Knox-Shaw (crater)

Knox-Shaw (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=5.3
N_or_S=N
longitude=80.2
E_or_W=E
diameter=12 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=280
eponym=Harold Knox-Shaw

Knox-Shaw is a small lunar impact crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon, and lies on the eastern floor of the walled plain Banachiewicz.

Knox-Shaw is a bowl-shaped formation of the type that is found over much of the lunar surface. The rim is circular and the inner walls slope down to a small interior floor at the mid-point. It is not significantly eroded and has no other distinguishing features.

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