Krusenstern (moon crater)

Krusenstern
Krusenstern (top left; photo: LROC- WAC)
position	26.41 °  S , 5.75 °  E Coordinates: 26 ° 24 '36 "  S , 5 ° 45' 0"  E
diameter	46 km
depth	2140 m
Card sheet	95 (PDF)
Named after	Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770–1846)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Krusenstern is an impact crater in the southern part of the Earth-facing side of the Earth's moon . It was named after the Baltic German navigator and leader of the first Russian circumnavigation, Adam Johann von Krusenstern .

List of minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	26.97 °  S , 5.74 °  O	5 km	[1]

Web links

• Krusenstern in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Krusenstern on The-Moon Wiki
• Krusenstern crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
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Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .