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This is a list of ''[[lunar mare|maria]]'' (singular ''mare'') on the [[Moon]].

It also includes the one ''oceanus'' and the features known by the names ''lacus'', ''palus'' and ''sinus''.

==''Maria'' and ''Oceanus''==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Lunar Maria
|-
! [[Latin]] Name
! [[English language|English]] Name
! [[Latitude|Lat.]]
! [[Longitude|Long.]]
! Diameter
|-
| [[Mare Anguis]]
| Serpent Sea
|align="right"| 22.6°&nbsp;N
|align="right"| 67.7°&nbsp;E
|align="right"| 150&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Australe]]
| Southern Sea
|align="right"| 38.9°&nbsp;S
|align="right"| 93.0°&nbsp;E
|align="right"| 603&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Cognitum]]
| Sea That Has Become Known ''or'' Known Sea
|align="right"| 10.0°&nbsp;S
|align="right"| 23.1°&nbsp;W
|align="right"| 376&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Crisium]]
| Sea of Crises
|align="right"| 17.0°&nbsp;N
|align="right"| 59.1°&nbsp;E
|align="right"| 418&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Fecunditatis]]
| Sea of Fertility
|align="right"| 7.8°&nbsp;S
|align="right"| 51.3°&nbsp;E
|align="right"| 909&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Frigoris]]
| Sea of Cold
|align="right"| 56.0°&nbsp;N
|align="right"| 1.4°&nbsp;E
|align="right"| 1596&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Humboldtianum]]
| Sea of [[Alexander von Humboldt]]
|align="right"| 56.8°&nbsp;N
|align="right"| 81.5°&nbsp;E
|align="right"| 273&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Humorum]]
| Sea of Moisture
|align="right"| 24.4°&nbsp;S
|align="right"| 38.6°&nbsp;W
|align="right"| 389&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Imbrium]]
| Sea of Showers or Sea of Rains
|align="right"| 32.8°&nbsp;N
|align="right"| 15.6°&nbsp;W
|align="right"| 1123&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Ingenii]]
| Sea of Ingenuity
|align="right"| 33.7°&nbsp;S
|align="right"| 163.5°&nbsp;E
|align="right"| 318&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Insularum]]
| Sea of Islands
|align="right"| 7.5°&nbsp;N
|align="right"| 30.9°&nbsp;W
|align="right"| 513&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Marginis]]
| Sea of the Edge
|align="right"| 13.3°&nbsp;N
|align="right"| 86.1°&nbsp;E
|align="right"| 420&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Moscoviense]]
| Sea of [[Muscovy]]
|align="right"| 27.3°&nbsp;N
|align="right"| 147.9°&nbsp;E
|align="right"| 277&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Nectaris]]
| Sea of Nectar
|align="right"| 15.2°&nbsp;S
|align="right"| 35.5°&nbsp;E
|align="right"| 333&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Nubium]]
| Sea of Clouds
|align="right"| 21.3°&nbsp;S
|align="right"| 16.6°&nbsp;W
|align="right"| 715&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Orientale]]
| Eastern Sea
|align="right"| 19.4°&nbsp;S
|align="right"| 92.8°&nbsp;W
|align="right"| 327&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Serenitatis]]
| Sea of Serenity
|align="right"| 28.0°&nbsp;N
|align="right"| 17.5°&nbsp;E
|align="right"| 707&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Smythii]]
| Sea of [[William Henry Smyth]]
|align="right"| 1.3°&nbsp;N
|align="right"| 87.5°&nbsp;E
|align="right"| 373&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Spumans]]
| Foaming Sea
|align="right"| 1.1°&nbsp;N
|align="right"| 65.1°&nbsp;E
|align="right"| 139&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Tranquillitatis]]
| Sea of Tranquility
|align="right"| 8.5°&nbsp;N
|align="right"| 31.4°&nbsp;E
|align="right"| 873&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Undarum]]
| Sea of Waves
|align="right"| 6.8°&nbsp;N
|align="right"| 68.4°&nbsp;E
|align="right"| 243&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Mare Vaporum]]
| Sea of Vapors
|align="right"| 13.3°&nbsp;N
|align="right"| 3.6°&nbsp;E
|align="right"| 245&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Oceanus Procellarum]]
| Ocean of Storms
|align="right"| 18.4°&nbsp;N
|align="right"| 57.4°&nbsp;W
|align="right"| 2568&nbsp;km
|}

There was also a region on the Lunar farside that was briefly misidentified as a mare and named ''[[Mare Desiderii]]'' (Sea of Dreams). It is no longer recognized. Other former maria include:

*[[Mare Parvum]]<ref name="telescop.htm">{{cite web| url=http://www.rccr.cremona.it/monografie/luna/telescop.htm| title=Astronomica  Langrenus| accessdate=2006-12-05|language={{it}}}}</ref> ("Small Sea"), immediately to the east of [[Inghirami (crater)|Inghirami]]
*[[Mare Incognitum]] ("Unknown Sea")
*[[Mare Novum]]<ref name="telescop.htm"/> ("New Sea"), northeast of [[Plutarch (crater)|Plutarch]]
*[[Mare Struve]] ("Struve's Sea"), near [[Messala (crater)|Messala]]

==''Lacus''==

A related set of features are the Lunar ''lacus'' (singular ''lacus'', Latin for "[[lake]]"), which are smaller basaltic plains of similar origin:

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Lunar Lacus
|-
! Latin Name
! English Name
! Lat.
! Long.
! Diameter
|-
| [[Lacus Aestatis]]
| Lake of Summer
|align="right"| 15.0° S
|align="right"| 69.0° W
|align="right"| 90 km
|-
| [[Lacus Autumni]]
| Lake of Autumn
|align="right"| 9.9° S
|align="right"| 83.9° W
|align="right"| 183 km
|-
| [[Lacus Bonitatis]]
| Lake of Goodness
|align="right"| 23.2° N
|align="right"| 43.7° E
|align="right"| 92 km
|-
| [[Lacus Doloris]]
| Lake of Sorrow
|align="right"| 17.1° N
|align="right"| 9.0° E
|align="right"| 110 km
|-
| [[Lacus Excellentiae]]
| Lake of Excellence
|align="right"| 35.4° S
|align="right"| 44.0° W
|align="right"| 184 km
|-
| [[Lacus Felicitatis]]
| Lake of Happiness
|align="right"| 19.0° N
|align="right"| 5.0° E
|align="right"| 90 km
|-
| [[Lacus Gaudii]]
| Lake of Joy
|align="right"| 16.2° N
|align="right"| 12.6° E
|align="right"| 113 km
|-
| [[Lacus Hiemalis]]
| Wintry Lake
|align="right"| 15.0° N
|align="right"| 14.0° E
|align="right"| 50 km
|-
| [[Lacus Lenitatis]]
| Lake of Softness
|align="right"| 14.0° N
|align="right"| 12.0° E
|align="right"| 80 km
|-
| [[Lacus Luxuriae]]
| Lake of Luxury
|align="right"| 19.0° N
|align="right"| 176.0° E
|align="right"| 50 km
|-
| [[Lacus Mortis]]
| Lake of Death
|align="right"| 45.0° N
|align="right"| 27.2° E
|align="right"| 151 km
|-
| [[Lacus Oblivionis]]
| Lake of Forgetfulness
|align="right"| 21.0° S
|align="right"| 168.0° W
|align="right"| 50 km
|-
| [[Lacus Odii]]
| Lake of Hatred
|align="right"| 19.0° N
|align="right"| 7.0° E
|align="right"| 70 km
|-
| [[Lacus Perseverantiae]]
| Lake of Perseverance
|align="right"| 8.0° N
|align="right"| 62.0° E
|align="right"| 70 km
|-
| [[Lacus Solitudinis]]
| Lake of Solitude
|align="right"| 27.8° S
|align="right"| 104.3° E
|align="right"| 139 km
|-
| [[Lacus Somniorum]]
| Lake of Dreams
|align="right"| 38.0° N
|align="right"| 29.2° E
|align="right"| 384 km
|-
| [[Lacus Spei]]
| Lake of Hope
|align="right"| 43.0° N
|align="right"| 65.0° E
|align="right"| 80 km
|-
| [[Lacus Temporis]]
| Lake of Time
|align="right"| 45.9° N
|align="right"| 58.4° E
|align="right"| 117 km
|-
| [[Lacus Timoris]]
| Lake of Fear
|align="right"| 38.8° S
|align="right"| 27.3° W
|align="right"| 117 km
|-
| [[Lacus Veris]]
| Lake of Spring
|align="right"| 16.5° S
|align="right"| 86.1° W
|align="right"| 396 km
|}

==''Sinus'' and ''Paludes''==

A related set of features are the ''sinus'' (singular ''sinus'', Latin for "bay") and ''paludes'' (singular ''palus'', Latin for "marsh"):

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Lunar Sinus and Paludes
|-
! Latin Name
! English Name
! Lat.
! Long.
! Diameter
|-
| [[Palus Epidemiarum]]
| Marsh of Epidemics
|align="right"| 32.0° S
|align="right"| 28.2° W
|align="right"| 286 km
|-
| [[Palus Putredinis]]
| Marsh of Rot
|align="right"| 26.5° N
|align="right"| 0.4° E
|align="right"| 161 km
|-
| [[Palus Somni]]
| Marsh of Sleep
|align="right"| 14.1° N
|align="right"| 45.0° E
|align="right"| 143 km
|-
| [[Sinus Aestuum]]
| Seething Bay
|align="right"| 10.9° N
|align="right"| 8.8° W
|align="right"| 290 km
|-
| [[Sinus Amoris]]
| Bay of Love
|align="right"| 18.1° N
|align="right"| 39.1° E
|align="right"| 130 km
|-
| [[Sinus Asperitatis]]
| Bay of Roughness
|align="right"| 3.8° S
|align="right"| 27.4° E
|align="right"| 206 km
|-
| [[Sinus Concordiae]]
| Bay of Harmony
|align="right"| 10.8° N
|align="right"| 43.2° E
|align="right"| 142 km
|-
| [[Sinus Fidei]]
| Bay of Trust
|align="right"| 18.0° N
|align="right"| 2.0° E
|align="right"| 70 km
|-
| [[Sinus Honoris]]
| Bay of Honor
|align="right"| 11.7° N
|align="right"| 18.1° E
|align="right"| 109 km
|-
| [[Sinus Iridum]]
| Bay of Rainbows
|align="right"| 44.1° N
|align="right"| 31.5° W
|align="right"| 236 km
|-
| [[Sinus Lunicus]]
| [[Luna 2|Lunik]] Bay
|align="right"| 31.8° N
|align="right"| 1.4° W
|align="right"| 126 km
|-
| [[Sinus Medii]]
| Bay of the center
|align="right"| 2.4° N
|align="right"| 1.7° E
|align="right"| 335 km
|-
| [[Sinus Roris]]
| Bay of Dew
|align="right"| 54.0° N
|align="right"| 56.6° W
|align="right"| 202 km
|-
| [[Sinus Successus]]
| Bay of Success
|align="right"| 0.9° N
|align="right"| 59.0° E
|align="right"| 132 km
|}

Some sources also list a ''Palus Nebularum'' ("Marsh of Mists") at 38.0° N, 1.0° E. However the designation for this feature has not been officially recognized by the [[International Astronomical Union|IAU]].

==References==
<references/>
* L. E. Andersson and [[Ewen Whitaker|Ewen A. Whitaker]], ''NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature'', [[NASA]] RP-1097, [[1982 in literature|1982]], no ISBN.
* [[Ben Bussey]] and [[Paul Spudis]], ''The Clementine Atlas of the Moon'', Cambridge University Press, [[2004 in literature|2004]], ISBN 0-521-81528-2.
* [[Antonín Rükl]], ''Atlas of the Moon'', Kalmbach Books, [[1990 in literature|1990]], ISBN 0-913135-17-8.
* Ewen A. Whitaker, ''Mapping and Naming the Moon'', Cambridge University Press, [[1999 in literature|1999]], ISBN 0-521-62248-4.

==See also==
* [[List of craters on the Moon]]
* [[List of features on the Moon]]
* [[List of mountains on the Moon]]
* [[List of valleys on the Moon]]
* [[Selenography]]

==External links==
*[http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/science/atlas/mare/mare.htm NASA lunar Atlas]
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/lunar_orbiter/ Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon]
* [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/moon/moonTOC.html USGS: Moon nomenclature]
* [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/moon/moonmare.html USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Mare]
* [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/moon/moonocea.html USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Oceanus]
* [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/moon/moonlacu.html USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Lacus]
* [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/moon/moonpalu.html USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Palus]
* [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/moon/moonsinu.html USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Sinus]

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