Skynd is a crater

Impact crater

In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...

 on the surface of Uranus

Uranus

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. It is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus , the father of Cronus and grandfather of Zeus...

' moon Umbriel

Umbriel (moon)

Umbriel is a moon of Uranus discovered on October 24, 1851, by William Lassell. It was discovered at the same time as Ariel and named after a character in Alexander Pope's poem The Rape of the Lock. Umbriel consists mainly of ice with a substantial fraction of rock, and may be differentiated into a...

. It is estimated to be between 72 and 110 km in diameter. Its center is located at 1.8°S 331.7°E.

Skynd has a bright central or near central peak, which is one of the few bright albedo

Albedo

Albedo , or reflection coefficient, is the diffuse reflectivity or reflecting power of a surface. It is defined as the ratio of reflected radiation from the surface to incident radiation upon it...

 features on Umbriel that really stands out against Umbriel's low albedo.

The crater is named after Skynd

Skynd

Skynd is a troll in a Danish legend from Skjelverod, near Ringsted. Skynd lived in a hill, and from just one man in the village of Englerup stole three wives. One evening the man was riding home from Ringsted, and as he passed the hill he saw a crowd of Hill-folk dancing round it. But on looking a...

, a troll

Troll

A troll is a supernatural being in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore. In origin, the term troll was a generally negative synonym for a jötunn , a being in Norse mythology...

who stole three wives of a man living in Englerup.