What is "moltke"

Moltke is a lunar impact crater located near the southern edge of the Mare Tranquillitatis. This is a small, bowl-shaped crater surrounded by a bright halo of higher- albedo material. Just to the south lies the rille system named Rimae Hypatia. These follow a course running roughly east-southeast to west-northwest, and have a length of approximately 180 kilometers.

About 50 kilometers to the northeast of this crater is the landing site of Apollo 11.

The crater is named after Helmuth von Moltke the Elder.

Moltke may refer to:

People:

• Joachim Godske Moltke (1746-1818), Prime Minister of Denmark
• Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800–1891), Chief of the Prussian, and then German, General Staff
• Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848–1916), Chief of the German General Staff
• Kuno von Moltke (1847–1923), German general
• Helmuth James Graf von Moltke (1907–1945), German jurist involved in the July 20 assassination attempt against Hitler in 1944
• Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish courtier, statesman and diplomat
• Adam Wilhelm Moltke, Danish Prime Minister
• Erik Moltke, Danish art historian

Places:

• Moltke Township, Michigan, USA
• Moltke Township, Minnesota, USA
• Moltke Harbor, South Georgia Island

Other:

• , two German ships named after Moltke the Elder

• , a class of battlecruiser in the German Navy

• Moltke (crater), a crater on the Moon
• Helmuth-James-von-Moltke-Preis, a German award

The family is descended from Fridericus Meltiko, a knight of Mecklenburg who lived in the mid 13th century.