Geological Chronicle
W. Bond is an irregularly shaped walled plain spanning 170.53 kilometers in diameter in the northern part of the Moon, situated to the north of Mare Frigoris. Located east of the crater Birmingham and south-southwest of Barrow, its outer rim has been eroded and reshaped into an outline of hills and mounts. The most prominent section is a nearly linear range along the northwest rim, divided in half by the satellite crater Epigenes A.
The interior floor is relatively flat in comparison with the rim region, although sections of rough terrain lie near the northern rim. A narrow rille runs through the center of the walled plain toward the eastern rim. To the southeast of this formation sits W. Bond B, a circular, bowl-shaped crater that contains a permanently shadowed region where sunlight never reaches.
In older publications this formation was identified as W. C. Bond. The crater commemorates American astronomer William Cranch.