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For people with this name see Pontanus (disambiguation).Pontanus is a lunar crater that is located in the southern highlands of the Moon’s near side. It lies approximately mid-way between the craters Sacrobosco to the north-northeast and Gemma Frisius to the south-southwest. It is 58 kilometers in diameter and 2120 meters deep.The rim of this crater has been heavily worn by subsequent impacts leaving a roughly circular uneven slope about the interior.