Alphabetical Index

Named Features Index

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B nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

IAU nomenclature: Baade Baade, Vallis Babakin Babbage Babcock Baby Ray (Baby Ray Crater) (Apollo-16 site) Back Backlund Baco Baillaud Bailly (Basin) Bailly-Newton Basin Baily Balandin Balboa Baldet Ball Balmer Balmer-Kapteyn Basin Banachiewicz Bancroft Banting Barbier Barkla Barlow, Dorsa Barnard Barocius Barringer Barrow Bartels Bawa Bayer Beals Bear Mountain (Apollo-17 site) Beaumont Becquerel Becvár Beer Behaim Beijerinck Beketov Béla Bel'kovich Bell Bellinsgauzen Bellot Belopol'skiy Belyaev Bench (Apollo-12 site) Benedict Bergman Bergstrand Berkner Berlage Bernoulli Berosus Berzelius Bessarion Bessel Bettinus Bhabha Bianchini Biela Bilharz Billy Billy, Rima Bingham Biot Birkeland Birkhoff (Basin) Birmingham Birt Birt, Rima Bi Sheng Bjerknes Black Blackett Blagg Blanc, Mont Blancanus Blanchard Blanchinus Blazhko-/ Bliss (aka Birt's Jackson-Gwilt) Block (Apollo-12 site) Bobillier Bobone-/ Bode Bode, Rimae Boethius Boguslawsky Bohnenberger Bohr Bohr, Vallis Bok-/ Boltzmann Bolyai Bombelli Bondarenko Bonitatis, Lacus Bonpland Boole Boot Hill (A-11 region) Borda Borel Boris Boris, Rupes Borman Born Borya (Luna-17 site) Bosch Boscovich Boscovich, Rimae Bose Boss Bouguer Boussingault Bouvard, Vallis Bowditch Bowen Bowen-Apollo (Apollo-17 site) Boyle-/ Brackett Bradley, Mons Bradley, Rima Bragg Brashear Braude Brayley Brayley, Rima Bredikhin Breislak Brenner Brewster Brianchon Bridge (Apollo-15 site) Bridgman-/ Briggs Brigitte, Catena Brisbane Bronk Brontë (Apollo-17 site) Brouwer Brown Bruce Brunner Buch Bucher, Dorsum Buckland, Dorsum Buffon Buisson Bullialdus Bunsen Burckhardt Burckhardt, Rima Bürg Bürg, Rimae Burnet, Dorsa Burnham Büsching Butlerov-/ Buys-Ballot-/ Byrd Byrgius Byrgius, Rima

Unofficial nomenclature: Baby, The (Mons Delisle) Badvari (the same region as Rand McNally's Andreus hills?) Baieri (IAU: Delisle) Baily, Rima (on the floor of Baily) Baily B, Rimae (SSW of Bailly B) Baily West, Rima (short broad rille W of Baily) Baker (one of the triplet of craters NW of Langrenus) Bakhchivandzhi (Korolev C) Bakii (IAU: Arago) Balboa, Rimae (on the floor of Balboa) Baldet (Cassini E) Ball, L.F. (Endymion B) Ballet crater (Apollo-17 site) BALTHASARIS Hispa. Pri. (IAU: Aristarchus) Balzac (Hirayama K) Banat, Cape (Promontorium Banat) Banat, Sinus (see Banat, Cape) Banat's snake (immediately north of Prom. Banat) Banting's Pacman (SE of Banting) Barange (Marius A) Barbara Mesa (A-11 region) Barbarini (IAU: Mosting) Barcroft (Dollond B) Barjea (Apollo-17 site) Barker (Sasserides A) Barker's Quadrangle (aka Trapezium) Barlaei (IAU: Atlas A, or Atlas Alpha?) Baronisus, Mons (IAU: Mairan) Barreae (IAU: Burckhardt) Barth (IAU: Grove) Bartlett (-120/ +900) Bartolus (Bailly B) Basaltic Lava Areas (see Vieta) Basketball player (the Full Moon's dark mare-regions) Bassett (IAU: Scaliger) Batavicus, Sinus (IAU: Mare Nectaris and Sinus Asperitatis) Baudelaire (SE of Xenophon) Baum (Sven Hedin F or E) Bazan (IAU: Pytheas) BBB (see Big Backside Basin) Beaded ridge (see Wallace) Beals, Rimae (on the floor of Beals) Bear Mountain (A-11 region) Beaumont, Rimae (immediately east of Beaumont) Beaumont's 29 East ridge / Dorsum Beaumont (North of Beaumont) Bechleri (IAU: Triesnecker) Beda (IAU: Censorinus N) Bedae, S. (IAU: Langrenus B, K, F) Beer, Catena (aka the LTO's Fossa Archimedes) Beethoven, Rima (part of Rimae Prinz) Beetle, The (Birt and Birt A) Bekii (IAU: Godin) Bela circularity (circular shape at Bela in Montes Apenninus) Belgicum, Mare (IAU: Mare Tranquillitatis) Bel'kovich, Rima (on the floor of Bel'kovich) Bel'kovich-Hayn shadow (clair-obscur phenomenon, see Bel'kovich) Belukha, Mons (part of Rupes Altai) Benavidi (IAU: Gay-Lussac Nu?) Benitez (Pontanus A or C) Bennett Hill (see Apollo-15 site) Bernini (Jansen L) Berosus, Mons (IAU: Romer) Bertaud (Sirsalis A) Bervoeti (IAU: Ramsden) Besbicus, Insula (IAU: Manilius) Bessarion D hillock (east of Bessarion D) Bessel Ray (see Bessel) Bettinii (IAU: Bessarion and Bessarion A) Bezout (Mechnikov D) Biaei (IAU: Hercules) Bibendum (east of Lansberg) Bibendum (east of Gassendi, in the Andreus hills) Bichi (IAU: Riccius) Bicke, Cape (IAU: south of Mare Crisium) Bickeri (IAU: Vitello) Big Backside Basin (the SPA / Southpole-Aitken Basin) Big Depression (Apollo-16 site) Bigourdan (location unknown) Big Rock Mountain (Apollo-15 site) Big Sag (Apollo-16 site) Big Sink (Apollo-16 site) Bird, the (Irregular Mare Patch N°71) Bird's foot (system of wrinkle ridges on the floor of Wargentin) Bishop mountains (see Mare Humboldtianum) Bitterroot meadows (near Apollonius) Blancani (IAU: Flamsteed Rho, etc.) Blinky (Apollo-15 site) Blitterswyckii (IAU: Atlas) Bluereed meadow (Palus Epidemiarum) Bob's Bend (A-11 region) Bode E, Rima (north of Bode E) Bode Pyroclastics (see Bode) Bodinus, Mons (IAU: Cepheus and Franklin) Bohnenberger F, Rimae (northwest of Bohnenberger F) Boivinii (IAU: Newcomb) Bojena (location unknown) Bolton (-103/ -0.88) Bond, G. (or Bond, G.P., see G. Bond) Bond, W. (or Bond, W.C., see W. Bond) Bonestell (Cabeus B) Bontas, Mons (IAU: Democritus) Bonvicini (IAU: Riccioli D dark spot) Boquet (location unknown) Borbonicum, Mare (IAU: Mare Nubium) Borealis, Insula (IAU: part of Mare Frigoris) Borealis, Promontorium (IAU: north of Mare Imbrium) Boreum Mare (IAU: Mare Frigoris) Borman (IAU: Pasteur) Borysthenes, Lacus (IAU: western portion of Lacus Somniorum) Bosphorus, Sinus Propont. ad. (IAU: NE corner of Mare Vaporum) Bottle / Guitar (between Fedorov and Mons Delisle) Bottle (near the SW part of Niepce) Bouguer B, Rima (ESE of Bouguer B) Bracamonti (IAU: Polybius) Bradley, Fossa Brahei (Tycho) (IAU: Aristoteles) Brahms, Rima (near Mons Delisle, Delisle, and Diophantus B) Brand (Danjon X) Brandy (Apollo-15 site) Brayley Alpha, Rima (near the hill Brayley Alpha) Brianchon, Vallis (at the northern part of Brianchon's rim) Bridge of O'Neill (see O'Neill's bridge, Promontoria Lavinium and Olivium) Briggi (IAU: Curtius B) Briggs, Rimae (on the floor of Briggs) Bright Crater (Apollo-12 site) Bright eye (Hipparchus C during Full Moon) Bright one, the (IAU: Necho) (aka NASA's Roosa) Brittannia (IAU: Mare Crisium) Broken Ellipse (Irregular Mare Patch NW Jansen G, aka Carrel 1) Brunii (IAU: Carmichael) Bucher, Mons (the SSE end of Dorsum Bucher) Bullialdi (IAU: Reiner Gamma) Bunsen, Rimae (on the floor of Bunsen) Burnet, Rima (west of Dorsa Burnet) Burrell (-809/ -130) (Schmidt's Melloni?) Buss (-992/ -0.18) Buster (Apollo-16 site) Butterfly nut (the western part of Rima Delisle) (aka Dogbone / Winged nut) Buzz Saw (the opposite of the Jewelled Handle effect at Sinus Iridum and Montes Jura) Byces, Palus (IAU: Sinus Amoris) Byrgius A: La Paz (Wilkins) Byzantium (urbs) (IAU: Menelaus)

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C nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

An additional list of names for Clair-Obscur phenomena on the moon's morning and evening terminator:
http://the-moon.us/wiki/clair-obscur

Note:
Johann Hewelcke's name Mons Mampsarus is a typographical error. On his chart it is Mons Campsarus.

IAU nomenclature C. Herschel (Caroline Herschel) C. Mayer (Christian Mayer) Cabannes Cabeus Cai Lun Cailleux Cajal Cajori Calippus Calippus, Rima Camelot (Apollo-17 site) Cameron Campanus Campbell Cannizzaro Cannon Cantor Capella Capella, Vallis Capuanus Cardanus Cardanus, Rima Carlini Carlos Carmen, Rima Carmichael Carnot Carol Carpatus, Montes Carpenter Carrel Carrillo Carrington Cartan Carver Casatus Cassegrain Cassini Catalán Catharina Cato, Dorsa Caucasus, Montes Cauchy Cauchy, Rima (aka Fossa Cauchy)(-LTO-) Cauchy Fault (Rupes Cauchy)(aka Fossa Casals)(-LTO-) Cavalerius Cavendish Caventou Cayeux, Dorsum Cayley Cayley Formation Celsius Censorinus Cepheus Ceraski (see Tseraskiy) Chacornac Chacornac, Rimae Chadwick Chaffee Challis Chalonge Chamberlin Champollion Chandler (and nearby highland ponds) Chang Heng Chang-Ngo Chant Chaplygin Chapman Chappe Chappell Charles Charlier Chaucer Chauvenet Chawla Chebyshev-/ Chernyshev Chevallier Ching-Te Chladni Chrétien Christel, Vallis Cichus Cinco (Apollo-16 site) Clairaut Clark Clausius Clavius Cleomedes Cleomedes, Rimae Cleopatra, Rima Cleostratus Clerke Cloos, Dorsum-/ Coblentz-/ Cochise (Apollo-17 site) Cockcroft-/ Cognitum, Mare Collins Colombo Compton (Basin)-/ Comrie Comstock Concordiae, Sinus Condon Condorcet Cone (Apollo-14 site) Congreve Conon Conon, Rima Cook Cooper-/ Copernicus (aka Monarch-of-the-Moon) Cordillera, Montes Cori Coriolis-/ Couder Coulomb (Zdenek Kopal's Nechville) Coulomb-Sarton Basin Courtney Cremona-/ Crescent (Apollo-12 site) Crile Mare Crisium (Basin) Crocco Crommelin-/ Crookes-/ Crozier Crüger Ctesibius-/ Curie-/ Curtis Curtius Cusanus Cushman, Dorsum Cuvier Cyrano Cyrillus Cysatus

'Unofficial nomenclature Caloris, Terra Cape, the (A-11 region) Cape Bruce (A-11 region) Cape Venus (A-11 region) Cadmus, Mons (IAU: Parrot C) (Wilkins's Millas, Lamech's Muller) Caes, Facula (the high-albedo craterlet NW of Sinus Honoris) Caes, Mons (see Helmholtz) Caesar, Julius (see Julius Caesar) Calabraria, Insulae (IAU: probably parts of Montes Teneriffe) Calathe, Insula (IAU: Tobias Mayer Beta, Rho, etc.) Calchistan, Mons (IAU: Maurolycus, Stofler, etc.) Caleni (IAU: Asclepi) Calippi, Promontorium (Rukl: 48) Cambierii (IAU: Sabine) Camoens (south of Schubert C) Campanus, Rima (on the floor of Campanus) Campsarus, Mons (bright area at Suess) Candide (Apollo-17 site) Canoe (Apollo-16 site) Cantelmi (IAU: Cichus) Canyon (Apollo-15 site) Cape Plato (see Plato) Capraria, Insula (IAU: Montes Teneriffe Epsilon) Caramuel (IAU: Bartels) Caramuelis (IAU: Descartes C / Dollond E) Carcinites, Sinus (IAU: the eastern portion of Lacus Somniorum) Caroli D. Loth. (IAU: Metius) Caroli D. Mant. (IAU: Jacobi) CAROLI I Reg. Britt. (IAU: Walther) Carpates, Mons (IAU: Eudoxus) Carpathian plateau (see Copernicus) Carpathos, Insula (IAU: Max Wolf) Carr (IAU: Perepelkin) Carrel 1 (Irregular Mare Patch NW of Jansen G) (aka the Broken Ellipse) Cartesii (IAU: Romer) Carthusia (IAU: Copernicus) Cayley zone (see Descartes) Caruso, Fossa (SE of Nielsen) Casals, Fossa (Rupes Cauchy) Casimiri Pol. P. (IAU: Mutus) Casius, Mons (1) (IAU: Fourier and Vieta) Casius, Mons (2) (IAU: Agatharchides P) (Wilkins's Novellas) Caspia (IAU: Mare Crisium) Caspium, Mare (De Moura) (IAU: Mare Crisium) Caspium, Mare (IAU: Mare Fecunditatis) Cassegrain, Mons (WNW of Cassegrain) Cassini C, Rima (NW of Cassini C) Cassini M, Rima (N of Cassini M) Cassini's Bright Spot (unofficial name for Hell Q) Cassini's moon maiden (see Promontorium Heraclides) Cassiodori, Promontorium (Rukl: 48) Cassiotis regio (IAU: the eastern border of Mare Humorum) CAT (Charles And Tom) (Apollo-16 site) Cataractes, Mons (IAU: Gassendi) Catholicum, Fretum (IAU: Mare Vaporum and Sinus Aestuum) Cat's Paw (Apollo-11 site) Caucasius, Sinus (IAU: Sinus Concordiae) Caucasus Inferior, Montes (IAU: Borda, Santbech, etc.) Cauchy D hills (NNE of Cauchy D, in W part of Sinus Concordiae) Cauchy-5 (field of Irregular Mare Patches west of Donna in Mare Tranquillitatis) Cauchy, Fossa (Rima Cauchy) Causeway (Bullialdus W) Cavalerius B, Rima (on the floor of Cavalerius B) Cavalerius D, Rima (on the floor of Cavalerius D) Cavendish, Rima (on the floor of Cavendish) Cavendish, Rimae (I and II) (southeast of Cavendish) Cayley's mob (cratercluster between Cayley and Rima Ariadaeus) Cayley Plains (see Cayley Formation) CBVC (see Compton-Belkovich Volcanic Complex) Celenorum Tumulus (IAU: the chain La Caille to Vogel) Cellini (Kastner S) Cercinna, Insula (IAU: Kepler's bright nimbus) Cerda (IAU: Krieger) Cervantes (Wyld J) Cesaris, Promontorium (Rukl: 47) Chacornac, Fossa Chadisia, Promontorium (IAU: somewhere near Moltke) Chaffee (IAU: Subbotin) Chain (Apollo-15 site) Chain Gulch (A-11 region) Chajorra (see Teneriffe, Montes) Chalcidici, Montes (ejecta-ray east from Copernicus) Chama Peak (A-11 region) Chamisso, Cap (IAU: Mons Argaeus) Chandler's highland ponds (see Chandler) Chapman D, Vallis (valley at Chapman D) Chappell, Rimae (on the floor of Chappell) Chappy (ray-craterlet on Chaplygins rim, see Chaplygin) Charlesworth (IAU: Saha) Cheerio crater ("ghost"-crater near Angstrom) Chekov (Kastner R) Chenier (Patsaev Q) Chigi (IAU: Tacitus) Chisletti (IAU: Lambert) Chopin, Rima (very near Montes Agricola) Chopper, The (the chopper-shaped cratercluster at La Hire C) Christi, Mons (IAU: Mons Piton) CHRISTIERNI IV Reg. Daniae (IAU: Purbach) CHRISTINAE Reg. Suec. (IAU: Regiomontanus) Chuck Hole (A-11 region) Ciermanni (IAU: Brayley) Cilicum, Insula (IAU: Arago) Cimaeus, Mons (IAU: Halley and Hind) Cimmeriae, Paludes (IAU: Lacus Bonitatis, etc.) Cimmerius, Mons (IAU: Macrobius) Cinder Cone (dark craterlet near Lassell C, see Lassell) Circaeum, Promontorium (IAU: somewhere near Timocharis) Circle harbour (Luna-21 / Lunokhod 2 site) Cirna, Mons (location unknown) Cisneutra (see Riphaeus, Montes) Cissemlja (see Riphaeus, Montes) Clarae Isab. Leop. F. (IAU: Sulpicius Gallus M bright spot) Claramontii (IAU: Bianchini) Clark / Clark-Apollo (Apollo-17 site) Clarkson (Gassendi A) Clavii (IAU: Promontorium Laplace) Claw, the (Irregular Mare Patch N°22) Cleomedis, Promontorium (Rukl: 6) Cleostratus, Vallis (valley WSW of Cleostratus) Cliff (Apollo-15 site) Climax, Mons (IAU: Sirsalis, Sirsalis A, and bright nimbus) Cloverleaf (cratercluster in Aitken) Cloverleaf (Apollo-14 site) Cluster mountain (Mons Vinogradov) Cobavi (IAU: Pico) Cobra Head (the "source" of Vallis Schroteri) Cocci (IAU: Vitruvius) Coci (IAU: Montes Teneriffe Delta, etc.) Coibacarani, Montes (IAU: Brenner, Fabricius, Metius) Colchis (regio) (IAU: east of Sinus Asperitatis) Collins (IAU: Hirayama) Colombi, Promontorium (IAU: Agatharchides?) Comas Sola (-760/ -548) (H.Hill's Basaltic Lava Areas?) Compton peak (central peak of Compton) Compton-Belkovich Volcanic Complex (CBVC) Compton, Rimae (on the floor of Compton) Conde Prin. (IAU: Nasireddin) Confucius (IAU: Paschen) Conradi (IAU: Wrottesley) Constellation of four (Taruntius G, H, K, and P in Mare Fecunditatis) Contact (Apollo-15 site) Contarini (probably the Helmet) Conti (IAU: Tobias Mayer Alpha) Contour (Apollo-15 site) Cooke (Eimmart C) Copernici (IAU: Eudoxus) Corax, Montes (IAU: Proclus and SW part of rim Mare Crisium) Cori, Vallis (valley NNW of Cori) Cornaro (probably the Andreus hills) Corneille (west of Chauvenet) Corocondametis, Lacus (IAU: Palus Somni) Corsica, Insula (IAU: Timocharis) Cortes (IAU: Demonax A) Cosyra, Insula (IAU: Tobias Mayer A bright nimbus) Cove (Apollo-16 site) Coxwell mountains (SW part of rim Mare Crisium) Crackled Hills (Apollo-15 site) Cragus, Mons (IAU: Arzachel) Crani (IAU: Delambre) Cratas, Mons (ejecta-ray north of Copernicus) Crater chain (Stadius craterlets) Crathis, Mons (IAU: Fra Mauro Kappa, Gamma, Zeta) Crequii (IAU: Airy) Crescent (Apollo-15 site) Creta, Insula (IAU: Bullialdus) Creticum, Mare (IAU: probably near Bullialdus) Croii (IAU: Heraclitus and Licetus) Crook (Apollo-15 site) Crookes X, Catena Crossroads (Apollo-14 site) Crown (Apollo-16 site) Crugeri (IAU: Promontorium Heraclides?) Crystal (Apollo-15 site) Cuevio (IAU: Montes Harbinger Alpha) Curtii (IAU: Furnerius?) Curtiss Cross (clair-obscur phenomenon at Fra Mauro Zeta, see Fra Mauro) Cusae (IAU: Eudoxus Kappa) Cyanea Europa, Insula (IAU: vague bright area north of Tacquet) Cydises, Mons (IAU: Apianus) Cyprus, Insula (IAU: Birt) Cyrillus, Cap (IAU: Promontorium Agarum)

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D nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

Note: if you want to explore an experimental list of new names for the many wrinkle ridges (and clusters of wrinkle ridges) at the moon's mare regions, please take a look at the page DORSUM. See: http://the-moon.us/wiki/Lunar+Dorsum

Note: J.Hewelcke's Mons Dalanguer is mentioned as Mons Delanguer on page 204 of Ewen A. Whitaker's Mapping and Naming the Moon.

IAU nomenclature: d'Alembert / D'Arrest D'Arsonval D. Brown da Vinci Daedalus Dag Daguerre Dale Dalton Daly Damoiseau Dana, Dorsa / Daniell Daniell, Rimae Danjon Dante Darney Darwin Darwin, Rimae Das Daubrée Davisson Davy Davy Crater Chain (Catena Davy) Dawes Dawes, Rima Dawson De Forest de Gasparis de Gasparis, Rimae de Gerlache De La Rue De Moraes De Morgan De Roy De Sitter De Vico De Vries Debes Debus Debye Dechen Delambre Delaunay Delia Delisle Delisle, Mons Delisle, Rima Dellinger Delmotte Delporte Deluc Dembowski Democritus Demonax (aka Franz's Jungnitz) Denning Desargues Descartes Descensus, Planitia (Luna 9 site) Deseilligny Deslandres (aka Fauth's Horbiger) Deutsch Deville, Promontorium Dewar Diana Diderot Dieter, Mons / Dilip, Mons / Dionysius Diophantus Diophantus, Rima Dirichlet Dirichlet-Jackson Basin Dobrovol'skiy Doerfel Dollond Doloris, Lacus Donati Donna Donner Doppelmayer Doppelmayer, Rimae Doppler Double (Apollo-11 site) Doublet (Apollo-14 site) Douglass Dove Draper Draper, Rima Drebbel Dreyer Drude / Dryden Drygalski Dubyago Dufay Dugan Dune (Apollo-15 site) Dunér Dunthorne Dyson / Dziewulski Dziewulski, Catena

Unofficial nomenclature: D'Alembert, Montes (discontinued name) D'Auxoni (IAU: Montes Recti Beta) Daffodil (dome in Lacus Veris) Daguerre's 270 degree ejecta craterlet Dakota (Apollo-16 site) Dalanguer, Mons (IAU: Hommel, Nearch, Vlacq, etc.) Dalton, Rimae (on the floor of Dalton) Daly, Lacus (NNE of Daly) Damoiseau, Rimae (on the floor of Damoiseau) Dandelion (Apollo-15 site) Danesii (IAU: Clairaut) Danjon (between Gartner and Kane) Dantes (Lamech's Moreux) (Gambart C) Dario (Brunner N) Dark Crater (A-11 region) Dark "V" (36°30' S / 35° W) D caldera (see Ina at Lacus Felicitatis) De Bergerac (Carlini D) De La Rue's keyhole (on the floor of De La Rue) de Ulloa (IAU: limbward of Strabo) Debus (IAU: Vavilov) Defoe (Kastner B) Deliriorum, Peninsula Dellen (Dollen?) (NNE of the IAU's Fizeau) Delvau-"X" (Rupes Altai during Full Moon) Dembowski mensa (tablemountain-shaped elevation SE of Dembowski) Deriennes (Letronne A) Derienni (IAU: Ideler and Ideler L) Derkenni (IAU: Abulfeda) Descartes Mountains (Apollo-16 site) Deseilligny's elongated depression (south of Deseilligny) Desplaces, Profund. (probably south of Grimaldi, on the limb) De Ulloa (limbward from the couple Strabo and Thales) Diamond (Apollo-15 site) Diamondback Rille (A-11 region) Didymae, Insulae (IAU: Capuanus and Ramsden) Didymus, Mons (IAU: Albategnius) Dignitatis, Terra Dionisii, Promontorium S. (IAU: SW of Darney) Dionysius Exiguus (Censorinus C) Distant (Apollo-15 site) Doerfel, Montes (discontinued name) Dogbone (the western part of Rima Delisle) (aka Butterfly nut / Winged nut) Dogleg (Apollo-16 site) Dome (Apollo-15 site) Domeland (the dome region of Hortensius, Kunowsky, Milichius, and T.Mayer) Domingo (Apollo-15 site) Dominique (IAU: Keldysh) Dominici, Promontorium S. (Rukl: 8? 9?) Donkey / Shrek's donkey (Lacus Felicitatis and nearby lakes during Full Moon) Doodlebug Hole (Apollo-16 site) Doppelmayer pyroclastics (see Doppelmayer) Doriae (IAU: Hell) Dos (Apollo-12 site) Dot (probably Dotty Duke) (Apollo-16 site) Double Spot (Apollo-16 site) Double Weiss ray (ejecta rays from Tycho, running near Weiss) Dove of peace (the dove-shaped ejectablanket of Menelaus) Doyle (Schubert C) Drachenauge (at or near Mare Anguis) Drachenkamm (at or near Mare Anguis) Draconum Cubiculium / Sleepy dragon (Montes Teneriffe) Drashusov (NNE of the IAU's Chebyshev) Drossos (IAU: Al-Bakri) Druid (Apollo-17 site) Dry Gulch (A-11 region) Dublier (Alphonsus D) Duke Island (A-11 region) Dumas (ENE of Kastner) Dumbbell (nickname for an unlocated formation on the moon's farside) Dupont (Wilkins's Haas) (Pico E) Durins bridge (Apollo-15 site) Dyson, Mount (Pytheas Beta)

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E nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

Note: the origin of the name Egnitis (or Eginitis?) is still uncertain. It is printed on Antonin Rukl's farside map, and also on the back (farside map) of Hans Schwarzenbach's Hallwag moonmap, at the location of the IAU's Murakami.

IAU nomenclature: Earthlight (Apollo-15 site) East Massif (Mons Vitruvius) (Apollo-17 site) Eckert Eddington Edison Edith Egede Ehrlich Eichstadt Eijkman Eimmart Einstein Einthoven Elbow (Apollo-15 site) Elger Ellerman Ellison Elmer Elvey Emden Emory (Apollo-17 site) Encke End (Apollo-16 site) Endymion Engel'gardt (Engelhardt) Eötvös Epidemiarum, Palus Epigenes Epimenides Eratosthenes Erlanger Erro Esam, Mons Esclangon Esnault-Pelterie Espin-/ Euclides Euctemon Eudoxus Euler Euler, Rima Evans Evdokimov Evershed Ewen Ewing, Dorsa Excellentiae, Lacus

Unofficial nomenclature: Eaglecrest (Apollo-15 site) Eagle gate (east of O'Neill's bridge) Earhart (see discussion below) East (Apollo-12 site) East Wall crater (Apollo-15 site) Ebissus, Insula (IAU: Mons Pico Beta) Echinades, Insulae (IAU: bright spots west of Fra Mauro A) Eclipticum, Littus Ecphantus (Gruithuisen Gamma and Delta) Eddington, Rima (on the N-part of Eddington's floor) Eddington (Reinhold B) Edelherii (IAU: Geminus) Eden Valley (Apollo-16 site) Egnitis (or Eginitis?) (IAU: Murakami) Eight, The / The 8 (Guericke J and S) Eimmart K isles (cluster of hillocks SSW of Eimmart K) Einstein (Simpelius D) Eisenhard (location unknown) Elbruz, Mons (part of Montes Caucasus) El Greco (Vitruvius G) Elisabethae Palat. Fil. (IAU: Aliacensis) Elves (Apollo-17 site) Emanuelis D. Sab. (IAU: Stiborius) Emley (Capuanus E) Encke, Catena (small chain SSW of Encke) Encke's triplet (Encke M, east of Encke) Endymion's triplet (on the floor of Endymion) Eos, Mons (IAU: bright and dark areas east of Piazzi) Eoum Mare (IAU: Oceanus Procellarum) Eoum, Mare (IAU: western part of Oceanus Procellarum) Epic (Apollo-15 site) Epicurius (IAU: De la Rue) Eppinger (discontinued name, see Euclides D) Epsilon peak (see South Pole) Eratosthenis (IAU: Sinus Successus) Erichtini, Scopuli (IAU: Arago and Jansen bright areas) Erroris, Insula (IAU: Helicon and Leverrier) Eryx, Mons (ejecta-rays NNE from Copernicus) Eskola (Vesalius M) Esquivel (beyond the IAU's Nansen) Estensis D. Mutinae (IAU: Maurolycus) Euclides D (see link in discussion below) Euclidis (IAU: Luther Epsilon) Eudoxus's ghost (ancient crater east of Eudoxus) EUGENIAE (IAU: Plinius) Eugenianum, Mare (IAU: Mare Serenitatis) Euler Gamma's half-a-crater (the partly buried crater at Euler Gamma) Euler group (aka Lothrop hills) (unofficial names, see Euler) Eustachius (Sirsalis Z) Evila, Desertum (IAU: Deluc and Gruemberger area) Ewing's mob (craterlet-cluster at Dorsa Ewing) Exploratum, Mare (IAU: Mare Cognitum) Explorer (Apollo-17 site) Extremus Ponti, Sinus (IAU: Mare Nectaris) Exuperay (Apollo-15 site) Eychstadi (IAU: Werner) Eye (Liebig J) Eyes of Clavius (clair-obscur phenomenon at Clavius, during local sunrise) Eyraud (IAU: Lovell?)

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F nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

Note:
Because the peculiar class of surface formations informally named Fossae are very much unknown, each one of them should appear in the F list below, to get an overview of all of them, and also of those not included on the LTO charts.
(for the whole collection of LTO charts, see the LPI's overview of them in: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/).

IAU nomenclature Fabbroni Fabricius Fabry Fahrenheit Fairouz Falcon (Apollo-17 site) Family Mountain (Apollo-17 site) Faraday Faustini Fauth Faye Fechner Fecunditatis, Mare (Basin) Fedorov Felicitatis, Lacus Felix Fényi-/ Feoktistov Fermat Fermi Fernelius Fersman Fesenkov Feuillée Fibiger Fidei, Sinus Finsch Finsen Firmicus Firsov Fischer Fitzgerald Fizeau Flag (Apollo-16 site) Flammarion Flammarion, Rima Flamsteed Flamsteed-Billy Basin Flank (Apollo-14 site) Fleming Florensky-/ Florey Focas Focas, Rimae Fontana Fontenelle Foster Foucault Fourier Fowler Fox Fracastorius Fra Mauro Franck Franklin Franz Fraunhofer Fredholm Fresnel, Promontorium Fresnel Ridge (NASA's Hill-305) (Apollo-15 site) Fresnel, Rimae Freud Freundlich Freundlich-Sharonov Basin Fridman (Friedmann) Frigoris, Mare Froelich-/ Frost-/ Fryxell-/ Furnerius Furnerius, Rima

Unofficial nomenclature Fabricius, Rimae (on the floor of Fabricius) Fan (Apollo-15 site) Faraday, Cap (the southern end of Montes Caucasus) Far Cape (Luna 21 / Lunokhod 2 site) (in Le Monnier) Farnesii D. Parmae (IAU: Orontius) Farside dogbone (possible swirl in Hero H) Fat Eight / Fat 8 (between Beketov and Vitruvius) Faust (Apollo-17 site) Faye Ridge (A-11 region) Febrer (IAU: Back) Fenyi, Rimae (on the floor of Fenyi) Ferd. Caroli Leop. F. (IAU: Cyrillus) Ferd. Francisci Imp. Rom. F. (IAU: Theophilus) Ferdinandi Elect. Col. (IAU: Blancanus) FERDINANDI III Imp. Rom. (IAU: Albategnius) Feronce (location unknown) Fertilitatis, Terra Ficaria, Insula (IAU: Euler) Fifty Five (Apollo-15 site) Fifty Four (Apollo-15 site) Fifty One (Apollo-15 site) Finiaei (IAU: Mons La Hire) Firdausi (Euler E) Fish / Angelfish (Mare Crisium) Fisher (Vitruvius B) Fish's tail (the northern part of Mons Delisle) Five Crater Chain (near Apollo-12's landingsite) Fizeau, Vallis (short valley east of Fizeau) Flamsteed P ring (Surveyor-1 site) (see Flamsteed) Flock of Sheep (Montes Spitzbergen) Florence Flask Bottle (SW part Vallis Alpes) Florida (IAU: Mendeleev) Flow (Apollo-15 site) Fluvius, Regius (IAU: Mare Spumans and Mare Undarum) Flying Eagle (east of O'Neill's Bridge) Fontenelle Epsilon (see also Madler's Square) Fontenelle, Rimae (on the floor of Fontenelle) Fortis, Mons (IAU: Kaiser and Nonius) Fossa Incospicua (Luna 21 / Lunokhod 2 site) (in Le Monnier) Fossa Recta (Luna 21 / Lunokhod 2 site) (in Le Monnier) Fossa Tetrazzini (at Palus Putredinis) Foucault, Montes (see Foucault) Fournerii (IAU: Darney) Fracastorius, Rimae (on the floor of Fracastorius) Fracastorius's trifid (triangle-shaped cluster of craterlets at NE part Fracastorius) Fra Mauro Formation (see Fra Mauro) Fra Mauro Zeta's mob (cratercluster SSE of Fra Mauro Zeta) Francisci D. Loth. (IAU: Kircher) Francisci S., Portus (IAU: Pitatus and Hesiodus dark area) Franklin, J. (crater near Crozier and McClure) Fratres Vavilovi (see Vavilov) Fred. C. Pal. (IAU: Fabricius) Frederici D. Holstat. (IAU: Newton) Frédéricos (Endymion A) Fred. Wilhelmi M. Brandenb. (IAU: Schiller) Freeman (IAU: Kibal'chich) Freres Henry (see Henry, Freres) Fresa (Lagrange B) Fresh crater (Apollo-15 site) Fresnel, Fossae Fresnel, Straits of (see Fresnel, Promontorium) Freti Pontici, Promontorium (IAU: Madler, bright point at or nearby) Fried Egg (Irregular Mare Patch between Maskelyne F and Wallach) Frigoris cluster (craterlet cluster at 56°N / 3°E) Frigoris handcuffs (between La Condamine and J.Herschel) Froelich, Vallis (valley at NE part of Froelich's rim) Fromi (IAU: Blanchinus) Fromondi (IAU: Ross) Front (Apollo-15 site) Frosty (Apollo-17 site) Fulgurum, Peninsula Fulminum, Peninsula Furnace Gulch (A-10 / A-11 region)

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G nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

Note: the Golden Handle effect is the same as Patrick Moore's Jewelled Handle (a wonderful clair-obscur phenomenon at Sinus Iridum and Montes Jura, always visible during local sunrise circumstances, at the moon's morning terminator). One doesn't need a powerful telescope to observe this phenomenon! It's already visible without telescopes or binoculars! A pair of sharp looking eyes is all you need, or perhaps your glasses. See also APOD 2017 June the 5th.

Note: GEM, which means Gruithuisen E and M, is a region of many Irregular Mare Patches (IMPs) located near these two craters. Each one of the many clusters of the GEM-IMPs has its own number, for example GEM 24. It's worthwile to explore all of them in the Hi-Res NAC images of the LROC ACT-REACT QUICK MAP!

-Birt- G. Bond (aka G.P.Bond, George Phillips Bond) G. Bond, Rima -Menzel, 1971- Gadomski -Menzel, 1971- Gagarin (mankind's first human in space, Vostok-1) Galen -Riccioli- Galilaei Galilaei, Rima -Schmidt- Galle -Van Langren- Gallicus, Portus (Rukl: 43 / 54) -Hewelcke- Gallicus, Sinus (IAU: NE part of Mare Imbrium) -Van Langren- Gallilaei (IAU: Campanus) -Menzel, 1971- Galois -Schmidt- Galvani -Caes- Galvani, Rimae (on the floor of Galvani) -Maedler- Gambart -Rand McNally- Gambart hills (see Gambart) -Caes- Gambart L radial spokes (not really a name) -rille seeker- Gambart, Rima (NE of Gambart) -Menzel, 1971- Gamow Ganau, Mons (in King) -Van Langren- Gansii (IAU: Halley) -Menzel, 1971- Ganskiy (Hansky) -Menzel, 1971- Ganswindt -Wilkins- Gant (IAU: Bancroft) -Menzel, 1971- Garavito -rille seeker- Garavito, Rimae (on the floor of Garavito) -Wilkins- Garcia-Gomez (Alpetragius B) -Caes- Garcia-Gomez's mob (cluster of craterlets N of Garcia-Gomez) Gardner Gardner Megadome (unofficial name) Gargantuan Basin (aka Procellarum Basin) -Van Langren- Garsioli (IAU: Kepler Theta) -Schroter- Gärtner Gärtner, Rima -Caes- Gartner's rugbyball (Gartner M) -NASA- Gashes, the (A-11 region) -Van Langren- Gassendi (IAU: Timocharis) -Riccioli- Gassendi -Pilz- Gassendi archipelago (Rand McNally's Andreus hills) Gassendi, Rimae -Lamech- Gasser (Christian Mayer D) Gast, Dorsum Gaston (craterlet NE of Delisle) -Van Langren- Gastoni D. Aurel. (IAU: Airy B) (Lamech's Klepesta) -NASA- Gateway (Apollo-15 site) -Copeland- Gateway rocks (low hills at Palus Putredinis) -NASA- Gator (Apollo-16 site) -NASA- Gatsby (Apollo-17 site) -Krieger- Gaudibert Gaudii, Lacus -Van Langren- Gauraei (IAU: Santbech) -Riccioli- Gauricus -Maedler- Gauss -rille seeker- Gauss, Rimae (on the floor of Gauss) -Menzel, 1971- Gavrilov -Maedler- Gay-Lussac Gay-Lussac, Rima -Krieger- Gay-Lussac, Sinus (discontinued name) -Sternberg- GDL (Catena Leuschner) -Riccioli- Geber -Menzel, 1971- Geiger Geikie, Dorsa Geissler (in Gilbert) GEM (the Gruithuisen E an M region of Irregular Mare Patches, IMPs) -NASA- Gemini (IAU: Keeler) -NASA- Gemini Ridge (A-10 / A-11 region) (see link below list) -NASA- Gemini Twins (A-10 / A-11 region) -Riccioli- Geminus -Riccioli- Gemma Frisius Gena (Luna-17 site) Gentle crater (Luna 21 / Lunokhod 2 site) (in Le Monnier) -Van Langren- Geometricus, Sinus (IAU: Sinus Iridum) -NASA- Geophone rock (Apollo-17 site) -Maedler- Gerard Gerard Q Inner / Gerard Q Outer (see Gerard) Gerard, Rimae -Menzel, 1971- Gerasimovich -Hewelcke- Germanicianus, Mons (IAU: Marius) -Menzel, 1971- Gernsback -Van Langren- Gevartii (IAU: Rabbi Levi) -NASA- Ghostbead (Apollo-15 site) -Caes- Ghost of Posidonius (ring-shaped wrinkle ridges SW of Posidonius) -RLA 1963- Gibbs -RLA 1963- Gilbert (with Geissler on its floor) -RLA 1963- Gill -NASA- Gilruth (IAU: Hertzsprung) -Wilkins- Giner (Posidonius P) -Van Langren- Ginnari (IAU: Brayley B) -Menzel, 1971- Ginzel -Maedler- Gioja Giordano Bruno

-Van Langren- Giovanelli (IAU: Mersenius Zeta) -Sternberg- GIRD (Catena Michelson) -Riccioli- Glaciei, Stagnum -Lee?- Glaisher -Lee- Glaisher, Mount (discontinued name) Glauber -Lamech- Glasenapp (Calippus A) -Menzel, 1971- Glazenap -LTO- Gluck, Rima (SW of Artsimovich) -RP 1097- Glushko -Riccioli- Goclenius -LTO- Goclenius, Fossae Goclenius, Rimae -RLA 1963- Goddard Golden Handle effect (clair-obscur phenomenon, see Montes Jura / Sinus Iridum) -Schroter- Godin -Lee- Goldschmidt Golgi -Caes- Golgi's ghost (ghostcrater near Golgi) -Menzel, 1971- Golitsyn Golitsyn, Rimae (see link below list) -Van Langren- Golii (IAU: Censorinus N) (Riccioli's Beda) -Menzel, 1971- Golovin -Rand McNally- Golubiz cluster (see Campanus) -Wilkins- Goodacre -IAU 2009- Gore (north pole area) -Krieger- Gould Grabau, Dorsum Grace (craterlet at or near Mons Esam) -Menzel, 1971- Grachev -Menzel, 1971- Graff -Wilkins- Graham (IAU: Swift) -Riccioli- Grandinis, Terra -Wilkins?- Granollachs (Gauricus A) -Caes- Gran Sasso (a section of Montes Apenninus) -Van Langren- Grassi (IAU: Hahn) Grave (in Gagarin) Great Pass (between Mts. Caucasus and Mts. Haemus) (see Fresnel, Prom.) -"Westwind"- Great White Sheer Wall (NW quadrant of Moretus) Greaves -Licchelli- Greek Theater Mask (Fabricius and Janssen J and K) -Menzel, 1971- Green -Wilkins- Green (-011/ -100) -Menzel, 1971- Gregory Gregory, Catena -Menzel, 1971- Grigg-/ -IAU 2009- Grignard (north pole area) -Riccioli- Grimaldi (Basin) (with Wilkins's Saheki on its floor) Grimaldi, Rimae -Van Langren- Grimbergeri (IAU: Fra Mauro Sigma, etc.) -LTO- Grimm (near Volkov) -Sternberg- GRIN (location unknown) -NASA- Grissom (IAU: Pavlov) -Menzel, 1971- Grissom (crewmember Apollo-1) Grissom-White Basin -Menzel, 1971- Grotrian -Birt- Grove -Riccioli- Gruemberger -Neison- Gruithuisen Gruithuisen Gamma Gruithuisen Delta Gruithuisen's "lunar city" (see Schroter) -Caes- Gruithuisen's mob (craterlet-cluster NNW of Gruithuisen) -Birt- Guajara (see Teneriffe, Montes) -Van Langren- Gualteri (IAU: Hortensius?) Guang Han Gong (Chang'e 3 landingsite name) -Van Langren- Guasco (IAU: Pitiscus) -Maedler- Guericke -Caes- Guericke's keyhole (Guericke J and S) Guest Guettard, Dorsum Guillaume -rille seeker- Guillaume, Rima (ENE of Guillaume) -Caes- Guitar (between Fedorov and Mons Delisle) (aka Bottle) -Van Langren- Guldini (IAU: Palmieri Alpha) -Menzel, 1971- Gullstrand -Menzel, 1971- Gum -Maedler- Gutenberg Gutenberg, Rimae -LTO- Gutenberg, Fossae -Menzel, 1971- Guthnick -Van Langren- Gutschovi (IAU: Dionysius) -Menzel, 1971- Guyot -Birt- Gwilt, G. (possibly Ritter B or C) -Birt- Gwilt, J. (possibly Ritter B or C) -Krieger- Gyldén -Caes- Gylden, Vallis (valley at the western part of Gylden's rim)

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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)

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I nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

IAU nomenclature: Ian Ibn Bajja Ibn Battuta Ibn Firnas Ibn Yunus Ibn-Rushd Icarus Ideler Idel'son Igor (Luna-17 site) Il'in Mare Imbrium (Basin) Ina Index (Apollo-15 site) Ingalls Mare Ingenii (Basin) (aka Object A) Inghirami Inghirami, Vallis Innes Mare Insularum (Basin) Ioffe (aka Joffe) Iridum, Sinus Isabel Isaev-/ Isidorus Isis Ivan Izsak

Unofficial nomenclature: Iacobi, S. Promontorium (IAU: NW of Bode?) Ibanez (Marinus K) Ibn Hayyan (Zwicky N) Icarus / Icarus-Apollo (Apollo-15 site) Ida, Mons (IAU: Agrippa and Godin) Ignatii, S. Promontorium (IAU: S of Sinus Concordiae) Imbrium Sculpture Ina IMP (the Irregular Mare Patches on the floor of Ina) Incognito, Mare (near Gauss) Inferior, Sinus (IAU: S end of Mare Fecunditatis) Inferiores, Paludes (ray NNE from Bessel) Ingalls (Riccioli C) Inner Hevelius Formation INNOCENTII X (IAU: Ptolemaeus) Insula (IAU: Dawes and its nimbus) Intruded Clast Boulder (Apollo-17 site) Ioanni D. Sax. (IAU: Longomontanus) Irwin's dunes (Apollo-15 site) ISABELLAE Reg. Hisp. (IAU: Manilius) Isenburgi (IAU: Almanon) Italia (regio) (bright areas W of Montes Apenninus) Iunctinus (Fra Mauro Sigma) Iustitiae, Terra (Rukl: 28/ 39/ 50/ 51) Ivy (Apollo-16 site)

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J nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

Note:
The Jewelled Handle is the same as the Golden Handle effect (a wonderful clair-obscur phenomenon at Sinus Iridum and Montes Jura, always visible during local sunrise circumstances, at the moon's morning terminator). One doesn't need a powerful telescope to observe this phenomenon! It's already visible without telescopes or binoculars! A pair of sharp looking eyes is all you need, or perhaps your glasses. See also APOD 2017 June the 5th.

Note:
- John Lennon (the name John Lennon Peace Crater has been proposed for Daniell D, in honor of John Lennon, by the Luna Society International, but this has not been approved by the IAU).

IAU nomenclature: J. Herschel (John Herschel) Jackson Jacobi Jansen Jansen, Rima Jansky Janssen Janssen, Rimae Jarvis Jeans Jehan Jenkins Jenner Jerik Joliot Jomo Jones (see Spencer Jones) José Joule Joy (and the "Pit of Joy" immediately east of it) Jules Verne-/ Julienne Julius Caesar Jura, Montes

Unofficial nomenclature: J. Cassini (Jacques Cassini) J. Herschel, Vallis (the shallow valley near the SW part of J.Herschel's rim) J. Young (a crater in the neighborhood of the landingsite of Apollo 16) Jackson-Gwilt (IAU: Bliss) James (Lick F) Jan Mayen (Piton Gamma) Jansen 1 (Irregular Mare Patch SE of the Jansen U couple) Jansen 2 (Irregular Mare Patch WSW of Jansen T) Jansen R's small companion (SE of ghost-crater Jansen R) Jefferson (Apollo-17 site) Jekaterinburg Damm (see Riphaeus, Montes) Jekaterinburg Pass (see Riphaeus, Montes) Jewelled Handle (clair-obscur phenomenon, see Montes Jura / Sinus Iridum) Jew's Harp (see Reiner Gamma) Jiyah (Mersenius D) Joffe (see Ioffe) John Lennon Peace Crater (Daniell D) Johnson (west of Brunner) Jones / Jones-Apollo (Apollo-17 site) Juan (-440/ -300, near Lagrange G) Juggler, The (the dark mare regions on the Full Moon) Jules Verne Fault (on the eastern part of Jules Verne's floor) Jules Verne's handcuff (on the western part of Jules Verne's floor) Jungnitz (IAU: Demonax)

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K nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

Note:
The name KAMP from Apollo 11's Command Module Pilot (CMP) Michael Collins seems to be a crater or craterlet in or near Mare Spumans. It was named KAMP in honour of Michael's family (Kate, Ann, Michael, and Pat). Source: John Moore.

IAU nomenclature Kaiser Kamerlingh Onnes Kane Kant Kao Kapteyn Karima Karpinskiy Karrer Kasper Kästner Katchalsky Kathleen Kearons Keeler Keeler-Heaviside Basin Kekulé Keldysh Kelvin, Promontorium. Kelvin, Rupes Kepínski Kepler Khvol'son Kibal'chich Kidinnu Kies Kiess Kimura Kinau King Kira Kirch Kircher Kirchhoff Kirkwood Kiva (Apollo-16 site) Klaproth Klein Kleymenov Klute-/ Knox-Shaw Koch Kocher-/ Kohlschütter Kolhörster Kolya (Luna-17 site) Komarov-/ Kondratyuk-/ König Konoplev Konstantinov Kopff Kopff, Rimae Korolev (Basin) Kosberg Kostinskiy Kostya (Luna-17 site) Kovalevskaya Koval'skiy Kozyrev Krafft Krafft, Catena Kramarov-/ Kramers Krasnov Krasovskiy Kreiken Krieger Krieger, Rima Krishna, Vallis (at Aratus CA, aka "Lorca") Krogh Krusenstern Krylov-/ Kugler Kuhn Kuiper Kulik Kundt Kunowsky Kuo Shou Ching Kurchatov Kurchatov, Catena

Unofficial nomenclature KAMP (at Mare Spumans) Kant Plateau (see Kant) Karische Strasse (see Riphaeus, Montes) Karpinskiy, Rimae (on the floor of Karpinskiy) Keeler, Rima (on the SW part of the floor of Keeler) Keill (location unknown) Kelvin, Dorsa (in Mare Humorum, near Prom. Kelvin) Kephalinos (Hercules F) Kepleri (IAU: Protagoras Zeta) Keyhole (Fauth and Fauth A) Keyhole (location unknown, on the moon's farside) Khandrikov (Brouwer P) Kimbal (Apollo-15 site) King Y (see link in discussion below) Kintschotii (IAU: Lansberg) Kirch pinnacle (the small "island" north of Kirch) Kircheri (IAU: Malapert) Kleiber (IAU: Houzeau) Klepesta (Airy B) Kohlrausch (location unknown) Komarov, Rimae (on the floor of Komarov) Konie c Polski (IAU: Hommel) Kostinskiy, Rimae (on the floor of Kostinskiy) Kovalevskiy (Timocharis B) Kraft (IAU: Marconi) Kristmannus (Lacus Excellentiae) Krosigk (Tobias Mayer G)

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L nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

The "Le Alda" mystery
Was Ken Mattingly's "LE ALDA" perhaps THE ALTAI?
154:02:57 G.E.T.: CMP Ken Mattingly (Apollo 16):
"Okay. Maybe we could have drawn a terminator that was a little more over towards the area where we've shown our target, but there may be quite a drop-off in elevation here. It would only take - quite a bit, to the Sun angle wouldn't have to be an awful lot, on a geologic scale I guess. But the actual terminator was running down just to the west of Le Alda [or Mädler?] so I ran a strip down that".
- Apollo 16 Flight Journal, David Woods and Tim Brandt. Day 7: Lunar Orbital Observations, Revs 35 to 45
Additional research: Danny Caes (the "Le Alda" mystery).

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

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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M nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

Note:
Johann Hewelcke's name Mons Mampsarus is a typographical error. On his chart it is Mons Campsarus.
Note:
- Mandela (the name Mandela or Nelson Mandela International Peace Crater has been proposed for Plana G, in honor of Nelson Mandela, by the Luna Society International, but this has not been approved by the IAU).
Note:
- Mount Marilyn is perhaps the very first one of the NASA-related nicknames (of the Apollo era, Apollo 8 / Apollo 10) to be officially recognized by the IAU (July 2017).

M. Anderson (Michael Phillip Anderson, crewmember STS-107) -Wilkins- MacDonald (Aristarchus F) -Menzel, 1971- Mach -NASA- Mackin (Apollo-17 site) -Maedler- Maclaurin -Lee- Maclear -LTO- Maclear, Fossa Maclear, Rimae Maclear 1 (Irregular Mare Patch WNW of Arago E) Maclear 2 (Irregular Mare Patches SSE of Maclear) MacMillan -Hewelcke- Macra, Insula (IAU: Posidonius) -Riccioli- Macrobius -Hewelcke- Macrocemnii, Montes (IAU: Atlas and Hercules) -Birt?- -Schmidt?- Mädler Madler's Square (unofficial name) (see also Fontenelle Epsilon) -Hewelcke- Maeotis, Palus (IAU: Mare Crisium) -Schmidt- Maestlin Maestlin, Rimae -Maedler- Magelhaens -Van Langren- Magini (IAU: Liebig Gamma) -Riccioli- Maginus -Gilbert- Magna Occidentalis, Regio (IAU: Mare Fecunditatis, Nectaris, Serenitatis, Tranquillitatis) -Gilbert- Magna Orientalis, Regio (IAU: Mare Imbrium) -Van Langren- Magni (IAU: Capella B?) -Sternberg- Magnitsky (near the IAU's Mach) -Gilbert- Magnus, Sinus (IAU: between Mare Fecunditatis and Mare Nectaris) -Birt- Main -Schroter- Mairan Mairan, Rima -Caes- Mairan Tholus (the domelike hillock Mairan T) -Hewelcke- Major, Insula (IAU: Langrenus) -Hewelcke- Major Occidentalis, Lacus (IAU: Mare Marginis) -Hewelcke- Majorca, Insula (IAU: Montes Recti) -Menzel, 1971- Maksutov -Riccioli- Malapert -IAU 2014- Malinkin (in Faustini) (south pole area) -Schmidt- Mallet -Hewelcke- Malta, Insula (IAU: Lansberg) -Schroter- Malvasia (IAU: Schluter) -Van Langren- Malvezzi (=Malvasia?) (IAU: Byrgius A) -Menzel, 1971- Malyy -Hewelcke- Mampsarus, Mons (IAU: Suess, bright area) -LSI- Mandela / Nelson Mandela International Peace Crater (Plana G) -Menzel, 1971- Mandel'shtam -Riccioli- Manilius Manilius 1 and 2 (fields of Irregular Mare Patches west of Manilius) -LTO- Mann (Zhiritsky Z) -Riccioli- Mannae, Terra -Birt- Manners -Hewelcke- Mantiana, Palus (dark area SE of Fracastorius) Manuel (craterlet near Aratus CA, aka "Lorca") -Riccioli- Manzinus -Hewelcke- Maraeotis, Palus (IAU: Grimaldi) -Schroter- Maraldi Maraldi, Mons Marcello, Rima (near Mons Argaeus) -Van Langren- Marci (IAU: Tobias Mayer A) -Menzel, 1971- Marci -Van Langren- Marci, S. (IAU: Gassendi A) (Wilkins's Clarkson) -Maedler- Marco Polo -Menzel, 1971- Marconi -Franz- Mare Marginis (Basin) Marginis Swirl (unofficial name) -Van Langren- Mariae D. Mont. F. (IAU: Hadley) -Van Langren- MARIAE Imp. Rom. (IAU: Menelaus) -Van Langren- Mariannae Imper. F. (IAU: Calippus Alpha) -J.Lovell, Apollo 8- / -IAU- Marilyn, Mount (Mons) -NASA- Mariner (Apollo-17 site) -Hewelcke- Marinus, Lacus (E corner of Mare Imbrium) -Maedler- Marinus -Menzel, 1971- Mariotte -Riccioli- Marius Marius, Rima Marius Hills Marius Hills Hole (MHH) (see APOD Marius Hills and Hole in the Moon) -NASA- Mark (Apollo-15 site) -RLA 1963- Markov -Caes- Markov's triangle (isosceles triangle of 3 craterlets ESE Markov) -Krieger- Marth -Van Langren- Martinitzi (IAU: Bettinus) Mary (craterlet near Mons Argaeus) -Hewelcke- Masicytus, Mons (IAU: Alphonsus) -Van Langren- Masii (IAU: Gauricus) -Van Langren- Masii, Lacus (IAU: Lacus Excellentiae) -Lohrmann- Maskelyne Maskelyne IMP ("fried egg" halfway between Wallach and Maskelyne F) Maskelyne Theta (see Boot Hill) -Maedler- Mason -Krieger- Matra (see Carpatus, Montes) -NASA- Matthew (Apollo-15 site) -NASA- Mattingly (location unknown, probably on the moon's far side) -Menzel, 1971- Maunder -Schroter- Maupertuis Maupertuis, Rimae -Hewelcke- Mauritania (regio) (E and N of Sinus Iridum) -Riccioli- Maurolycus -Birt- Maury Mavis (craterlet NW of Mons La Hire) -Wood- Maw / The Maw (at Mare Pacificus) Mawson, Dorsa -Van Langren- Maximiliani Duc. Bava. (IAU: Clavius) Maxwell -Schroter- Mayer, F.C. (location unknown) -Van Langren- Mazarinii (IAU: Alpetragius) McAdie / -RP 1097- McAuliffe (crewmember STS-51L) -Birt- McClure McCool (crewmember STS-107) McDonald (aka Wilkins's Porthouse) -Menzel, 1971- McKellar -Menzel, 1971- McLaughlin -Menzel, 1971- McMath -RP 1097- McNair (crewmember STS-51L) -Menzel, 1971- McNally -Menzel, 1971- Mechnikov -Van Langren- Medicaei (IAU: Bullialdus) Medii, Sinus (site of Surveyor 4 and Surveyor 6) -Gilbert- Medilunaria, Insula (IAU: Sinus Medii) -Gilbert- Medilunarium, Mare (IAU: south of Mare Imbrium) -Hewelcke- Mediterraneum, Mare (IAU: Mare Imbrium, Mare Nubium, E part Oceanus Procellarum) -Van Langren- Medius, Sinus (IAU: Sinus Medii) - Wilkins- Mee -Menzel, 1971- Mees -rille seeker- Mees Y, Rima (slightly north of Mees Y) -Menzel, 1971- Meggers -Menzel, 1971- Meitner

Melissa (craterlet near Ibn Firnas and Ostwald) -Schmidt- Melloni (near Billy and Hansteen) (same as Wilkins's Burrell?) -Hewelcke- Melos, Insula (SE border of Mare Cognitum) -Menzel, 1971- Mendel -Caes- Mendel-Lippmann, Vallis (the valley or chain near Mendel and Lippmann) Mendel-Rydberg Basin Mendeleev (Basin) Mendeleev, Catena -Riccioli- Menelaus -LTO- Menelaus, Fossae Menelaus, Rimae -Hewelcke- Menyx, Insula (bright area at Kunowsky) Menzel -Schroter- Mercator Mercator, Rupes -Hewelcke- Mercurii, Promontorium (near Aristarchus?) -Riccioli- Mercurius -NASA- Mercury (IAU: Heaviside) -Gilbert- Meridionalis, Continens (IAU: Mare Nubium and environs) -Hewelcke- Meridionalis, Lacus (dark area SW of Schiller) -Hewelcke- Meridionalis, Mons (IAU: Bettinus and Kircher) -NASA- Merriam (Apollo-16 site) -Menzel, 1971- Merrill / -Van Langren- Mersenni (IAU: Azophi) -Riccioli- Mersenius Mersenius, Rimae -Menzel, 1971- Meshcherskiy -Hewelcke- Mesogys, Mons (IAU: Herschel) -Riccioli- Messala -Maedler- Messier Messier A -LTO- Messier, Fossa Messier, Rima -Van Langren- Methonis, Promontorium (NASA: Barbara Mesa) -Riccioli- Metius -Riccioli- Meton -Van Langren- Mexiae (IAU: Reinhold) -Menzel, 1971- Mezentsev MHH (Marius Hills Hole, see APOD Marius Hills and Hole in the Moon) -Hewelcke- Micale, Mons (IAU: Lalande) Michael (craterlet in the part of Palus Putredinis known as "Lacus Mozart") -Van Langren- Michaelis S., Promontorium (IAU: Montes Secchi) -Wood?- Michelin Man / Bibendum (system of hills east of Gassendi) -Caes- Michelin Man / Bibendum (tiny craterlet-cluster east of Lansberg) -Menzel, 1971- Michelson Michelson (GIRD), Catena -Peck- Mickey Mouse (trio Fra Mauro-Bonpland-Parry) -NASA- Middle Crescent (Apollo-12 site) -Menzel, 1971- Milankovič -Caes- Milankovic, Vallis (the valley WNW of Milankovic) -Riccioli- Milichius Milichius, Rima -Wilkins- Millas (Parrot C) -Fauth- Miller (Lexell A) -Birt- Miller -Fauth- Miller (Lexell A) -Menzel, 1971- Millikan -Menzel, 1971- Mills -Menzel, 1971- Milne (Basin) -LTO- Milton (Purkyne S) -Hewelcke- Mimas, Mons (IAU: probably Mosting) -Menzel, 1971- Mineur -Hewelcke- Mingui, Desertum (southern limb area) -Caes- Mini Egg-in-a-Nest (central peak of Thebit L) (and also Lockyer G) -Caes- Mini Schiller (between Kirch and Piazzi Smyth) -Menzel, 1971- Minkowski -Menzel, 1971- Minnaert -Hewelcke- Minor, Insula (IAU: Atwood, Bilharz, Naonobu) -Hewelcke- Minor Occidentalis, Lacus (Hansen B dark area, etc.) -Hewelcke- Minorca, Insula (IAU: Mons Pico) -Hewelcke- Miris, Stagnum (IAU: Riccioli O dark spot) -Rand McNally- Mishqui basin (see Abbot) -Higgins- Mister Peanut (between Guericke and Kundt) -NASA- Misty doublet (Apollo-15 site) -Rand McNally- Mitika peak (Jansen Alpha) -Lee- Mitchell -NASA- Mitchell / Mitchell-Apollo (Apollo-17 site) -Menzel, 1971- Mitra / Miyamori Valley (unofficial name, see Lohrmann and Riccioli) -Menzel, 1971- Möbius -NASA- MOCR (Mission Operations Control Room) (Apollo-17 site) -Gruithuisen- Moenum (location unknown) -Hewelcke- Moesia (regio) (northern border of Mare Serenitatis) -Menzel, 1971- Mohorovicic -Birt- Moigno -Menzel, 1971- Moiseev Moissan (in Mendeleev) -Van Langren- Moleri (IAU: Baco B?) -Riccioli- Moletius (Fra Mauro Lambda) -Krieger- Moltke -Schmidt- Monge Monira (craterlet in Alphonsus) -LTO- Montaigne (south of Wyld J) -Fauth- Montanari -LTO- Montesquieu (Hirayama S) -Menzel, 1971- Montgolfier -Hewelcke- Montuniates, Mons (IAU: Autolycus) -Menzel, 1971- Moore -Wilkins- Moore (Agatharchides A) -Sternberg- Morehouse (near Ingalls) -Van Langren- Moreti (IAU: Picard Gamma) -Riccioli- Moretus -Lamech- Moreux (Gambart C) -Van Langren- Morgues (dark spot near Fourier) -Van Langren- Morini (IAU: Harpalus) -Riccioli- Morinus (location unknown) Morley Moro, Mons (Bonpland Psi in Mare Cognitum) -Rand McNally- Morotcha (see Mare Vaporum) -Menzel, 1971- Morozov -Menzel, 1971- Morse -Riccioli- Mortis, Lacus Mortis (Lacus) Fault -Hewelcke- Mortuum, Mare (IAU: Pitatus dark floor) Mare Moscoviense (Basin) -Hewelcke- Moschus, Mons (Catharina, Cyrillus, Theophilus) -RLA 1963- Moseley -Maedler- Mösting -Gaudibert- Mouchez -Bozic- Mouchez C --- Mouchez L, Catena -Menzel, 1971- Moulton -Caes- Moulton, Vallis (the short shallow valley west of Moulton) -Caes- Moulures (the handcuff-shaped remains of craters in Mare Frigoris) -Lamech- Moumouris (IAU: Galen) -Van Langren- Moura (IAU: Cleomedes) -Wood- Mouse / The Mouse (at Lacus Mortis) -LTO- (?) Mozart, Lacus (at Palus Putredinis, near Kathleen) -LTO- Mozart, Rima (at Palus Putredinis, near Kathleen) -Sternberg- Mozhaisky (IAU: Guthnick) -NASA- Mueller (location unknown, probably on the moon's far side) -Riccioli- Mulerius (IAU: Metius) -Lamech- Müller (Parrot C) (Wilkins's Millas) -Caes- Muller, Catena (the chain of craters west of Muller) -Hewelcke- Mundi, Catena (IAU: NW border of Mare Serenitatis) -Riccioli- Munosius (IAU: Wolf) -RP 1097- Murakami (aka Egnitis) -Birt- Murchison -Riccioli- Mutus Mutus-Vlacq Basin -Hewelcke- Myconius, Mons (ray NE from Copernicus) -Schroter- Mylius (location unknown) -Lamech- Myriame (Eudoxus A) -Hewelcke- Mysius, Mons (IAU: Dembowski and Rhaeticus)

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N nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

"N" (the N-shaped part of Rimae Ramsden just north of Ramsden itself) -Van Langren- Nachara (= Aytona) (IAU: Montes Harbinger Beta) -Menzel, 1971- Nagaoka -Wilkins- Najera (-660/ +760) -NASA- Nameless (Apollo-15 site) Nansen -Wilkins- Nansen (+087/ +980) -NASA- Nansen-Apollo (Apollo-17 site) Naonobu (of the trio Atwood-Bilharz-Naonobu NW of Langrenus) -Maedler- Nasireddin -Gaudibert- Nasmyth -Menzel, 1971- Nassau -Van Langren- Nassauii (IAU: Fracastorius) Natasha (aka Tennis Racquet, in the Euler group) -Wood- Natasha hills (Euler group) -Van Langren- Naudei (IAU: Argelander) -Schmidt- Naumann -Van Langren- Navei (IAU: Maskelyne) -Birt?- Navigators' group (location unknown) -Riccioli- Neander -Wood?- Neander Fault (see Neander) Near Cape (Luna 21 / Lunokhod 2 site) (in Le Monnier) -Maedler- Nearch -Riccioli- Nebularum, Palus (discontinued name) Necho (NASA's Roosa) (aka The Bright One) -Kopal- Nechville (IAU: Coulomb) -Riccioli- Mare Nectaris (Basin) -IAU 2009- Nefed'ev (south pole area) -NASA- Neighbor (Apollo-14 site) -Lamech- Neison -NASA- Nemo (Apollo-17 site) -Schroter- Neper -Van Langren- Neperi (IAU: Lubbock N) -Hewelcke- Neptunus, Mons (IAU: Reinhold) -Menzel, 1971- Nernst (on the floor of Lorentz) -Caes- Nernst, Rimae (on the floor of Nernst) -Hewelcke- Nerossus, Mons (IAU: Furnerius, Hase, Petavius) -Menzel, 1971- Neujmin -Schmidt- Neumayer -Krieger- Neutra (see Carpatus, Montes) -Krieger- Neutra Streifen (see Carpatus, Montes) -Neison- Newcomb Newcomb, Rima -Schroter- Newton -Menzel, 1971- Nicholson (of the pair Nicholson-Pettit) Nicol, Dorsum

-Maedler- Nicolai -Neison- Nicollet Nielsen -Caes- Nielsen's ghost (ghost-crater NNE of Nielsen) -Caes- Nielsen's keyhole, or Nielsen's peanut (doublet crater NW of Nielsen) -Caes- Nielsen-Rumker, Dorsa (wrinkle ridge between Nielsen and Rumker) -Menzel, 1971- Niepce -Caes- Niepce, Vallis (valley, or system of valleys, near Niepce and Niepce F) -Hewelcke- Niger Major, Lacus (IAU: Plato) -Hewelcke- Niger Minor, Lacus (dark spot north of Montes Alpes) Niggli, Dorsum -Menzel, 1971- Nijland Nikolaev Nikolya (Luna-17 site) -Hewelcke- Nilus, Fluvius (dark streaks at Billy and Mersenius) -Riccioli- Nimborum, Palus -Van Langren- Nirenbergeri (IAU: Wurzelbauer D) (Wilkins's Hauet) -Menzel, 1971- Nishina -Hewelcke- Nitriae, Mons (dark spots at Lepaute D) -Gassendi- Nivea, Rupes (location unknown) -Riccioli- Nivium, Terra -Menzel, 1971- Nobel -Van Langren- Nobelarii (IAU: Drebbel E dark spot) -RP 1097- Nobile Nobili -LTO- Noether (Cauchy D) -Schmidt- Nöggerath -Riccioli- Nonius Norman -NASA- North (Apollo-12 site) -Caes- North and South America (depressions with IMPs, aka Manilius 1) -NASA- North Complex (Apollo-15 site) -Rand McNally- Northern highlands -NASA- Northern twin (Apollo-15 site) -NASA- North Massif (Apollo-17 site) -Elger- North Polar Range (near the north pole) North Pole -NASA- North Ray (North Ray Crater) (Apollo-16 site) -Rand McNally- North Riphaeus range -North- North Valley (see Auzout) -Caes- Nose, The (the nose-shaped hillock Lambert Gamma) -NASA- Notch (Apollo-15 site) -Menzel, 1971- Nöther (Noether) -Caes- Nother E, Vallis (the valley at the northern part of Noether E's rim) -Caes- Nother T, Vallis (the valley at the southern part of Nother T) -LTO- Novalis (south of Elmer) -Wilkins- Novellas (Agatharchides P) -NASA- November (Apollo-15 site) -Franz- Novum, Mare (discontinued name) -Van Langren- Noyelles (IAU: Piccolomini) -Riccioli- Mare Nubium (Basin) Nubium IMP field (Irregular Mare Patches ENE of Campanus A) -Menzel, 1971- Numerov Nunn -Menzel, 1971- Nusl -Van Langren- Nuti (IAU: Zach)

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O nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

IAU nomenclature: O'Day Oberth Oblivionis, Lacus Obruchev Odii, Lacus Oenopides Oersted Ohm Oken Olbers Olcott Old Nameless (Apollo-14 site) Olivier Omar Khayyam Onizuka Opelt Opelt, Rimae Oppel, Dorsum Oppenheimer-/ Oppolzer Oppolzer A (very near the point at 0°North/ 0°East) Oppolzer, Rima Oresme-/ Orientale, Mare (Basin) Orlov Orontius Osama Osiris Osman Ostwald-/ Owen, Dorsum

Unofficial nomenclature: O'Kell (Atlas E) O'Neill (+730/ +260) O'Neill's Bridge Object A (Mare Ingenii) Ocariz (IAU: Julius Caesar) Occidentalior, Insula (location unknown) Offset (Apollo-15 site) Olbers, Rimae (on the floor of Olbers) Olblatt (Hansen B) (Wilkins's Lower) Olcott, Catena Old Deep (Apollo-14 site) Old North (Apollo-14 site) Olivium, Promontorium (discontinued name?) Olympus, Mons (IAU: Hipparchus) Oncoming hills (Luna 21 / Lunokhod 2 site) (in Le Monnier) Opelt G, Rimae (small cluster of rilles ESE Opelt G) Ophiusa, Insula (IAU: Montes Teneriffe Delta, etc.) Oppenheimer, Rimae (on the floor of Oppenheimer) Opticus, Sinus (IAU: Sinus Amoris) Oriani* (discontinued name) Orient, Paludes (NW edge of Oceanus Procellarum) Orientale Dark Mantle Ring Deposit (aka Mare Pacificus) Orientale Secondary chains Orientalior, Insula (location unknown) Orientalis, Sinus (IAU: probably north of Mare Humorum) Orientalis, Sinus (western end of Mare Frigoris) Origanus (Darney Tau and Chi) Oris (see Brisbane, Brisbane Z) (and description below list) Orus (Petavius B) Orville (Orville Wright) (Apollo-15 site) Os (Apollo-15 site) O.Schmidt (see Schmidt) Ossolinski (IAU: Sirsalis A) (Wilkins's Bertaud) Osymandies (IAU: Mercurius) Outer Hevelius Formation Outhouse Rock (Apollo-16 site) Owl, The (Aristarchus/Herodotus/Vallis Schroteri) Oxensterni (IAU: Snellius)

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P nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

Pacificus, Mare (aka Orientale Dark Mantle Ring Deposit) -Van Langren- Pacis, Fretum (NE Taruntius) -Van Langren- Pacis, Terra -Caes- Pacman (the 270° ejectablanket SE of Banting) -Hewelcke- Paestanus, Sinus (SSE area of Mare Imbrium) -NASA- Paine (IAU: Beijerinck) -Hewelcke- Palaestina (regio) (SSW highlands) -Hewelcke- Palaestina, Paludes (location unknown) -Krieger- Palisa -Schroter- Palitzsch Palitzsch, Vallis -Maedler- Pallas -rille seeker- Pallas, Rima (SW of Pallas) -NASA- Palmetto (Apollo-16 site) -Schmidt- Palmieri Palmieri, Rimae -Hewelcke- Paludes (ESE limb area) -Hewelcke- Paludosa, Loca (inner nimbus of Kepler's ejecta-rays) -Wilkins- Paluzie (+770/ +635) -Van Langren- Pamphilii (IAU: Herschel) -Hewelcke- Pamphylium, Mare (southern part of Mare Nubium) -Van Langren- Panciroli, Lacus (IAU: Plato) -Menzel, 1971- Paneth -Hewelcke- Pangaeus, Mons (IAU: Murchison, Pallas, Ukert) -Menzel, 1971- Pannekoek -Menzel, 1971- Papaleksi -Caes- Papaleksi, Catena -Van Langren- Pappi (IAU: Mare Humboldtianum) -Menzel, 1971- Paracelsus -rille seeker- Paracelsus M, Rima (see NASA's Vallis Alpha Reed) -Menzel, 1971- Paraskevopoulos -Menzel, 1971- Parenago -Van Langren- Parigi (bright area at Montes Riphaeus) -Menzel, 1971- Parkhurst -Hewelcke- Paropamisus, Mons (IAU: Furnerius A, Snellius A nimbi, etc.) -Maedler- Parrot -Caes- Parrot, Vallis (the valley at the SSE part of Parrot) -Caes- Parrot C, Vallis (the short valley between Parrot C and La Caille GA) -Maedler- Parry -LTO- Parry, Fossae Parry, Rimae -Menzel, 1971- Parsons -Hewelcke- Parthenius, Mons (IAU: Fra Mauro Zeta) -Franz- Parvum, Mare (discontinued name) -RLA 1963- Pascal -Caes- Pascal, Vallis (the valley north of Pascal) -Menzel, 1971- Paschen -Lamech- Pasteur Patricia (craterlet in the part of Palus Putredinis known as "Lacus Mozart") Patsaev (crewmember Soyuz-11) -Menzel, 1971- Pauli -K.C.Pau- Pau, Rima (south of Manilius) -Menzel, 1971- Pavlov / -LTO- Pavlova, Fossae (near Dorsa Aldrovandi) -Menzel, 1971- Pawsey -Caes- Pear, The (pear-shaped crater SE Icarus J) -Lacroux- / -Legrand- Pearl Ring (Gassendi) Peary -Wilkins- Peary (+030/ +999) -Menzel, 1971- Pease Peek -Neison- Peirce -Schmidt- Peirescius -Hewelcke- Peloponnesus (Peninsula) (bright area Gambart to Guericke) Penck, Mons -Hewelcke- Pentadactylus, Mons (IAU: Seleucus) -Maedler- Pentland -Birt- Percy mountains (see Humorum, Mare) -Menzel, 1971- Perel'man -Menzel, 1971- Perepelkin -Sternberg- Perevoshchikov (north of the Sternberg's Wheatstone) -Menzel, 1971- Perkin -Hewelcke- Peronticus, Sinus (NW corner of Mare Serenitatis) -Menzel, 1971- Perrine Perseverantiae, Lacus -Hewelcke- Persia (Regio) (SSE highlands) -Riccioli- Petavius Petavius, Rimae -Schmidt- Petermann -Birt?- -Schmidt?- Peters Petit -Birt- Petora (see Teneriffe, Montes) -Van Langren- Petri, S., Promontorium (NW Lalande) -Menzel, 1971- Petrie -Menzel, 1971- Petropavlovskiy -Menzel, 1971- Petrov -Sternberg- Petrushevsky (south of the IAU's Butlerov and Pease) Pettit (of the pair Nicholson-Pettit) Pettit, Rimae -Menzel, 1971- Petzval -Hewelcke- Peuce, Mons (NW border of Lacus Mortis) -NASA- Phantom (Apollo-16 site) -Hewelcke- Pharan, Montana (IAU: Clausius region) -Hewelcke- Phasianus, Sinus (ESE corner Mare Tranquillitatis) -Hewelcke- Pherme, Mons (IAU: Hevelius) -Van Langren- Philip Christ. Elect. Treu. (IAU: Vlacq) -Van Langren- PHILIPPI IV (IAU: Copernicus) -Van Langren- Philippicum, Littus -Van Langren- Philippicus, Oceanus (IAU: Oceanus Procellarum) -Birt- Phillips -NASA- Phillips (IAU: Daedalus) -Riccioli- Philolaus -Rand McNally- Philolaus escarpment (see Philolaus) -Hewelcke- Philyra, Insula (IAU: Maskelyne) -Riccioli- Phocylides -Hewelcke- Phoenix, Mons (IAU: Alpetragius) -Caes- Phoenix mountain (central peak of Alpetragius, aka Egg-in-a-nest) -Van Langren- Phorylidi (IAU: Madler) -Birt- Photographica, Terra (east of Clavius) -Maedler- Piazzi Piazzi Smyth -Caes- Piazzi Smyth, Dorsum (wrinkle ridge NNW of Piazzi Smyth) -Schroter- Picard -Van Langren- Piccolomini (IAU: Catharina) -Riccioli- Piccolomini -Krieger- Pickering (Edward Charles Pickering) -Krieger- Pickering, W. (William Henry Pickering) -Schroter- Pico, Mons -rille seeker- Pico C, Rima (NNW of Pico C) -Maedler- Pictet Pierazzo (the moon's most beautiful raycrater, near Lentz) -Lamech- Pierot (Darney C) Pierre, Catena (in Euler group) -Krieger- Pietrosul Bay (Sinus Pietrosul, Pietrosul Bucht) (discontinued names)

Pikel'ner -RP 1097- Pilâtre -Wood- Pillars (elongated hills NE of Gassendi) -Schroter- Pingré Pingré-Hausen Basin -Van Langren- Piperi (= Silgero) (IAU: Montes Harbinger Delta and Eta) -LTO- Pirandello (east of Peek in Mare Smythii) -Van Langren- Pironi (IAU: Kant) -Menzel, 1971- Pirquet -Lammel- Pi Symbol (in Sinus Fidei) -NASA- Pitane (Apollo-15 site) -Van Langren- Pitati (IAU: Mons Pico Beta) -Riccioli- Pitatus Pitatus, Rimae -Riccioli- Pitiscus -Caes- Pit of Joy (craterlet on top of the hillock east of crater Joy) -Birt- Piton, Mons Piton Gamma (see link below list) -Menzel, 1971- Pizzetti -NASA- Plain (Apollo-15 site) -Lamech- Plakidis (location unknown) -Maedler- Plana -RLA 1963- Planck (Basin) -rille seeker- Planck B, Rimae (on the floor of Planck B) -rille seeker- Planck Z, Rimae (on the floor of Planck Z) Planitia Descensus (Luna-9 site) Planté / -Menzel, 1971- Plaskett -Riccioli- Plato (J.Hewelcke's Lacus Niger Major) Plato craterlets Plato, Rimae -rille seeker- Plato Eta, Rima (aka Rima Plato III, near the hill Plato Eta) -rille seeker- Plato P, Rima (northwest of Plato P) -Rand McNally- Plato uplands (see Plato) -Caes- Plato M's bright nimbus (the "lightblue" ejectablanket of Plato M) -Maedler- Playfair -Riccioli- Plinius -LTO- Plinius, Fossae Plinius, Rimae Plughole (with the Washbowl in Cassini) -NASA- Plum (Apollo-16 site) -Menzel, 1971- Plummer -Riccioli- Plutarch -NASA- Pluton (Apollo-15 site) Poczobutt -Caes- Poczobutt, Vallis (the valley at the southern part of Poczobutt's rim) -Menzel, 1971- Pogson -Menzel, 1971- Poincaré (Basin) -Menzel, 1971- Poinsot -Caes- Pointers (Schomberger G and Simpelius J, pointing to the southpole) -Maedler- Poisson -Wilkins- Polit (+692/ +720) -Birt- Pollock (between Clavius and Zach) -Maedler- Polybius -Menzel, 1971- Polzunov Pomortsev -RLA 1963- Poncelet -Caes- Poncelet's mini-Wargentin (at the SSE part of Poncelet's rim) -Maedler- Pons -Riccioli- Pontanus -Maedler- Pontécoulant -Hewelcke- Pontia, Insula (Wichmann, and Rand McNally's Leon hills) -Hewelcke- Ponticum, Fretum (northern part of Mare Nectaris) -Hewelcke- Pontus Euxinus (Mare) (IAU: Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillitatis) -Musewicz-/-Sabia- Poodle Dog (the mare regions at First Quarter Moon) -NASA- Pooh (Apollo-15 site) -LTO- Pope (west of Brunner) -Van Langren- Popoli, de, Mare (IAU: Palus Epidemiarum) Popov -Caes- Popov, Vallis (the valley WNW of Popov) -NASA- Poppy (or Poppie?) (Apollo-17 site) -Menzel, 1971- Porter -Wilkins- Porthouse (IAU: McDonald) -Hewelcke- Porphyrites, Mons (IAU: Aristarchus) -Riccioli- Posidonius Posidonius, Rimae -Van Langren- Possidoni, Lacus (dark area at Grimaldi) -Lamech- Potamos (part of Rima Ariadaeus) -NASA- Powell (Apollo-17 site) -Menzel, 1971- Poynting -Van Langren- Pozzo (IAU: Aristillus) -Menzel, 1971- Prager -Caes- Prager, Catena (chain north of Prager) -Menzel, 1971- Prandtl -Wilkins- Pratdesaba (Brisbane G) -Van Langren- Pratii (IAU: Bode?) -Menzel, 1971- Priestley -Van Langren- Principis, Sinus (IAU: Sinus Roris) -Krieger- Prinz Prinz, Rimae Priscilla (craterlet in Catena Davy) -Kepler- Privolva (the moon's far side) Procellarum, Oceanus Procellarum Basin (aka Gargantuan Basin) -Van Langren- Procli, Promontorium (Rukl: 48) -Riccioli- Proclus -IAU Commission 17- Proctor -Riccioli- Profatius (Nicollet B) -Hewelcke- Prophetarum, Mons (IAU: Wurzelbauer D) (aka Wilkins's Hauet) -Hewelcke- Propontis (Sinus) (southern part of Mare Vaporum) -Schmidt- Protagoras (Birt's Ward) -Riccioli- Pruinae, Terra -Riccioli- Ptolemaeus (with Ammonius on its floor) Ptolemaeus, Rima -Van Langren- Ptolomaei (IAU: Christian Mayer) -Krieger- Puiseux -NASA- Punk (Apollo-17 site) Pupin -Riccioli- Purbach -Menzel, 1971- Purkyne -Van Langren- Puteani (IAU: Proclus) -Riccioli- Putredinis, Palus -Hewelcke- Pyramidalis, Petra (IAU: Montes Spitzbergen) -Maedler- Pyrenaeus, Montes -Van Langren- Pythagoras (as Pythagorae) -Caes- Pythagoras' secondary crater chains (in Sinus Roris, near Pythagoras) -Riccioli- Pytheas -rille seeker- Pytheas G, Rima (W and NNW of Pytheas G) -rille seeker- Pytheas M, Rima (W, NW, and SW of Pytheas M) -Caes- Pytheas' mob (cluster of craterlets WNW of Pytheas) -Caes- Pytheas' twins (couple of craterlets NW of Pytheas) -Van Langren- Pythias (IAU: Hercules A) (Keldysh) (Lamech's Dominique)

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Q nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

IAU nomenclature: Quetelet / Unofficial nomenclature: Quadrant (Apollo-15 site) Quaresini (Lee Eta) Quark (Apollo-15 site) Quesada (Milichius Gamma) Question mark (the "?"-shaped string of high-albedo craterlets in Mare Tranquillitatis) Question Mark rille (the SE part of the "?"-shaped formation in Mare Tranquillitatis)

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R nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

- Rabakuw and Rafelon
On page 47 of the january 1979 issue of Spaceflight (a well-known magazine for rocket and spaceship addicts) appeared a curious letter by a certain Geoffrey Hugh Lindop, who wanted to change the entire catalog of lunar nomenclature into some sort of lettered code system. In his letter, he included two examples of his system: Rabakuw (the IAU's Bianchini W) and Rafelon (the IAU's Plato F). After reading his letter about a dozen times, I still don't understand his method. G.H.Lindop's system could be a VERY interesting one (!), but he didn't give much explanation... (or rather: "a much too complicated" explanation) (the two examples were not enough to comprehend Lindop's way of thinking). - DannyCaes May 26, 2017
- Rays
J.Hewelcke's nomenclature-system for the many ejectarays around pronounced craters, adapted by D.Caes, see: http://the-moon.us/wiki/Rays
- Rilles
The IAU's list of named rilles is very incomplete (the moon's far side doesn't seem to exist). Explore a new list of named rilles on both the moon's near and far sides: https://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Lunar+Rilles

IAU nomenclature: Rabbi Levi Racah Raimond Raman Ramon Ramsay Ramsden Ramsden, Rimae Rankine Raspletin Ravi Ravine (Apollo-16 site) Rayet Rayleigh Razumov Réaumur Réaumur, Rima Recht Recta, Rupes (the Straight Wall) Recti, Montes (Straight Range) Regiomontanus Regnault Reichenbach Reiko, Rima Reimarus Reiner Reiner Gamma (aka Jew's Harp) Reinhold Repsold Repsold, Rimae Resnik Respighi Rhaeticus Rheita Rheita, Vallis Rhysling (Apollo-15 site) Riccioli Riccioli, Rimae Riccius Ricco Richards Richardson Riedel Riemann Riphaeus, Montes Ritchey Rittenhouse Ritter Ritter, Rimae Ritz-/ Robert Roberts Robertson-/ Robinson Rocca Rocco Roche-/ Romeo Römer Römer, Rimae Röntgen Rook, Montes Roris, Sinus Rosa Rosenberger Ross Rosse Rosseland Rost Rothmann Rowland Rozhdestvenskiy-/ Rubey, Dorsa Rudolf, Rima Rumford Rümker, Mons Runge Russell Ruth Rutherford Rutherfurd Rydberg Ryder Rynin

'Unofficial nomenclature: Rabakuw (Bianchini W) Racine (SE of Ludwig) Radsevillii (IAU: Gemma Frisius) Rafelon (Plato F) Railway (the NW continuation of Rimae Hase) Rainbow heights (north of Mts.Jura and Sinus Iridum) Rambleta (see Teneriffe, Montes) Ramirii (IAU: Firmicus) Ramsay, Dorsa Rantsovii (IAU: Thebit) Raphidim, Desertum (western part of Clavius) Rastorguev (NNE of Chebyshev) Raurich (Hekataeus D) Rechbergeri (IAU: Sharp) Recki (IAU: Hainzel) Recorde (Alhazen E) Recta, Rima (straight rille SSE of Carrel) Recti southwest, Rima Red Rose (Apollo-16 site) Reese (Pico B) Regiomontani (IAU: Endymion C) Regnault, Rima (on the floor of Regnault) Reiner, Rimae (near Reiner) Reiner K, Rima (near Reiner K) Reiner M, Rima (NW of Reiner M) Reithae (IAU: Autolycus) Renart (-212/ -602) Reypastor (Faraday G) Rho (IAU: Clairaut A?) Rhodes (-101/ +990) Rhodus, Insula (IAU: Nicollet, Nicollet Delta, etc.) Ricci (IAU: Euler Beta) Richardi (IAU: Marius B) Richard's ridge (near Fracastorius) Ridge (Apollo-15 site) Right Foot (of the Snowman) (Apollo-12 site) Rim (Apollo-15 site) Rima Mozart Rimsky-Korsakov, Rima (between Euler and Euler E) Ring (Apollo-15 site) Ring nebula (Lyell A during Full Moon) (the LTO's Abduh) Rio (Apollo-15 site) Riphaei, Montes (IAU: Burckhardt, Cleomedes, Geminus, etc.) Riphaeus (IAU: Montes Apenninus) Riphaeus Boreus (see Riphaeus, Montes) Riphaeus Major (see Riphaeus, Montes) Riphaeus Medius (see Riphaeus, Montes) Riphaeus Minor (see Riphaeus, Montes) Risus Felis, Lacus (see Sabatier) RNII (Catena Lucretius) Robervalis (IAU: Wolf) Roche, Rimae (on the western part of Roches floor) Rodes (Lalande A) Rodes (-910/ +404) Rogers (Apollo-17 site) Roma (IAU: Archimedes) Romana (Fracastorius D) Romania (Regio) (SE of Montes Apenninus) Roman Steppe (Apollo-17 site) Romer, Fossa Rondone (Apollo-17 site) Roosa (IAU: Necho) (aka The Bright One) Rosetti (IAU: Lalande) Ross E 1 (the field of Irregular Mare Patches SSE of Ross E) Rossard (IAU: Ibn-Rushd) Rosse's Ghost (ghost-crater NNE of Rosse) Rosseland, Rimae (system of rilles on the floor of Rosseland) Route 66 (Rima Ariadaeus) Roy (Hesiodus B) Rubenii (IAU: Lacus Timoris) Rudaux (Lansberg C) Rudolph (Apollo-17 site) Ruin Basin (A-11 region) Rupes (location unknown) Russell (+758/ +645, within Wilkins's Paluzie) Rynin, Vallis (the valley at the ESE part of Rynin)

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S nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

Note:
The meaning of SAR (or S.A.R.) between farside craters King and Tsiolkovsky is still a mystery.
S.A.R. is mentioned in NASA's APOLLO 16 PRELIMINARY SCIENCE REPORT.

Sabatier (near Lacus Risus Felis) -Maedler- Sabine (of the pair Sabine-Ritter) -Wilkins- Sacco (Scoresby A) -Hewelcke- Sacer, Mons (W border of Mare Humorum) (Birt's Percy mountains) -Riccioli- Sacrobosco -Božič- Saddled donkey (Lacus Felicitatis and environs) -Menzel, 1971- Saenger (Apollo-15's "Tangor"?) -Caes- Saenger, Catena (small chain W of Saenger, SE of Erro) -Menzel, 1971- Safarík -Hewelcke- Sagaricus, Sinus (NNE part of Mare Serenitatis) -Menzel, 1971- Saha -Wilkins- Saheki (Grimaldi B) -NASA- Saint Theresa (A-11 region) -Van Langren- Salamona, Promontorium (IAU: Hansteen area) -Gassendi- Salinae (location unknown) -NASA- Sallyport West (Apollo-15 site) -Hewelcke- Salmydessus, Sinus (Linne's high-albedo patch) -NASA- Salyut (Apollo-15 site) Samir (craterlet between Delisle and Diophantus) Sampson -NASA- Samstag (Apollo-15 site) -Hewelcke- Sanctus, Mons (IAU: Apollonius and Firmicus) -Menzel, 1971- Sanford -Riccioli- Sanitatis, Terra -NASA- San Luis Rey (Apollo-17 site) -Wilkins- Santacruz (Franz'z Abel?) (Birt's Abel) -Riccioli- Santbech Santos-Dumont -Van Langren- Sapientiae, Terra -LTO- Sappho (Stark V) -NASA- SAR (or S.A.R.) (between King and Tsiolkovsky) Sarabhai -Hewelcke- Sardinia, Insula (IAU: Lambert) -Hewelcke- Sarmatiae Asiaticae pars (south of Mare Crisium) -Hewelcke- Sarmatiae Europaeae pars (ENE limb area) -Hewelcke- Sarmatici, Montes (IAU: Christian Meyer) -Menzel, 1971- Sarton -rille seeker- Sarton Y, Rimae (on the floor of Sarton Y) -rille seeker- Sarton Z, Rimae (on the floor of Sarton Z) -Riccioli- Sasserides -Muller- Saunder -Maedler- Saussure -Van Langren- Savedrae (dark spot on the floor of Schickard) -Van Langren- Scala (IAU: Cruger) (low-albedo spot) -Menzel, 1971- Scaliger -NASA- Scarp (Apollo-15 site) -NASA- Scarp (Lee-Lincoln Scarp) (Apollo-17 site) -Copeland- Scattered hills (Hill's Euler group / Rand Mc Nally's Lothrop hills) -Menzel, 1971- Schaeberle -NASA- Schaber Hill (Apollo-15 site) Scheele -Caes- Scheele hills (cluster of hillocks west of Scheele) -Caes- Scheele's arc-shaped companion (ESE of Scheele) -Riccioli- Scheiner -Van Langren- Scheineri (IAU: Louville) -Birt- Schiaparelli -Riccioli- Schickard -Riccioli- Schiller -Caes- Schiller D, Catena (from 55.4°S/47.1°W to 56.4°S/53.5°W near Segner K) Schiller-Zucchius Basin (aka Schiller Annular Plain) -Menzel, 1971- Schjellerup -Menzel, 1971- Schlesinger -Menzel, 1971- Schliemann -Lamech- Schlumberger (Lansberg D) Schlumberger domes (discontinued name, see Hortensius) -RLA 1963- Schlüter (with Franz's Mare Hiemis on its floor) (Schroter's Malvasia) -rille seeker- Schluter, Rimae (on the floor of Schluter) -Birt- Schmidt -NASA- Schmitt (NW of Grachev) -Krieger- Schneckenberg (discontinued name) -Menzel, 1971- Schneller -Riccioli- Schomberger -Van Langren- Schonbergeri (IAU: Mons Piton) -Menzel, 1971- Schönfeld -Menzel, 1971- Schorr -Van Langren- Schotenii (IAU: Montes Recti Epsilon?) -Menzel, 1971- Schrödinger (Basin) -Caes- Schrodinger, Rimae (on the floor of Schrodinger) -Caes- Schrodinger-De Forest, Vallis (valley between Schrodinger and De Forest) Schrödinger-Zeeman Basin Schrödinger, Vallis -Gruithuisen- Schröter -Caes- Schroter D's radial spokes -Rand McNally- Schroter hills (see Schroter) Schröter, Rima -Caes- Schroter swirls (see Schroter) -Pickering- Schröter's Valley (Vallis Schroteri) -rille seeker- Vallis Schroteri's sinuous rille (on the floor of Vallis Schroteri) -Maedler- Schubert -Maedler- Schumacher -Fauth- Schupmann (Hell B) -Menzel, 1971- Schuster -Schmidt- Schwabe -Caes- Schwabe, Vallis (valley east of Schwabe) -Franz- Schwanzende (at or near Mare Anguis) (Eimmart T) -Menzel, 1971- Schwarzschild -Van Langren- Schyrlei (IAU: Abenezra) -Van Langren- Scialli (IAU: Kunowsky) -Van Langren- Scientiae, Lacus (eastern part of Lacus Somniorum) Scilla, Dorsum -Hewelcke- Scithiae pars (SW limb area) -RP 1097- Scobee (crewmember STS-51L) -Maedler- Scoresby Scott -Wilkins- Scott (+080/ -990) -NASA- Sculptured Hills (Apollo-17 site) -Peck?-/-North?- Seagull (SSW of Al-Bakri) -Menzel, 1971- Seares -Birt- Secchi -LTO- Secchi, Fossae Secchi, Montes Secchi, Rimae -Menzel, 1971- Sechenov Sector, The (section of Plato) -NASA- See (IAU: Alden) -Krieger- Seeliger -Menzel, 1971- Segers -Schroter- Segner -Van Langren- Segueri (IAU: Stevinus) -Menzel, 1971- Seidel -Hewelcke- Seir, Montana (IAU: Maginus, Street, etc.) -Riccioli- Seleucus -Wood?- Seleucus Ray (see Seleucus) -Krieger- Semlja Novaja (see Riphaeus, Montes) -Krieger- Semlja Sinus (see Riphaeus, Montes) -Riccioli- Seneca -Van Langren- Seneschali (IAU: Alfraganus Alpha) -Hewelcke- Sepher, Mons (ray NW from Tycho) -Schmidt- Serao, Mons (discontinued name) -Riccioli- Mare Serenitatis (Basin) Serpentine Ridge (unofficial name) -Hewelcke- Serrorum, Mons (IAU: Aristoteles) -Menzel, 1971- Seyfert -Van Langren- Sfondrati (IAU: Seleucus) -RP 1097- Shackleton (south pole crater) -Wilkins- Shackleton (Gioja A) -NASA- Shadow Rock (Apollo-16 site) Shahinaz (craterlet near Ibn Firnas and Ostwald) -NASA- Shakespeare (Apollo-17 site) -RLA 1963- Shaler (of the pair Wright-Shaler) -Collins- Shannen Ridge (see Plana) Shapley -Menzel, 1971- Sharonov -Schroter- Sharp Sharp, Rima -rille seeker- Sharp A, Rima (between Sharp and Sharp A) -NASA- Sharp-Apollo (Apollo-17 site) Shatalov -Menzel, 1971- Shayn -NASA- Shea (WNW of Vavilov) -Birt- Sheepshanks Sheepshanks, Rima -Wood / Collins- Sheepshanks-Gartner, Rima -NASA- Shepard (IAU: Racah) -NASA- Sherlock (Apollo-17 site) Sherrington -Menzel, 1971- Shi Shen Shirakatsi Shoemaker -Riordan- Shoeprint (aka Alser's Alien, in Robinson) -Schroter- Short -NASA- Shorty (Apollo-17 site) -Menzel, 1971- Shternberg (Sternberg) -Lee- Shuckburgh -RP 1097- Shuleykin -LTO- Sibelius, Rima (south of Aristarchus R) Sibericus, Rupes (discontinued name, see King) -Riccioli- Siccitatis, Terra -Hewelcke- Sicilia (insula) (nimbus of Copernicus) -NASA- Side (Apollo-15 site) -NASA- Sidewinder Rille (A-11 region) -Menzel, 1971- Siedentopf Siegfried, Rima (between Bowditch and Lacus Solitudinis) -Menzel, 1971- Sierpinski Sikorsky Sikorsky-Rittenhouse Basin -Schroter- Silberschlag -Elger- Silberschlag range (north of Silberschlag) -Van Langren- Silgero (IAU: Montes Harbinger Delta and Eta) -NASA- Silver Spur (Apollo-15 site) -Sternberg- Simonov (Sanford T) -Riccioli- Simpelius -Van Langren- Simpilii (IAU: Marius A) (Wilkins's Barange) -Sternberg- Simpson (Paschen L) -Hewelcke- Sinai, Mons (IAU: Tycho) -Schmidt- Sinas -Caes- Sinas Skylight (ESE of Sinas) -Hewelcke- Sinopium, Mons (dark area at Elger E) -Elger- Sinus Iridum highlands (NW of Sinus Iridum and Montes Jura) -Hewelcke- Sipylus, Mons (IAU: Ptolemaeus) -Hewelcke- Sirbonicum, Fretum (Oceanus Procellarum / Mare Humorum join) -Hewelcke- Sirbonis, Sinus (IAU: Mare Humorum) -Lamech- Siredey (Cassini E) -Riccioli- Sirsalis -Wood- Sirsalis, Mount / Sirsalis Beta (see Sirsalis) Sirsalis, Rimae

-Menzel, 1971- Sisakyan -Wilkins- Sisebuto (Azophi A) Sita (craterlet in King) Sklodowska -IAU 2015- Slater (south pole area) Slava (Luna-17 site) -Van Langren- Slavatae (IAU: Horrocks) -NASA- Slayton (IAU: Chauvenet) -Forest- Sleepy dragon / Draconum cubiculium (Montes Teneriffe) -NASA- Slide (Apollo-15 site) -Menzel, 1971- Slipher (in d'Alembert) Slocum Slot, The (Rheita E) -NASA- Small (Apollo-12 site) Smirnov, Dorsa -Schroter- Smith, Rob. (between Brown D and Tycho D) -RP 1097- Smith (crewmember STS-51L) -Wilkins- Smith (Vendelinus C) -NASA- Smith (Apollo-17 site) Smithson -NASA- Smokey Basin (A-11 region) -NASA- Smokey Valley (A-11 region) -NASA- Smoky Mountains (Apollo-16 site) -Menzel, 1971- Smoluchowski -NASA- Smooth round crater (a name?) (Apollo-15 site) -Lee- Mare Smythii (Basin) -Birt- Smyth, Piazzi (see Piazzi Smyth) -NASA- Snake Ridge (A-11 region) -Van Langren- Snellii (IAU: Isidorus F?) -Riccioli- Snellius Snellius, Vallis -Menzel, 1971- Sniadecki -NASA- Snoopy (Apollo-17 site) -NASA- Snowman (Apollo-12 site) -Eskildsen- Snowman (Plato K and Plato KA) -Murray- Soccer player (the dark mare regions on the Full Moon) Soddy -Hewelcke- Sogdiana, Petra (dark area at S end of Vendelinus) -Hewelcke- Sogdiani, Montes (IAU: Piccolomini) Solitudinis, Lacus -Birt?- -Lee?- Somerville -Menzel, 1971- Sommerfeld -Maedler- Sömmering -Riccioli- Somni, Palus -Riccioli- Somniorum, Lacus -LTO- Sophocles (SW Diderot) Soraya (craterlet in Alphonsus) Sorby, Dorsa -Riccioli- Sosigenes (with IMP cluster on its floor) -Krieger- Sosigenes Bucht (see Sosigenes) Sosigenes, Rimae Sosigenes IMP or SIMP (large Irregular Mare Patch at Rimae Sosigenes) -Lamech- Soulayou (location unknown) -Birt- South South AP (South of the Aristarchus Plateau) (informal name) -NASA- South Cluster (Apollo-15 site) -NASA- South Crater (Apollo-12 site) -Caes- Southern farside mountain (50°30' South/ 123°30' West) -Rand McNally- Southern highlands (Tycho-Clavius region) -NASA- Southern twin (Apollo-15 site) -NASA- South Massif (Apollo-17 site) South Pole South Pole - Aitken basin (aka SPA) -NASA- South Ray (South Ray Crater) (Apollo-16 site) Sovietici, Montes (discontinued name) -NASA- SP (Apollo-16 site) SPA (South Pole - Aitken basin) -Van Langren- Spada (IAU: Marius) -NASA- SP Crater (A-11 region) -Schmidt- Spallanzani Spei, Lacus -Menzel, 1971- Spencer Jones -Van Langren- Spinola (IAU: Lilius) -Sternberg- Spinoza (IAU: Wilsing) -NASA- Spirit (Apollo-17 site) -Menzel, 1971- Spiru Haret (see Haret) -Blagg- Spitzbergen, Montes (aka Spitzbergensis, Montes) -NASA- Split Rock (aka Tracy's Rock / Station 6 boulder) (Apollo-17 site) -NASA- Spook (Apollo-16 site) -Krieger- Spörer -NASA- Spot (Apollo-16 site) -Franz- Spumans, Mare -NASA- Spur (Apollo-15 site) Spurr (at Palus Putredinis) -NASA- Sputnik (Apollo-17 site) -J.Moore- Squid, the (Irregular Mare Patch N°18) -Caes- Squirrel (Mare Cognitum and Mare Nubium during Full Moon) -NASA- St. George (Apollo-15 site) -Menzel, 1971- St. John -Hewelcke- St.Petro, Insula (IAU: Mons Vinogradov) -Riccioli- Stadius -Rand McNally- Stadius craterlets (see Stadius) Stadius, Rimae -rille seeker- Stadius C, Rima (ESE of Stadius C) -Maedler?- Stag's Horn (discontinued name for the mountain-complex south of Rupes Recta) -Caes- Stamp mountain (system of two hills SSE of Mons Rumker) -Birt- Stanley (one of the triplet of craters NW of Langrenus) -NASA- Star (Apollo-14 site) -NASA- Star Crater (A-11 region) -Menzel, 1971- Stark -Copeland- Star Tip Mountain (Mons Herodotus) -NASA- Station 6 boulder (aka Tracy's Rock / Split Rock) (Apollo-17 site) -IAU- / -NASA- Statio Tranquillitatis (Apollo-11 site) Stearns -Wilkins- Steavenson (Reichenbach A) -Menzel, 1971- Stebbins -RLA 1963- / -Menzel, 1971- Stefan -Menzel, 1971- Stein -Maedler- Steinheil (of the pair Steinheil-Watt) -Menzel, 1971- Steklov Stella (craterlet south of Apollo 17's Family Mountain) -Menzel, 1971- Steno -NASA- Steno-Apollo (Apollo-17 site) -Lamech- Stephanides (Romer A) (Wilkins's Ataturk) -Riccioli- Sterilitatis, Terra -Menzel, 1971- Sternberg (see Shternberg) -RP 1097- Sternfeld -Menzel, 1971- Stetson -Riccioli- Stevinus Stewart -Riccioli- Stiborius Stille, Dorsa -Riccioli- Stöfler -RLA 1963- Stokes -Menzel, 1971- Stoletov -NASA- Stone Mountain (Apollo-16 site) -NASA- Stonewall (Apollo-17 site) -Menzel, 1971- Stoney -Menzel, 1971- Störmer -Maedler- Strabo -Caes- Strabo's triplet (Strabo L, B, and N) -Birt- Straight Range (see Montes Recti) Straight Wall, The (Rupes Recta) -Wood- Straits of Fresnel (see Fresnel, Promontorium) -Van Langren- Stratii (IAU: Ukert) -Menzel, 1971- Stratton -Schroter- Street -Hewelcke- Strobilus, Mons (IAU: Isidorus) (with Capella?) -Menzel, 1971- Strömgren -Hewelcke- Strophades, Insulae (IAU: Darney Chi, Tau, Lambda) -Maedler- Struve -Birt- Struve, Otto -Hewelcke- Strymonicus, Sinus (E part of Mare Nubium) -NASA- Stubby (Apollo-16 site) -Menzel, 1971- Subbotin -NASA- Subsidiary peak (Apollo-15 site) Successus, Sinus (Luna-16 site) -Krieger- Suess Suess, Rima -Riccioli- Sulpicius Gallus -LTO- Sulpicius Gallus, Fossae Sulpicius Gallus, Rimae -Menzel, 1971- Sumner Sumner, Catena -Menzel, 1971- Sundman Sung-Mei, Rima (at Aratus CA, aka the LTO's Lorca) -NASA- Sunrise (Apollo-14 site) -NASA- Sunset (Apollo-16 site) -Hewelcke- Superiores, Paludes (faint bright line W part Mare Serenitatis) -NASA- Surveyor (Surveyor-3 and Apollo-12 site) -NASA- Survey Ridge (Apollo-16 site) Susan (craterlet in Catena Davy) -IAU 2009- Svedberg (south pole area) Sverdrup -Menzel, 1971- Swann -NASA- Swann Mountain (see Apollo-15 site) -NASA- Swann Range (see Apollo-15 site) Swasey Swift -Caes- Swimming pool (Brayley G) -NASA- SWP (Science Working Panel) (Apollo-17 site) -RLA 1963- Sylvester -Caes- Sylvester, Vallis (the valley near Sylvester) Sylvester-Nansen Basin Sylvester, Catena -Hewelcke- Syrticum, Mare (SW corner Oceanus Procellarum) -Hewelcke- Syrticus, Sinus (dark area SW of Encke) -Menzel, 1971- Szilard

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T nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

-Caes- T, the (the T shaped Irregular Mare Patch NNW of Arago D, SW of Arago E) -Schroter- T. Mayer (Tobias Mayer) T. Mayer, Rima -Hewelcke- Tabor, Mons (the very bright nimbus at Deslandres QA) Tacchini -Riccioli- Tacitus -Schroter- Tacquet -Van Langren- Tacquetti (IAU: Promontorium Laplace Alpha) -Hewelcke- Tadnos, Fons (two dark floor patches in Schickard) -Hewelcke- Taenarium, Promontorium -Rand McNally- Taenarium range (see Promontorium Taenarium) -Hewelcke- Taigetus, Mons (IAU: Guericke) Tai Wei (Chang'e-3 site) Taizo (craterlet SW of Mons Hadley Delta) Talbot Tamm -Hewelcke- Tancon, Mons (IAU: Colombo) -NASA- "Tangor" (location unknown) (Saenger?) -Riccioli- Tannerus -rille seeker- Tannerus, Rima / Rimae (on the floor of Tannerus) -Hewelcke- Taraciniae, Insulae (nimbus of Hortensius and bright spot west of it) -Hewelcke- Tarantinus, Sinus (SE part of Mare Insularum) -Riccioli- Taruntius Taruntius, Catena -LTO- Taruntius, Fossae Taruntius, Rimae (on the floor of Taruntius) -NASA- Tasaday (Apollo-17 site) -Van Langren- Tassis (IAU: Geber) -LTO- Tasso (Purkyne U) -Krieger- Tatra (see Carpatus, Montes) -Hewelcke- Taurica chersonnesus (Montes Taurus and area south of it) -Hewelcke- Taurus, Mons (ray east from Tycho) -Hewelcke- Taurus, Montes -NASA- Taurus-Littrow Valley (Apollo-17 site) -Van Langren- Taye (IAU: Boscovich) -Maedler- Taylor (Van Langren's Ulloae) Tebbutt -NASA- Tecumseh (Apollo-15 site) -Hewelcke- Techisandam, Mons (IAU: Curtius and Moretus) -Wood- Tee shaped depression (see discussion below) -Menzel, 1971- Teisserenc -LTO- Telemann, Rima (part of Rimae Prinz) -NASA?- Telemann Unit (unofficial name, region NW of Aristarchus Plateau) -Krieger- Tempel -Van Langren- Temperantiae, Terra Temporis, Lacus (Fauth's Mare Horologii) -Menzel, 1971- Ten Bruggencate -Birt- Teneriffe, Montes -Copeland- Tennis Racquet (Natasha) -NASA- Ten O'Clock boulder / 10 O'Clock boulder (Apollo-17 site) Tereshkova (first woman in space, Vostok-6) Termier, Dorsum -NASA- Terrace (Apollo-15 site) -Menzel, 1971- Tesla -LTO- Tetrazzini, Fossa (at Palus Putredinis) Tetyaev, Dorsa -NASA- Texas (IAU: Gagarin) -Van Langren- Thales (IAU: Burg) -Riccioli- Thales -Hewelcke- Thambes, Mons (vague bright area NE of Hermann) Tharp -Riccioli- Theaetetus Theaetetus, Rimae -Van Langren- Thebit (IAU: Luther Zeta) -Riccioli- Thebit Theiler -Riccioli- Theon Junior -Riccioli- Theon Senior -Riccioli- Theophilus Theophrastus Thera, Dorsum -Van Langren- Theresae Hispa. Inf. (IAU: Calippus Theta, Eta, Omega) -Gassendi- Thersite (or Homuncio) (IAU: Mare Serenitatis, etc.) -Menzel, 1971- Thiel -Menzel, 1971- Thiessen -Cherrington- Thin cheese (Wargentin) -Van Langren- Thomae D. Sab. (IAU: Kepler) -Menzel, 1971- Thomson -Wilkins- Thornton (-328/ +937) -Hewelcke- Thospitis, Lacus (IAU: Fracastorius) -Copeland- Three rocks (the Gruithuisen domes) -NASA- Thud Ridge (A-11 region)

Tian Shi (Chang'e-3 site) -Menzel, 1971- Tikhomirov -Menzel, 1971- Tikhov -Menzel, 1971- Tiling -Caes- Tiling, Vallis (the valley NNE of Tiling) -Riccioli- Timaeus -Menzel, 1971- Timiryazev -Van Langren- Timochari (IAU: Timaeus) -Riccioli- Timocharis Timocharis, Catena -rille seeker- Timocharis E, Rima (west of Timocharis E) -Schmidt- Timoleon (discontinued name) Timoris, Lacus -Caes- Tiny island (between Damoiseau E and Damoiseau G) -Caes- Tiny white island (ESE of Pytheas K) -Van Langren- Tirelli (IAU: Diophantus) Tiselius -Krieger- Tisserand -Menzel, 1971- Titius Titov (2nd human in Earth orbit, Vostok-2) -Hewelcke- Tmolus, Mons (IAU: Taylor, Taylor A, etc.) Tolansky -LTO- Tolstoy (Hirayama Y) -Sternberg- Topchiev (SE of Buffon) -Caes- Topsy-turvy bathtub (Mons Gruithuisen Gamma) -Copeland- Torch, The (Mons Delisle) (aka The baby) -Van Langren- Torii (IAU: Mare Crisium Tau?) -Hewelcke- Tornese, Caput de (IAU: Fra Mauro B, bright point) -Maedler- Torricelli Torricelli B (famous TLP site, especially in 1983) -Caes- Torricelli B hill (southwest of Torricelli B) -NASA- Tortilla Flat (Apollo-17 site) Toscanelli Toscanelli, Rupes -Lamech- Touchet (Maury A) -NASA- Towers (Apollo-17 site) Townley -NASA- Tracy's Rock (aka Split Rock / Station 6 boulder) (Apollo-17 site) -Maedler- Tralles -Riccioli- Mare Tranquillitatis (Basin) -Franz- Trans Hahn, Mare (see Hahn) -Krieger- Transsemlja (see Riphaeus, Montes) -NASA- Trap (Apollo-16 site) Trapezium (Barker's Quadrangle) -Hewelcke- Trapezus, Mons (IAU: Newcomb) -Hewelcke- Trasimenus, Lacus (IAU: Palus Putredinis) -Van Langren- Trautmansdorffii (IAU: Hind) -Van Langren- Trederi (IAU: Zollner) -Wilkins- Trewman (+321/ +919) -NASA- Triangle, The (A-11 region) -Copeland- Triangle, The (Delisle Alpha) -NASA- Trident (Apollo-17 site) -Lohrmann- Triesnecker Triesnecker, Rimae -Van Langren- Triestis (IAU: Petavius) -Peck- Trilobite (aka Lobster) (hills NE of Gassendi) -NASA- Trio, the (A-11 region) -NASA- Triplet (Apollo-14 site) -NASA- Tri-Pt. (Apollo-12 site) -Hewelcke- Troicus, Mons (NE wall of Schickard) -NASA- Trophy Point (Apollo-15 site) -Fauth- Trouvelot -Menzel, 1971- Trumpler -Menzel, 1971- Tsander (Zander) Tseraskiy (Ceraski) -Menzel, 1971- Tsinger (Zinger) Tsiolkovskiy Tsiolkovskiy-Stark Basin Tsu Chung-Chi -Van Langren- Tucheri (IAU: Macrobius) Tucker -Wood- Turitella (NNW of Fra Mauro / WNW of Apollo-14 site) -Lamech- Turner -NASA- Turning Point Rock (Apollo-17 site) -NASA- Turtle Mountain (Apollo-16 site) -NASA- Twin Craters Ridge (A-11 region) -Caes- Two arcs (Eddington P on Eddington's floor) -Caes- Two arcs (between Campanus and Hippalus) -Wood?- Two Headlights (Furnerius A and Stevinus A) -Riccioli- Tycho -Caes- Tycho, Catena (the chain of craterlets NNW of Tycho) -Menzel, 1971- Tyndall

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U nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

IAU nomenclature: Ukert Ukert, Rima Ulugh Beigh Undarum, Mare Urey Usov, Mons Unofficial nomenclature: U1 basin (centre of basin at d'Alembert) U2 basin (centre of basin at Darwin) U3 basin (centre of basin at Trumpler) U4 basin (centre of basin at Lacus Temporis) U5 basin (centre of basin at Olivier) U6 basin (centre of basin at La Condamine/ Mare Frigoris) Ukert, Vallis (the valley SW of Ukert) Ulloae (IAU: Taylor) Umbilicus Lunaris (IAU: Tycho and its ray system) Umbrosa, Vallis (location unknown) Undest, Mons (see link below list) Ural (see Riphaeus, Montes) Urselii (IAU: Agrippa) US 1 (or: United States Highway Number One) (Rimae Hypatia) Uttermost West (Apollo-15 site) Uxii, Montes (IAU: Lindenau, Rabbi Levi, Zagut, etc.)

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V nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

IAU nomenclature: Väisälä Valera (Luna-17 site) Valier van Albada Van Biesbroeck Van de Graaff Van den Bergh van den Bos Van der Waals Van Gent Van-Gu (see Wan-Hoo) Van Maanen v'an Rhijn Van Serg (Apollo-17 site) Van Vleck Van Wijk van't Hoff Vaporum, Mare Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama, Rimae Vashakidze-/ Vasya (Luna-17 site) V'avilov (aka Fratres Vavilovi) Vega Vendelinus Vening Meinesz-/ Ventris Vera Veris, Lacus Vernadskiy Verne Vertregt Very Vesalius Vestine Vetchinkin Victory (Apollo 17 site) Vieta Vil'ev Vinogradov, Mons (aka Mons Euler) Virchow Virtanen-/ Vitello Vitruvius Vitruvius, Mons (aka East Massif, Apollo-17) Vitya (Luna-17 site) Viviani Vlacq Vladimir, Rima Vogel Volkov Volta Volterra von Baeyer von Behring von Békésy von Bingen (see Hildegard) von Braun Von Cotta, Dorsum Von der Pahlen Von Kármán Von Neumann Von Zeipel Voskresenskiy

Unofficial nomenclature: V (Lunar V, see Ukert) Vaisala (-180/ +990) Valentine Dome (Linné Alpha) (see link below list) Valentine Dome rille (running through Valentine Dome) Valerii (IAU: Playfair) Vallis Alpes, Rima (in Vallis Alpes) Vally (or Wally) (IAU: Bilharz) Vanini (Paschen U) van't Hoff, Vallis (the valley ENE of van't Hoff) Vaporum's elongated craterlet (13°N / 1°E) Vasco da Gama R, Rimae (on the floor of Vasco da Gama R) Vasilchenko (IAU: Klute) Venetum, Mare (IAU: Mare Humorum) Ventorum, Insula Verdi, Rima Vergil (Stark R ?) Vermiform Valley (south of Mare Crisium) Vernet (Gutenberg G) Vici (dark spot in Schickard) Vigoris, Terra Vincetti S., Promontorium (IAU: Promontorium Heraclides) Virgil (Bessarion E) Vitae, Terra Vitello X, Rima (SSE of Vitello X) Vlacci (IAU: Capella) VLADISLAI IV Reg. Pol. (IAU: Tycho) Volta, Rimae (on the floor of Volta) Voltaire (Pasteur T) von Braun (IAU: Doppler) von Braun, Rimae (on the floor of Von Braun) Vossii (IAU: Cepheus) Voutzinas (Fracastorius B) Vulcania, Insula (IAU: Eratosthenes) Vulleri (IAU: Alhazen Alpha) Valentine Dome: http://the-moon.us/wiki/Valentine+Dome

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W nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

IAU nomenclature: W. Bond (aka W.C.Bond) W. Bond, Rima (see W. Bond) Walker Wallace Wallach Walter Walther Wan-Hoo (Van-Gu) Wan-Yu, Rima Wapowski Wargentin Wargo Warner Waterman Watson Watt Watts Webb Weber Wegener Weierstrass Weigel Weinek Weird (Apollo-14 site) Weiss Wells, H.G. (see H.G.Wells) Werner Werner-Airy Basin Wessex Cleft (Apollo-17 site) West (Apollo-11 site) West, Little (Apollo-11 site) Wexler Weyl-/ Whewell Whipple Whiston, Dorsa White Wichmann Widmannstätten Widmannstatten, Rima (see link below) Wiechert Wiener Wiener F Wildt Wilhelm Wilkins Williams Wilsing Wilson Winkler Winlock Winthrop Wöhler Wolf Wolff, Mt. Wollaston Woltjer Wood-/ Wreck (Apollo-16 site) Wright Wróblewski Wrottesley Wurzelbauer Wyld Widmannstatten, Rima: http://the-moon.us/wiki/Rima+Widmannstatten Worm Rille: http://the-moon.us/wiki/Worm+Rille

Unofficial nomenclature: W.H.Pickering (William Henry Pickering) (Messier A) Wagner (-428/ +212) Wagner (Apollo-17 site) Wagon Road (A-11 region) Walden (Apollo-17 site) Wall, The (between Diophantus and Mons Delisle) Wally (or Vally) (IAU: Bilharz) Ward (IAU: Protagoras) Wasatch mountains (see Crisium, Mare) Wash Basin (A-11 region) Washbowl (nickname, Cassini A) Washington (IAU: Aitken) Wassenarii (IAU: Torricelli) Watts (Kastner B) WC (Apollo-16 site) Weatherford (A-11 region) Webb (IAU: Chaplygin) Webb, Rima (east of Webb) Wegener / Wegener-Apollo (Apollo-17 site) Wegii (IAU: Pentland) Weka crater (WSW of Helicon) Welperi (IAU: Colombo?) Wendelini (IAU: Maskelyne A) Whale, the (Irregular Mare Patch n°15) Wheatstone (ENE Engelhardt) Whipple, Mount (La Hire Alpha) Whitaker (+910/ -480) White (IAU: Levi Civita) Wien (Hertzsprung D) Wilbur (Wilbur Wright) (Apollo-15 site) Wilhelmi Lantgravii (IAU: Mee) Williams (IAU: Lucretius) Window (Apollo-15 site) Wing, Vinc. (between Heinsius M and Wilhelm D) Winthrop, Rima (on the SW part of Winthrop's floor) Wisilii (IAU: Street) Witkowski (east of Tiling) Wittram (NNE of Fizeau) Wolfgangi D. Neoburgi (IAU: Wilhelm) Wolfii (IAU: Lindenau) Wolverine (Apollo-15 site) Wood's Spot (unofficial name, see Aristarchus Plateau) Worm Rille (A-11 region) (see link below) Wright (Licetus F) Wright Brothers (Kiess and Widmannstatten)

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X nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

IAU nomenclature: Xenophanes Xenophon Unofficial nomenclature: X (Lunar X) X (or: The X) (on the floor of Palmieri) X crater (Mercator A) Xenophanis (IAU: Strabo)

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Y nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

IAU nomenclature: Yablochkov Yakovkin Yamamoto Yangel' Yangel', Rima Yerkes Yoshi Young Yuri, Catena Unofficial nomenclature: Ya. Bruce (Mariotte X) Yangel', Fossa (LTO name) Yerkes, Rimae (cluster of rilles west-northwest of Yerkes) Young (or J.Young) (crater in the neighborhood of landingsite Apollo 16) Yutu (Chinese name for one of the volcanic domes in the Marius Hills complex)

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Z nomenclature (from the IAU and from unofficial sources)

Italics indicate farside features.

Note:
Is Van Langren's name Zylii really the last name in the ABC of (official and discontinued, or disallowed) Named Lunar Formations?

IAU nomenclature: Zach Zagut Zahia, Rima Zähringer Zanstra Zasyadko Zeeman Zelinskiy Zeno Zernike Zhang Yuzhe Zhiritskiy Zhukovskiy Zinner Zirkel, Dorsum Zi Wei (Chang'e-3 site) Zöllner Zsigmondy Zucchius Zupus Zupus, Rimae Zwicky Unofficial nomenclature: Z, the (A-11 region) Zacynthus, Insula (bright area east of Lansberg) Zamosci (IAU: the couple Steinheil and Watt) Zander (see Tsander) Zeeman, Mons (near Zeeman) Zeno (see Riphaeus, Montes) Zin, Desertum (the northern half of the dark halo around Tycho) Zinger (Cassini C) Zinger (see Tsinger) Zola (south of Houtermans) Zoroaster (Mare Humboldtianum) Zungenspitze (at or near Mare Anguis) Zylii (IAU: Theaetetus)

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