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Overview
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Lunar Atlas
Lunar Geology
Phases of
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MARE (Sea) Back
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Latin Name
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English Name
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Lat |
Long |
Diam |
Origin
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| Mare Anguis |
"Serpent Sea" |
22.6N
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67.7E
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150.0
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| Mare Australe |
"Southern Sea" |
38.9S
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93.0E
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603.0
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| Mare Cognitum |
"Sea that has become known" |
10.0S
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23.1W
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376.0
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| Mare Crisium |
"Sea of Crises" |
17.0N
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59.1E
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418.0
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| Mare Fecunditatis |
"Sea of Fecundity" |
7.8S
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51.3E
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909.0
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| Mare Frigoris |
"Sea of Cold" |
56.0N
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1.4E
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1596.0
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| Mare Humboldtianum |
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56.8N
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81.5E
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273.0
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Humboldt, Alexander von; German
natural historian (1769-1859) |
| Mare Humorum |
"Sea of Moisture" |
24.4S
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38.6W
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389.0
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| Mare Imbrium |
"Sea of Showers" |
32.8N
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15.6W
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1123.0
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| Mare Ingenii |
"Sea of Cleverness" |
33.7S
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163.5E
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318.0
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| Mare Insularum |
"Sea of Islands" |
7.5N
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30.9W
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513.0
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| Mare Marginis |
"Sea of the Edge" |
13.3N
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86.1E
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420.0
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| Mare Moscoviense |
"Sea of Muscovy" |
27.3N
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147.9E
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277.0
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| Mare Nectaris |
"Sea of Nectar" |
15.2S
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35.5E
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333.0
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| Mare Nubium |
"Sea of Clouds" |
21.3S
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16.6W
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715.0
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| Mare Orientale |
"Eastern sea" |
19.4S
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92.8W
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327.0
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| Mare Serenitatis |
"Sea of Serenity" |
28.0N
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17.5E
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707.0
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| Mare Smythii |
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1.3N
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87.5E
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373.0
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Smyth, William Henry; British
astronomer (1788-1865) |
| Mare Spumans |
"Foaming Sea" |
1.1N
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65.1E
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139.0
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| Mare Tranquillitatis |
"Sea of Tranquility" |
8.5N
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31.4E
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873.0
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| Mare Undarum |
"Sea of Waves" |
6.8N
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68.4E
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243.0
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| Mare Vaporum |
"Sea of Vapors" |
13.3N
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3.6E
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245.0
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