Lunar Crater Chains (Catena)
Lunar Crater Chains (Catena)
Adapted from the International Astronomical Union Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
The following table lists named near-side craters greater than 50 kilometres in diameter. Click on the crater name to view the Moon centred on that crater.
Name Lat. Long. Diam. (km) Abel 34.5S 87.3E 122.0 Abetti 19.9N 27.7E 65.0 Abulfeda 13.8S 13.9E 65.0 Adams 31.9S 68.2E 66.0 Albategnius 11.7S 4.3E 114.0 Alexander 40.3N 13.5E 81.0 Aliacensis 30.6S 5.2E 79.0 Alphonsus 13.7S 3.2W 108.0 Amundsen 84.3S 85.6E 101.0 Anaxagoras 73.4N 10.1W 50.0 Anaximander 66.9N 51.3W 67.0 Anaximenes 72.5N 44.5W 80.0 Ansgarius 12.7S 79.7E 94.0 Apianus 26.9S 7.9E 63.0 Apollonius 4.5N 61.1E 53.0 Archimedes 29.7N 4.0W 82.0 Aristillus 33.9N 1.2E 55.0 Aristoteles 50.2N 17.4E 87.0 Arnold 66.8N 35.9E 94.0 Arzachel 18.2S 1.9W 96.0 Atlas 46.7N 44.4E 87.0 Baade 44.8S 81.8W 55.0 Babbage 59.7N 57.1W 143.0 Bacon 51.0S 19.1E 69.0 Baillaud 74.6N 37.5E 89.0 Bailly 66.5S 69.1W 287.0 Balboa 19.1N 83.2W 69.0 Balmer 20.3S 69.8E 138.0 Banachiewicz 5.2N 80.1E 92.0 Barnard 29.5S 85.6E 105.0 Barocius 44.9S 16.8E 82.0 Barrow 71.3N 7.7E 92.0 Bartels 24.5N 89.8W 55.0 Beaumont 18.0S 28.8E 53.0 Behaim 16.5S 79.4E 55.0 Berosus 33.5N 69.9E 74.0 Berzelius 36.6N 50.9E 50.0 Bettinus 63.4S 44.8W 71.0 Biela 54.9S 51.3E 76.0 Birmingham 65.1N 10.5W 92.0 Blancanus 63.8S 21.4W 117.0 Blanchinus 25.4S 2.5E 61.0 Boguslawsky 72.9S 43.2E 97.0 Bohr 12.4N 86.6W 71.0 Bonpland 8.3S 17.4W 60.0 Boole 63.7N 87.4W 63.0 Boussingault 70.2S 54.6E 142.0 Brenner 39.0S 39.3E 97.0 Brianchon 75.0N 86.2W 134.0 Buch 38.8S 17.7E 53.0 Bullialdus 20.7S 22.2W 60.0 Bunsen 41.4N 85.3W 52.0 Burckhardt 31.1N 56.5E 56.0 Büsching 38.0S 20.0E 52.0 Byrd 85.3N 9.8E 93.0 Byrgius 24.7S 65.3W 87.0 Cabeus 84.9S 35.5W 98.0 Cannon 19.9N 81.4E 56.0 Capella 7.5S 35.0E 90.0 Capuanus 34.1S 26.7W 59.0 Carpenter 69.4N 50.9W 59.0 Casatus 72.8S 29.5W 108.0 Cassini 40.2N 4.6E 56.0 Catharina 18.1S 23.4E 104.0 Cavalerius 5.1N 66.8W 57.0 Cavendish 24.5S 53.7W 56.0 Chacornac 29.8N 31.7E 51.0 Challis 79.5N 9.2E 55.0 Chevallier 44.9N 51.2E 52.0 Clairaut 47.7S 13.9E 75.0 Clavius 58.8S 14.1W 245.0 Cleomedes 27.7N 56.0E 125.0 Cleostratus 60.4N 77.0W 62.0 Colombo 15.1S 45.8E 76.0 Condorcet 12.1N 69.6E 74.0 Copernicus 9.7N 20.1W 107.0 Curtius 67.2S 4.4E 95.0 Cusanus 72.0N 70.8E 63.0 Cuvier 50.3S 9.9E 75.0 Cyrillus 13.2S 24.0E 98.0 Dalton 17.1N 84.3W 60.0 Darwin 20.2S 69.5W 120.0 De La Rue 59.1N 52.3E 134.0 De Sitter 80.1N 39.6E 64.0 Delambre 1.9S 17.5E 51.0 Demonax 77.9S 60.8E 128.0 Desargues 70.2N 73.3W 85.0 Deslandres 33.1S 4.8W 256.0 Diana 14.3N 35.7E 50.0 Doppelmayer 28.5S 41.4W 63.0 Drygalski 79.3S 84.9W 149.0 Dubyago 4.4N 70.0E 51.0 Eddington 21.3N 72.2W 118.0 Einstein 16.3N 88.7W 198.0 Endymion 53.9N 57.0E 123.0 Epigenes 67.5N 4.6W 55.0 Eratosthenes 14.5N 11.3W 58.0 Euctemon 76.4N 31.3E 62.0 Eudoxus 44.3N 16.3E 67.0 Fabricius 42.9S 42.0E 78.0 Faraday 42.4S 8.7E 69.0 Fernelius 38.1S 4.9E 65.0 Firmicus 7.3N 63.4E 56.0 Flammarion 3.4S 3.7W 74.0 Fourier 30.3S 53.0W 51.0 Fra Mauro 6.1S 17.0W 101.0 Fracastorius 21.5S 33.2E 112.0 Franklin 38.8N 47.7E 56.0 Fraunhofer 39.5S 59.1E 56.0 Furnerius 36.0S 60.6E 135.0 Galvani 49.6N 84.6W 80.0 Gärtner 59.1N 34.6E 115.0 Gassendi 17.6S 40.1W 101.0 Gauricus 33.8S 12.6W 79.0 Gauss 35.7N 79.0E 177.0 Geminus 34.5N 56.7E 85.0 Gemma Frisius 34.2S 13.3E 87.0 Gerard 44.5N 80.0W 90.0 Gibbs 18.4S 84.3E 76.0 Gilbert 3.2S 76.0E 112.0 Gill 63.9S 75.9E 66.0 Goclenius 10.0S 45.0E 72.0 Goddard 14.8N 89.0E 89.0 Goldschmidt 73.2N 3.8W 113.0 Grimaldi 5.5S 68.3W 172.0 Gruemberger 66.9S 10.0W 93.0 Guericke 11.5S 14.1W 63.0 Gum 40.4S 88.6E 54.0 Gutenberg 8.6S 41.2E 74.0 Hagecius 59.8S 46.6E 76.0 Hahn 31.3N 73.6E 84.0 Hainzel 41.3S 33.5W 70.0 Hamilton 42.8S 84.7E 57.0 Hanno 56.3S 71.2E 56.0 Hartwig 6.1S 80.5W 79.0 Hase 29.4S 62.5E 83.0 Hausen 65.0S 88.1W 167.0 Hayn 64.7N 85.2E 87.0 Hecataeus 21.8S 79.4E 167.0 Hédervári 81.8S 84.0E 69.0 Hedin 2.0N 76.5W 150.0 Heinsius 39.5S 17.7W 64.0 Helmholtz 68.1S 64.1E 94.0 Heraclitus 49.2S 6.2E 90.0 Hercules 46.7N 39.1E 69.0 Hermite 86.0N 89.9W 104.0 Hevelius 2.2N 67.6W 115.0 Hippalus 24.8S 30.2W 57.0 Hipparchus 5.1S 5.2E 138.0 Hommel 54.7S 33.8E 126.0 Hubble 22.1N 86.9E 80.0 Huggins 41.1S 1.4W 65.0 Humboldt 27.0S 80.9E 189.0 Inghirami 47.5S 68.8W 91.0 J. Herschel 62.0N 42.0W 165.0 Jacobi 56.7S 11.4E 68.0 Jansky 8.5N 89.5E 72.0 Janssen 45.4S 40.3E 199.0 Julius Caesar 9.0N 15.4E 90.0 Kaiser 36.5S 6.5E 52.0 Kane 63.1N 26.1E 54.0 Kästner 6.8S 78.5E 108.0 Kiess 6.4S 84.0E 63.0 Kircher 67.1S 45.3W 72.0 Klaproth 69.8S 26.0W 119.0 Krafft 16.6N 72.6W 51.0 La Caille 23.8S 1.1E 67.0 La Pérouse 10.7S 76.3E 77.0 Lade 1.3S 10.1E 55.0 Lagalla 44.6S 22.5W 85.0 Lagrange 32.3S 72.8W 225.0 Lamarck 22.9S 69.8W 100.0 Lamé 14.7S 64.5E 84.0 Lamont 4.4N 23.7E 106.0 Langley 51.1N 86.3W 59.0 Langrenus 8.9S 61.1E 127.0 Lavoisier 38.2N 81.2W 70.0 Le Gentil 74.6S 75.7W 128.0 Le Monnier 26.6N 30.6E 60.0 Legendre 28.9S 70.2E 78.0 Lehmann 40.0S 56.0W 53.0 Letronne 10.8S 42.5W 116.0 Lexell 35.8S 4.2W 62.0 Licetus 47.1S 6.7E 74.0 Lilius 54.5S 6.2E 61.0 Lindenau 32.3S 24.9E 53.0 Longomontanus 49.6S 21.8W 157.0 Lyapunov 26.3N 89.3E 66.0 Lyot 49.8S 84.5E 132.0 MacLaurin 1.9S 68.0E 50.0 Macrobius 21.3N 46.0E 64.0 Maginus 50.5S 6.3W 194.0 Malapert 84.9S 12.9E 69.0 Mallet 45.4S 54.2E 58.0 Manzinus 67.7S 26.8E 98.0 Marinus 39.4S 76.5E 58.0 Maurolycus 42.0S 14.0E 114.0 Mee 43.7S 35.3W 126.0 Mercurius 46.6N 66.2E 67.0 Mersenius 21.5S 49.2W 84.0 Messala 39.2N 60.5E 125.0 Metius 40.3S 43.3E 87.0 Meton 73.6N 18.8E 130.0 Miller 39.3S 0.8E 61.0 Montanari 45.8S 20.6W 76.0 Moretus 70.6S 5.8W 111.0 Mouchez 78.3N 26.6W 81.0 Murchison 5.1N 0.1W 57.0 Mutus 63.6S 30.1E 77.0 Nasireddin 41.0S 0.2E 52.0 Nasmyth 50.5S 56.2W 76.0 Neander 31.3S 39.9E 50.0 Nearch 58.5S 39.1E 75.0 Neison 68.3N 25.1E 53.0 Neper 8.5N 84.6E 137.0 Neumayer 71.1S 70.7E 76.0 Newton 76.7S 16.9W 78.0 Nobile 85.2S 53.5E 73.0 Nonius 34.8S 3.8E 69.0 Oenopides 57.0N 64.1W 67.0 Oken 43.7S 75.9E 71.0 Olbers 7.4N 75.9W 74.0 Orontius 40.6S 4.6W 105.0 Parrot 14.5S 3.3E 70.0 Pascal 74.6N 70.3W 115.0 Peary 88.6N 33.0E 73.0 Peirescius 46.5S 67.6E 61.0 Pentland 64.6S 11.5E 56.0 Petavius 25.1S 60.4E 188.0 Petermann 74.2N 66.3E 73.0 Phillips 26.6S 75.3E 122.0 Philolaus 72.1N 32.4W 70.0 Phocylides 52.7S 57.0W 121.0 Piazzi 36.6S 67.9W 134.0 Piccolomini 29.7S 32.2E 87.0 Pictet 43.6S 7.4W 62.0 Pilâtre 60.2S 86.9W 50.0 Pingré 58.7S 73.7W 88.0 Pitatus 29.9S 13.5W 106.0 Pitiscus 50.4S 30.9E 82.0 Plato 51.6N 9.4W 109.0 Plutarch 24.1N 79.0E 68.0 Poncelet 75.8N 54.1W 69.0 Pontanus 28.4S 14.4E 57.0 Pontécoulant 58.7S 66.0E 91.0 Porter 56.1S 10.1W 51.0 Posidonius 31.8N 29.9E 95.0 Proctor 46.4S 5.1W 52.0 Ptolemaeus 9.3S 1.9W 164.0 Purbach 25.5S 2.3W 115.0 Pythagoras 63.5N 63.0W 142.0 Rabbi Levi 34.7S 23.6E 81.0 Rayleigh 29.3N 89.6E 114.0 Regiomontanus 28.3S 1.0W 108.0 Reichenbach 30.3S 48.0E 71.0 Repsold 51.3N 78.6W 109.0 Réaumur 2.4S 0.7E 52.0 Rheita 37.1S 47.2E 70.0 Riccioli 3.3S 74.6W 139.0 Riccius 36.9S 26.5E 71.0 Riemann 38.9N 86.8E 163.0 Rocca 12.7S 72.8W 89.0 Rosenberger 55.4S 43.1E 95.0 Russell 26.5N 75.4W 103.0 Sacrobosco 23.7S 16.7E 98.0 Santbech 20.9S 44.0E 64.0 Sasserides 39.1S 9.3W 90.0 Saussure 43.4S 3.8W 54.0 Scheiner 60.5S 27.5W 110.0 Schickard 44.3S 55.3W 206.0 Schiller 51.9S 39.0W 180.0 Schlüter 5.9S 83.3W 89.0 Schomberger 76.7S 24.9E 85.0 Schorr 19.5S 89.7E 53.0 Schubert 2.8N 81.0E 54.0 Schumacher 42.4N 60.7E 60.0 Scoresby 77.7N 14.1E 55.0 Scott 82.1S 48.5E 103.0 Segner 58.9S 48.3W 67.0 Short 74.6S 7.3W 70.0 Simpelius 73.0S 15.2E 70.0 Snellius 29.3S 55.7E 82.0 South 58.0N 50.8W 104.0 Stadius 10.5N 13.7W 69.0 Steinheil 48.6S 46.5E 67.0 Stevinus 32.5S 54.2E 74.0 Stöfler 41.1S 6.0E 126.0 Stokes 52.5N 88.1W 51.0 Strabo 61.9N 54.3E 55.0 Street 46.5S 10.5W 57.0 Struve 22.4N 77.1W 164.0 Sylvester 82.7N 79.6W 58.0 Taruntius 5.6N 46.5E 56.0 Thebit 22.0S 4.0W 56.0 Theophilus 11.4S 26.4E 110.0 Tycho 43.4S 11.1W 102.0 Ulugh Beigh 32.7N 81.9W 54.0 Vasco da Gama 13.6N 83.9W 83.0 Vega 45.4S 63.4E 75.0 Vendelinus 16.4S 61.6E 131.0 Vieta 29.2S 56.3W 87.0 Vlacq 53.3S 38.8E 89.0 Volta 53.9N 84.4W 123.0 von Braun 41.1N 78.0W 60.0 W. Bond 65.4N 4.5W 156.0 Walter (Walther) 33.1S 1.0E 128.0 Wargentin 49.6S 60.2W 84.0 Watt 49.5S 48.6E 66.0 Weiss 31.8S 19.5W 66.0 Werner 28.0S 3.3E 70.0 Wilhelm 43.4S 20.4W 106.0 Wilkins 29.4S 19.6E 57.0 Wilson 69.2S 42.4W 69.0 Wrottesley 23.9S 56.8E 57.0 Wurzelbauer 33.9S 15.9W 88.0 Xenophanes 57.5N 82.0W 125.0 Young 41.5S 50.9E 71.0 Zach 60.9S 5.3E 70.0 Zagut 32.0S 22.1E 84.0 Zeno 45.2N 72.9E 65.0 Zucchius 61.4S 50.3W 64.0