Geological Chronicle
Knox-Shaw is a small, bowl-shaped impact crater measuring 13.44 kilometers in diameter on the eastern floor of the degraded walled plain Banachiewicz. Located near the eastern limb of the Moon, its surroundings appear foreshortened to earthbound observers and can be concealed from view by lunar libration.
While the surrounding host plain consists largely of low ridges and irregular terrain, Knox-Shaw is not significantly eroded. Its circular rim slopes downward to a small interior floor at the midpoint.
Formerly designated Banachiewicz F, the feature was named Knox-Shaw by the International Astronomical Union in 1973, honoring the British astronomer Harold Knox-Shaw.