List of quadrangles on the Moon
- List of quadrangles on the Moon
The Moon has been divided into 30 quadrangles by the United States Geological Survey at the 1:2,500,000 map scale. [cite web| url=http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/PlanetaryMapping/Lunar/| title=Lunar Geologic Mapping| publisher= NASA/USGS Planetary Geologic Mapping Program| date=2007-09-19| accessdate=2007-12-09] At the 1:1,000,000 scale it's divided into 144 quadrangles. [ [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/dAtlas.html USGS Astrogeology: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon ] ]
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