List of maria on the Moon

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1882 chart of the moon with maria

This is a list of maria (large, dark, basaltic plains) on the Moon. It includes other basaltic plains, including the one oceanus as well as features known by the names lacus, palus and sinus. The modern system of lunar nomenclature was introduced in 1651 by Giovanni Battista Riccioli.

Riccioli's map of the Moon was drawn by Francesco Maria Grimaldi, who has a crater named after him. A related set of features are the Lunar lacus Template:IPAc-en (singular also lacus, Latin for "lake"),Template:Efn which are smaller basaltic plains of similar origin. A related set of features are the sinus Template:IPAc-en (singular sinus, Latin for "bay")Template:Efn and paludes Template:IPAc-en (singular palus Template:IPAc-en, Latin palūs, palūdēs "marsh").

There was also a region on the Lunar farside that was briefly misidentified as a mare and named Mare Desiderii (Sea of Desire). It is no longer recognized. Other former? maria include: Mare Parvum ("Small Sea"), immediately to the east of Inghirami; Mare Incognitum ("Unknown Sea"); Mare Novum ("New Sea"), northeast of Plutarch; and Mare Struve ("Struve's Sea"), near Messala. Some sources also list a Palus Nebularum (Latin palūs nebulārum Template:IPAc-en "Marsh of Mists") at 38.0° N, 1.0° E. However, the designation for this feature has not been officially recognized by the IAU.

Lunar plains

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Latin name	Name (English translation)	Diameter	Lunar coordinates	[[Lunar quadrangles|QuadrTemplate:Shyangles]]	Refs
Mare Anguis	Serpent Sea			LQ13	REF
Mare Australe	Southern Sea			LQ28	REF
Mare Cognitum	Sea of Knowledge			LQ19	REF
Mare Crisium	Sea of Crises			LQ13	REF
Mare Fecunditatis	Sea of Fecundity			LQ21	REF
Mare Frigoris	Sea of Cold			LQ05	REF
Mare Humboldtianum	Sea of Alexander von Humboldt			LQ06	REF
Mare Humorum	Sea of Moisture or Humors			LQ19	REF
Mare Imbrium	Sea of Showers			LQ04	REF
Mare Ingenii	Sea of Cleverness			LQ29	REF
Mare Insularum	Sea of Islands			LQ11	REF
Mare Marginis	Sea of the Edge			LQ13	REF
Mare Moscoviense	Sea of Moscow			LQ15	REF
Mare Nectaris	Sea of Nectar			LQ20	REF
Mare Nubium	Sea of Clouds			LQ19	REF
Mare Orientale	Eastern Sea			LQ17	REF
Mare Serenitatis	Sea of Serenity			LQ12	REF
Mare Smythii	Smyth's Sea			LQ13	REF
Mare Spumans	Foaming Sea			LQ13	REF
Mare Tranquillitatis	Sea of Tranquility			LQ12	REF
Mare Undarum	Sea of Waves			LQ13	REF
Mare Vaporum	Sea of Vapors			LQ12	REF
Oceanus Procellarum	Ocean of Storms			LQ10	REF
Lacus Aestatis	Lake of Summer			LQ18	REF
Lacus Autumni	Lake of Autumn			LQ18	REF
Lacus Bonitatis	Lake of Goodness			LQ12	REF
Lacus Doloris	Lake of Sorrow			LQ12	REF
Lacus Excellentiae	Lake of Excellence			LQ26	REF
Lacus Felicitatis	Lake of Happiness			LQ12	REF
Lacus Gaudii	Lake of Joy			LQ12	REF
Lacus Hiemalis	Lake of Winter			LQ12	REF
Lacus Lenitatis	Lake of Softness			LQ12	REF
Lacus Luxuriae	Lake of Luxury			LQ15	REF
Lacus Mortis	Lake of Death			LQ05	REF
Lacus Oblivionis	Lake of Forgetfulness			LQ16	REF
Lacus Odii	Lake of Hatred			LQ12	REF
Lacus Perseverantiae	Lake of Perseverance			LQ13	REF
Lacus Solitudinis	Lake of Solitude			LQ22	REF
Lacus Somniorum	Lake of Dreams			LQ05	REF
Lacus Spei	Lake of Hope			LQ06	REF
Lacus Temporis	Lake of Time			LQ05	REF
Lacus Timoris	Lake of Fear			LQ26	REF
Lacus Veris	Lake of Spring			LQ18	REF
Palus Epidemiarum	Marsh of Epidemics			LQ26	REF
Palus Putredinis	Marsh of Decay			LQ12	REF
Palus Somni	Marsh of Sleep			LQ13	REF
Sinus Aestuum	Seething Bay			LQ11	REF
Sinus Amoris	Bay of Love			LQ12	REF
Sinus Asperitatis	Bay of Roughness			LQ20	REF
Sinus Concordiae	Bay of Harmony			LQ12	REF
Sinus Fidei	Bay of Trust			LQ12	REF
Sinus Honoris	Bay of Honor			LQ12	REF
Sinus Iridum	Bay of Rainbows			LQ04	REF
Sinus Lunicus	Lunik Bay			LQ04	REF
Sinus Medii	Bay of the center			LQ12	REF
Sinus Roris	Bay of Dew			LQ04	REF
Sinus Successus	Bay of Success			LQ13	REF
Sinus Viscositatis	Bay of Stickiness			LQ04	REF

Map

File:Topography of the Moon - Moon Craters and Seas.png

Photo of the near side of the Moon with maria (in blue) and prominent craters (in white) labeled.

See also

• List of craters on the Moon
• List of features on the Moon
• List of mountains on the Moon
• List of valleys on the Moon
• Selenography

References

• L. E. Andersson and Ewen A. Whitaker, NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA RP-1097, 1982, no ISBN.
• Ben Bussey and Paul Spudis, The Clementine Atlas of the Moon, Cambridge University Press, 2004, Template:ISBN.
• Antonín Rükl, Atlas of the Moon, Kalmbach Books, 1990, Template:ISBN.
• Ewen A. Whitaker, Mapping and Naming the Moon, Cambridge University Press, 1999, Template:ISBN.

External links

• NASA lunar Atlas
• Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
• USGS: Moon nomenclature
• USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Mare
• USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Oceanus
• USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Lacus
• USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Palus
• USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Sinus