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H nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

-Wilkins- Haas (Pico E)
-Menzel, 1971- H. G. Wells (Herbert George Wells)
-IAU 2009- Haber (north pole area)
-LTO- Hadley (Hadley C) (see link below list)
Hadley Delta, Mons (Apollo-15 site)
-Schroter- Hadley, Mt. (Apollo-15 site)
Hadley Rille (Apollo-15 site)
Hadley, Rima (Apollo-15 site)
-Hewelcke- Haemus, Montes
-Van Langren- Haesteni (IAU: Mairan)
-Riccioli- Hagecius
-Menzel, 1971- Hagen
-Maedler- Hahn
-Schmidt- Haidinger
-Riccioli- Hainzel
-NASA- Haise (IAU: Kondratyuk)
-Hewelcke- Hajalon, Vallis (IAU: Blancanus and Scheiner)
Haldane (in Mare Smythii)
-RLA 1963- Hale
-NASA- Halfway (Apollo-16 site)
-Franz- Hall
-Birt- Halley
-Wilkins- Hallowes (+710/ +690)
-NASA- Halo (Apollo-12 site)
-Schmidt- Hamilton
-LTO- Handel, Rima (part of Rimae Prinz)
-Maedler- Hanno
-NASA- Hanover (Apollo-17 site)
-Maedler- Hansen
Hansky (aka Ganskiy)
-Maedler- Hansteen
Hansteen, Mons (aka The Arrowhead)
Hansteen, Rima
-rille seeker- Hansteen, Rimae (on the floor of Hansteen)
-Birt- Harbinger, Montes
Harden (in Mendeleev)
-Caes- Harden, Mons (immediately west of Harden)
-Van Langren- Hardii (IAU: Parry)
-Maedler- Harding
-Wilkins- Hare (Bailly B)
Haret
Hargreaves
Harker, Dorsa
Harkhebi
Harlan (Harlan J. Smith)
-Van Langren- Haro (IAU: Eratosthenes)
Harold (craterlet in Catena Davy)
-Riccioli- Harpalus
-Menzel, 1971- Harriot
-Wilkins- Harris (Riccioli E)
-Menzel, 1971- Hartmann
-RLA 1963- Hartwig
-Haruyama- Haruyama pit (the Skylight at the Marius hills)
-Menzel, 1971- Harvey
-Schroter- Hase
Hase, Rimae
-IAU 2009- Haskin / (north pole area)
-Menzel, 1971- Hatanaka
-Wilkins- Hauet (Wurzelbauer D)
-Schroter- Hausen
-IAU 2018- Hawke
-IAU 2009- Haworth (south pole area)
-Menzel, 1971- Hayford
-RLA 1963- Hayn
-rille seeker- Hayn A, Rima (on the floor of Hayn A)
-Caes- Hayn-Bel'kovich shadow (clair-obscur phenomenon, see Hayn)
-NASA- Haystack (Apollo-16 site)
-NASA- Head (Apollo-12 site)
-Wood?- Headlights / Two Headlights (Furnerius A and Stevinus A)
-NASA- Head valley (Apollo-15 site)
-Menzel, 1971- Healy
-Menzel, 1971- Heaviside
-Maedler- Hecataeus
-Gassendi- Hecates Penetralia (IAU: Mare Vaporum?)
-RP 1097- Hédervári
Hedin
-rille seeker- Hedin, Rimae (on the floor of Hedin)
Heim, Dorsum
-LTO- Heine (near Volkov)
Heinrich
-Schroter- Heinsius
-Schmidt- Heis
-Menzel, 1971- Helberg
-rille seeker- Helberg, Rimae (on the floor of Helberg)
-Riccioli- Helicon (of the pair Helicon-Le Verrier)
-Schroter- Hell (in Deslandres)
-Hewelcke- Hellespontum, Sinus Propont. ad (IAU: W corner of Mare Vaporum)
Hell Plain (Deslandres)
Hell Q (Cassini's Bright Spot)
-Lamech- Héllene (Posidonius J)
Helmet, The (unofficial name)
Helmert (of the pair Kao-Helmert)
-Schmidt- Helmholtz
-Schmidt- Hencke (IAU: Daniell)
-Menzel, 1971- Henderson
-Menzel, 1971- Hendrix
-Van Langren- Henrizi D. Venet., Promontorium (IAU: Letronne area)
Henry
-NASA- Henry-Apollo (Apollo 17 site) (see link below list)
Henry Frères
-Van Langren- Hensii (IAU: Franklin)
-NASA- Henson (Apollo-17 site)
-Menzel, 1971- Henyey
-Hewelcke- Heracleum, Promontorium (IAU: Censorinus)

-Riccioli- Heraclides, Promontorium (aka Cassini's moon maiden)
-Schmidt- Heraclitus
-Riccioli- Hercules
-Hewelcke- Herculeum, Promontorium (IAU: Da Vinci)
-Hewelcke- Herculeus, Lacus (3 dark spots SE of Copernicus)
-Hewelcke- Herculis, Mons (IAU: Censorinus A and Maskelyne A)
-Maedler- Hercynii, Montes (discontinued name)
-Hewelcke- Hereus, Mons (ray NNW from Copernicus)
-Riccioli- Herigonius
Herigonius, Rimae
-Caes- Herigonius's snake (the twisted eastern end of Rima Herigonius)
-Van Langren- Herlici (IAU: Hansteen Alpha)
-Schroter- Hermann
-RLA 1963- Hermite
-Hewelcke- Hermo, Mons (ray NNE from Tycho)
-Maedler- Herodotus
Herodotus, Mons
Heron (Hero)
-Lohrmann- Herschel
-Birt- Herschel, C. (Caroline Herschel) (see C.Herschel)
-Birt- Herschel, J. (John Herschel) (see J.Herschel)
Hertz
-Menzel, 1971- Hertzsprung (Basin)
-Maedler- Hesiodus
Hesiodus, Rima
-Menzel, 1971- Hess
-NASA- Hess-Apollo (Apollo-17 site)
-Van Langren- Hevelii (IAU: Lubiniezky A)
-Riccioli- Hevelius
Hevelius, Rimae
-IAU 2009- Hevesy (north pole area)
-Menzel, 1971- Heymans
-RP 1097- Heyrovsky
-Caes- Heyrovsky, Vallis (the valley slightly west of Heyrovsky)
-Hewelcke- Hiblaei, Montes (ray WSW from Copernicus)
-Copeland- Hidden valley (Promontorium Fresnel and Santos-Dumont)
Hiemalis, Lacus
-Franz- Hiemis, Mare (discontinued name) (see also Schluter)
-Hewelcke- Hiera, Insula (IAU: Pytheas)
Higazy, Dorsum
-NASA- High (Apollo-15 site)
Highland Ponds (see Chandler)
-Menzel, 1971- Hilbert
Hildegard (Hildegard von Bingen)
Hill
-Wilkins- Hill (Lockyer H)
-Copeland- Hill country (Montes Archimedes)
-NASA- Hill 22 (Apollo-15 site)
-NASA- Hill 305 (Fresnel Ridge) (Apollo-15 site)
-Caes- Hill 305 twins (the couple of craterlets west of Hill 305)
-Birt- Hind
-IAU 2009- Hinshelwood (north pole area)
-Maedler- Hippalus
Hippalus, Rimae
-Riccioli- Hipparchus
-Hewelcke- Hippoci, Montes (IAU: Kapteyn and Maclaurin F)
-Menzel, 1971- Hippocrates
-Hewelcke- Hippolai, Promontorium (bright point near Luther)
-Hewelcke- Hipponiates, Sinus (IAU: Sinus Aestuum)
-Menzel, 1971- Hirayama (with Montesquieu and Tolstoy on its floor)
-Menzel, 1971- Hoffmeister
-Menzel, 1971- Hogg
-Menzel, 1971- Hohmann
-Krieger- Holden
-NASA- Holden / Holden-Apollo (Apollo-17 site)
-NASA- Hole-in-the-Wall (Apollo-17 site)
-Menzel, 1971- Holetschek
-LTO- Homer (Stark V ?)
-Riccioli- Hommel
-Gassendi- Homuncio (or Thersite) (IAU: Mare Serenitatis, Tranquillitatis, etc.)
Honoris, Sinus
-Van Langren- Honoris, Terra (the IAU's Sinus Honoris?)
-Birt?- Honey Lake (probably Hill's Basaltic Lava Areas near Vieta)
-Schroter- Hooke
-Keene- Hoover dam (the central peak of Arzachel)
Hopmann
-Hewelcke- Hor, Mons (IAU: Heinsius P, Q, etc.)
-NASA- Horatio (Apollo-17 site)
-Fauth- Horbiger (discontinued name) (see Deslandres)
-Hewelcke- Horeb, Mons (IAU: Heinsius, Heinsius A, B, and C)
-Hewelcke- Horminius, Mons (D'Arrest and Dionysius, etc.)
Hornsby
-Fauth- Horologii, Mare (discontinued name) (see Temporis, Lacus)
-Schroter- Horrebow
-Birt- Horrocks
-Hill- Horseshoe (Parry M)
-Riccioli- Hortensius
-NASA- House Rock (Apollo-16 site)
-IAU 2009- Houssay (north pole area)
-NASA- Houston (IAU: Sklodowska)
Houtermans
-Menzel, 1971- Houzeau
-RLA 1963- Hubble
-Van Langren- Hugenii (IAU: Mercurius)
-Birt- Huggins
-LTO- Hugo (Purkyne V)
Humason
-Maedler- Humboldt
Humboldt, Catena
-Caes- Humboldt's concentric crater (on the eastern part of Humboldt's floor)
-Elger- Humboldt mountains (near Humboldt)
-rille seeker- Humboldt, Rimae (on the floor of Humboldt)
-Maedler- Mare Humboldtianum (Basin)
Hume (in Mare Smythii)
-Riccioli- Mare Humorum (Basin)
-Caes- Humorum's triplet (Doppelmayer J, K, and L)
Husband (crewmember of STS-107)
-LTO- Hussein (Cauchy A)
-Menzel, 1971- Hutton
Huxley
-Schroter- Huygens, Mons
-Riccioli- Hyginus
Hyginus, Rima
-Klein- Hyginus Nova (discontinued name) (Hyginus N)
-Riccioli- Hypatia
Hypatia, Rimae (aka NASA's US Highway Number One)
-Van Langren- Hypatiae (IAU: Sulpicius Gallus Gamma)
-Hewelcke- Hyperborea, Regio (North Polar limb area)
-Hewelcke- Hyperboreae, Paludes (vague dark area N. of Berzelius)
-Hewelcke- Hyperborei, Montes (Fontenelle A to Scoresby)
-Hewelcke- Hyperborei, Scopuli (IAU: Archytas and Protagoras)
-Hewelcke- Hyperboreum, Mare (IAU: Mare Frigoris)
-Hewelcke- Hyperboreus, Sinus (IAU: Sinus Roris)
-Hewelcke- Hyperboreus Inferior, Lacus (IAU: Lacus Spei)
-Hewelcke- Hyperboreus Superior, Lacus (IAU: Endymion)
-Van Langren- Hypparchi (IAU: Scoresby)