Tags: Crater.
Poynting is a large lunar impact crater located on the far side of the Moon. It is located to the north-northwest of the walled plain Hertzsprung with the crater Fersman immediately to the east and Kekulé equally near to the west-southwest.This crater has undergone some erosion and several small craters lie across the rim and inner wall. A pair of these lie next to each other along the eastern side and another pair on the western rim. Across the southeast rim is a nearly merged crater pair.