List of maria on the Moon
- List of maria on the Moon
This is a list of "maria" (singular "mare") on the Moon.
It also includes the one "oceanus" and the features known by the names "lacus", "palus" and "sinus".
"Maria" and "Oceanus"
Some sources also list a "Palus Nebularum" ("Marsh of Mists") at 38.0° N, 1.0° E. However the designation for this feature has not been officially recognized by the IAU.
References
* L. E. Andersson and Ewen A. Whitaker, "NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature", NASA RP-1097, 1982, no ISBN.
* Ben Bussey and Paul Spudis, "The Clementine Atlas of the Moon", Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-521-81528-2.
* Antonín Rükl, "Atlas of the Moon", Kalmbach Books, 1990, ISBN 0-913135-17-8.
* Ewen A. Whitaker, "Mapping and Naming the Moon", Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-521-62248-4.
ee 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
External links
* [http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/science/atlas/mare/mare.htm NASA lunar Atlas]
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/lunar_orbiter/ Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon]
* [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/moon/moonTOC.html USGS: Moon nomenclature]
* [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/moon/moonmare.html USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Mare]
* [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/moon/moonocea.html USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Oceanus]
* [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/moon/moonlacu.html USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Lacus]
* [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/moon/moonpalu.html USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Palus]
* [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/moon/moonsinu.html USGS: Moon Nomenclature: Sinus]
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