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{{Infobox Lunar mare
|name = Sinus Asperitatis
|image = [[Image:Sinus-asperitatis-clem1.jpg|240px|Sinus Asperitatis]]
|caption =
|coordinates = {{coord|3.8|S|27.4|E|globe:moon_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|diameter = 206 km
|eponym = Bay of Roughness
}}

'''Sinus Asperitatis''' {{IPAc-en|'|s|aɪ|n|ə|s|_|ˌ|æ|s|p|ə|r|ᵻ|'|t|eɪ|t|ᵻ|s}} ([[Latin]] ''sinus asperitātis'' "Bay of Roughness") is an area of [[lunar mare]] that extends southward from the [[Mare Tranquillitatis]] until it joins the [[Mare Nectaris]] to the southeast. It is bordered along the western and eastern sides by continental regions of irregular terrain. The selenographic coordinates of this feature are 3.8° S, 27.4° E, and it has a diameter of 206 km.

In the northern part of this mare is the small crater [[Torricelli (crater)|Torricelli]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Richard |title=From Torricelli to Apollo 11 |url=https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/sacred-space-astronomy/from-torricelli-to-apollo-11/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=Vatican Observatory|date=12 August 2022 }}</ref> At the southern end is the prominent crater pair of [[Theophilus (crater)|Theophilus]] and [[Cyrillus (crater)|Cyrillus]]. On the border between Sinus Asperitatis and the Mare Nectaris is the crater [[Mädler (lunar crater)|Mädler]].

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