Gore is a lunar

Lunar

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 impact crater

Impact crater

In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...

 located on the lunar near side near the northern pole. Major nearby features include Florey crater

Florey (crater)

Florey is a lunar impact crater on the lunar near side near the northern pole. Florey is directly adjacent to Byrd crater to the Southeast and Peary crater to the North. The crater is named after Australian scientist Howard Florey, Baron Florey. The crater was adopted and named by the IAU in...

 (diameter of 54.7 km) to the Southeast, Peary crater

Peary (crater)

Peary is the closest large lunar impact crater to the lunar north pole. At this latitude the crater interior receives little sunlight, and parts of the southern floor remain permanently cloaked in shadow. From the Earth the crater appears on the northern lunar limb, and is seen from the side.The...

 (diameter of 73 km) to the East-Northeast, and Byrd crater

Byrd (lunar crater)

Byrd is an irregular lunar crater that is located near the north pole of the Moon. The north rim of Byrd is nearly connected to the crater Peary, a formation that is adjacent to the pole. The smaller crater Gioja is attached to the remains of the southwest rim....

 (diameter of 94 km) to the Southeast. The crater was adopted and named after John Ellard Gore by the IAU

International Astronomical Union

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in 2009.

External links

LAC-1 area - Map of northern lunar pole