The nearest craters of note are Cabeus to the west, and Shoemaker to the south-southeast and nearer to the south pole of the Moon.

Due to the location of Malapert Mountain, it has been proposed as the site of a transmitter for an expedition to the south lunar pole.

The mission would land two telescopes on the Moon, with the preferred location of Malapert crater, to take advantage of the benefits previously identified by lunar researchers Burton Sharpe and David Schrunk.

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

At a Space Resources Roundtable co-sponsored by the Lunar and Planetary Institute a presentation by B. L. Cooper underscored the difficulty of imaging terrain illuminated by high-incidence-angle light.