Sherlock (crater)

Sherlock is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley.

Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt drove their rover to the north of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission.

To the south of it is Steno crater and to the north are Van Serg and Shakespeare.

The crater was named by the astronauts after the fictional Sherlock Holmes from the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

[2] Alternatively, the crater was named after Gerald Sherlock of Melbourne Florida who was good friendes with astronaut Thomas P. Stafford.

Apollo 17 panoramic camera image
The Apollo 17 astronauts took this photo of the rim of Sherlock from their lunar rover on their way back to the lunar module from Van Serg crater.