GFDL:List of maria on the Moon
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This is a list of maria (singular mare) on the Moon.
It also includes the one oceanus and the features known by the names lacus, palus and sinus.
Contents
Maria and Oceanus
| Latin Name | English Name | Lat. | Long. | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mare Anguis | Serpent Sea | 22.6° N | 67.7° E | 150 km |
| Mare Australe | Southern Sea | 38.9° S | 93.0° E | 603 km |
| Mare Cognitum | Sea That Has Become Known or Known Sea | 10.0° S | 23.1° W | 376 km |
| Mare Crisium | Sea of Crises | 17.0° N | 59.1° E | 418 km |
| Mare Fecunditatis | Sea of Fertility | 7.8° S | 51.3° E | 909 km |
| Mare Frigoris | Sea of Cold | 56.0° N | 1.4° E | 1596 km |
| Mare Humboldtianum | Sea of Alexander von Humboldt | 56.8° N | 81.5° E | 273 km |
| Mare Humorum | Sea of Moisture | 24.4° S | 38.6° W | 389 km |
| Mare Imbrium | Sea of Showers or Sea of Rains | 32.8° N | 15.6° W | 1123 km |
| Mare Ingenii | Sea of Ingenuity | 33.7° S | 163.5° E | 318 km |
| Mare Insularum | Sea of Islands | 7.5° N | 30.9° W | 513 km |
| Mare Marginis | Sea of the Edge | 13.3° N | 86.1° E | 420 km |
| Mare Moscoviense | Sea of Muscovy | 27.3° N | 147.9° E | 277 km |
| Mare Nectaris | Sea of Nectar | 15.2° S | 35.5° E | 333 km |
| Mare Nubium | Sea of Clouds | 21.3° S | 16.6° W | 715 km |
| Mare Orientale | Eastern Sea | 19.4° S | 92.8° W | 327 km |
| Mare Serenitatis | Sea of Serenity | 28.0° N | 17.5° E | 707 km |
| Mare Smythii | Sea of William Henry Smyth | 1.3° N | 87.5° E | 373 km |
| Mare Spumans | Foaming Sea | 1.1° N | 65.1° E | 139 km |
| Mare Tranquillitatis | Sea of Tranquility | 8.5° N | 31.4° E | 873 km |
| Mare Undarum | Sea of Waves | 6.8° N | 68.4° E | 243 km |
| Mare Vaporum | Sea of Vapors | 13.3° N | 3.6° E | 245 km |
| Oceanus Procellarum | Ocean of Storms | 18.4° N | 57.4° W | 2568 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[1] ("Small Sea"), immediately to the east of Inghirami
- Mare Incognitum ("Unknown Sea")
- Mare Novum[1] ("New Sea"), northeast of Plutarch
- Mare Struve ("Struve's Sea"), near Messala
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Sinus and Paludes
A related set of features are the sinus (singular sinus, Latin for "bay") and paludes (singular palus, Latin for "marsh"):
| Latin Name | English Name | Lat. | Long. | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palus Epidemiarum | Marsh of Epidemics | 32.0° S | 28.2° W | 286 km |
| Palus Putredinis | Marsh of Rot | 26.5° N | 0.4° E | 161 km |
| Palus Somni | Marsh of Sleep | 14.1° N | 45.0° E | 143 km |
| Sinus Aestuum | Seething Bay | 10.9° N | 8.8° W | 290 km |
| Sinus Amoris | Bay of Love | 18.1° N | 39.1° E | 130 km |
| Sinus Asperitatis | Bay of Roughness | 3.8° S | 27.4° E | 206 km |
| Sinus Concordiae | Bay of Harmony | 10.8° N | 43.2° E | 142 km |
| Sinus Fidei | Bay of Trust | 18.0° N | 2.0° E | 70 km |
| Sinus Honoris | Bay of Honor | 11.7° N | 18.1° E | 109 km |
| Sinus Iridum | Bay of Rainbows | 44.1° N | 31.5° W | 236 km |
| Sinus Lunicus | Lunik Bay | 31.8° N | 1.4° W | 126 km |
| Sinus Medii | Bay of the center | 2.4° N | 1.7° E | 335 km |
| Sinus Roris | Bay of Dew | 54.0° N | 56.6° W | 202 km |
| Sinus Successus | Bay of Success | 0.9° N | 59.0° E | 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 IAU.
References
- L. E. Andersson and Ewen A. Whitaker, NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA RP-1097, 1982, no ISBN.
- Ben Bussey and Paul Spudis, The Clementine Atlas of the Moon, Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-521-81528-2.
- Antonín Rükl, Atlas of the Moon, Kalmbach Books, 1990, ISBN 0-913135-17-8.
- Ewen A. Whitaker, Mapping and Naming the Moon, Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-521-62248-4.
See also
- List of Craters on the Moon
- List of Resources
- List of Apollo landing sites
- List of Unmanned Sites
- Helium3 on the Moon
External links
- NASA lunar Atlas
- Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
- USGS: Moon nomenclature
- USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Mare
- USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Oceanus
- USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Lacus
- USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Palus
- USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Sinus
