Named after Johann Jakob Nöggerath - German geologist, mineralogist, seismologist (1788-1877).
Nöggerath is a small lunar impact crater in the southwest section. Nöggerath is a unremarkable crater, with a smooth floor and a rim that is only slightly eroded and impacted at the southern edge. Nöggerath lies north of the Schiller-Zucchius Basin. (wikipedia entry)
