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. <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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<ref name="telescop.htm">Template:Cite web</ref> ("Small Sea"), immediately to the east of Inghirami; Mare Incognitum ("Unknown Sea"); Mare Novum<ref name="telescop.htm"/> ("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	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ13	REF
Mare Australe	Southern Sea	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ28	REF
Mare Cognitum	Sea of Knowledge	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ19	REF
Mare Crisium	Sea of Crises	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ13	REF
Mare Fecunditatis	Sea of Fecundity	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ21	REF
Mare Frigoris	Sea of Cold	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ05	REF
Mare Humboldtianum	Sea of Alexander von Humboldt	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ06	REF
Mare Humorum	Sea of Moisture or Humors	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ19	REF
Mare Imbrium<ref name=USGS>Template:Cite web</ref>	Sea of Showers	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ04	REF
Mare Ingenii	Sea of Cleverness	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ29	REF
Mare Insularum	Sea of Islands	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ11	REF
Mare Marginis	Sea of the Edge	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ13	REF
Mare Moscoviense	Sea of Moscow	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ15	REF
Mare Nectaris	Sea of Nectar	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ20	REF
Mare Nubium	Sea of Clouds	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ19	REF
Mare Orientale	Eastern Sea	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ17	REF
Mare Serenitatis	Sea of Serenity	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ12	REF
Mare Smythii	Smyth's Sea	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ13	REF
Mare Spumans	Foaming Sea	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ13	REF
Mare Tranquillitatis	Sea of Tranquility	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ12	REF
Mare Undarum	Sea of Waves	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ13	REF
Mare Vaporum	Sea of Vapors	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ12	REF
Oceanus Procellarum	Ocean of Storms	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ10	REF
Lacus Aestatis	Lake of Summer	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ18	REF
Lacus Autumni	Lake of Autumn	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ18	REF
Lacus Bonitatis	Lake of Goodness	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ12	REF
Lacus Doloris	Lake of Sorrow	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ12	REF
Lacus Excellentiae	Lake of Excellence	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ26	REF
Lacus Felicitatis	Lake of Happiness	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ12	REF
Lacus Gaudii	Lake of Joy	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ12	REF
Lacus Hiemalis	Lake of Winter	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ12	REF
Lacus Lenitatis	Lake of Softness	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ12	REF
Lacus Luxuriae	Lake of Luxury	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ15	REF
Lacus Mortis	Lake of Death	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ05	REF
Lacus Oblivionis	Lake of Forgetfulness	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ16	REF
Lacus Odii	Lake of Hatred	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ12	REF
Lacus Perseverantiae	Lake of Perseverance	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ13	REF
Lacus Solitudinis	Lake of Solitude	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ22	REF
Lacus Somniorum	Lake of Dreams	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ05	REF
Lacus Spei	Lake of Hope	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ06	REF
Lacus Temporis	Lake of Time	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ05	REF
Lacus Timoris	Lake of Fear	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ26	REF
Lacus Veris	Lake of Spring	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ18	REF
Palus Epidemiarum	Marsh of Epidemics	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ26	REF
Palus Putredinis	Marsh of Decay	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ12	REF
Palus Somni	Marsh of Sleep	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ13	REF
Sinus Aestuum	Seething Bay	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ11	REF
Sinus Amoris	Bay of Love	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ12	REF
Sinus Asperitatis	Bay of Roughness	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ20	REF
Sinus Concordiae	Bay of Harmony	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ12	REF
Sinus Fidei	Bay of Trust	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ12	REF
Sinus Honoris	Bay of Honor	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ12	REF
Sinus Iridum	Bay of Rainbows	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ04	REF
Sinus Lunicus	Lunik Bay	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ04	REF
Sinus Medii	Bay of the center	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ12	REF
Sinus Roris	Bay of Dew	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ04	REF
Sinus Successus	Bay of Success	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	LQ13	REF
Sinus Viscositatis	Bay of Stickiness	Template:Convert	Template:Coord	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

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• 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