page_title: Sherlock (crater)
hierarchical_section_title: Sherlock (crater)
caption_attribution_description: English: Sherlock crater, Taurus–Littrow valley, on the moon. Sun elevation 46 deg., spacecraft altitude 112 km.
context_page_description: 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. They photographed the rim, as shown below.
  Sherlock is about 1 km east of the Apollo 17 landing site. 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.
context_section_description: 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.  They photographed the rim, as shown below.
  Sherlock is about 1 km east of the Apollo 17 landing site.  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.
caption: Apollo 17 panoramic camera image
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