List of features on the Moon
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The Moon
's surface is covered in many interesting geological features. In addition to mountain
s, valley
s, and crater
s, the following surface features have received names in the Lunar nomenclature. Many of these features are named after a nearby crater or mountain.
The listed diameter
for these features is the longest dimension that contains the entire geological formation. The latitude
and longitude
are in selenographic coordinates
.
compared to the surrounding terrain.
Note: On the far side of the Moon
there are unnamed albedo features on Mare Ingenii
and Mare Marginis
. These are located antipodal
to the Mare Imbrium
and Mare Orientale
impact basins.
.
systems commonly found on lunar maria
.
on a mare
.
s.
.
s in the surface.
, but were opposite the names used for the seas. Thus there were the lands of sterility (Terra Sterilitatis), heat (Terra Caloris), and liveliness (Terra Vitae). However these names for the highland regions are no longer used on recent maps, and Terrae are not officially recognized as standard lunar nomenclature by the International Astronomical Union
.
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
's surface is covered in many interesting geological features. In addition to mountain
Mountain
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s, valley
Valley
In geology, a valley or dale is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge.The terms U-shaped and V-shaped are descriptive terms of geography to characterize the form of valleys...
s, and crater
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
s, the following surface features have received names in the Lunar nomenclature. Many of these features are named after a nearby crater or mountain.
The listed diameter
Diameter
In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circle. The diameters are the longest chords of the circle...
for these features is the longest dimension that contains the entire geological formation. The latitude
Latitude
In geography, the latitude of a location on the Earth is the angular distance of that location south or north of the Equator. The latitude is an angle, and is usually measured in degrees . The equator has a latitude of 0°, the North pole has a latitude of 90° north , and the South pole has a...
and longitude
Longitude
Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees, minutes and seconds, and denoted by the Greek letter lambda ....
are in selenographic coordinates
Selenographic coordinates
Selenographic coordinates are used to refer to locations on the surface of Earth's moon. Any position on the lunar surface can be referenced by specifying two numerical values, which are comparable to the latitude and longitude of Earth...
.
Albedo
These features are notable for their high albedoAlbedo
Albedo , or reflection coefficient, is the diffuse reflectivity or reflecting power of a surface. It is defined as the ratio of reflected radiation from the surface to incident radiation upon it...
compared to the surrounding terrain.
| Name | Coordinates | Dia. Diameter In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circle. The diameters are the longest chords of the circle... |
Name Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reiner Gamma Reiner Gamma Reiner Gamma is an albedo feature that is located on the Oceanus Procellarum, to the west of the crater Reiner on the Moon. The center of the formation is located at selenographic coordinates . It has an overall dimension of about 70 kilometres... |
7.5°N 59.0°W | 70.0 km | After nearby crater Reiner Reiner (crater) Reiner is a lunar impact crater on the Oceanus Procellarum, in the western part of the Moon. It has a nearly circular rim, but appears oval in shape due to foreshortening. The rim edge is well-defined and has not been eroded by impacts. In the mid-point of the irregular crater floor is a central peak... |
Note: On the far side of the Moon
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
there are unnamed albedo features on Mare Ingenii
Mare Ingenii
Mare Ingenii is one of the few lunar mare features on the far side of the Moon. The mare sits in the Ingenii basin. This basin material is of the Pre-Nectarian epoch. The mare material located in Ingenii and the surrounding craters is of the Upper Imbrian epoch...
and Mare Marginis
Mare Marginis
Mare Marginis is a lunar mare that lies on the very edge of the lunar nearside. The selenographic coordinates of this feature are 13.3° N, 86.1° E, and the diameter is 420 km. The name is Latin for "Sea of the Edge"....
. These are located antipodal
Antipode
Antipode, Antipodes, or Antipodeans may refer to:* Antipodal point, the diametrically opposite point on a sphere* Antipodes Water Company, a premium bottled water brand...
to the Mare Imbrium
Mare Imbrium
Mare Imbrium, Latin for "Sea of Showers" or "Sea of Rains", is a vast lunar mare filling a basin on Earth's Moon and one of the larger craters in the Solar System. Mare Imbrium was created when lava flooded the giant crater formed when a very large object hit the Moon long ago...
and Mare Orientale
Mare Orientale
Mare Orientale is one of the most striking large scale lunar features, resembling a target ring bull's-eye. Located on the extreme western edge of the lunar nearside, this impact basin is difficult to see from an Earthbound perspective.Material from this basin was not sampled by the Apollo program...
impact basins.
Catena
A catena is a chain of cratersCrater chain
A crater chain is a line of craters along the surface of an astronomical body. The descriptor term for crater chains is catena , as specified by the International Astronomical Union's rules on planetary nomenclature....
.
| Name | Coordinates | Dia. Diameter In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circle. The diameters are the longest chords of the circle... |
Name Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catena Abulfeda Catena Abulfeda Catena Abulfeda is a chain of craters on the Moon that runs between the southern rim of the crater Abulfeda and the north rim of Almanon, then continues for a length of 210 kilometers across the Rupes Altai. It is located at .... |
16.9°S 17.2°E | 219 km | After nearby crater Abulfeda Abulfeda (crater) Abulfeda is a lunar impact crater located in the central highlands of the Moon. To the northeast is the crater Descartes, and to the south-southeast is Almanon. To the north is the crater Dollond. A chain of craters named the Catena Abulfeda runs between the southern rim of Abulfeda and the north... |
| Catena Artamonov Catena Artamonov Catena Artamonov is a -long chain of craters on the Moon. It is named after the nearby crater Artamonov and is located at .... |
26.0°N 105.9°E | 134 km | After nearby crater Artamonov Artamonov (crater) Artamonov is a lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. The eroded outer rim of Artamonov does not have the circular shape of most lunar craters, and instead has the overall shape of three or four merged craters... |
| Catena Brigitte | 18.5°N 27.5°E | 5 km | French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... feminine name |
| Catena Davy | 11.0°S 7.0°W | 50 km | After nearby crater Davy Davy (crater) Davy is a small lunar crater that is located on the eastern edge of the Mare Nubium. It overlies the lava-flooded remains of the satellite crater Davy Y to the east, a formation which contains a crater chain designated Catena Davy. To the southeast of Davy is the prominent crater Alphonsus.The... |
| Catena Dziewulski | 19.0°N 100.0°E | 80 km | After nearby crater Dziewulski Dziewulski (crater) Dziewulski is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies between the craters Edison to the north and Popov to the south. The outer rim of this crater has been considerably worn by impacts, particularly along the southwest quadrant where the satellite crater Dziewulski Q overlies the rim... |
| Catena Gregory | 0.6°S 129.9°E | 152 km | After nearby crater Gregory Gregory (crater) Gregory may refer to:* Gregory * Gregory on the planet Venus... |
| Catena Humboldt | 21.5°S 84.6°E | 165 km | After nearby crater Humboldt Humboldt (crater) Humboldt is a large lunar crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon. Due to foreshortening this formation has an extremely oblong appearance. The actual shape of the crater is an irregular circle, with a significant indentation along the southeastern rim where the prominent crater... |
| Catena Krafft | 15.0°N 72.0°W | 60 km | After nearby crater Krafft Krafft (crater) Krafft is a prominent lunar impact crater located near the western edge of the Oceanus Procellarum. To the north is the lava-flooded walled plain Eddington. Almost due south is the crater Cardanus, and the two are connected by a 60-kilometer-long chain of craters known as the Catena Krafft.Krafft... |
| Catena Kurchatov | 37.2°N 136.3°E | 226 km | After nearby crater Kurchatov Kurchatov (crater) Kurchatov is a lunar impact crater that is located on the Moon's far side. It is just to the southwest of the crater Wiener, and farther to the southeast of Bridgman... |
| Catena Leuschner | 4.7°N 110.1°W | 364 km | After nearby crater Leuschner Leuschner (crater) Leuschner is a lunar impact crater that is located on the Moon's far side, to the northwest of the Montes Cordillera. It lies to the north of the crater Grachev, in the outer skirt of ejecta surrounding the Mare Orientale impact basin. This is a circular crater with a rim that has only been lightly... |
| Catena Littrow | 22.2°N 29.5°E | 10 km | After nearby crater Littrow Littrow (crater) Littrow is a lunar crater that is located in the northeastern part of the Moon's near side, on the east edge of Mare Serenitatis. Some distance to the northeast is the prominent crater Römer, while to the south is Vitruvius.... |
| Catena Lucretius | 3.4°S 126.1°W | 271 km | After nearby crater Lucretius Lucretius (crater) Lucretius is an impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located to the southeast of the huge walled plain Hertzsprung, within the outer skirt of ejecta that surrounds that impact feature. To the southwest of Lucretius lies Fridman.... |
| Catena Mendeleev | 6.3°N 139.4°E | 188 km | After nearby crater Mendeleev Mendeleev (crater) Mendeleev is a large lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, as seen from the Earth. The southern rim of this walled plain just crosses the lunar equator. Intruding into the eastern rim of Mendeleev is the crater Schuster... |
| Catena Michelson | 1.4°N 113.4°W | 456 km | After nearby crater Michelson Michelson (crater) Michelson is a crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies along the northeastern outer rim of the huge walled plain Hertzsprung, and to the southwest of the crater Kolhörster.... |
| Catena Pierre | 19.8°N 31.8°W | 9 km | French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... masculine name |
| Catena Sumner | 37.3°N 112.3°E | 247 km | After nearby crater Sumner Sumner (crater) Sumner is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon, beyond the northeastern limb. It is southwest of the larger crater Szilard, and southeast of the twin walled plains Fabry and Harkhebi.... |
| Catena Sylvester | 81.4°N 86.2°E | 173 km | After nearby crater Sylvester Sylvester (crater) Sylvester is a lunar impact crater that is located near the north pole of the Moon, along the northern limb in the libration zone. It lies just to the south-southeast of the craters Grignard and Hermite; the latter of which is within one crater diameter of the pole. South of Sylvester is Pascal... |
| Catena Taruntius | 3.0°N 48.0°E | 100 km | After nearby crater Taruntius Taruntius (crater) Taruntius is a lunar crater on the northwestern edge of Mare Fecunditatis. To the northwest is the lava-flooded crater Lawrence, and to the north lie the craters Watts and da Vinci... |
| Catena Timocharis | 29.0°N 13.0°W | 50 km | After nearby crater Timocharis Timocharis (crater) Timocharis is a prominent lunar impact crater located on the Mare Imbrium. The closest crater of comparable dimensions is Lambert to the west. The smaller craters Feuillée and Beer lie to the east of Timocharis.... |
| Catena Yuri | 24.4°N 30.4°W | 5 km | Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... masculine name |
Dorsa
These features are wrinkle-ridgeWrinkle-ridge
A wrinkle ridge is a type of feature commonly found on lunar maria. These features are low, sinuous ridges formed on the mare surface that can extend for up to several hundred kilometers. Wrinkle ridges are tectonic features created when the basaltic lava first cooled and contracted...
systems commonly found on lunar maria
Lunar mare
The lunar maria are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by ancient volcanic eruptions. They were dubbed maria, Latin for "seas", by early astronomers who mistook them for actual seas. They are less reflective than the "highlands" as a result of their iron-rich compositions, and...
.
| Name | Coordinates | Dia. Diameter In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circle. The diameters are the longest chords of the circle... |
Name Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorsa Aldrovandi Dorsa Aldrovandi Dorsa Aldrovandi is a wrinkle ridge system at in Mare Serenitatis on the Moon. It is about 136 km in diameter and was named named after Ulissi Aldrovandi in 1976.... |
24.0°N 28.5°E | 136 km | Ulissi Aldrovandi (1522–1605) |
| Dorsa Andrusov Dorsa Andrusov Dorsa Andrusov is a wrinkle ridge system at in Mare Fecunditatis on the Moon. It is 160 km in diameter and was named after Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov in 1976.... |
1.0°S 57.0°E | 160 km | Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov was a Russian geologist, stratigrapher, and palaeontologist.He was born in Odessa, then a part of Russia. He studied geology and zoology at the Novorossia University in Odessa... (1861–1924) |
| Dorsa Argand | 28.1°N 40.6°W | 109 km | Emile Argand Émile Argand Émile Argand was a Swiss geologist.He was born in Eaux-Vives near Geneva. He attended vocational school in Geneva then worked as a draftsman... (1879–1940) |
| Dorsa Barlow Dorsa Barlow Dorsa Barlow is a wrinkle ridge system at on the Moon, in Mare Tranquilitatis near the border with Mare Serenitatis. It is 120 km in diameter and was named after William Barlow in 1976.... |
15.0°N 31.0°E | 120 km | William Barlow (1845–1934) |
| Dorsa Burnet Dorsa Burnet Dorsa Burnet is a wrinkle ridge at in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon. It is about 194 km long and was named after Thomas Burnet in 1976.... |
28.4°N 57.0°W | 194 km | Thomas Burnet Thomas Burnet Thomas Burnet , theologian and writer on cosmogony.-Life:He was born at Croft near Darlington in 1635. After studying at Northallerton Grammar School under Thomas Smelt, he went to Clare Hall, Cambridge in 1651. There he was a pupil of John Tillotson... (1635–1715) |
| Dorsa Cato Dorsa Cato Dorsa Cato is a wrinkle ridge at on the Moon. It is 140 km long and was named after Cato the Elder in 1976.... |
1.0°N 47.0°E | 140 km | Cato the Elder Cato the Elder Marcus Porcius Cato was a Roman statesman, commonly referred to as Censorius , Sapiens , Priscus , or Major, Cato the Elder, or Cato the Censor, to distinguish him from his great-grandson, Cato the Younger.He came of an ancient Plebeian family who all were noted for some... (234-149 B.C.) |
| Dorsa Dana Dorsa Dana Dorsa Dana is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Smythii on the Moon. It is 70 km long and was named after James Dwight Dana in 1976.... |
3.0°N 90.0°E | 70 km | James Dwight Dana James Dwight Dana James Dwight Dana was an American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of mountain-building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continents and oceans around the world.-Early life and career:... (1813–1895) |
| Dorsa Ewing Dorsa Ewing Dorsa Ewing is a wrinkle ridge at in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon. It is 141 km long and was named after William Maurice Ewing.... |
10.2°S 39.4°W | 141 km | William Maurice Ewing (1906–1974) |
| Dorsa Geikie Dorsa Geikie Dorsa Geikie is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Fecunditatis on the Moon. It is 228 km long and was named after Sir Archibald Geikie in 1976.... |
4.6°S 52.5°E | 228 km | Sir Archibald Geikie Archibald Geikie Sir Archibald Geikie, OM, KCB, PRS, FRSE , was a Scottish geologist and writer.-Early life:Geikie was born in Edinburgh in 1835, the eldest son of musician and music critic James Stuart Geikie... (1835–1924) |
| Dorsa Harker Dorsa Harker Dorsa Harker is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Crisium on the Moon. It is 197 km long and was named after Alfred Harker, an English petrologist, in 1976.... |
14.5°N 64.0°E | 197 km | Alfred Harker Alfred Harker (petrologist) Alfred Harker FRS was an English geologist who specialised in petrology and interpretive petrography. He worked for the Geological Survey of Scotland and conducted extensive surveying and geological studies of western Scotland and the Isle of Skye... (1859–1939) |
| Dorsa Lister Dorsa Lister Dorsa Lister is a wrinkle ridge system at on the Moon, in southern Mare Serenitatis. It is 203 km in diameter and was named after Martin Lister in 1976.... |
20.3°N 23.8°E | 203 km | Martin Lister Martin Lister Martin Lister FRS was an English naturalist and physician.-Life:Lister was born at Radcliffe, near Buckingham, the son of Sir Martin Lister MP for Brackley in the Long Parliament and his wife Susan Temple daughter of Sir Alexander Temple. Lister was connected to a number of well known individuals... (1639–1712) |
| Dorsa Mawson Dorsa Mawson Dorsa Mawson is a wrinkle ridge system at in Mare Fecunditatis on the Moon. It is 132 km long and was named after Douglas Mawson in 1976.... |
7.0°S 53.0°E | 132 km | Douglas Mawson Douglas Mawson Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an... (1882–1958) |
| Dorsa Rubey Dorsa Rubey Dorsa Rubey is a wrinkle ridge system at in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon. It is 100 km long and was named after William Walden Rubey in 1976.... |
10.0°S 42.0°W | 100 km | William Walden Rubey William Walden Rubey William Walden Rubey was an American geologist.He was born in Moberly, Missouri. He attended the University of Missouri, and in 1920 he graduated with an A.B. degree. During the same year he married Susan Elsie Manovill, and joined the U.S. Geological Survey... (1898–1974) |
| Dorsa Smirnov Dorsa Smirnov Dorsa Smirnov is a wrinkle ridge system at in Mare Serenitatis on the Moon. It is 156 km in diameter and was named after Sergei Sergeevich Smirnov in 1976.... |
27.3°N 25.3°E | 156 km | Sergei Sergeevich Smirnov (1895–1947) |
| Dorsa Sorby Dorsa Sorby Dorsa Sorby is a wrinkle ridge system at in Mare Serenitatis on the Moon. It is 80 km long and was named after Henry Clifton Sorby in 1976.... |
19.0°N 14.0°E | 80 km | Henry Clifton Sorby Henry Clifton Sorby Henry Clifton Sorby , was an English microscopist and geologist.-Biography:Sorby was born at Woodbourne near Sheffield in Yorkshire and attended Sheffield Collegiate School. He early developed an interest in natural science, and one of his first papers related to the excavation of valleys in... (1826–1908) |
| Dorsa Stille Dorsa Stille Dorsa Stille is a wrinkle ridge system at in Mare Imbrium on the Moon. It is 80 km long and was named after Hans Stille in 1976.... |
27.0°N 19.0°W | 80 km | Hans Stille Hans Stille Hans Wilhelm Stille was an influential German geologist working primarily on tectonics and the collation of tectonic events during the Phanerozoic.... (1876–1966) |
| Dorsa Tetyaev Dorsa Tetyaev Dorsa Tetyaev is a wrinkle ridge system at in Mare Crisium on the Moon. It is 176 km long and was named after Mikhail Mikhailovich Tetyaev in 1979.... |
19.9°N 64.2°E | 176 km | Mikhail Mikhailovich Tetyaev Mikhail Mikhailovich Tetyaev Mikhail Mikhailovich Tetyaev was a Soviet tectonic geologist.The wrinkle ridge Dorsa Tetyaev on the Moon is named after Mikhail Tetyaev.... (1882–1956) |
| Dorsa Whiston Dorsa Whiston Dorsa Whiston is a wrinkle ridge system at in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon. It is 85 km long and was named after William Whiston in 1976.... |
29.4°N 56.4°W | 85 km | William Whiston William Whiston William Whiston was an English theologian, historian, and mathematician. He is probably best known for his translation of the Antiquities of the Jews and other works by Josephus, his A New Theory of the Earth, and his Arianism... (1667–1752) |
Dorsum
These features are wrinkle ridges commonly found on lunar mareLunar mare
The lunar maria are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by ancient volcanic eruptions. They were dubbed maria, Latin for "seas", by early astronomers who mistook them for actual seas. They are less reflective than the "highlands" as a result of their iron-rich compositions, and...
| Name | Coordinates | Dia. Diameter In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circle. The diameters are the longest chords of the circle... |
Name Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorsum Arduino Dorsum Arduino Dorsum Arduino is a wrinkle ridge at in the border region between Oceanus Procellarum and Mare Imbrium on the Moon. It is 107 km long and was named after Giovanni Arduino in 1976.... |
24.9°N 35.8°W | 107 km | Giovanni Arduino Giovanni Arduino (geologist) Giovanni Arduino was an Italian geologist who is known as the "Father of Italian Geology".Arduino was born at Caprino Veronese, Veneto. He was a mining specialist who developed possibly the first classification of geological time, based on study of the geology of northern Italy... (1714–1795) |
| Dorsum Azara Dorsum Azara Dorsum Azara is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Serenitatis on the Moon. It is 105 km long and was named after Spanish naturalist Félix Manuel de Azara in 1976.... |
26.7°N 19.2°E | 105 km | Félix Manuel de Azara Félix de Azara Félix Manuel de Azara was a Spanish military officer, naturalist and engineer. He was born in Barbunales, Aragon.... (1746–1811) |
| Dorsum Bucher Dorsum Bucher Dorsum Bucher is a wrinkle-ridge at in the border region between Oceanus Procellarum and Mare Imbrium on the Moon. It is 90 km long and was named after Walter Hermann Bucher.... |
31.0°N 39.0°W | 90 km | Walter Hermann Bucher Walter Hermann Bucher Dr. Walter Hermann Bucher was a German-American geologist and paleontologist.He was born in Akron, Ohio of Swiss-German parents. The family then returned to Germany where he was raised. In 1911 he was awarded a Ph.D. by the University of Heidelberg with a focus on geology and paleontology. The... (1889–1965) |
| Dorsum Buckland Dorsum Buckland Dorsum Buckland is a large wrinkle ridge at in Mare Serenitatis on the Moon, 380 km long. It is named after William Buckland.Dorsum Buckland's ridges are 200 to 300 meters high and were formed by compressional stresses near the center of the basin, possibly over buried basin structures.... |
20.4°N 12.8°E | 380 km | William Buckland William Buckland The Very Rev. Dr William Buckland DD FRS was an English geologist, palaeontologist and Dean of Westminster, who wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named Megalosaurus... (1784–1856) |
| Dorsum Cayeux Dorsum Cayeux Dorsum Cayeux is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Fecunditatis on the Moon. It is 84 km long and was named after Lucien Cayeux in 1976.... |
1.6°N 51.2°E | 84 km | Lucien Cayeux Lucien Cayeux Lucien Cayeux was a French sedimentary petrographer.In 1902 joined the l'Ecole des Mines and become a professor of geology. In 1912 he was named as professor of geology at the Collège de France... (1864–1944) |
| Dorsum Cloos Dorsum Cloos Dorsum Cloos is a wrinkle-ridge at in Mare Smythii on the Moon. It is 100 km long and was named after Hans Cloos in 1976.... |
1.0°N 91.0°E | 100 km | Hans Cloos Hans Cloos Hans Cloos was a prominent German structural geologist.Born in Magdeburg, Germany, Hans Cloos earned his doctorate at Freiburg in 1910, then worked in Indonesia and Namibia up until the start of First World War... (1885–1951) |
| Dorsum Cushman Dorsum Cushman Dorsum Cushman is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Fecunditatis on the Moon. It is 80 km long and was named after Joseph Augustine Cushman in 1976.... |
1.0°N 49.0°E | 80 km | Joseph Augustine Cushman Joseph Augustine Cushman Joseph Augustine Cushman was an American geologist, paleontologist and foraminiferologist.He was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and was educated at Bridgewater State College. He was the captain and catcher for the baseball team along with fullback and manager for the football team. He... (1881–1949) |
| Dorsum Gast Dorsum Gast Dorsum Gast is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Serenitatis on the Moon. It is 60 km long and was named after Paul Werner Gast in 1973.... |
24.0°N 9.0°E | 60 km | Paul Werner Gast Paul Werner Gast Paul Werner Gast was an American geochemist and geologist.He was born in Chicago, and attended Wheaton College, Illinois from whence he graduated in 1952. He earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1957... (1930–1973) |
| Dorsum Grabau Dorsum Grabau Dorsum Grabau is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Imbrium on the Moon. It is 121 km long and was named after Amadeus William Grabau in 1976.... |
29.4°N 15.9°W | 121 km | Amadeus William Grabau Amadeus William Grabau Amadeus William Grabau was a German-American paleontologist and geologist who was born on January 9, 1870 in Cedarburg, Wisconsin in the United States and died on March 20, 1946 in Peking, China. He was employed as faculty at MIT and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute... (1870–1946) |
| Dorsum Guettard Dorsum Guettard Dorsum Guettard is a wrinkle-ridge at in Mare Cognitum on the Moon. It is 40 km long and was named after Jean-Etienne Guettard in 1976.... |
10.0°S 18.0°W | 40 km | Jean-Etienne Guettard Jean-Étienne Guettard Jean-Étienne Guettard , French naturalist and mineralogist, was born at Étampes, near Paris.In boyhood, he gained a knowledge of plants from his grandfather, who was an apothecary, and later he qualified as a doctor in medicine... (1715–1786) |
| Dorsum Heim Dorsum Heim Dorsum Heim is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Imbrium on the Moon. It is 148 km long and was named after Albert Heim in 1976.... |
32.0°N 29.8°W | 148 km | Albert Heim Albert Heim Albert Heim was a Swiss geologist, noted for his three-volume Geologie der Schweiz.Born at Zürich, he was educated at Zürich and Berlin universities. Very early in life he became interested in the physical features of the Alps, and at the age of sixteen he made a model of the Tödi group... (1849–1937) |
| Dorsum Higazy Dorsum Higazy Dorsum Higazy is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Imbrium on the Moon. It is 60 km long and was named after Riad Higazy in 1976.... |
28.0°N 17.0°W | 60 km | Riad Higazy Riad Higazy Riad Abdel-Magid Higazy was an Egyptian earth scientist.The wrinkle ridge Dorsum Higazy on the Moon is named after him.... (1919–1967) |
| Dorsum Nicol Dorsum Nicol Dorsum Nicol is a wrinkle ridge on the Moon at in Mare Serenitatis near the border of Mare Tranquilitatis. It is 50 km long and was named after William Nicol in 1976.... |
18.0°N 23.0°E | 50 km | William Nicol (1768–1851) |
| Dorsum Niggli Dorsum Niggli Dorsum Niggli is a wrinkle ridge at in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon. It is 50 km long and was named after Paul Niggli in 1976.... |
29.0°N 52.0°W | 50 km | Paul Niggli (1888–1953) |
| Dorsum Oppel Dorsum Oppel Dorsum Oppel is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Crisium on the Moon. It is 268 km long and was named after Albert Oppel in 1976.... |
18.7°N 52.6°E | 268 km | Albert Oppel Albert Oppel Carl Albert Oppel was a German paleontologist.-History:He was born at Hohenheim in Württemberg, on December 19, 1831. He first went to the University of Tübingen, where he graduated with a Ph.D. in 1853. The results of his work was published in Die Juraformation Englands, Frankreichs and des... (1831–1865) |
| Dorsum Owen Dorsum Owen Dorsum Owen is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Serenitatis on the Moon. It is 50 km long and was named after George Owen of Henllys in 1976.... |
25.0°N 11.0°E | 50 km | George Owen (1552–1613) |
| Dorsum Scilla Dorsum Scilla Dorsum Scilla is a wrinkle ridge at in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon. It is 108 km long and was named after Agostino Scilla in 1976.... |
32.8°N 60.4°W | 108 km | Agostino Scilla Agostino Scilla Agostino Scilla was an Italian painter, paleontologist, geologist, and pioneer in the study of fossils.The son of a government official in Messina, Sicily, Scilla studied under Andrea Sacchi in Rome and became a painter. He began to study fossils found in the hills of Sicily, sometimes... (1639–1700) |
| Dorsum Termier Dorsum Termier Dorsum Termier is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Crisium on the Moon. It is 90 km long and was named after Pierre-Marie Termier in 1976.... |
11.0°N 58.0°E | 90 km | Pierre-Marie Termier Pierre-Marie Termier Pierre-Marie Termier was a French geologist.He was born in Lyon, in Rhône, France, the son of Joseph François Termier and Jeanne Mollard. At the age of 18 he entered the Polytechnic School, then the Paris School of Mines in 1880. After graduation he became professor at the school of mines at... (1859–1930) |
| Dorsum Thera Dorsum Thera Dorsum Thera is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Imbrium on the Moon. It is 7 km long. It was named in 1976 but wasn't named after a specific person, "Thera" being a common Greek feminine name.... |
24.4°N 31.4°W | 7 km | Greek Greek language Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;... feminine name |
| Dorsum Von Cotta Dorsum Von Cotta Dorsum Von Cotta is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Serenitatis on the Moon. It is 199 km long and was named after Carl Bernard von Cotta in 1976.... |
23.2°N 11.9°E | 199 km | Carl Bernard von Cotta (1808–1879) |
| Dorsum Zirkel Dorsum Zirkel Dorsum Zirkel is a wrinkle ridge at in Mare Imbrium on the Moon. It is 193 km long and was named after Ferdinand Zirkel in 1976.... |
28.1°N 23.5°W | 193 km | Ferdinand Zirkel Ferdinand Zirkel Ferdinand Zirkel was a German geologist and petrographer.-Biography:He was born in Bonn. He was educated in his native town, and graduated Ph.D. at the University of Bonn in 1861. His training and initial interest was in mining... (1838–1912) |
Promontorium
These features form a cape or headlandHeadlands and bays
Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment.- Geology and geography :Headlands and bays are often found on the same coastline. A bay is surrounded by land on three sides, whereas a headland is surrounded by water on three sides. Headlands are characterized by high,...
on a mare
Lunar mare
The lunar maria are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by ancient volcanic eruptions. They were dubbed maria, Latin for "seas", by early astronomers who mistook them for actual seas. They are less reflective than the "highlands" as a result of their iron-rich compositions, and...
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| Name | Coordinates | Dia. Diameter In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circle. The diameters are the longest chords of the circle... |
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| Promontorium Agarum Promontorium Agarum Promontorium Agarum is a raised mountainous cape protruding into the southeast of Mare Crisium on the near side of the Moon. Its selenographic coordinates are 14.0° N, 66.0° E and it is 70 km in diameter.... |
14.0°N 66.0°E | 70 km | Named from a cape in the Sea of Azov Sea of Azov The Sea of Azov , known in Classical Antiquity as Lake Maeotis, is a sea on the south of Eastern Europe. It is linked by the narrow Strait of Kerch to the Black Sea to the south and is bounded on the north by Ukraine mainland, on the east by Russia, and on the west by the Ukraine's Crimean... |
| Promontorium Agassiz | 42.0°N 1.8°E | 20 km | Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807–1873) |
| Promontorium Archerusia | 16.7°N 22.0°E | 10 km | Named from a cape on the Black Sea Black Sea The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean... |
| Promontorium Deville | 43.2°N 1.0°E | 20 km | Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville was a geologist and meteorologist.Born in St Thomas he was the brother of Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville.... (1814–1876) |
| Promontorium Fresnel | 29.0°N 4.7°E | 20 km | Augustin Jean Fresnel (1788–1827) |
| Promontorium Heraclides Promontorium Heraclides Promontorium Heraclides is a raised mountainous cape situated in Mare Imbrium on the near side of the Moon. Its selenographic coordinates are 40.3° N, 33.2° W and it is 50 km in diameter. It marks the western edge of the bay of Sinus Iridum.... |
40.3°N 33.2°W | 50 km | Heraclides Ponticus Heraclides Ponticus Heraclides Ponticus , also known as Herakleides and Heraklides of Pontus, was a Greek philosopher and astronomer who lived and died at Heraclea Pontica, now Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey. He is best remembered for proposing that the earth rotates on its axis, from west to east, once every 24 hours... |
| Promontorium Kelvin | 27.0°S 33.0°W | 50 km | William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, PRSE, was a mathematical physicist and engineer. At the University of Glasgow he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging... (1824–1907) |
| Promontorium Laplace Promontorium Laplace Promontorium Laplace is a raised mountainous cape situated at the end of Montes Jura in Mare Imbrium on the near side of the Moon. Its selenographic coordinates are 46.0° N, 26.0° W and it is 2600 meters high. It is the east beginning of the bay of Sinus Iridum.... |
46.0°N 25.8°W | 50 km | Pierre Simon Laplace (1749–1827) |
| Promontorium Taenarium | 19.0°S 8.0°W | 70 km | Named from cape in Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
Rima
These features are lunar rilleRille
Rille is typically used to describe any of the long, narrow depressions in the lunar surface that resemble channels. Typically a rille can be up to several kilometers wide and hundreds of kilometers in length...
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| Name | Coordinates | Dia. Diameter In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circle. The diameters are the longest chords of the circle... |
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| Rima Agatharchides | 20.0°S 28.0°W | 50 km | Named from nearby crater Agatharchides Agatharchides (crater) Agatharchides is a lunar crater located at the southern edge of Oceanus Procellarum, in the region between the Mare Humorum and Mare Nubium. To the east-southeast is the crater Bullialdus, and to the south-southwest lies Loewy. It is named after the Greek geographer Agatharchides.The interior of... |
| Rima Agricola | 29.0°N 53.0°W | 110 km | Named from nearby Montes Agricola Montes Agricola Montes Agricola is an elongated range of mountains near the eastern edge of the central Oceanus Procellarum lunar mare. It lies just to the northwest of a plateau containing the craters Herodotus and Aristarchus.... |
| Rima Archytas | 53.0°S 3.0°E | 90 km | Named from nearby crater Archytas Archytas (crater) Archytas is a lunar impact crater that protrudes into the northern edge of Mare Frigoris. To the northwest is the comparably sized crater Timaeus, and the smaller Protagoras lies in the opposite direction to the southeast... |
| Rima Ariadaeus Rima Ariadaeus Rima Ariadaeus is a linear rille on the Moon at . It is named after the crater Ariadaeus, which marks its eastern end. Over 300 kilometers long, it is thought to have been formed when a section of the Moon's crust sank down between two parallel fault lines . It is a relatively young lunar feature,... |
6.4°N 14.0°E | 250 km | Named from nearby crater Ariadaeus Ariadaeus (crater) Ariadaeus is a small, bowl-shaped lunar impact crater on the western shores of Mare Tranquillitatis. It lies to the north of the crater Dionysius, and to the west-southwest of Arago. The crater is joined along the northeast rim by the slightly smaller Ariadaeus A, and the two form a... |
| Rima Billy | 15.0°S 48.0°W | 70 km | Named from nearby crater Billy Billy (crater) Billy is a lunar crater that is located at the southern fringes of the Oceanus Procellarum, in the western hemisphere of the Moon. It lies to the southeast of the similar-sized crater Hansteen, and west-southwest of the flooded Letronne.... |
| Rima Birt | 21.0°S 9.0°W | 50 km | Named from nearby crater Birt Birt (crater) Birt is a lunar impact crater located in the eastern half of the Mare Nubium and west of the Rupes Recta.Birt is a bowl-shaped formation with a raised rim, slightly slightly intersected along the southeast edge by the much smaller crater Birt A... |
| Rima Bradley | 23.8°N 1.2°W | 161 km | Named from nearby Mons Bradley Mons Bradley Mons Bradley is a lunar mountain massif in the Montes Apenninus range, along the eastern edge of the Mare Imbrium. It is located to the west of the crater Conon. To the west of this peak is the Rima Bradley rille.... |
| Rima Brayley | 21.4°N 37.5°W | 311 km | Named from nearby crater Brayley Brayley (crater) Brayley is a lunar impact crater located in the southwest part of the Mare Imbrium. It has a circular rim and a low rise in the center. There are no notable craters overlapping the rim or interior.-Satellite craters:... |
| Rima Calippus | 37.0°N 13.0°E | 40 km | Named from nearby crater Calippus Calippus (crater) Calippus is a small lunar crater that is located on the eastern edge of the rugged Montes Caucasus mountain range in the northern part of the Moon... |
| Rima Cardanus | 11.4°N 71.5°E | 175 km | Named from nearby crater Cardanus Cardanus (crater) Cardanus is a lunar impact crater that is located in the western part of the Moon, in the western part of the Oceanus Procellarum. Due to its location the crater appears very oval because of foreshortening, and it is viewed almost from the side.... |
| Rima Carmen | 19.8°N 29.3°E | 10 km | Spanish Spanish language Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the... feminine name |
| Rima Cauchy | 10.5°N 38.0°E | 140 km | Named from nearby crater Cauchy Cauchy (crater) Cauchy is a small lunar impact crater on the eastern Mare Tranquillitatis. It is circular and symmetric, with a small interior floor at the mid-point of the sloping inner walls. Due to the high albedo of this bowl-shaped formation, it is particularly prominent at full Moon... |
| Rima Cleomedes | 27.0°N 57.0°E | 80 km | Within crater Cleomedes Cleomedes (crater) Cleomedes is a prominent lunar crater located in the northeast part of the visible Moon, to the north of Mare Crisium. It is surrounded by rough ground with multiple crater impacts. The irregular crater Tralles intrudes into the northwest rim. To the east is Delmotte... |
| Rima Cleopatra | 30.0°N 53.8°W | 14 km | Greek Greek language Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;... feminine name |
| Rima Conon | 18.6°N 2.0°E | 30 km | Named from nearby crater Conon Conon (crater) Conon is a small but prominent lunar impact crater that lies in the eastern foothills of the Montes Apenninus mountain range. Just to the west of Conon is the long mountainous ridge named Mons Bradley... |
| Rima Dawes | 17.5°N 26.6°E | 15 km | Named from nearby crater Dawes Dawes (lunar crater) Dawes is a lunar impact crater, named after William Rutter Dawes, and which is located in the wide straight between Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquilitatis. To the southwest is the larger crater Plinius. To the northeast is the Mons Argaeus mountain rise.... |
| Rima Delisle | 31.0°N 32.0°W | 60 km | Named from nearby crater Delisle Delisle (crater) Delisle is a small lunar crater in the western part of the Mare Imbrium. It lies to the north of the crater Diophantus, and just to the northwest of the ridge designated Mons Delisle. Between Delisle and Diophantus is a sinuous rille named Rima Diophantus, with a diameter of 150 km... |
| Rima Diophantus | 29.0°N 33.0°W | 150 km | Named from nearby crater Diophantus Diophantus (crater) Diophantus is a lunar impact crater that lies in the southwestern part of the Mare Imbrium. It forms a pair with the larger crater Delisle to the north. Diophantus has a wide inner wall and a low central rise. To the north of Diophantus is the sinuous rille designated Rima Diophantus, named after... |
| Rima Draper | 18.0°N 25.0°W | 160 km | Named from nearby crater Draper Draper (crater) Draper is a small lunar impact crater in the southern part of the Mare Imbrium. It is a circular, cup-shaped formation, with a tiny craterlet intruding into the northeastern rim. To the north-northeast is the crater Pytheas, and to the south lies the Montes Carpatus range. Just to the southeast is... |
| Rima Euler | 21.0°N 31.0°W | 90 km | Named from nearby crater Euler Euler (crater) Euler is a lunar impact crater located in the southern half of the Mare Imbrium. The most notable nearby feature is Mons Vinogradov to the west-southwest. There is a cluster of low ridges to the southwest, and this formation includes the small crater Natasha and the tiny Jehan... |
| Rima Flammarion | 2.8°S 5.6°W | 80 km | Named from nearby crater Flammarion Flammarion (lunar crater) Flammarion is a lunar crater on the south edge of Sinus Medii. It is located between the crater Mösting to the northwest and Herschel to the southeast. The bowl-shaped Mösting A intersects the western rim of Flammarion.... |
| Rima Furnerius | 35.0°S 61.0°E | 50 km | Within crater Furnerius Furnerius (crater) Furnerius is a large lunar crater located in the southeast part of the Moon, in the area close to the southwestern limb. Because of its location, the crater appears oval in shape due to foreshortening but is actually nearly circular. Notable nearby craters include Stevinus to the northwest and... |
| Rima G. Bond | 33.3°N 35.5°E | 168 km | Named from nearby crater G. Bond G. Bond (crater) G. Bond is a small lunar impact crater to the south of the Lacus Somniorum, a small lunar mare in the northeast part of the Moon's near side. It lies to the east of the larger crater Posidonius, and to the south of the flooded crater remnant Hall... |
| Rima Galilaei | 11.9°N 58.5°W | 89 km | Named from nearby crater Galilaei Galilaei (lunar crater) Galilaei is a lunar impact crater located in the western Oceanus Procellarum. Some distance to the southeast is the crater Reiner, while to the south-southwest is Cavalerius. Northeast of the crater is a meandering rille named the Rima Galilaei... |
| Rima Gärtner | 59.0°N 63.0°E | 30 km | Within crater Gärtner Gärtner (crater) Gärtner is the lava-flooded remnant of a crater in the northeast part of the Moon. It is located on the northern edge of the Mare Frigoris. The southern half of the formation is completely missing, and Gärtner forms a semi-circular basin along the edges of the lunar mare... |
| Rima Gay-Lussac | 13.0°N 22.0°W | 40 km | Named from nearby crater Gay-Lussac Gay-Lussac (crater) Gay-Lussac is a lunar crater located to the north of the prominent crater Copernicus, in the southern foothills of the Montes Carpatus range. The rim of the crater is slightly distorted, although generally circular. The inner floor is flat but rough, with no central peak. There are a pair of small... |
| Rima Hadley | 25.0°N 3.0°E | 80 km | Named from nearby Mons Hadley Mons Hadley Mons Hadley is a massif in the northern portion of the Montes Apenninus, a range in the northern hemisphere of the Moon. The selenographic coordinates of this peak are 26.5° N, 4.7° E. It has a height of 4.6 km and a maximum diameter of 25 km at the base.To the southwest of this mountain... |
| Rima Hansteen | 12.0°S 53.0°W | 25 km | Named from nearby crater Hansteen Hansteen (crater) Hansteen is a lunar crater that lies near the southwest edge of the Oceanus Procellarum. To the southeast is the flooded crater Billy. The rim of Hansteen is somewhat polygonal in form, especially along the eastern side. There are a few terraces along the northwestern inner wall. The inner floor... |
| Rima Hesiodus | 30.0°S 20.0°W | 256 km | Named from nearby crater Hesiodus Hesiodus (crater) Hesiodus is a lunar impact crater located on the southern fringes of Mare Nubium, to the northwest of the crater Pitatus. Starting near the northwest rim of Hesiodus is the wide cleft named Rima Hesiodus. This rille runs 300 km east-southeastward to the Palus EpidemiarumThe low rim of Hesiodus is... |
| Rima Hyginus | 7.4°N 7.8°E | 219 km | Named from nearby crater Hyginus Hyginus (crater) Hyginus is a small lunar caldera located at the east end of the Sinus Medii. Its rim is split by a long, linear rille Rima Hyginus that branches to the northwest and to the east-southeast for a total length of 220 kilometers. The crater is deeper than the rille, and lies at the bend where they... |
| Rima Jansen | 14.5°N 29.0°E | 35 km | Named from nearby crater Jansen Jansen (crater) Jansen is lunar crater in the north part of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It is located to the east-southeast of the crater Plinius. The rim of Jansen is low and narrow, with a notch along the western edge. The interior is relatively level, which may indicate it has been covered by lava... |
| Rima Krieger | 29.0°N 45.6°W | 22 km | Named from nearby crater Krieger Krieger (crater) Krieger is a lunar crater on the eastern part of the Oceanus Procellarum. It is located to the north-northwest of the flooded crater Prinz, and north-northeast of the prominent ray crater Aristarchus. To the northwest lies the small Wollaston.... |
| Rima Mairan | 38.0°N 47.0°W | 90 km | Named from nearby crater Mairan Mairan (crater) Mairan is a lunar impact crater that is located on a highland peninsula between Oceanus Procellarum to the west and Mare Imbrium to the east. To the north-northeast is the comparably sized crater Sharp. Northwest of Mairan is the heavily eroded Louville.... |
| Rima Marcello | 18.6°N 27.7°E | 2 km | Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... masculine name |
| Rima Marius | 16.5°N 48.9°W | 121 km | Named from nearby crater Marius Marius (crater) Marius is a lunar crater located on the Oceanus Procellarum. The surface to the west and north of this crater contains a large number of lunar domes spread across an area over a hundred kilometers in diameter that may be of volcanic origin dubbed the Marius Hills... |
| Rima Messier | 1.0°S 45.0°E | 100 km | Named from nearby crater Messier Messier (crater) Messier is a relatively young lunar impact crater located on the Mare Fecunditatis. The crater has a discernible oblong shape that is not caused by foreshortening. The longer dimension is oriented in an east–west direction.... |
| Rima Milichius | 8.0°N 33.0°W | 100 km | Named from nearby crater Milichius Milichius (crater) Milichius is a bowl-shaped lunar impact crater that is located in the northern part of the Mare Insularum. To the southeast is the slightly larger Hortensius, a similar formation. Further away due east of Milichius is the prominent and well-known Copernicus.... |
| Rima Oppolzer | 1.7°S 1.0°E | 94 km | Named from nearby crater Oppolzer Oppolzer (crater) Oppolzer is the remnant of a lunar crater that is located on the southern edge of Sinus Medii, along the meridian of the Moon. It is located within one crater diameter of the origin of the selenographic coordinate system at 0° N, 0° W. Attached to the surviving remnants of the southeast rim is the... |
| Rima Réaumur | 3.0°S 3.0°E | 30 km | Named from nearby crater Réaumur Réaumur (crater) Réaumur is the remains of a lunar crater located on the southern edge of Sinus Medii. It lies to the northwest of the large walled plain Hipparchus, and east of Flammarion. To the south is Gyldén, and farther to the south-southwest is Ptolemaeus.... |
| Rima Reiko | 18.6°N 27.7°E | 2 km | Japanese Japanese language is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an... feminine name |
| Rima Rudolf | 19.6°N 29.6°E | 8 km | German German language German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union.... masculine name |
| Rima Schröter | 1.0°N 6.0°W | 40 km | Named from nearby crater Schröter Schröter (lunar crater) Schröter is a lunar crater near the mid-part of the Moon, on the eastern Mare Insularum, and named after German astronomer Johann Hieronymus Schröter. It lies to the north of the craters Sömmering and Mösting. To the southeast of the crater rim is a rille named the Rima Schröter... |
| Rima Sharp | 46.7°N 50.5°W | 107 km | Named from nearby crater Sharp Sharp (crater) Sharp is a lunar impact crater located to the west of the Sinus Iridum bay of the Mare Imbrium, beyond the Montes Jura range. To the southwest is the crater Mairan. Because of its location and foreshortening, Sharp appears elliptical whereas the crater rim is actually circular.Sharp is surrounded... |
| Rima Sheepshanks | 58.0°N 24.0°E | 200 km | Named from nearby crater Sheepshanks Sheepshanks (crater) Sheepshanks is a small lunar crater located near the northern edge of Mare Frigoris. Due south on the opposite shore is the prominent crater Aristoteles while to the north is C. Mayer. Sheepshanks appears somewhat oblong due to foreshortening, but it is actually nearly circular. The inner walls... |
| Rima Siegfried | 25.9°S 103.0°E | 14 km | German German language German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union.... masculine name |
| Rima Suess | 6.7°N 48.2°E | 165 km | Named from nearby crater Suess Suess (lunar crater) Suess is a small lunar impact crater on the Oceanus Procellarum. It is a circular, cup-shaped feature with a higher albedo than the surroundings. The closest significant crater is Reiner, about 150 kilometers to the west-northwest... |
| Rima Sung-Mei | 24.6°N 11.3°E | 4 km | Chinese Chinese language The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages... feminine name |
| Rima T. Mayer | 13.0°N 31.0°W | 50 km | Named from nearby crater T. Mayer T. Mayer (crater) T. Mayer, or Tobias Mayer, is a lunar crater that is located at the western end of the Montes Carpatus mountain range along the southern edge of Mare Imbrium. To the west is the Oceanus Procellarum, and to the south is Mare Insularum... |
| Rima Vladimir | 25.2°N 0.7°W | 14 km | Slavic masculine name |
| Rima Wan-Yu | 20.0°N 31.5°W | 12 km | Chinese Chinese language The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages... feminine name |
| Rima Yangel' | 16.7°N 4.6°E | 30 km | Named from nearby crater Yangel' Yangel' (crater) Yangel is a small lunar impact crater that is located in the irregular terrain to the north of the Mare Vaporum. It is a relatively solitary crater formation, and the nearest larger craters lie more than 100 kilometers distant. To the southeast of Yangel' is the prominent crater Manilius... |
| Rima Zahia | 25.0°N 29.5°W | 16 km | Arabic Arabic language Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book... feminine name |
Rimae
These features are lunar rille systemsRille
Rille is typically used to describe any of the long, narrow depressions in the lunar surface that resemble channels. Typically a rille can be up to several kilometers wide and hundreds of kilometers in length...
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| Name | Coordinates | Dia. Diameter In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circle. The diameters are the longest chords of the circle... |
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| Rimae Alphonsus | 14.0°S 2.0°W | 80 km | Within crater Alphonsus Alphonsus (crater) Alphonsus is an ancient impact crater on the Moon that dates from the immediate post-Nectarian era. It is located on the lunar highlands on the eastern end of Mare Nubium, west of the Imbrian Highlands, and slightly overlaps the crater Ptolemaeus to the north. The surface is broken and irregular... |
| Rimae Apollonius | 5.0°N 53.0°E | 230 km | Named from nearby crater Apollonius Apollonius (crater) Apollonius is a lunar crater located near the eastern limb of the Moon. It lies in the region of uplands to the west of Mare Undarum and northeast of the Sinus Successus on the Mare Fecunditatis... |
| Rimae Archimedes | 26.6°N 4.1°W | 169 km | Named from nearby crater Archimedes Archimedes (crater) Archimedes is a large lunar impact crater on the eastern edges of the Mare Imbrium. To the south of the crater extends the Montes Archimedes mountainous region. On the southeastern rim is the Palus Putredinis flooded plain, containing a system of rilles named the Rimae Archimedes that extend over... |
| Rimae Aristarchus Rimae Aristarchus The Rimea Aristarchus is a system of narrow sinuous rilles to the north of the Aristarchus crater. They extend for a distance of 121 km.... |
26.9°N 47.5°W | 121 km | Named from nearby crater Aristarchus Aristarchus (crater) Aristarchus is a prominent lunar impact crater that lies in the northwest part of the Moon's near side. It is considered the brightest of the large formations on the lunar surface, with an albedo nearly double that of most lunar features. The feature is bright enough to be visible to the naked eye,... |
| Rimae Arzachel | 18.0°S 2.0°W | 50 km | Within crater Arzachel Arzachel (crater) Arzachel is a relatively young lunar impact crater located in the highlands in the south-central part of the visible Moon, close to the zero meridian . It lies to the south of the crater Alphonsus, and together with Ptolemaeus further north the three form a prominent line of craters to the east of... |
| Rimae Atlas | 47.5°N 43.6°E | 60 km | Within crater Atlas Atlas (crater) Atlas is a prominent lunar impact crater that is located in the northeast part of the Moon, to the southeast of Mare Frigoris. Just to the west is the slightly smaller but still prominent crater Hercules. Northeast of Atlas is the large Endymion.... |
| Rimae Bode | 10.0°N 4.0°W | 70 km | Named from nearby crater Bode Bode (crater) Bode is a small crater located near the central region of the Moon, to the northwest of the joined craters Pallas and Murchison. It lies on a region of raised surface between the Mare Vaporum to the northeast, Sinus Aestuum to the west, and Sinus Medii to the southeast.This crater is bowl-shaped,... |
| Rimae Boscovich | 9.8°N 11.1°E | 40 km | Within crater Boscovich Boscovich (crater) Boscovich is a lunar crater that has been almost completely eroded away by subsequent impacts. It is located to the west-northwest of the crater Julius Caesar, and to the south-southeast of the prominent Manilius. The crater floor has a low albedo, and the dark hue makes it relatively easy to... |
| Rimae Chacornac | 29.0°N 32.0°E | 120 km | Named from nearby crater Chacornac Chacornac (crater) Chacornac is an irregular lunar impact crater attached to the southeast rim of the crater Posidonius. It lies just to the east of the Mare Serenitatis, and north of the crater Le Monnier.... |
| Rimae Daniell | 37.0°N 26.0°E | 200 km | Named from nearby crater Daniell Daniell (crater) Daniell is a lunar impact crater located in the southern half of the Lacus Somniorum. To the south-southeast is the much larger crater Posidonius. Nearby can be found the Rimae Daniell rille system.... |
| Rimae Darwin | 19.3°S 69.5°W | 143 km | Named from nearby crater Darwin Darwin (lunar crater) Darwin is a lunar crater of the type categorised as a walled plain. It lies in the southeastern part of the Moon, and is sufficiently close to the limb to appear significantly foreshortened when viewed from the Earth. Attached to its southern rim is Lamarck... |
| Rimae Doppelmayer | 25.9°S 45.1°W | 162 km | Named from nearby crater Doppelmayer Doppelmayer (crater) Doppelmayer is the remains of a lunar crater that lies on the southwest edge of Mare Humorum. To the south-southeast is another flooded crater designated Lee, and to the southeast is Vitello. Just to the east-northeast of Doppelmayer lies the nearly submerged crater Puiseux.The rim of Doppelmayer... |
| Rimae Focas | 28.0°S 98.0°W | 100 km | Named from nearby crater Focas Focas (lunar crater) Focas is a small lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, just past the southwestern limb. In this location the crater is occasionally brought into view due to libration, but not much detail can be seen because the crater is viewed from the side.The crater is situated in the wide... |
| Rimae Fresnel Rimae Fresnel Rimae Fresnel is a 90km-long arcurate escarpment on the Moon at . Both the escarpment and the nearby Promontorium Fresnel were named after the mathematician Augustin Jean Fresnel.... |
28.0°N 4.0°E | 90 km | Named from nearby Promontorium Fresnel |
| Rimae de Gasparis | 24.6°S 51.1°W | 93 km | Named from nearby crater de Gasparis De Gasparis (crater) de Gasparis is a lunar crater that is located in the southwest part of the Moon. It lies to the southwest of the crater Cavendish and south of Mersenius.The rim of de Gasparis is worn and eroded, and the interior has been flooded by basaltic lava... |
| Rimae Gassendi | 18.0°S 40.0°W | 70 km | Within crater Gassendi Gassendi (crater) Gassendi is a large lunar crater feature located at the northern edge of Mare Humorum. The formation has been inundated by lava during the formation of the mare, so only the rim and the multiple central peaks remain above the surface. The outer rim is worn and eroded, although it retains a... |
| Rimae Gerard | 46.0°N 84.0°W | 100 km | Named from nearby crater Gerard Gerard (crater) Gerard is a lunar crater that lies along the western edge of the Oceanus Procellarum near the northwest limb of the Moon's near side. It is located to the north-northwest of the crater von Braun, and northeast of Bunsen... |
| Rimae Goclenius | 8.0°S 43.0°E | 240 km | Named from nearby crater Goclenius Goclenius (crater) Goclenius is a lunar crater that is located near the west edge of Mare Fecunditatis. It lies to the southeast of the lava-flooded crater Gutenberg, and north of Magelhaens. To the northwest is a parallel rille system that follow a course toward the northwest, running for a length of up to 240... |
| Rimae Grimaldi | 9.0°N 64.0°W | 230 km | Named from nearby crater Grimaldi Grimaldi (crater) Grimaldi is a large basin located near the western limb of the Moon. It lies to the southwest of the Oceanus Procellarum, and southeast of the crater Riccioli... |
| Rimae Hypatia | 0.4°S 22.4°E | 206 km | Named from nearby crater Hypatia Hypatia (crater) Hypatia is a lunar crater that lies along the northwest edge of Sinus Asperitatis, a bay on the southwest edge of Mare Tranquillitatis. The nearest crater with an eponym is Alfraganus to the west-southwest... |
| Rimae Janssen | 45.6°S 40.0°E | 114 km | Named from nearby crater Janssen Janssen (lunar crater) Janssen is an ancient impact crater located in the highland region near the southeastern lunar limb. The entire structure has been heavily worn and is marked by many lesser crater impacts. The outer wall is breached in multiple locations, but the outline of the crater rim can still be observed... |
| Rimae Kopff | 17.4°S 89.6°W | 41 km | Named from nearby crater Kopff Kopff (crater) Kopff is a lunar crater that lies along the eastern edge of the inner Mare Orientale impact basin, on the western limb of the Moon. In this position the crater is seen from on edge from the Earth, and its visibility is affected by libration... |
| Rimae Liebig | 20.0°S 45.0°W | 140 km | Named from nearby crater Liebig Liebig (crater) Liebig is a lunar crater that is located to the south-southeast of the crater Mersenius, and west of the Mare Humorum in the southwest part of the Moon. To the southwest of Liebig is the slightly smaller crater de Gasparis.... |
| Rimae Littrow | 22.1°N 29.9°E | 115 km | Named from nearby crater Littrow Littrow (crater) Littrow is a lunar crater that is located in the northeastern part of the Moon's near side, on the east edge of Mare Serenitatis. Some distance to the northeast is the prominent crater Römer, while to the south is Vitruvius.... |
| Rimae Maclear | 13.0°S 20.0°E | 110 km | Named from nearby crater Maclear Maclear (crater) Macleer is a lava-flooded crater on the northwest part of the Mare Tranquillitatis, a lunar mare in the eastern half of the Moon. The crater is located to the southeast of the slightly larger Ross... |
| Rimae Maestlin | 2.0°N 40.0°W | 80 km | Named from nearby crater Maestlin Maestlin (crater) Maestlin is a small, bowl-shaped impact crater located near the eastern edge of the lunar Oceanus Procellarum. To the east lies the crater Encke, and to the northeast is Kepler. Just to the southeast of Maestlin is the curved, ridge-like remains of Maestlin R, a walled plain that has been almost... |
| Rimae Maupertuis | 52.0°N 23.0°W | 84 km | Named from nearby crater Maupertuis Maupertuis (crater) Maupertuis is the remnant of a lunar impact crater that is located in the northern part of the Moon's near side. It lies in the stretch of rugged terrain north of Sinus Iridum, a bay in the northwestern corner of Mare Imbrium... |
| Rimae Menelaus | 17.2°N 17.9°E | 131 km | Named from nearby crater Menelaus Menelaus (crater) Menelaus is a young lunar impact crater located on the southern shore of Mare Serenitatis near the eastern end of the Montes Hæmus mountain range. The crater was named after the jilted king of Sparta from the Iliad. To the southwest is the small crater Auwers, and to the southwest is the even... |
| Rimae Mersenius | 21.5°S 49.2°W | 84 km | Named from nearby crater Mersenius Mersenius (crater) Mersenius is a lunar crater that is located to the west of the Mare Humorum, in the southwestern part of the Moon. To the southwest is the crater Cavendish, and to the south-southeast lies Liebig. Mersenius is 84 kilometers in diameter and 2.3 kilometers deep... |
| Rimae Opelt | 13.0°S 18.0°W | 70 km | Named from nearby crater Opelt Opelt (crater) Opelt is the lava-flooded remnant of a lunar crater on the Mare Nubium. It lies to the north of a similar formation named Gould, and to the northeast of the prominent Bullialdus.... |
| Rimae Palmieri | 28.0°S 47.0°W | 150 km | Named from nearby crater Palmieri Palmieri (crater) Palmieri is a lunar crater that lies to the southwest of the Mare Humorum, in the southwestern quadrant of the Moon's near side. It lies due south of the crater Liebig and east-northeast of the larger Fourier.... |
| Rimae Parry | 6.1°S 16.8°W | 82 km | Named from nearby crater Parry Parry (crater) Parry is a lunar crater that is attached to the southeast rim of the walled plain Fra Mauro. Attached to the west and southwest rim of Parry is the crater Bonpland. Due south of Parry is the small crater Tolansky, and farther to the south-southwest is Guericke.... |
| Rimae Petavius | 25.9°S 58.9°E | 80 km | Named from nearby crater Petavius Petavius (crater) Petavius is a large lunar impact crater located to the southeast of the Mare Fecunditatis, near the southeastern lunar limb. Attached to the northwest rim is the smaller crater Wrottesley. To the southeast are Palitzsch, Vallis Palitzsch, and Hase. Farther to the north is the large crater Vendelinus... |
| Rimae Pettit | 23.0°S 92.0°W | 450 km | Named from nearby crater Pettit Pettit (lunar crater) Pettit is a lunar impact crater that lies near the western limb of the Moon. In this location the crater is viewed nearly from the side by observers on Earth, and visibility can be significantly affected by libration effects.... |
| Rimae Pitatus | 28.5°S 13.8°W | 94 km | Named from nearby crater Pitatus Pitatus (crater) Pitatus is an ancient lunar impact crater located at the southern edge of Mare Nubium. Joined to the northwest rim is the crater Hesiodus, and the two are joined by a narrow cleft. To the south lie the attached Wurzelbauer and Gauricus.... |
| Rimae Plato | 52.9°N 3.2°W | 87 km | Named from nearby crater Plato Plato (crater) Plato is the lava-filled remains of a lunar impact crater on the moon. It is located on the northeastern shore of the Mare Imbrium, at the western extremity of the Montes Alpes mountain range. In the mare to the south are several rises collectively named the Montes Teneriffe. To the north lies the... |
| Rimae Plinius | 17.9°N 23.6°E | 124 km | Named from nearby crater Plinius Plinius (crater) Plinius is a prominent lunar impact crater on the border between Mare Serenitatis to the north and Mare Tranquilitatis to the south. South-southeast of Plinius is the crater Ross, and to the northeast is Dawes. Just to the north is a system of rilles named the Rimae Plinius... |
| Rimae Posidonius | 32.0°N 28.7°E | 70 km | Named from nearby crater Posidonius Posidonius (crater) Posidonius is a lunar impact crater that is located on the western edge of Mare Serenitatis, to the south of Lacus Somniorum. The crater Chacornac is attached to the southeast rim, and to the north is Daniell.... |
| Rimae Prinz | 27.0°N 43.0°W | 80 km | Named from nearby crater Prinz Prinz (crater) Prinz is the lava-flooded remains of a lunar crater on the Oceanus Procellarum. The formation lies to the southwest of the prominent crater Aristarchus. To the north-northeast is the flooded crater Krieger.... |
| Rimae Ramsden | 33.9°S 31.4°W | 108 km | Named from nearby crater Ramsden Ramsden (crater) Ramsden is a lunar impact crater located on the western stretch of the Palus Epidemiarum. To the east-southeast is the crater Capuanus, and to the north lies Dunthorne.... |
| Rimae Repsold | 50.6°N 81.7°W | 166 km | Named from nearby crater Repsold Repsold (crater) Repsold is a lunar crater that is located at the western end of the Oceanus Procellarum. It lies to the northeast of the crater Galvani and southeast of the walled plain Volta. Due to its proximity to the northwestern limb of the Moon, this crater appears highly foreshortened when viewed from the... |
| Rimae Riccioli | 2.0°N 74.0°W | 400 km | Named from nearby crater Riccioli Riccioli (crater) Riccioli is a large lunar impact crater located near the western limb of the Moon. It lies just to the northwest of the even larger and more prominent crater Grimaldi. To the southwest are the craters Hartwig and Schlüter that lie on the northeastern edge of Montes Cordillera, the ring-shaped range... |
| Rimae Ritter | 3.0°N 18.0°W | 100 km | Named from nearby crater Ritter Ritter (crater) Ritter is a lunar crater located near the southwestern edge of Mare Tranquillitatis. It is the northwestern member of a crater pair with Sabine to the southeast. The two rims are separated by a narrow valley only a couple of kilometers wide. To the northwest is the crater Dionysius, and to the... |
| Rimae Römer | 27.0°N 35.0°W | 110 km | Named from nearby crater Römer Römer (crater) Römer is a lunar impact crater that is located to the north of the Sinus Amoris in the northeast section of the Moon. It lies in the southwestern part of the mountainous region named the Montes Taurus. To the west-northwest is the crater-bay Le Monnier, on the eastern edge of Mare Serenitatis.The... |
| Rimae Secchi | 1.0°N 44.0°W | 35 km | Named from nearby crater Secchi Secchi (lunar crater) Secchi is a small lunar crater formation on the northwest edge of Mare Fecunditatis. To the northeast is the crater Taruntius. The western rim is joined with a section of the minor Montes Secchi range. The rim of this crater has been opened in the northern and southern ends, leaving two curved... |
| Rimae Sirsalis Rimae Sirsalis Rimae Sirsalis is a lunar rille. It is located at and is 426 km long. It was formed by extension of the surface, possibly due to dike propagation in the subsurface.Rimae Sirsalis cuts across highlands almost exclusively... |
15.7°S 61.7°W | 426 km | Named from nearby crater Sirsalis Sirsalis (crater) Sirsalis is a relatively young lunar impact crater located near the western lunar limb, to the southwest of the Oceanus Procellarum. The crater lies across a ridge that runs in a north–south direction. It has a sharp edge and a low central peak... |
| Rimae Sosigenes | 8.6°N 18.7°E | 190 km | Named from nearby crater Sosigenes Sosigenes (crater) Sosigenes is a lunar impact crater on the west edge of Mare Tranquillitatis. It lies to the east of the large walled plain Julius Caesar. The crater rim has a high albedo, making it relatively bright. It has a small central rise at the mid-point of the floor.... |
| Rimae Sulpicius Gallus | 21.0°N 10.0°E | 90 km | Named from nearby crater Sulpicius Gallus Sulpicius Gallus (crater) Sulpicius Gallus is a small, bowl-shaped lunar crater that lies near the southwestern edge of the Mare Serenitatis. About 10 kilometers to the south and east is the Montes Haemus range that forms the edge of the Serenitatis basin. This crater has a relatively high albedo, with a sharp-edged rim... |
| Rimae Taruntius | 5.5°N 46.5°E | 25 km | Named from nearby crater Taruntius Taruntius (crater) Taruntius is a lunar crater on the northwestern edge of Mare Fecunditatis. To the northwest is the lava-flooded crater Lawrence, and to the north lie the craters Watts and da Vinci... |
| Rimae Theaetetus | 33.0°N 6.0°E | 50 km | Named from nearby crater Theaetetus Theaetetus (crater) Theaetetus is a lunar impact crater that is located to the southeast of the crater Cassini near the eastern edge of Mare Imbrium. It lies just to the west of the Montes Caucasus range, which forms the eastern shore of the mare. To the southwest is the prominent crater Aristillus.The rim of... |
| Rimae Triesnecker | 4.3°N 4.6°E | 215 km | Named from nearby crater Triesnecker Triesnecker (crater) Triesnecker is a prominent lunar impact crater that is located in the Sinus Medii, near the central part of the Moon's near side. It is located to the north-northwest of the crater Rhaeticus, and to the east-southeast of the flooded Murchison.... |
| Rimae Vasco da Gama | 10.0°N 82.0°E | 60 km | Named from nearby crater Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama (crater) Vasco da Gama is a lunar impact crater that is located near the western limb of the Moon. It is named for the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama. It lies to the south of the walled plain Einstein, due south of Dalton... |
| Rimae Zupus | 15.0°S 53.0°W | 120 km | Named from nearby crater Zupus Zupus (crater) Zupus is the lava-flooded remains of a lunar crater. It is located on a southwestern reach of the Oceanus Procellarum, to the northwest of Mare Humorum. To the north-northeast is the flooded crater Billy, and some distance to the southeast is Mersenius... |
Rupes
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s in the surface.
| Name | Coordinates | Dia. Diameter In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circle. The diameters are the longest chords of the circle... |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Rupes Altai Rupes Altai Rupes Altai is an escarpment in the lunar surface that is located in the southeastern quadrant of the Moon's near side. It is named for the Altai Mountains in Asia. The selenographic coordinates of this feature are , and it has a length of about 427 km.... |
24.3°S 22.6°E | 427.0 km | Altai Mountains |
| Rupes Boris | 30.5°N 33.5°W | 4.0 km | Named from nearby crater Boris Boris (crater) Boris is a tiny lunar crater that is located on the Mare Imbrium, to the northeast of the crater Delisle. It lies at the southwest extremity of a sinuous rille that is designated Rima Delisle. This rille meanders to the northeast, towards the crater Heis, before vanishing into the lunar mare.This... |
| Rupes Cauchy Rupes Cauchy Rupes Cauchy is a 120km-long escarpment at on the surface of the Moon. It is named after the nearby crater Cauchy.... |
9.0°N 37.0°E | 120.0 km | Named from nearby crater Cauchy Cauchy (crater) Cauchy is a small lunar impact crater on the eastern Mare Tranquillitatis. It is circular and symmetric, with a small interior floor at the mid-point of the sloping inner walls. Due to the high albedo of this bowl-shaped formation, it is particularly prominent at full Moon... |
| Rupes Kelvin Rupes Kelvin Rupes Kelvin is an escarpment near Promontorium Kelvin , at . It is 78.0 km long.... |
27.3°S 33.1°W | 78.0 km | Named from nearby Promontorium Kelvin |
| Rupes Liebig | 25.0°S 46.0°W | 180.0 km | Named from nearby crater Liebig Liebig (crater) Liebig is a lunar crater that is located to the south-southeast of the crater Mersenius, and west of the Mare Humorum in the southwest part of the Moon. To the southwest of Liebig is the slightly smaller crater de Gasparis.... |
| Rupes Mercator | 31.0°S 22.3°W | 93.0 km | Named from nearby crater Mercator Mercator (crater) Mercator is a lunar crater that is located on the southwestern edge of Mare Nubium, in the southwest part of the Moon. It is located to the southeast of the crater Campanus, and the two are separated by a narrow, winding valley.... |
| Rupes Recta Rupes Recta Rupes Recta is a linear fault, or rille, on the Moon, in the southeastern part of the Mare Nubium at . The name is Latin for "Straight Fault", although it is more commonly called the Straight Wall... |
22.1°S 7.8°W | 134.0 km | Latin Latin Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and... for "straight cliff" |
| Rupes Toscanelli | 27.4°N 47.5°W | 70.0 km | Named from nearby crater Toscanelli Toscanelli (crater) Toscanelli is a tiny, bowl-shaped lunar crater that is located to the north of the prominent crater Aristarchus, in the northwestern part of the Moon. The crater lies at the southern end of a rille that proceeds towards the north. This rille is part of a nearby system that has the designation Rimae... |
Terra
The continental areas between the seas were given comparable names by Giovanni Battista RiccioliGiovanni Battista Riccioli
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, but were opposite the names used for the seas. Thus there were the lands of sterility (Terra Sterilitatis), heat (Terra Caloris), and liveliness (Terra Vitae). However these names for the highland regions are no longer used on recent maps, and Terrae are not officially recognized as standard lunar nomenclature by the International Astronomical Union
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.
| Name | Name Origin | Near side position |
|---|---|---|
| Insula Ventorum | Island of Winds | |
| Peninsula Fulminu | Peninsula of Thunder | Between Mare Humorum Mare Humorum Mare Humorum is a lunar mare. The impact basin it is located in is 825 kilometers across. It was not sampled by the Apollo program, so a precise age has not been determined. However, geological mapping indicates that it is intermediate in age between the Imbrium and Nectaris Basins, suggesting an... and Oceanus Procellarum Oceanus Procellarum Oceanus Procellarum is a vast lunar mare on the western edge of the near side of the Earth's Moon. Its name derives from the old superstition that its appearance during the second quarter heralded bad weather... . |
| Terra Caloris | Land of Heat | Southwest rim of the near side. |
| Terra Fertilitatis | Land of Fertility | Southeastern rim of the near side. |
| Terra Grandinis | Land of Hail | Northeast border of Mare Imbrium Mare Imbrium Mare Imbrium, Latin for "Sea of Showers" or "Sea of Rains", is a vast lunar mare filling a basin on Earth's Moon and one of the larger craters in the Solar System. Mare Imbrium was created when lava flooded the giant crater formed when a very large object hit the Moon long ago... . |
| Terra Manna | Land of Manna Manna Manna or Manna wa Salwa , sometimes or archaically spelled mana, is the name of an edible substance that God provided for the Israelites during their travels in the desert according to the Bible.It was said to be sweet to the taste, like honey.... |
Region between Mare Tranquillitatis Mare Tranquillitatis Mare Tranquillitatis is a lunar mare that sits within the Tranquillitatis basin on the Moon. The mare material within the basin consists of basalt formed in the intermediate to young age group of the Upper Imbrian epoch. The surrounding mountains are thought to be of the Lower Imbrian epoch, but... , Mare Fecunditatis Mare Fecunditatis Mare Fecunditatis is a lunar mare which is 840 km in diameter. The Fecuditatis basin formed in the Pre-Nectarian epoch, while the basin material surrounding the mare is of the... and Mare Nectaris Mare Nectaris The Sea of Nectar is a small lunar mare or sea located between the Sea of Tranquillity and the Sea of Fecundity . Montes Pyrenaeus borders the mare to the west and the large crater near the south center of the mare is known as Rosse... . |
| Terra Niuiu (Terra Nivium Terra Nivium Terra Nivium is a roughly triangular highland region on the Moon. In his Almagestum novum, the notable selenographer Giovanni Riccioli named the various highland regions terrae... ) |
Land of Snows | Southeast border of Mare Imbrium Mare Imbrium Mare Imbrium, Latin for "Sea of Showers" or "Sea of Rains", is a vast lunar mare filling a basin on Earth's Moon and one of the larger craters in the Solar System. Mare Imbrium was created when lava flooded the giant crater formed when a very large object hit the Moon long ago... . |
| Terra Pruinæ | Land of Frost | Northwest border of Mare Imbrium Mare Imbrium Mare Imbrium, Latin for "Sea of Showers" or "Sea of Rains", is a vast lunar mare filling a basin on Earth's Moon and one of the larger craters in the Solar System. Mare Imbrium was created when lava flooded the giant crater formed when a very large object hit the Moon long ago... . |
| Terra Sanitatis | Land of Healthiness | Central region between Mare Nubium Mare Nubium Mare Nubium is a lunar mare in the Nubium basin on the Moon's near side. The mare is located just to the southeast of Oceanus Procellarum. The actual basin is believed to be of Pre-Nectarian system, with the surrounding basin material being of the Lower Imbrian epoch. The mare material is of the... and Mare Tranquillitatis Mare Tranquillitatis Mare Tranquillitatis is a lunar mare that sits within the Tranquillitatis basin on the Moon. The mare material within the basin consists of basalt formed in the intermediate to young age group of the Upper Imbrian epoch. The surrounding mountains are thought to be of the Lower Imbrian epoch, but... . |
| Terra Siccitatis | Land of Dryness | Northwest rim of the near side. |
| Terra Sterilitatis | Land of Sterility | |
| Terra Vigoris | Land of Cheerfulness | Region southeast of Mare Crisium Mare Crisium Mare Crisium is a lunar mare located in the Moon's Crisium basin, just northeast of Mare Tranquillitatis. This basin is of the Pre-Imbrian period, 4.55 to 3.85 billion years ago. This mare is in diameter, and 176,000 km2 in area. It has a very flat floor, with a ring of wrinkled ridges... . |
| Terra Vitæ | Land of Liveliness | Northeast rim of the near side. |