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The [[Moon]] has been divided into 30 [[quadrangle (geography)|quadrangle]]s by the [[United States Geological Survey]] at the 1:2,500,000 map scale.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/PlanetaryMapping/Lunar/| title=Lunar Geologic Mapping| publisher= NASA/USGS Planetary Geologic Mapping Program| date=2007-09-19| accessdate=2007-12-09}}</ref> At the 1:1,000,000 scale it's divided into 144 quadrangles.<ref>[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/dAtlas.html USGS Astrogeology: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | The [[Moon]] has been divided into 30 [[quadrangle (geography)|quadrangle]]s by the [[United States Geological Survey]] at the 1:2,500,000 map scale.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/PlanetaryMapping/Lunar/| title=Lunar Geologic Mapping| publisher= NASA/USGS Planetary Geologic Mapping Program| date=2007-09-19| accessdate=2007-12-09}}</ref> At the 1:1,000,000 scale it's divided into 144 quadrangles.<ref>[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/dAtlas.html USGS Astrogeology: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 22:48, 25 November 2020
The Moon surface has been divided into a series of Quadrangles by the US geological survey.
The Moon has been divided into 30 quadrangles by the United States Geological Survey at the 1:2,500,000 map scale.[1] At the 1:1,000,000 scale it's divided into 144 quadrangles.[2]
The quadrangles are numbered in bands from north to south. Each band is then divided into a latitude-dependent number of quadrangles. At the poles, the bands consist of a single quadrangle, so LQ01 is a circle around the north pole.
| LQ01 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LQ02 | LQ03 | LQ04 | LQ05 | lQ06 | LQ07 | ||
| LQ08 | LQ09 | LQ10 | LQ11 | LQ12 | LQ13 | LQ14 | LQ15 |
| LQ16 | LQ17 | LQ18 | LQ19 | LQ20 | LQ21 | LQ22 | LQ23 |
| LQ24 | LQ25 | LQ26 | LQ27 | LQ28 | LQ29 | ||
| LQ30 | |||||||
