Wapowski is a lunar impact crater located on the lunar near side near the southern pole. The crater is located Southwest of craters von Baeyer and Svedberg just inside the rim of the prominent Scott crater. Wapowski was adopted and named after Polish cartographer Bernard Wapowski by the IAU in 2009.[1]

Wapowski
Coordinates82°54′S 53°30′E / 82.9°S 53.5°E / -82.9; 53.5
Diameter11.6 km
EponymBernard Wapowski

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  1. ^ USGS/IAU (Oct 18, 2010). "Wapowski on Moon". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
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