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where are the maria on the moon located
List of maria on the Moon - wikipedia List of maria on the Moon This is a list of maria ( large , dark , basaltic plains ) on the Moon . It also includes the one oceanus and the 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 . Contents 1 Maria and Oceanus 2 Lacus 3 Sinus and Paludes 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Maria and oceanus ( edit ) Lunar Maria Latin Name English Name Lat . Long . Diameter ( km ) Mare Anguis Serpent Sea 22.6 ° N 67.7 ° E 150 Mare Australe Southern Sea 38.9 ° S 93.0 ° E 603 Mare Cognitum Sea of Knowledge 10.0 ° S 23.1 ° W 376 Mare Crisium Sea of Crises 17.0 ° N 59.1 ° E 418 Mare Fecunditatis Sea of Fecundity 7.8 ° S 51.3 ° E 909 Mare Frigoris Sea of Cold 56.0 ° N 1.4 ° E 1596 Mare Humboldtianum Sea of Alexander von Humboldt 56.8 ° N 81.5 ° E 273 Mare Humorum Sea of Moisture 24.4 ° S 38.6 ° W 389 Mare Imbrium Sea of Showers 32.8 ° N 15.6 ° W 1123 Mare Ingenii Sea of Cleverness 33.7 ° S 163.5 ° E 318 Mare Insularum Sea of Islands 7.5 ° N 30.9 ° W 513 Mare Marginis Sea of the Edge 13.3 ° N 86.1 ° E 420 Mare Moscoviense Sea of Muscovy 27.3 ° N 147.9 ° E 277 Mare Nectaris Sea of Nectar 15.2 ° S 35.5 ° E 333 Mare Nubium Sea of Clouds 21.3 ° S 16.6 ° W 715 Mare Orientale Eastern Sea 19.4 ° S 92.8 ° W 327 Mare Serenitatis Sea of Serenity 28.0 ° N 17.5 ° E 707 Mare Smythii Smyth 's Sea 1.3 ° N 87.5 ° E 373 Mare Spumans Foaming Sea 1.1 ° N 65.1 ° E 139 Mare Tranquillitatis Sea of Tranquility 8.5 ° N 31.4 ° E 873 Mare Undarum Sea of Waves 6.8 ° N 68.4 ° E 243 Mare Vaporum Sea of Vapors 13.3 ° N 3.6 ° E 245 Oceanus Procellarum Ocean of Storms 18.4 ° N 57.4 ° W 2568 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 Mare Struve ( `` Struve 's Sea '' ) , near Messala Lacus ( edit ) A related set of features are the Lunar lacus ( singular lacus , Latin for `` lake '' ) , which are smaller basaltic plains of similar origin : Lunar Lacus Latin Name English Name Lat . Long . Diameter ( km ) Lacus Aestatis Lake of Summer 15.0 ° S 69.0 ° W 90 Lacus Autumni Lake of Autumn 9.9 ° S 83.9 ° W 183 Lacus Bonitatis Lake of Goodness 23.2 ° N 43.7 ° E 92 Lacus Doloris Lake of Sorrow 17.1 ° N 9.0 ° E 110 Lacus Excellentiae Lake of Excellence 35.4 ° S 44.0 ° W 184 Lacus Felicitatis Lake of Happiness 19.0 ° N 5.0 ° E 90 Lacus Gaudii Lake of Joy 16.2 ° N 12.6 ° E 113 Lacus Hiemalis Lake of Winter 15.0 ° N 14.0 ° E 50 Lacus Lenitatis Lake of Softness 14.0 ° N 12.0 ° E 80 Lacus Luxuriae Lake of Luxury 19.0 ° N 176.0 ° E 50 Lacus Mortis Lake of Death 45.0 ° N 27.2 ° E 151 Lacus Oblivionis Lake of Forgetfulness 21.0 ° S 168.0 ° W 50 Lacus Odii Lake of Hatred 19.0 ° N 7.0 ° E 70 Lacus Perseverantiae Lake of Perseverance 8.0 ° N 62.0 ° E 70 Lacus Solitudinis Lake of Solitude 27.8 ° S 104.3 ° E 139 Lacus Somniorum Lake of Dreams 38.0 ° N 29.2 ° E 384 Lacus Spei Lake of Hope 43.0 ° N 65.0 ° E 80 Lacus Temporis Lake of Time 45.9 ° N 58.4 ° E 117 Lacus Timoris Lake of Fear 38.8 ° S 27.3 ° W 117 Lacus Veris Lake of Spring 16.5 ° S 86.1 ° W 396 Sinus and paludes ( edit ) A related set of features are the sinus ( singular sinus , Latin for `` bay '' ) and paludes ( singular palus , Latin for `` marsh '' ) : Lunar Sinus and Paludes Latin Name English Name Lat . Long . Diameter ( km ) Palus Epidemiarum Marsh of Epidemics 32.0 ° S 28.2 ° W 286 Palus Putredinis Marsh of Decay 26.5 ° N 0.4 ° E 161 Palus Somni Marsh of Sleep 14.1 ° N 45.0 ° E 143 Sinus Aestuum Seething Bay 10.9 ° N 8.8 ° W 290 Sinus Amoris Bay of Love 18.1 ° N 39.1 ° E 130 Sinus Asperitatis Bay of Roughness 3.8 ° S 27.4 ° E 206 Sinus Concordiae Bay of Harmony 10.8 ° N 43.2 ° E 142 Sinus Fidei Bay of Trust 18.0 ° N 2.0 ° E 70 Sinus Honoris Bay of Honor 11.7 ° N 18.1 ° E 109 Sinus Iridum Bay of Rainbows 44.1 ° N 31.5 ° W 236 Sinus Lunicus Lunik Bay 31.8 ° N 1.4 ° W 126 Sinus Medii Bay of the center 2.4 ° N 1.7 ° E 335 Sinus Roris Bay of Dew 54.0 ° N 56.6 ° W 202 Sinus Successus Bay of Success 0.9 ° N 59.0 ° E 132 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 . See also ( edit ) Moon portal 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 ( edit ) Jump up ^ Moore , Patrick ( 1983 ) . The Guinness book of astronomy facts and feats . Enfield , Middlesex : Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 25 . ISBN 0 - 85112 - 258 - 2 . Jump up ^ `` Moon Mare / Maria '' . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . USGS Astrogeology . Retrieved 2010 - 08 - 20 . ^ Jump up to : `` Astronomica Langrenus '' ( in Italian ) . Archived from the original on 2006 - 10 - 12 . Retrieved 2006 - 12 - 05 . 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 . 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