page_title: Flag (crater)
hierarchical_section_title: Flag (crater)
caption_attribution_description: English: Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., Lunar Module pilot of the Apollo 16 mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples at Station no. 1 during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site. This picture, looking eastward, was taken by Astronaut John W. Young, commander. Duke is standing at the rim of Plum crater, which is 40 meters in diameter and 10 meters deep. The parked Lunar Roving Vehicle can be seen in the left background.
context_page_description: Flag crater is a small crater in the Descartes Highlands of the Moon visited by the astronauts of Apollo 16. The name of the crater was formally adopted by the IAU in 1973. Geology Station 1 is adjacent to Flag, at the much smaller Plum crater.
  On April 21, 1972, the Apollo 16 Apollo Lunar Module Orion landed about 1.5 km east of Flag, which is between the prominent North Ray and South Ray craters. The astronauts John Young and Charles Duke explored the area over the course of three EVAs using a Lunar Roving Vehicle, or rover. They drove to Flag on EVA 1.
  Flag crater is approximately 240 m in diameter and over 20 m deep. The adjacent crater Plum is only about 30 m in diameter. The slightly larger crater Spook, also visited by the astronauts, lies less than 1 km to the east.
  Flag cuts into the Cayley Formation of Imbrian age.
context_section_description: Flag crater is a small crater in the Descartes Highlands of the Moon visited by the astronauts of Apollo 16.  The name of the crater was formally adopted by the IAU in 1973.  Geology Station 1 is adjacent to Flag, at the much smaller Plum crater.
  On April 21, 1972, the Apollo 16 Apollo Lunar Module (LM) Orion landed about 1.5 km east of Flag, which is between the prominent North Ray and South Ray craters.  The astronauts John Young and Charles Duke explored the area over the course of three EVAs using a Lunar Roving Vehicle, or rover.  They drove to Flag on EVA 1.
  Flag crater is approximately 240 m in diameter and over 20 m deep.  The adjacent crater Plum is only about 30 m in diameter.  The slightly larger crater Spook, also visited by the astronauts, lies less than 1 km to the east.
  Flag cuts into the Cayley Formation of Imbrian age.
caption: Young took this photo of Duke with Plum and the rover in the background from where he is standing in the above TV still.
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