Kovalskiy is a crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies about one crater diameter to the southeast of the prominent Sklodowska, and to the north-northwest of Bowditch and Lacus Solitudinis, a small lunar mare.

This feature has been heavily damaged by overlapping impacts, leaving it scarcely distinguishable from the irregular lunar terrain. The satellite crater Kovalskiy P lies across the southwestern rim, and Kovalskiy B intrudes into the northeastern rim. A small crater also lies across the northwestern rim. The interior is irregular and marked by several small craterlets.

Kovalskiy K lies at the midpoint of a high-albedo patch. A single faint ray extends to the southeast directly across Kovalsky.

Satellite craters

thumb|right|240px|Kovalskiy P crater, from [[Apollo 15]]

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Kovalskiy.

{| class="wikitable"

!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Kovalskiy

!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Latitude

!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Longitude

!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Diameter

|-

|align="center"|B

|align="center"|20.8° S

|align="center"|101.5° E

|align="center"|28 km

|-

|align="center"|D

|align="center"|20.9° S

|align="center"|103.0° E

|align="center"|19 km

|-

|align="center"|H

|align="center"|22.5° S

|align="center"|102.6° E

|align="center"|37 km

|-

|align="center"|M

|align="center"|23.8° S

|align="center"|100.8° E

|align="center"|18 km

|-

|align="center"|P

|align="center"|22.4° S

|align="center"|100.3° E

|align="center"|25 km

|-

|align="center"|Q

|align="center"|23.5° S

|align="center"|98.7° E

|align="center"|35 km

|-

|align="center"|U

|align="center"|21.1° S

|align="center"|98.1° E

|align="center"|25 km

|-

|align="center"|Y

|align="center"|20.8° S

|align="center"|100.5° E

|align="center"|19 km

|}

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