) -Maedler- La Pérouse -Van Langren- Laboris, Terra -Menzel, 1971- Lacchini -Neison- Lacroix -Gassendi- Lacuna (location unknown) Lacus Mortis Fault (Rupes Mortis) -Krieger- Lade -Van Langren- Lafaillii (IAU: Posidonius) -Fauth- Lagalla -Maedler- Lagrange -Whitaker- Lake Titicaca (one of the low-albedo spots in Alphonsus) -Lohrmann- Lalande -RP 1097- Lallemand -RLA 1963- Lamarck -Menzel, 1971- Lamb -Schroter- Lambert -LTO- Lambert, Dorsum -RLA 1963- Lamé -Muller- Lamèch -Krieger- Lamont -Moore- / -Caes- Lamont's IMP-rich ghost crater (within Lamont) -Menzel, 1971- Lampland -Menzel, 1971- Landau Lander -Wilkins- Landerer (Mersenius B) Landsteiner -Menzel, 1971- Lane -Menzel, 1971- Langemak -Menzel, 1971- Langevin -RLA 1963- Langley -Menzel, 1971- Langmuir -Van Langren- Langrenianum, Mare (IAU: Mare Fecunditatis) -Van Langren- Langrenus (as Langreni) -Riccioli- Lansberg -Van Langren- Lantsbergi (IAU: Breislak) -Maedler- Laplace, Promontorium -Caes- Laplace hillocks (west of Prom. Laplace) -Caes- Laplace, Lacus (between Maupertuis and Prom. Laplace) -Caes- Laplace, Mons (between Montes Recti and Prom. Laplace) -rille seeker- Laplace West, Rimae (west of Promontorium Laplace) -NASA- Lara (Apollo-17 site) -Menzel, 1971- Larmor -Larrieu- Larrieu's Dam (see Polybius) -Birt- Lassell -Wood?- Lassell Massif (see Lassell) -rille seeker- Lassell M, Rimae (NW of Lassell M) -NASA- Last (Apollo-15 site) -NASA- Last Ridge (A-11 region) -Hewelcke- Lathmus, Mons (IAU: Davy and Palisa) -Van Langren- Laucii (IAU: Kepler Gamma) -Menzel, 1971- Laue -Van Langren- Laurini (IAU: Isidorus) -Menzel, 1971- Lauritsen -IAU 2009- Laveran (south pole area) -Birt- Lavinium, Promontorium (discontinued name?) -Maedler- Lavoisier -Caes- Lavoisier, Rimae (on the floor of Lavoisier) Lawrence -Mattingly- -NASA- Le Alda (??) (perhaps The Altai?) -Schroter- Le Gentil -Lohrmann- Le Monnier (Luna-21 / Lunokhod-2 site) -Caes- Le Monnier, Catena (the chain of craterlets in Le Monnier) -rille seeker- Le Monnier KA, Rima (the odd rille near Le Monnier KA) -Van Langren- Le Pessier (IAU: Euler) -Schmidt?- -Lecouturier?- Le Verrier (of the pair Le Verrier-Helicon) -Hewelcke- Lea, Insula (IAU: Letronne pi) (bright spot at) Leakey -Menzel, 1971- Leavitt -Caes- Leavitt, Mons (east of Leavitt) -Menzel, 1971- Lebedev -Menzel, 1971- Lebedinskiy Lebesgue -Birt- Lee -NASA- Lee Scarp (Lee-Lincoln Scarp) (Apollo-17 site) -Menzel, 1971- Leeuwenhoek -NASA- Left Foot (of the Snowman) (Apollo-12 site) -Maedler- Legendre -Maedler- Lehmann -rille seeker- Lehmann/Schickard, Rima (between Lehmann and Schickard) -Menzel, 1971- Leibnitz -Schroter- Leibnitz, Montes (discontinued name) -Menzel, 1971- Lemaître -Hewelcke- Lemnos, Insula (IAU: Lalande A) Lenard -Wilkins- Lenham (Kies A) Lenitatis, Lacus -Van Langren- Lennoxis (IAU: Apianus) -Menzel, 1971- Lents (Lenz) -Caes- Lents's beauty (ray-crater Pierazzo) -Rand McNally- Leon hills (see Wichmann) Leonid (Luna-17 site) Leonov (crewmember of Voskhod-2) -Van Langren- Leopoldi Arch. Aust. (IAU: Maginus) -Van Langren- Leototi (IAU: Berosus) -Krieger- Lepaute -Hewelcke- Lesbos, Insula (IAU: Lassell, Lassell B, C, etc.) -Hewelcke- Letoa, Insula (IAU: Campanus A) -Maedler- Letronne -Menzel, 1971- Leucippus -Hewelcke- Leucopetra, Promontorium (IAU: Promontorium Agassiz) -Van Langren- Leurechonii (IAU: Montes Spitzbergen) Leuschner (GDL), Catena -Menzel, 1971- Leuschner
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Lev (Luna-24 site) -Menzel, 1971- Levi-Civita -Lamech- Lévisky (IAU: Trouvelot) -Menzel, 1971- Lewis -NASA- Lewis (Apollo-17 site) -Schroter- Lexell -Menzel, 1971- Ley -Sternberg- L'Hospital (at or near Mitra A) -Hewelcke- Libanus, Mons (IAU: Purbach, Regiomontanus, Walter) -Riccioli- Licetus -Schroter- Lichtenberg -Caes- Lichtenberg's ghost (remains of an ancient crater NNW of Lichtenberg) -Krieger- Lick -Wilkins- Liddiard (+810/ +584) -Schmidt- Liebig Liebig, Rimae Liebig, Rupes -NASA- Light Mantle (Apollo-17 site) -NASA- Lightning (Apollo-15 site) -Van Langren- Ligni (IAU: Furnerius?) (the same as Van Langren's Curtii?) -Hewelcke- Ligustinus, Mons (IAU: Aristillus) -Riccioli- Lilius (and its pronounced central peak Lilius Alpha) -NASA- Lincoln Scarp (Lee-Lincoln Scarp) (Apollo-17 site) Linda (craterlet near Rima Delisle) Lindbergh -Menzel, 1971- Lindblad-/ -Maedler- Lindenau Lindsay -Riccioli- Linemannus (Flamsteed Kappa) -Van Langren- Lini (IAU: Montes Teneriffe Epsilon) -Birt?- Link, The (from Gemma Frisius to Rabbi Levi) -NASA- Link (Apollo-15 site) -Maedler- Linné Linné Alpha (Valentine Dome) (nickname from Alika Herring) -Hewelcke- Lion, Mons (IAU: Hainzel, Mee, etc.) Liouville -LTO- Li Po (Hume Z) -Krieger- Lippershey -Caes- Lippershey's ghost (ghost-crater NE of Lippershey) -Caes- Lippershey's lozenge (system of lozenge-shaped wrinkle ridges at Lippershey) Lippmann (once known as Boltzmann) -Caes- Lippmann-Mendel, Catena (near the NW part of Lippmann and W part of Mendel) Lipskiy (at 180° East, 0° North) -Hewelcke- Lipulus, Mons (IAU: Zollner) Lister, Dorsa -Menzel, 1971- Litke (Lütke) -NASA- Little Green Man / LGM (in Mare Ingenii) -NASA- Little Moltke (A-11 region) -NASA- Little one (Apollo-15 site) -NASA- Little West (Apollo-11 site) -Maedler- Littrow Littrow, Catena -LTO- Littrow, Fossae Littrow, Rimae -Birt- Livingstone (one of the triplet of craters NW of Langrenus) Lobachevskiy -Caes- Lobachevskiy's dark streaks (on the rim of Lobachevskiy) -Peck- Lobster / Trilobite (system of hills NE of Gassendi) -NASA- Locke (Apollo-17 site) -Birt?- -Schmidt?- Lockyer -Ronb(ee)- Locusta, Lacus / Lobster lake (near Lacus Bonitatis) -Menzel, 1971- Lodygin -Krieger- Loewy -Maedler- Lohrmann -Caes- Lohrmann A's swirl (1° South / 61° West) -Krieger- Lohse Lomonosov Lomonosov-Fleming Basin -Markov?- Lomonosov, Montes (see Montes Archimedes) -NASA- Lonely (Apollo-15 site) -NASA- Lonesome Mesa (A-11 region) -NASA- Lone Star (Apollo-16 site) -Gilbert- Longa, Insula (IAU: part of Oceanus Procellarum) -Van Langren- Longevalli (IAU: Zagut) -Van Langren- Longevilli (IAU: Vendelinus) -LTO- Longfellow (Hirayama Q) -Van Langren- Longomontani (IAU: Mason or Plana?) -Riccioli- Longomontanus -Caes- Longomontanus's wafer structure (52° South / 22° West) -Gilbert- Longum, Cape (IAU: south of Mare Nectaris) -LTO- Lorca (Aratus CA) (Krishna in A.Rukl's atlas) -Menzel, 1971- Lorentz (Basin) -Rand McNally- Loro basin (see Parrot) -NASA- Lost Basin (A-11 region) -NASA- Lost Crater (A-11 region) -Wood- Lost Peninsula (see Luther) -NASA- Lost Valley (A-11 region) -Rand McNally- Lothrop hills (see Euler) (Euler group) Louise (craterlet near Samir, halfway between Delisle and Diophantus) -Schroter- Louville -Menzel, 1971- Love-/ -Caes- Love, Catena (craterchain on the western part of Love's rim) -Menzel, 1971- Lovelace -NASA- Lovell (IAU: Hilbert) Lovell (crewmember Apollo-8) -NASA- Low (IAU: Icarus) -Wilkins- Lowe (Riccioli A) -Menzel, 1971- Lowell -Wilkins- Lower (Hansen B) (Franz's Olblatt) -Rand McNally- Lower Alps highlands -Rand McNally- Lower Apennine highlands -NASA- Low Mesa (A-11 region) -Neison- Lubbock -Wood- Lubbock Rille (see Lubbock) -Caes- Lubbock H, Catena (chain-rille slightly north of Lubbock H) -Schroter- Lubiniezky Lucian -Menzel, 1971- Lucretius Lucretius (RNII), Catena -Van Langren- LUDOVICI XIV Reg. Fran. (IAU: Alphonsus) -Van Langren- Ludovici S., Promontorium (IAU: north of Hypatia) Ludwig -NASA- Luke (Apollo-15 site) -Hewelcke- Lunae, Promontorium (IAU: Montes Spitzbergen) (vague bright area at) Luna Incognita-/ (unofficial name, lunar southpole region) Lunar V (clair-obscur phenomenon, see Ukert) Lunar X (clair-obscur phenomenon) -NASA- Lundi (Apollo-15 site) -Menzel, 1971- Lundmark Lunicus, Sinus (Luna-2 site) -Schmidt- Luther -rille seeker- Luther H, Rimae (SW of Luther H) -Van Langren- Lutiani (IAU: Grove) Luxuriae, Lacus -RLA 1963- Lyapunov -Hewelcke- Lybiae pars (WSW limb area) -Hewelcke- Lychnitis, Palus (dark area SW of Santbech) -Schmidt- Lyell -Menzel, 1971- Lyman Lyot -Wilkins- Lyot (IAU: Ammonius)
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