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

Latest revision as of 09:43, 29 January 2007