Small Features with Personal Names
The IAU has recognized the names of a number of small features that have been given
personal names from a number of languages used around the world. The USGS has used
these names in a set of topographic orthophotomosaic maps at 1:250,000 scale (each map
covers about 4 degrees in latitude and 5 degrees in longitude). These maps are based on
high-resolution photography taken from the Command Module in Apollo missions.
Because of mission constraints, the map centers range from 26 degrees south and 28
degrees north latitude and from 57.5 west to 172.5 east longitude (with some gaps in
coverage) and the coordinates of these features are similarly limited. The data source is
the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
The features whose names are in bold print are identified in the annotated photos in this
book and appear in the Feature Name Index in this CD.
If the reader has a relative or friend with one of these personal names (“first names” in
most cases), they might be pleased to know that they have a namesake on the Moon.
Personal
Name
Feature
Type
Agnes
Akis
Alan
André
Ango
Ann
Annegrit
Ardeshir
Bawa
Béla
Boris
Boris
Brigitte
Carlos
Carmen
Carol
Chang-Ngo
Charles
Ching-Te
Christel
Cleopatra
Courtney
Dag
Delia
Mons
Crater
Crater
Mons
Crater
Crater
Crater
Mons
Crater
Crater
Crater
Rupes
Catena
Crater
Rima
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Rima
Crater
Crater
Crater
Latitude
18.6N
20.0N
10.9S
5.2N
20.5N
25.1N
29.4N
5.0N
25.3S
24.7N
30.6N
30.5N
18.5N
24.9N
19.8N
8.5N
12.7S
29.9N
20.0N
24.5N
30.0N
25.1N
18.7N
10.9S
SF-1
Longitude
5.3E
31.8W
6.1W
120.6E
32.3W
0.1W
25.6W
121.0E
102.6E
2.3E
33.5W
33.5W
27.5E
2.3E
29.3E
122.3E
2.1W
26.4W
30.0E
11.0E
53.8W
30.8W
5.3E
6.1W
Diameter or
Length (km)
1.0
2.0
2.0
10.0
1.0
3.0
1.0
8.0
1.0
11.0
1.0
4.0
5.0
4.0
10.0
8.0
3.0
1.0
4.0
2.0
14.0
1.0
0.5
2.0
Personal
Name
Diana
Dieter
Dilip
Donna
Edith
Esam
Ewen
Fairouz
Felix
Ganau
Gaston
Grace
Harold
Ian
Ina
Isabel
Ivan
Jehan
Jerik
Jomo
José
Julienne
Karima
Kasper
Kathleen
Kira
Krishna
Linda
Louise
Manuel
Marcello
Mary
Mavis
Melissa
Michael
Monira
Natasha
Osama
Osman
Patricia
Feature
Type
Crater
Mons
Mons
Crater
Crater
Mons
Crater
Crater
Crater
Mons
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Rima
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Latitude
14.3N
5.0N
5.6N
7.2N
25.8S
14.6N
7.7N
26.1S
25.1N
4.8N
30.9N
14.2N
10.9S
25.7N
18.6N
28.2N
26.9N
20.7N
18.5N
24.4N
12.7S
26.0N
25.9S
8.3N
25.4N
17.6S
24.5N
30.7N
28.5N
24.5N
18.6N
18.9N
29.8N
8.1N
25.1N
12.6S
20.0N
18.6N
11.0S
25.0N
SF-2
Longitude
35.7E
120.2E
120.8E
38.3E
102.3E
35.7E
121.4E
102.9E
25.4W
120.6E
34.0W
35.9E
6.0W
0.4W
5.3E
34.1W
43.3W
31.9W
27.6E
2.4E
1.6W
3.2E
103.0E
122.1E
0.7W
132.8E
11.3E
33.4W
34.2W
11.3E
27.7E
27.4E
26.4W
121.8E
0.2E
1.7W
31.3W
5.2E
6.2W
0.3E
Diameter or
Length (km)
2.0
20.0
2.0
2.0
8.0
8.0
3.0
3.0
1.0
14.0
2.0
1.0
2.0
1.0
3.0
1.0
4.0
5.0
1.0
7.0
2.0
2.0
3.0
12.0
5.0
3.0
3.0
1.0
0.8
0.5
2.0
1.0
1.0
18.0
4.0
2.0
12.0
0.5
2.0
5.0
Personal
Name
Pierre
Priscilla
Ravi
Reiko
Robert
Rocco
Romeo
Rosa
Rudolf
Ruth
Samir
Shahinaz
Siegfried
Sita
Soraya
Stella
Sung-Mei
Sung-Mei
Susan
Taizo
Thera
Vera
Verne
Vladimir
Walter
Wan-Yu
Yoshi
Yuri
Zahia
Feature
Type
Catena
Crater
Crater
Rima
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Rima
Crater
Crater
Crater
Rima
Crater
Crater
Crater
Crater
Rima
Crater
Crater
Dorsum
Crater
Crater
Rima
Crater
Rima
Crater
Catena
Rima
Latitude
19.8N
10.9S
12.5S
18.6N
19.0N
28.9N
7.5N
20.3N
19.6N
28.7N
28.5N
7.5N
25.9S
4.6N
12.9S
19.9N
24.6N
24.6N
11.0S
24.7N
24.4N
26.3N
24.9N
25.2N
28.0N
20.0N
24.6N
24.4N
25.0N
SF-3
Longitude
31.8W
6.2W
1.9W
27.7E
27.4E
45.0W
122.6E
32.3W
29.6E
45.1W
34.3W
122.4E
103.0E
120.8E
1.6W
29.8E
11.3E
11.3E
6.3W
2.2E
31.4W
43.7W
25.3W
0.7W
33.8W
31.5W
11.0E
30.4W
29.5W
Diameter or
Length (km)
9.0
1.8
2.5
2.0
1.0
4.0
8.0
1.0
8.0
3.0
2.0
15.0
14.0
2.0
2.0
1.0
5.0
4.0
1.0
6.0
7.0
2.0
2.0
14.0
1.0
12.0
1.0
5.0
16.0