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− | ==''Maria'' and ''Oceanus''==
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− | |+ Lunar Maria
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− | ! Latin Name
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− | ! English Name
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− | ! Lat.
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− | ! Long.
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− | ! Diameter
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− | | [[Mare Anguis]]
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− | | Serpent Sea
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− | |align="right"| 22.6° N
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− | |align="right"| 67.7° E
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− | |align="right"| 150 km
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− | | [[Mare Australe]]
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− | | Southern Sea
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− | |align="right"| 38.9° S
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− | |align="right"| 93.0° E
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− | |align="right"| 603 km
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− | | [[Mare Cognitum]]
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− | | Sea That Has Become Known ''or'' Known Sea
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− | |align="right"| 10.0° S
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− | |align="right"| 23.1° W
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− | |align="right"| 376 km
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− | | [[Mare Crisium]]
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− | | Sea of Crises
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− | |align="right"| 17.0° N
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− | |align="right"| 59.1° E
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− | |align="right"| 418 km
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− | | [[Mare Fecunditatis]]
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− | | Sea of Fertility
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− | |align="right"| 7.8° S
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− | |align="right"| 51.3° E
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− | |align="right"| 909 km
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− | | [[Mare Frigoris]]
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− | | Sea of Cold
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− | |align="right"| 56.0° N
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− | |align="right"| 1.4° E
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− | |align="right"| 1596 km
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− | | [[Mare Humboldtianum]]
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− | | Sea of [[Alexander von Humboldt]]
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− | |align="right"| 56.8° N
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− | |align="right"| 81.5° E
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− | |align="right"| 273 km
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− | | [[Mare Humorum]]
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− | | Sea of Moisture
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− | |align="right"| 24.4° S
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− | |align="right"| 38.6° W
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− | |align="right"| 389 km
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− | | [[Mare Imbrium]]
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− | | Sea of Showers or Sea of Rains
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− | |align="right"| 32.8° N
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− | |align="right"| 15.6° W
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− | |align="right"| 1123 km
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− | | [[Mare Ingenii]]
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− | | Sea of Ingenuity
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− | |align="right"| 33.7° S
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− | |align="right"| 163.5° E
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− | |align="right"| 318 km
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− | | [[Mare Insularum]]
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− | | Sea of Islands
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− | |align="right"| 7.5° N
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− | |align="right"| 30.9° W
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− | |align="right"| 513 km
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− | | [[Mare Marginis]]
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− | | Sea of the Edge
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− | |align="right"| 13.3° N
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− | |align="right"| 86.1° E
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− | |align="right"| 420 km
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− | | [[Mare Moscoviense]]
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− | | Sea of [[Muscovy]]
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− | |align="right"| 27.3° N
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− | |align="right"| 147.9° E
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− | |align="right"| 277 km
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− | | [[Mare Nectaris]]
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− | | Sea of Nectar
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− | |align="right"| 15.2° S
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− | |align="right"| 35.5° E
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− | |align="right"| 333 km
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− | | [[Mare Nubium]]
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− | | Sea of Clouds
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− | |align="right"| 21.3° S
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− | |align="right"| 16.6° W
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− | |align="right"| 715 km
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− | | [[Mare Orientale]]
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− | | Eastern Sea
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− | |align="right"| 19.4° S
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− | |align="right"| 92.8° W
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− | |align="right"| 327 km
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− | | [[Mare Serenitatis]]
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− | | Sea of Serenity
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− | |align="right"| 28.0° N
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− | |align="right"| 17.5° E
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− | |align="right"| 707 km
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− | | [[Mare Smythii]]
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− | | Sea of [[William Henry Smyth]]
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− | |align="right"| 1.3° N
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− | |align="right"| 87.5° E
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− | |align="right"| 373 km
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− | | [[Mare Spumans]]
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− | | Foaming Sea
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− | |align="right"| 1.1° N
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− | |align="right"| 65.1° E
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− | |align="right"| 139 km
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− | | [[Mare Tranquillitatis]]
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− | | Sea of Tranquility
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− | |align="right"| 8.5° N
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− | |align="right"| 31.4° E
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− | |align="right"| 873 km
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− | | [[Mare Undarum]]
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− | | Sea of Waves
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− | |align="right"| 6.8° N
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− | |align="right"| 68.4° E
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− | |align="right"| 243 km
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− | | [[Mare Vaporum]]
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− | | Sea of Vapors
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− | |align="right"| 13.3° N
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− | |align="right"| 3.6° E
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− | |align="right"| 245 km
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− | | [[Oceanus Procellarum]]
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− | | Ocean of Storms
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− | |align="right"| 18.4° N
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− | |align="right"| 57.4° W
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− | |align="right"| 2568 km
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− | Other Maria:
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− | *[[Mare Parvum]] ("Small Sea"), immediately to the east of [[Inghirami (crater)|Inghirami]]
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− | *[[Mare Incognitum]] ("Unknown Sea")
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− | *[[Mare Novum]] ("New Sea"), northeast of [[Plutarch (crater)|Plutarch]]
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− | *[[Mare Struve]] ("Struve's Sea"), near [[Messala (crater)|Messala]]
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− | ==''Lacus''==
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− | A related set of features are the Lunar ''lacus'' (singular ''lacus'', Latin for "[[lake]]"), which are smaller basaltic plains of similar origin:
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− | ! Latin Name
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− | | [[Lacus Aestatis]]
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− | | Lake of Summer
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− | |align="right"| 15.0° S
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− | |align="right"| 69.0° W
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− | |align="right"| 90 km
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− | | [[Lacus Autumni]]
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− | | Lake of Autumn
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− | |align="right"| 9.9° S
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− | |align="right"| 83.9° W
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− | |align="right"| 183 km
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− | | [[Lacus Bonitatis]]
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− | | Lake of Goodness
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− | |align="right"| 23.2° N
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− | |align="right"| 43.7° E
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− | |align="right"| 92 km
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− | | [[Lacus Doloris]]
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− | | Lake of Sorrow
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− | |align="right"| 17.1° N
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− | |align="right"| 9.0° E
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− | |align="right"| 110 km
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− | | [[Lacus Excellentiae]]
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− | | Lake of Excellence
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− | |align="right"| 35.4° S
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− | |align="right"| 44.0° W
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− | |align="right"| 184 km
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− | | [[Lacus Felicitatis]]
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− | | Lake of Happiness
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− | |align="right"| 19.0° N
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− | |align="right"| 5.0° E
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− | |align="right"| 90 km
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− | | [[Lacus Gaudii]]
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− | | Lake of Joy
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− | |align="right"| 16.2° N
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− | |align="right"| 12.6° E
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− | |align="right"| 113 km
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− | | [[Lacus Hiemalis]]
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− | | Wintry Lake
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− | |align="right"| 15.0° N
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− | |align="right"| 14.0° E
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− | |align="right"| 50 km
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− | | [[Lacus Lenitatis]]
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− | | Lake of Softness
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− | |align="right"| 14.0° N
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− | |align="right"| 12.0° E
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− | |align="right"| 80 km
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− | | [[Lacus Luxuriae]]
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− | | Lake of Luxury
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− | |align="right"| 19.0° N
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− | |align="right"| 176.0° E
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− | |align="right"| 50 km
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− | | [[Lacus Mortis]]
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− | | Lake of Death
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− | |align="right"| 45.0° N
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− | |align="right"| 27.2° E
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− | |align="right"| 151 km
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− | | [[Lacus Oblivionis]]
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− | | Lake of Forgetfulness
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− | |align="right"| 21.0° S
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− | |align="right"| 168.0° W
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− | |align="right"| 50 km
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− | | [[Lacus Odii]]
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− | | Lake of Hatred
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− | |align="right"| 19.0° N
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− | |align="right"| 7.0° E
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− | |align="right"| 70 km
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− | | [[Lacus Perseverantiae]]
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− | | Lake of Perseverance
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− | |align="right"| 8.0° N
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− | |align="right"| 62.0° E
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− | |align="right"| 70 km
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− | | [[Lacus Solitudinis]]
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− | | Lake of Solitude
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− | |align="right"| 27.8° S
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− | |align="right"| 104.3° E
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− | |align="right"| 139 km
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− | | [[Lacus Somniorum]]
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− | | Lake of Dreams
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− | |align="right"| 38.0° N
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− | |align="right"| 29.2° E
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− | |align="right"| 384 km
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− | | [[Lacus Spei]]
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− | | Lake of Hope
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− | |align="right"| 43.0° N
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− | |align="right"| 65.0° E
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− | |align="right"| 80 km
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− | | [[Lacus Temporis]]
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− | | Lake of Time
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− | |align="right"| 45.9° N
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− | |align="right"| 58.4° E
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− | |align="right"| 117 km
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− | | [[Lacus Timoris]]
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− | | Lake of Fear
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− | |align="right"| 38.8° S
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− | |align="right"| 27.3° W
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− | |align="right"| 117 km
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− | | [[Lacus Veris]]
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− | | Lake of Spring
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− | |align="right"| 16.5° S
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− | |align="right"| 86.1° W
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− | |align="right"| 396 km
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− | ==''Sinus'' and ''Paludes''==
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− | A related set of features are the ''sinus'' (singular ''sinus'', Latin for "bay") and ''paludes'' (singular ''palus'', Latin for "marsh"):
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− | ! Latin Name
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− | | [[Palus Epidemiarum]]
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− | | Marsh of Epidemics
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− | |align="right"| 32.0° S
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− | |align="right"| 28.2° W
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− | |align="right"| 286 km
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− | | [[Palus Putredinis]]
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− | | Marsh of Rot
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− | |align="right"| 26.5° N
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− | |align="right"| 0.4° E
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− | |align="right"| 161 km
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− | | [[Palus Somni]]
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− | | Marsh of Sleep
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− | |align="right"| 14.1° N
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− | |align="right"| 45.0° E
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− | |align="right"| 143 km
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− | | [[Sinus Aestuum]]
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− | | Seething Bay
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− | |align="right"| 10.9° N
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− | |align="right"| 8.8° W
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− | |align="right"| 290 km
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− | | [[Sinus Amoris]]
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− | | Bay of Love
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− | |align="right"| 18.1° N
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− | |align="right"| 39.1° E
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− | |align="right"| 130 km
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− | | [[Sinus Asperitatis]]
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− | | Bay of Roughness
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− | |align="right"| 3.8° S
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− | |align="right"| 27.4° E
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− | |align="right"| 206 km
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− | | [[Sinus Concordiae]]
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− | | Bay of Harmony
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− | |align="right"| 10.8° N
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− | |align="right"| 43.2° E
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− | |align="right"| 142 km
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− | | [[Sinus Fidei]]
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− | | Bay of Trust
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− | |align="right"| 18.0° N
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− | |align="right"| 2.0° E
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− | |align="right"| 70 km
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− | | [[Sinus Honoris]]
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− | | Bay of Honor
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− | |align="right"| 11.7° N
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− | |align="right"| 18.1° E
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− | |align="right"| 109 km
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− | | [[Sinus Iridum]]
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− | | Bay of Rainbows
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− | |align="right"| 44.1° N
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− | |align="right"| 31.5° W
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− | |align="right"| 236 km
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− | | [[Sinus Lunicus]]
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− | | [[Luna 2|Lunik]] Bay
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− | |align="right"| 31.8° N
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− | |align="right"| 1.4° W
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− | |align="right"| 126 km
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− | | [[Sinus Medii]]
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− | | Bay of the center
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− | |align="right"| 2.4° N
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− | |align="right"| 1.7° E
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− | |align="right"| 335 km
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− | | [[Sinus Roris]]
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− | | Bay of Dew
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− | |align="right"| 54.0° N
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− | |align="right"| 56.6° W
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− | |align="right"| 202 km
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− | | [[Sinus Successus]]
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− | | Bay of Success
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− | |align="right"| 0.9° N
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− | |align="right"| 59.0° E
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− | |align="right"| 132 km
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