It is located to the southeast of the crater Heaviside, and north of the unusual formation Van de Graaff.

Just to the north of the rim is the small crater Aitken which is surrounded by an ejecta blanket of lighter-albedo material.

[2] Aitken was a target of observation on Apollo 17 due to the command module's orbit passing directly over it.

[3] The crew had a photograph of Aitken from Zond 8 with instructions to examine the interior of the crater with emphasis on albedo, textures, and structures of the dark floor fill, the nature of light swirls in the southwest quadrant of the floor, and structures and rock exposures on the central peak, and possible "lava marks."

By convention, these features are identified on Lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Aitken.