Named after Jābir Ibn Aflah Al-Ishbīlī, Abū Muhammad Geber - Spanish-Arab astronomer (fl. first half of twelfth cent.).
Geber is a lunar impact crater that is located in the rugged south-central highlands. It lies half way. Farther to the southeast is Sacrobosco. Geber is 45 kilometers in diameter and 3,510 meters deep. (wikipedia entry)
A crater is a circular depression likely created by an impact event. On the Moon they are named after deceased scientists, polar explorers, astronauts or cosmonauts.
