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List of lunar features

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The surface of the Moon has many features, including mountains and valleys, craters, and maria—wide flat areas that look like seas from a distance but are probably solidified molten rock. Some of these features are listed.

Maria features

{{Main|List of maria on the Moon}}

File:Moon names.svg and craters labeled]]

Lunar maria (singular mare) are large, dark, regions of the Moon. They do not contain any water, but are believed to have been formed from molten rock from the Moon's mantle coming out onto the surface of the Moon. This list 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 Riccioli.{{cite book| last = Moore| first = Patrick | title = The Guinness book of astronomy facts and feats | publisher = Guinness Superlatives Ltd | location = Enfield, Middlesex | date = 1983 | page = 25 | isbn = 0-85112-258-2 }} Riccioli's map of the Moon was drawn by Francesco Maria Grimaldi, who has a crater named after him.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sciencesource.com/archive/Riccioli-s-Moon-map--1651-SS2345420.html|title=Science Source - Riccioli's Moon map, 1651|website=www.sciencesource.com|access-date=2017-12-20}}

=''Maria'' and ''Oceanus''=

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Lunar Maria

Latin Name

! English Name

! Lat.

! Long.

! Diameter

Mare Anguis

| Serpent Sea

|align="right" data-sort-value="22.6"| 22.6° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="67.7"| 67.7° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="150"| 150 km

Mare Australe

| Southern Sea

|align="right" data-sort-value="-38.9"| 38.9° S

|align="right" data-sort-value="93.0"| 93.0° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="603"| 603 opo

Mare Cognitum

| Sea that has become known

|align="right" data-sort-value="-10.0"| 10.0° S

|align="right" data-sort-value="-23.1"| 23.1° W

|align="right" data-sort-value="376"| 376 km

Mare Crisium

| Sea of Crises

|align="right" data-sort-value="17.0"| 17.0° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="59.1"| 59.1° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="555"| 555 km

Mare Fecunditatis

| Sea of Fecundity

|align="right" data-sort-value="-7.8"| 7.8° S

|align="right" data-sort-value="51.3"| 51.3° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="909"| 909 km

Mare Frigoris

| Sea of Cold

|align="right" data-sort-value="56.0"| 56.0° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="1.4"| 1.4° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="1596"| 1596 km

Mare Humboldtianum

| Sea of Alexander von Humboldt

|align="right" data-sort-value="56.8"| 56.8° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="81.5"| 81.5° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="273"| 273 km

Mare Humorum

| Sea of Moisture

|align="right" data-sort-value="-24.4"| 24.4° S

|align="right" data-sort-value="-38.6"| 38.6° W

|align="right" data-sort-value="389"| 389 km

Mare Imbrium{{cite web |title=Moon Mare/Maria |publisher=USGS Astrogeology |work=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=MOON&featureType=Mare%2C%20maria |access-date=2010-08-20}}

| Sea of Showers

|align="right" data-sort-value="32.8"| 32.8° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="-15.6"| 15.6° W

|align="right" data-sort-value="1123"| 1123 km

Mare Ingenii

| Sea of Cleverness

|align="right" data-sort-value="-33.7"| 33.7° S

|align="right" data-sort-value="163.5"| 163.5° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="318"| 318 km

Mare Insularum

| Sea of Islands

|align="right" data-sort-value="7.5"| 7.5° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="-30.9"| 30.9° W

|align="right" data-sort-value="513"| 513 km

Mare Marginis

| Sea of the Edge

|align="right" data-sort-value="13.3"| 13.3° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="86.1"| 86.1° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="420"| 420 km

Mare Moscoviense

| Sea of Moscow

|align="right" data-sort-value="27.3"| 27.3° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="147.9"| 147.9° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="277"| 277 km

Mare Nectaris

| Sea of Nectar

|align="right" data-sort-value="-15.2"| 15.2° S

|align="right" data-sort-value="35.5"| 35.5° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="333"| 333 km

Mare Nubium

| Sea of Clouds

|align="right" data-sort-value="-21.3"| 21.3° S

|align="right" data-sort-value="-16.6"| 16.6° W

|align="right" data-sort-value="715"| 715 km

Mare Orientale

| Eastern Sea

|align="right" data-sort-value="-19.4"| 19.4° S

|align="right" data-sort-value="-92.8"| 92.8° W

|align="right" data-sort-value="327"| 327 km

Mare Serenitatis

| Sea of Serenity

|align="right" data-sort-value="28.0"| 28.0° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="17.5"| 17.5° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="707"| 707 km

Mare Smythii

| Sea of William Henry Smyth

|align="right" data-sort-value="1.3"| 1.3° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="87.5"| 87.5° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="373"| 373 km

Mare Spumans

| Foaming Sea

|align="right" data-sort-value="1.1"| 1.1° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="65.1"| 65.1° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="139"| 139 km

Mare Tranquillitatis

| Sea of Tranquility

|align="right" data-sort-value="8.5"| 8.5° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="31.4"| 31.4° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="873"| 873 km

Mare Undarum

| Sea of Waves

|align="right" data-sort-value="6.8"| 6.8° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="68.4"| 68.4° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="243"| 243 km

Mare Vaporum

| Sea of Vapors

|align="right" data-sort-value="13.3"| 13.3° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="3.6"| 3.6° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="245"| 245 km

Oceanus Procellarum

| Ocean of Storms

|align="right" data-sort-value="18.4"| 18.4° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="-57.4"| 57.4° W

|align="right" data-sort-value="2568"| 2568 km

There is 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{{cite web| url=http://www.rccr.cremona.it/monografie/luna/telescop.htm| title=Astronomica Langrenus| access-date=2006-12-05| language=it| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061012214727/http://www.rccr.cremona.it/monografie/luna/telescop.htm| archive-date=2006-10-12}} ("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''=

A related set of features are the Lunar lacus (singular lacus, Latin for "lake"), which are smaller basaltic plains of similar origin:

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|+ Lunar Lacus

Latin Name

! English Name

! Lat.

! Long.

! Diameter

Lacus Aestatis

| Lake of Summer

|align="right" data-sort-value="-15.0"| 15.0° S

|align="right" data-sort-value="-69.0"| 69.0° W

|align="right" data-sort-value="90"| 90 km

Lacus Autumni

| Lake of Autumn

|align="right" data-sort-value="-9.9"| 9.9° S

|align="right" data-sort-value="-83.9"| 83.9° W

|align="right" data-sort-value="183"| 183 km

Lacus Bonitatis

| Lake of Goodness

|align="right" data-sort-value="23.2"| 23.2° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="43.7"| 43.7° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="92"| 92 km

Lacus Doloris

| Lake of Sorrow

|align="right" data-sort-value="17.1"| 17.1° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="9.0"| 9.0° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="110"| 110 km

Lacus Excellentiae

| Lake of Excellence

|align="right" data-sort-value="-35.4"| 35.4° S

|align="right" data-sort-value="-44.0"| 44.0° W

|align="right" data-sort-value="184"| 184 km

Lacus Felicitatis

| Lake of Happiness

|align="right" data-sort-value="19.0"| 19.0° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="5.0"| 5.0° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="90"| 90 km

Lacus Gaudii

| Lake of Joy

|align="right" data-sort-value="16.2"| 16.2° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="12.6"| 12.6° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="113"| 113 km

Lacus Hiemalis

| Lake of Winter

|align="right" data-sort-value="15.0"| 15.0° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="14.0"| 14.0° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="50"| 50 km

Lacus Lenitatis

| Lake of Softness

|align="right" data-sort-value="14.0"| 14.0° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="12.0"| 12.0° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="80"| 80 km

Lacus Luxuriae

| Lake of Luxury

|align="right" data-sort-value="19.0"| 19.0° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="176.0"| 176.0° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="50"| 50 km

Lacus Mortis

| Lake of Death

|align="right" data-sort-value="45.0"| 45.0° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="27.2"| 27.2° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="151"| 151 km

Lacus Oblivionis

| Lake of Forgetfulness

|align="right" data-sort-value="-21.0"| 21.0° S

|align="right" data-sort-value="-168.0"| 168.0° W

|align="right" data-sort-value="50"| 50 km

Lacus Odii

| Lake of Hatred

|align="right" data-sort-value="19.0"| 19.0° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="7.0"| 7.0° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="70"| 70 km

Lacus Perseverantiae

| Lake of Perseverance

|align="right" data-sort-value="8.0"| 8.0° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="62.0"| 62.0° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="70"| 70 km

Lacus Solitudinis

| Lake of Solitude

|align="right" data-sort-value="-27.8"| 27.8° S

|align="right" data-sort-value="104.3"| 104.3° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="139"| 139 km

Lacus Somniorum

| Lake of Dreams

|align="right" data-sort-value="38.0"| 38.0° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="29.2"| 29.2° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="384"| 384 km

Lacus Spei

| Lake of Hope

|align="right" data-sort-value="43.0"| 43.0° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="65.0"| 65.0° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="80"| 80 km

Lacus Temporis

| Lake of Time

|align="right" data-sort-value="45.9"| 45.9° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="58.4"| 58.4° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="117"| 117 km

Lacus Timoris

| Lake of Fear

|align="right" data-sort-value="-38.8"| 38.8° S

|align="right" data-sort-value="-27.3"| 27.3° W

|align="right" data-sort-value="117"| 117 km

Lacus Veris

| Lake of Spring

|align="right" data-sort-value="-16.5"| 16.5° S

|align="right" data-sort-value="-86.1"| 86.1° W

|align="right" data-sort-value="396"| 396 km

=''Sinus'' and ''Paludes''=

A related set of features are the sinus (singular sinus, Latin for "bay") and paludes (singular palus, Latin for "marsh"):

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|+ Lunar Sinus and Paludes

Latin Name

! English Name

! Lat.

! Long.

! Diameter

Palus Epidemiarum

| Marsh of Epidemics

|align="right" data-sort-value="-32.0"| 32.0° S

|align="right" data-sort-value="-28.2"| 28.2° W

|align="right" data-sort-value="286"| 286 km

Palus Putredinis

| Marsh of Decay

|align="right" data-sort-value="26.5"| 26.5° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="0.4"| 0.4° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="161"| 161 km

Palus Somni

| Marsh of Sleep

|align="right" data-sort-value="14.1"| 14.1° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="45.0"| 45.0° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="143"| 143 km

Sinus Aestuum

| Seething Bay

|align="right" data-sort-value="10.9"| 10.9° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="-8.8"| 8.8° W

|align="right" data-sort-value="290"| 290 km

Sinus Amoris

| Bay of Love

|align="right" data-sort-value="18.1"| 18.1° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="39.1"| 39.1° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="130"| 130 km

Sinus Asperitatis

| Bay of Roughness

|align="right" data-sort-value="-3.8"| 3.8° S

|align="right" data-sort-value="27.4"| 27.4° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="206"| 206 km

Sinus Concordiae

| Bay of Harmony

|align="right" data-sort-value="10.8"| 10.8° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="43.2"| 43.2° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="142"| 142 km

Sinus Fidei

| Bay of Trust

|align="right" data-sort-value="18.0"| 18.0° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="2.0"| 2.0° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="70"| 70 km

Sinus Honoris

| Bay of Honor

|align="right" data-sort-value="11.7"| 11.7° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="18.1"| 18.1° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="109"| 109 km

Sinus Iridum

| Bay of Rainbows

|align="right" data-sort-value="44.1"| 44.1° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="-31.5"| 31.5° W

|align="right" data-sort-value="236"| 236 km

Sinus Lunicus

| Lunik Bay

|align="right" data-sort-value="31.8"| 31.8° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="-1.4"| 1.4° W

|align="right" data-sort-value="126"| 126 km

Sinus Medii

| Bay of the center

|align="right" data-sort-value="2.4"| 2.4° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="1.7"| 1.7° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="335"| 335 km

Sinus Roris

| Bay of Dew

|align="right" data-sort-value="54.0"| 54.0° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="-56.6"| 56.6° W

|align="right" data-sort-value="202"| 202 km

Sinus Successus

| Bay of Success

|align="right" data-sort-value="0.9"| 0.9° N

|align="right" data-sort-value="59.0"| 59.0° E

|align="right" data-sort-value="132"| 132 km

Some sources also list a Palus Nebularum ("Marsh of Mists") at 38.0° N, 1.0° E, but the designation for this feature has not been officially recognized by the IAU.

Craters

The large majority of these features are impact craters. The crater nomenclature is governed by the International Astronomical Union, and this list only includes features that are officially recognized by that scientific society.

The lunar craters are listed in the following subsections. Where a formation has associated satellite craters (smaller associated craters), these are detailed on the main crater description pages.

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=''Catenae''=

A catena is a chain of craters.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Name

!Coordinates

!Diameter

!Name origin

Catena Abulfeda

|{{coord|16.9|S|17.2|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|219 km

|After nearby crater Abulfeda

Catena Artamonov

|{{coord|26.0|N|105.9|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|134 km

|After nearby crater Artamonov

Catena Brigitte

|{{coord|18.5|N|27.5|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|5 km

|French feminine name

Catena Davy

|{{coord|11.0|S|7.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|50 km

|After nearby crater Davy

Catena Dziewulski

|{{coord|19.0|N|100.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|80 km

|After nearby crater Dziewulski

Catena Gregory

|{{coord|0.6|S|129.9|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|152 km

|After nearby crater Gregory

Catena Humboldt

|{{coord|21.5|S|84.6|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|165 km

|After nearby crater Humboldt

Catena Krafft

|{{coord|15.0|N|72.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|60 km

|After nearby crater Krafft

Catena Kurchatov

|{{coord|37.2|N|136.3|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|226 km

|After nearby crater Kurchatov

Catena Leuschner

|{{coord|4.7|N|110.1|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|364 km

|After nearby crater Leuschner

Catena Littrow

|{{coord|22.2|N|29.5|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|10 km

|After nearby crater Littrow

Catena Lucretius

|{{coord|3.4|S|126.1|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|271 km

|After nearby crater Lucretius

Catena Mendeleev

|{{coord|6.3|N|139.4|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|188 km

|After nearby crater Mendeleev

Catena Michelson

|{{coord|1.4|N|113.4|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|456 km

|After nearby crater Michelson

Catena Pierre

|{{coord|19.8|N|31.8|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|9 km

|French masculine name

Catena Sumner

|{{coord|37.3|N|112.3|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|247 km

|After nearby crater Sumner

Catena Sylvester

|{{coord|81.4|N|86.2|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|173 km

|After nearby crater Sylvester

Catena Taruntius

|{{coord|3.0|N|48.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|100 km

|After nearby crater Taruntius

Catena Timocharis

|{{coord|29.0|N|13.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|50 km

|After nearby crater Timocharis

Catena Yuri

|{{coord|24.4|N|30.4|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|5 km

|Russian masculine name

Valleys

{{Main|List of valleys on the Moon}}

Several large lunar valleys have been given names. Most of them are named after a nearby crater; see the list of craters on the Moon for more information.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Valley

!Coordinates

!Dimension

!Eponym

!Crater

Vallis Alpes

|align="center"|{{coord|48.5|N|3.2|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="center"|166 km

| Latin name meaning "Alpine valley"

| None

Vallis Baade

|align="center"|{{coord|45.9|S|76.2|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="center"|203 km

| Walter Baade

| Baade

Vallis Bohr

|align="center"|{{coord|12.4|N|86.6|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="center"|80 km

| Niels Bohr

| Bohr

Vallis Bouvard

|align="center"|{{coord|38.3|S|83.1|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="center"|284 km

| Alexis Bouvard

| None

Vallis Capella

|align="center"|{{coord|7.6|S|34.9|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="center"|49 km

| Martianus Capella

| Capella

Vallis Inghirami

|align="center"|{{coord|43.8|S|72.2|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="center"|148 km

| Giovanni Inghirami

| Inghirami

Vallis Palitzsch

|align="center"|{{coord|26.4|S|64.3|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="center"|132 km

| Johann Palitzsch

| Palitzsch

Vallis Planck

|align="center"|{{coord|58.4|S|126.1|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="center"|451 km

| Max Planck

| Planck

Vallis Rheita

|align="center"|{{coord|42.5|S|51.5|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="center"|445 km

| Anton Maria Schyrleus of Rheita

| Rheita

Vallis Schrödinger

|align="center"|{{coord|67.0|S|105.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="center"|310 km

| Erwin Schrödinger

| Schrödinger

Vallis Schröteri

|align="center"|{{coord|26.2|N|50.8|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="center"|168 km

| Johann Hieronymus Schröter

| Schröter

Vallis Snellius

|align="center"|{{coord|31.1|S|56.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="center"|592 km

| Willebrord Snell

| Snellius

Mountains

{{main|List of mountains on the Moon}}

The heights of the isolated mountains or massifs listed here are not consistently reported across sources. In the 1960s, the US Army Mapping Service used elevation relative to 1,737,988 meters from the center of the Moon. In the 1970s, the US Defense Mapping Agency used 1,730,000 meters. The Clementine topographic data published in the 1990s uses 1,737,400 meters.

This list is not comprehensive, and does not list the highest places on the Moon. Clementine data show a range of about 18,100 meters from lowest to highest point on the Moon. The highest point, located on the far side of the Moon, is approximately 6500 meters higher than Mons Huygens (usually listed as the tallest mountain).

Mountains are referred to using the Latin word mons (plural montes).

class="wikitable sortable"

!Name

!Lat./Long.

!Dia.

!Ht.

!Name origin

data-sort-value="agnes"|Mons Agnes

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|18.66|N|5.34|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|0.65 km

|align="right"|0.03 km

|Greek feminine name

data-sort-value="ampere"|Mons Ampère

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|19.32|N|3.71|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|30 km

|align="right"|3.0 km

|André-Marie Ampère, physicist

data-sort-value="andre"|Mons André

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|5.18|N|120.56|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|10 km

|align="right"|7.0 km

|French masculine name

data-sort-value="ardeshir"|Mons Ardeshir

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|5.03|N|121.04|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|8 km

|align="right"|5.9 km

| Ardeshir (Ardashir), Persian male name

data-sort-value="argaeus"|Mons Argaeus

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|19.33|N|29.01|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|50 km

|align="right"|2.6 km

|Mount Erciyes, Asia Minor

data-sort-value="blanc"|Mont Blanc

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|45.41|N|0.44|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|25 km

|align="right"|3.6 km

|Mont Blanc, the Alps

data-sort-value="bradley"|Mons Bradley

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|21.73|N|0.38|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|30 km

|align="right"|4.2 km

|James Bradley, astronomer

data-sort-value="delisle"|Mons Delisle

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|29.42|N|35.79|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|30 km

|align="right"|1.0 km

|Named after nearby crater Delisle

data-sort-value="dieter"|Mons Dieter

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|5.00|N|120.30|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|20 km

|align="right"|8.0 km

|German masculine name

data-sort-value="dilip"|Mons Dilip

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|5.58|N|120.87|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|2 km

|align="right"|5.5 km

|Indian masculine name

data-sort-value="esam"|Mons Esam

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|14.61|N|35.71|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|8 km

|align="right"|0.4 km

|Arabic masculine name

data-sort-value="ganau"|Mons Ganau

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|4.79|N|120.59|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|14 km

|align="right"|7.9 km

|African masculine name

data-sort-value="gruithuisen delta"|Mons Gruithuisen Delta

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|36.07|N|39.59|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|20 km

|align="right"|1.8 km

|Named after nearby crater Gruithuisen

data-sort-value="gruithuisen gamma"|Mons Gruithuisen Gamma

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|36.56|N|40.72|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|20 km

|align="right"|1.5 km

|Named after nearby crater Gruithuisen

data-sort-value="hadley"|Mons Hadley

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|26.69|N|4.12|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|25 km

|align="right"|4.6 km

|John Hadley, inventor

data-sort-value="hadley delta"|Mons Hadley Delta

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|25.72|N|3.71|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|15 km

|align="right"|3.5 km

|Named after nearby Mount Hadley

data-sort-value="hansteen"|Mons Hansteen

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|12.19|S|50.21|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|30 km

|align="right"| 

|Named after nearby crater Hansteen

data-sort-value="herodotus"|Mons Herodotus

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|27.50|N|52.94|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|5 km

|align="right"|1.0 km

|Named after nearby crater Herodotus

data-sort-value="huygens"|Mons Huygens

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|19.92|N|2.86|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|40 km

|align="right"|4.7 km

|Christiaan Huygens, astronomer

data-sort-value="lahire"|Mons La Hire

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|27.66|N|25.51|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|25 km

|align="right"|1.5 km

|Philippe de la Hire, astronomer

data-sort-value="maraldi"|Mons Maraldi

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|20.34|N|35.50|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|15 km

|align="right"|1.3 km

|Named after nearby crater Maraldi

data-sort-value="moro"|Mons Moro

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|11.84|S|19.84|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|10 km

|align="right"| 

|Antonio Lazzaro Moro, Earth scientist

data-sort-value="penck"|Mons Penck

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|10.0|S|21.74|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|30 km

|align="right"|4.0 km

|Albrecht Penck, geographer

data-sort-value="pico"|Mons Pico

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|45.82|N|8.87|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|25 km

|align="right"|2.0 km

|Spanish for "peak"

data-sort-value="piton"|Mons Piton

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|40.72|N|0.92|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|25 km

|align="right"|2.3 km

|El Pitón, a summit of Mount Teide, Tenerife

data-sort-value="rumker"|Mons Rümker

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|40.76|N|58.38|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|70 km

|align="right"|0.5 km

|Karl Ludwig Christian Rümker, astronomer

data-sort-value="usov"|Mons Usov

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|11.91|N|63.26|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|15 km

|align="right"| 

|Mikhail Usov, geologist

data-sort-value="vinogradov"|Mons VinogradovFormerly called Mons Euler.

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|22.35|N|32.52|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|25 km

|align="right"|1.4 km

|Aleksandr Pavlovich Vinogradov, chemist

data-sort-value="vitruvius"|Mons Vitruvius

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|19.33|N|30.74|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|15 km

|align="right"|2.3 km

|Named after nearby crater Vitruvius

data-sort-value="wolff"|Mons Wolff

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|16.88|N|6.80|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|35 km

|align="right"|3.5 km

|Baron Christian von Wolff, philosopher

Mountain ranges

{{See also|List of mountain ranges#Extraterrestrial mountain ranges}}

class="wikitable sortable"

!Name

!Lat./Long.

!Dia.

!Name origin

Montes Agricola

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|29.06|N|54.07|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|141 km

|Georgius Agricola, Earth scientist

Montes Alpes

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|48.36|N|0.58|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|281 km

|The Alps, Europe

Montes Apenninus

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|19.87|N|0.03|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|401 km

|The Apennine Mountains, Italy

Montes Archimedes

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|25.39|N|5.25|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|163 km

|Named after nearby crater Archimedes

Montes Carpatus

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|14.57|N|23.62|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|361 km

|The Carpathian Mountains, Europe

Montes Caucasus

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|37.52|N|9.93|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|445 km

|The Caucasus Mountains, Europe

Montes Cordillera

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|17.5|S|79.5|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|574 km

|Spanish for "mountain chain"

Montes Haemus

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|17.11|N|12.03|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|560 km

|Greek name for the Balkan Mountains

Montes Harbinger

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|26.89|N|41.29|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|90 km

|Harbingers of dawn on the crater Aristarchus

Montes Jura

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|47.49|N|36.11|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|422 km

|The Jura Mountains, Europe

Montes Pyrenaeus

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|14.05|S|41.51|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|164 km

|The Pyrenees Mountains, Europe

Montes Recti

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|48.3|N|19.72|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|90 km

|Latin for "straight range"

Montes Riphaeus

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|7.48|S|27.60|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|189 km

|Greek name for the Ural Mountains, Russia

Montes Rook

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|20.6|S|82.5|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|791 km

|Lawrence Rook, astronomer

Montes Secchi

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|2.72|N|43.17|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|50 km

|Named after nearby crater Secchi

Montes Spitzbergen

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|34.47|N|5.21|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|60 km

|Named after German for "sharp peaks" and for resemblance to the Spitsbergen islands

Montes Taurus

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|27.32|N|40.34|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|172 km

|Taurus Mountains, Asia Minor

Montes Teneriffe

|style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center;"|{{coord|47.89|N|13.19|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|182 km

|Tenerife island

Other features

The Moon's surface exhibits many other geological features. In addition to mountains, valleys, and impact craters, the following surface features have received names in the Lunar nomenclature, many of them named after a nearby crater or mountain.

The listed diameter for these features is the longest dimension that contains the entire geological formation. The latitudes and longitudes are in selenographic coordinates.

=Albedo=

These features have a high albedo compared to the surrounding terrain.

class="wikitable"

!Name

!Coordinates

!Diameter

!Name origin

Reiner Gamma

|{{coord|7.5|N|59.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|70.0 km

|After nearby crater Reiner

On the far side of the Moon there are unnamed albedo features on Mare Ingenii and Mare Marginis. These are located antipodal to the Mare Imbrium and Mare Orientale impact basins.

=''Dorsa''=

A dorsum (plural dorsa, meaning back or ridge) is a wrinkle-ridge system commonly found on lunar maria.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Name

!Coordinates

!Dia.

!Name origin

data-sort-value="aldrovandi"|Dorsa Aldrovandi

|{{coord|24.0|N|28.5|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|136 km

|Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605)

data-sort-value="andrusov"|Dorsa Andrusov

|{{coord|1.0|S|57.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|160 km

|Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov (1861–1924)

data-sort-value="arduino"|Dorsum Arduino

|{{coord|24.9|N|35.8|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|107 km

|Giovanni Arduino (1714–1795)

data-sort-value="argand"|Dorsa Argand

|{{coord|28.1|N|40.6|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|109 km

|Emile Argand (1879–1940)

data-sort-value="azara"|Dorsum Azara

|{{coord|26.7|N|19.2|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|105 km

|Félix Manuel de Azara (1746–1811)

data-sort-value="barlow"|Dorsa Barlow

|{{coord|15.0|N|31.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|120 km

|William Barlow (1845–1934)

data-sort-value="bucher"|Dorsum Bucher

|{{coord|31.0|N|39.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|90 km

|Walter Hermann Bucher (1889–1965)

data-sort-value="buckland"|Dorsum Buckland

|{{coord|20.4|N|12.8|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|380 km

|William Buckland (1784–1856)

data-sort-value="burnet"|Dorsa Burnet

|{{coord|28.4|N|57.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|194 km

|Thomas Burnet (1635–1715)

data-sort-value="cato"|Dorsa Cato

|{{coord|1.0|N|47.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|140 km

|Cato the Elder (234–149 BC)

data-sort-value="cayeux"|Dorsum Cayeux

|{{coord|1.6|N|51.2|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|84 km

|Lucien Cayeux (1864–1944)

data-sort-value="cloos"|Dorsum Cloos

|{{coord|1.0|N|91.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|100 km

|Hans Cloos (1885–1951)

data-sort-value="cushman"|Dorsum Cushman

|{{coord|1.0|N|49.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|80 km

|Joseph Augustine Cushman (1881–1949)

data-sort-value="dana"|Dorsa Dana

|{{coord|3.0|N|90.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|70 km

|James Dwight Dana (1813–1895)

data-sort-value="ewing"|Dorsa Ewing

|{{coord|10.2|S|39.4|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|141 km

|William Maurice Ewing (1906–1974)

data-sort-value="gast"|Dorsum Gast

|{{coord|24.0|N|9.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|60 km

|Paul Werner Gast (1930–1973)

data-sort-value="geikie"|Dorsa Geikie

|{{coord|4.6|S|52.5|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|228 km

|Sir Archibald Geikie (1835–1924)

data-sort-value="grabau"|Dorsum Grabau

|{{coord|29.4|N|15.9|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|121 km

|Amadeus William Grabau (1870–1946)

data-sort-value="guettard"|Dorsum Guettard

|{{coord|10.0|S|18.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|40 km

|Jean-Etienne Guettard (1715–1786)

data-sort-value="harker"|Dorsa Harker

|{{coord|14.5|N|64.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|197 km

|Alfred Harker (1859–1939)

data-sort-value="heim"|Dorsum Heim

|{{coord|32.0|N|29.8|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|148 km

|Albert Heim (1849–1937)

data-sort-value="higazy"|Dorsum Higazy

|{{coord|28.0|N|17.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|60 km

|Riad Higazy (1919–1967)

data-sort-value="lister"|Dorsa Lister

|{{coord|20.3|N|23.8|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|203 km

|Martin Lister (1639–1712)

data-sort-value="mawson"|Dorsa Mawson

|{{coord|7.0|S|53.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|132 km

|Douglas Mawson (1882–1958)

data-sort-value="nicol"|Dorsum Nicol

|{{coord|18.0|N|23.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|50 km

|William Nicol (1768–1851)

data-sort-value="niggli"|Dorsum Niggli

|{{coord|29.0|N|52.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|50 km

|Paul Niggli (1888–1953)

data-sort-value="oppel"|Dorsum Oppel

|{{coord|18.7|N|52.6|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|268 km

|Albert Oppel (1831–1865)

data-sort-value="owen"|Dorsum Owen

|{{coord|25.0|N|11.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|50 km

|George Owen (1552–1613)

data-sort-value="rubey"|Dorsa Rubey

|{{coord|10.0|S|42.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|100 km

|William Walden Rubey (1898–1974)

data-sort-value="scilla"|Dorsum Scilla

|{{coord|32.8|N|60.4|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|108 km

|Agostino Scilla (1639–1700)

data-sort-value="smirnov"|Dorsa Smirnov

|{{coord|27.3|N|25.3|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|156 km

|Sergei Sergeevich Smirnov (1895–1947)

data-sort-value="sorby"|Dorsa Sorby

|{{coord|19.0|N|14.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|80 km

|Henry Clifton Sorby (1826–1908)

data-sort-value="stille"|Dorsa Stille

|{{coord|27.0|N|19.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|80 km

|Hans Stille (1876–1966)

data-sort-value="termier"|Dorsum Termier

|{{coord|11.0|N|58.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|90 km

|Pierre-Marie Termier (1859–1930)

data-sort-value="tetyaev"|Dorsa Tetyaev

|{{coord|19.9|N|64.2|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|176 km

|Mikhail Mikhailovich Tetyaev (1882–1956)

data-sort-value="thera"|Dorsum Thera

|{{coord|24.4|N|31.4|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|7 km

|Greek feminine name

data-sort-value="voncotta"|Dorsum Von Cotta

|{{coord|23.2|N|11.9|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|199 km

|Carl Bernard von Cotta (1808–1879)

data-sort-value="whiston"|Dorsa Whiston

|{{coord|29.4|N|56.4|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|85 km

|William Whiston (1667–1752)

data-sort-value="zirkel"|Dorsum Zirkel

|{{coord|28.1|N|23.5|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|193 km

|Ferdinand Zirkel (1838–1912)

=''Promontoria''=

These features form a cape or headland on a mare.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Name

!Coordinates

!Dia.

!Name origin

Promontorium Agarum

|{{coord|14.0|N|66.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|70 km

|Named from a cape in the Sea of Azov

Promontorium Agassiz

|{{coord|42.0|N|1.8|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|20 km

|Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807–1873)

Promontorium Archerusia

|{{coord|16.7|N|22.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|10 km

|Named from a cape on the Black Sea

Promontorium Deville

|{{coord|43.2|N|1.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|20 km

|Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville (1814–1876)

Promontorium Fresnel

|{{coord|29.0|N|4.7|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|20 km

|Augustin Jean Fresnel (1788–1827)

Promontorium Heraclides

|{{coord|40.3|N|33.2|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|50 km

|Heraclides Ponticus

Promontorium Kelvin

|{{coord|27.0|S|33.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|50 km

|William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907)

Promontorium Laplace

|{{coord|46.0|N|25.8|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|50 km

|Pierre Simon Laplace (1749–1827)

Promontorium Taenarium

|{{coord|19.0|S|8.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|70 km

|Named from cape in GreeceNow Matapan or Tainaron

=''Rimae''=

Rimae (singular rima) are lunar rilles.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Name

!Coordinates

!Dia.

!Name origin

data-sort-value="agatharchides"|Rima Agatharchides

|{{coord|20.0|S|28.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|50 km

|Named from nearby crater Agatharchides

data-sort-value="agricola"|Rima Agricola

|{{coord|29.0|N|53.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|110 km

|Named from nearby Montes Agricola

data-sort-value="alphonsus"|Rimae Alphonsus

|{{coord|14.0|S|2.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|80 km

|Within crater Alphonsus

data-sort-value="apollonius"|Rimae Apollonius

|{{coord|5.0|N|53.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|230 km

|Named from nearby crater Apollonius

data-sort-value="archimedes"|Rimae Archimedes

|{{coord|26.6|N|4.1|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|169 km

|Named from nearby crater Archimedes

data-sort-value="archytas"|Rima Archytas

|{{coord|53.0|S|3.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|90 km

|Named from nearby crater Archytas

data-sort-value="aridaeus"|Rima Ariadaeus

|{{coord|6.4|N|14.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|250 km

|Named from nearby crater Ariadaeus

data-sort-value="aristarchus"|Rimae Aristarchus

|{{coord|26.9|N|47.5|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|121 km

|Named from nearby crater Aristarchus

data-sort-value="arzachel"|Rimae Arzachel

|{{coord|18.0|S|2.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|50 km

|Within crater Arzachel

data-sort-value="atlas"|Rimae Atlas

|{{coord|47.5|N|43.6|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|60 km

|Within crater Atlas

data-sort-value="billy"|Rima Billy

|{{coord|15.0|S|48.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|70 km

|Named from nearby crater Billy

data-sort-value="birt"|Rima Birt

|{{coord|21.0|S|9.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|50 km

|Named from nearby crater Birt

data-sort-value="bode"|Rimae Bode

|{{coord|10.0|N|4.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|70 km

|Named from nearby crater Bode

data-sort-value="boscovich"|Rimae Boscovich

|{{coord|9.8|N|11.1|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|40 km

|Within crater Boscovich

data-sort-value="bradley"|Rima Bradley

|{{coord|23.8|N|1.2|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|161 km

|Named from nearby Mons Bradley

data-sort-value="brayley"|Rima Brayley

|{{coord|21.4|N|37.5|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|311 km

|Named from nearby crater Brayley

data-sort-value="calippus"|Rima Calippus

|{{coord|37.0|N|13.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|40 km

|Named from nearby crater Calippus

data-sort-value="cardanus"|Rima Cardanus

|{{coord|11.4|N|71.5|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|175 km

|Named from nearby crater Cardanus

data-sort-value="carmen"|Rima Carmen

|{{coord|19.8|N|29.3|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|10 km

|Spanish feminine name

data-sort-value="cauchy"|Rima Cauchy

|{{coord|10.5|N|38.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|140 km

|Named from nearby crater Cauchy

data-sort-value="chacornac"|Rimae Chacornac

|{{coord|29.0|N|32.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|120 km

|Named from nearby crater Chacornac

data-sort-value="cleomedes"|Rima Cleomedes

|{{coord|27.0|N|57.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|80 km

|Within crater Cleomedes

data-sort-value="cleopatra"|Rima Cleopatra

|{{coord|30.0|N|53.8|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|14 km

|Greek feminine name

data-sort-value="conon"|Rima Conon

|{{coord|18.6|N|2.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|30 km

|Named from nearby crater Conon

data-sort-value="daniell"|Rimae Daniell

|{{coord|37.0|N|26.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|200 km

|Named from nearby crater Daniell

data-sort-value="darwin"|Rimae Darwin

|{{coord|19.3|S|69.5|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|143 km

|Named from nearby crater Darwin

data-sort-value="dawes"|Rima Dawes

|{{coord|17.5|N|26.6|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|15 km

|Named from nearby crater Dawes

data-sort-value="degasparis"|Rimae de Gasparis

|{{coord|24.6|S|51.1|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|93 km

|Named from nearby crater de Gasparis

data-sort-value="delisle"|Rima Delisle

|{{coord|31.0|N|32.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|60 km

|Named from nearby crater Delisle

data-sort-value="diophantus"|Rima Diophantus

|{{coord|29.0|N|33.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|150 km

|Named from nearby crater Diophantus

data-sort-value="doppelmayer"|Rimae Doppelmayer

|{{coord|25.9|S|45.1|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|162 km

|Named from nearby crater Doppelmayer

data-sort-value="draper"|Rima Draper

|{{coord|18.0|N|25.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|160 km

|Named from nearby crater Draper

data-sort-value="euler"|Rima Euler

|{{coord|21.0|N|31.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|90 km

|Named from nearby crater Euler

data-sort-value="flammarion"|Rima Flammarion

|{{coord|2.8|S|5.6|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|80 km

|Named from nearby crater Flammarion

data-sort-value="focas"|Rimae Focas

|{{coord|28.0|S|98.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|100 km

|Named from nearby crater Focas

data-sort-value="fresnel"|Rimae Fresnel

|{{coord|28.0|N|4.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|90 km

|Named from nearby Promontorium Fresnel

data-sort-value="furnerius"|Rima Furnerius

|{{coord|35.0|S|61.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|50 km

|Within crater Furnerius

data-sort-value="galilaei"|Rima Galilaei

|{{coord|11.9|N|58.5|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|89 km

|Named from nearby crater Galilaei

data-sort-value="gartner"|Rima Gärtner

|{{coord|59.0|N|63.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|30 km

|Within crater Gärtner

data-sort-value="gassendi"|Rimae Gassendi

|{{coord|18.0|S|40.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|70 km

|Within crater Gassendi

data-sort-value="gaylussac"|Rima Gay-Lussac

|{{coord|13.0|N|22.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|40 km

|Named from nearby crater Gay-Lussac

data-sort-value="gbond"|Rima G. Bond

|{{coord|33.3|N|35.5|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|168 km

|Named from nearby crater G. Bond

data-sort-value="gerard"|Rimae Gerard

|{{coord|46.0|N|84.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|100 km

|Named from nearby crater Gerard

data-sort-value="goclenius"|Rimae Goclenius

|{{coord|8.0|S|43.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|240 km

|Named from nearby crater Goclenius

data-sort-value="grimialdi"|Rimae Grimaldi

|{{coord|9.0|N|64.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|230 km

|Named from nearby crater Grimaldi

data-sort-value="hadley"|Rima Hadley

|{{coord|25.0|N|3.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|80 km

|Named from nearby Mons Hadley

data-sort-value="hansteen"|Rima Hansteen

|{{coord|12.0|S|53.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|25 km

|Named from nearby crater Hansteen

data-sort-value="hesiodus"|Rima Hesiodus

|{{coord|30.0|S|20.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|256 km

|Named from nearby crater Hesiodus

data-sort-value="hyginus"|Rima Hyginus

|{{coord|7.4|N|7.8|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|219 km

|Named from nearby crater Hyginus

data-sort-value="hypatia"|Rimae Hypatia

|{{coord|0.4|S|22.4|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|206 km

|Named from nearby crater Hypatia

data-sort-value="jansen"|Rima Jansen

|{{coord|14.5|N|29.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|35 km

|Named from nearby crater Jansen

data-sort-value="janssen"|Rimae Janssen

|{{coord|45.6|S|40.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|114 km

|Named from nearby crater Janssen

data-sort-value="kopff"|Rimae Kopff

|{{coord|17.4|S|89.6|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|41 km

|Named from nearby crater Kopff

data-sort-value="krieger"|Rima Krieger

|{{coord|29.0|N|45.6|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|22 km

|Named from nearby crater Krieger

data-sort-value="liebig"|Rimae Liebig

|{{coord|20.0|S|45.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|140 km

|Named from nearby crater Liebig

data-sort-value="littrow"|Rimae Littrow

|{{coord|22.1|N|29.9|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|115 km

|Named from nearby crater Littrow

data-sort-value="maclear"|Rimae Maclear

|{{coord|13.0|S|20.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|110 km

|Named from nearby crater Maclear

data-sort-value="maestlin"|Rimae Maestlin

|{{coord|2.0|N|40.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|80 km

|Named from nearby crater Maestlin

data-sort-value="mairan"|Rima Mairan

|{{coord|38.0|N|47.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|90 km

|Named from nearby crater Mairan

data-sort-value="marcello"|Rima Marcello

|{{coord|18.6|N|27.7|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|2 km

|Italian masculine name

data-sort-value="marius"|Rima Marius

|{{coord|16.5|N|48.9|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|121 km

|Named from nearby crater Marius

data-sort-value="maupertuis"|Rimae Maupertuis

|{{coord|52.0|N|23.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|84 km

|Named from nearby crater Maupertuis

data-sort-value="menelaus"|Rimae Menelaus

|{{coord|17.2|N|17.9|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|131 km

|Named from nearby crater Menelaus

data-sort-value="mersenius"|Rimae Mersenius

|{{coord|21.5|S|49.2|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|84 km

|Named from nearby crater Mersenius

data-sort-value="messier"|Rima Messier

|{{coord|1.0|S|45.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|100 km

|Named from nearby crater Messier

data-sort-value="milichius"|Rima Milichius

|{{coord|8.0|N|33.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|100 km

|Named from nearby crater Milichius

data-sort-value="opelt"|Rimae Opelt

|{{coord|13.0|S|18.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|70 km

|Named from nearby crater Opelt

data-sort-value="oppolzer"|Rima Oppolzer

|{{coord|1.7|S|1.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|94 km

|Named from nearby crater Oppolzer

data-sort-value="palmieri"|Rimae Palmieri

|{{coord|28.0|S|47.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|150 km

|Named from nearby crater Palmieri

data-sort-value="parry"|Rimae Parry

|{{coord|6.1|S|16.8|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|82 km

|Named from nearby crater Parry

data-sort-value="petavius"|Rimae Petavius

|{{coord|25.9|S|58.9|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|80 km

|Named from nearby crater Petavius

data-sort-value="pettit"|Rimae Pettit

|{{coord|23.0|S|92.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|450 km

|Named from nearby crater Pettit

data-sort-value="pitatus"|Rimae Pitatus

|{{coord|28.5|S|13.8|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|94 km

|Named from nearby crater Pitatus

data-sort-value="plato"|Rimae Plato

|{{coord|52.9|N|3.2|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|87 km

|Named from nearby crater Plato

data-sort-value="plinius"|Rimae Plinius

|{{coord|17.9|N|23.6|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|124 km

|Named from nearby crater Plinius

data-sort-value="posidonius"|Rimae Posidonius

|{{coord|32.0|N|28.7|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|70 km

|Named from nearby crater Posidonius

data-sort-value="prinz"|Rimae Prinz

|{{coord|27.0|N|43.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|80 km

|Named from nearby crater Prinz

data-sort-value="ramsden"|Rimae Ramsden

|{{coord|33.9|S|31.4|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|108 km

|Named from nearby crater Ramsden

data-sort-value="reaumur"|Rima Réaumur

|{{coord|3.0|S|3.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|30 km

|Named from nearby crater Réaumur

data-sort-value="reiko"|Rima Reiko

|{{coord|18.6|N|27.7|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|2 km

|Japanese feminine name

data-sort-value="repsold"|Rimae Repsold

|{{coord|50.6|N|81.7|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|166 km

|Named from crater Repsold, which it crosses

data-sort-value="riccioli"|Rimae Riccioli

|{{coord|2.0|N|74.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|400 km

|Named from nearby crater Riccioli

data-sort-value="ritter"|Rimae Ritter

|{{coord|3.0|N|18.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|100 km

|Named from nearby crater Ritter

data-sort-value="romer"|Rimae Römer

|{{coord|27.0|N|35.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|110 km

|Named from nearby crater Römer

data-sort-value="rudolf"|Rima Rudolf

|{{coord|19.6|N|29.6|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|8 km

|German masculine name

data-sort-value="schroter"|Rima Schröter

|{{coord|1.0|N|6.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|40 km

|Named from nearby crater Schröter

data-sort-value="secchi"|Rimae Secchi

|{{coord|1.0|N|44.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|35 km

|Named from nearby crater Secchi

data-sort-value="sharp"|Rima Sharp

|{{coord|46.7|N|50.5|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|107 km

|Named from nearby crater Sharp

data-sort-value="sheepshanks"|Rima Sheepshanks

|{{coord|58.0|N|24.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|200 km

|Named from nearby crater Sheepshanks

data-sort-value="siegfried"|Rima Siegfried

|{{coord|25.9|S|103.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|14 km

|German masculine name

data-sort-value="sirsalis"|Rimae Sirsalis

|{{coord|15.7|S|61.7|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|426 km

|Named from nearby crater Sirsalis

data-sort-value="sosigenes"|Rimae Sosigenes

|{{coord|8.6|N|18.7|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|190 km

|Named from nearby crater Sosigenes

data-sort-value="suess"|Rima Suess

|{{coord|6.7|N|48.2|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|165 km

|Named from nearby crater Suess

data-sort-value="sulpiciusgallus"|Rimae Sulpicius Gallus

|{{coord|21.0|N|10.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|90 km

|Named from nearby crater Sulpicius Gallus

data-sort-value="sungmei"|Rima Sung-Mei

|{{coord|24.6|N|11.3|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|4 km

|Chinese feminine name

data-sort-value="taruntius"|Rimae Taruntius

|{{coord|5.5|N|46.5|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|25 km

|Named from nearby crater Taruntius

data-sort-value="theaetetus"|Rimae Theaetetus

|{{coord|33.0|N|6.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|50 km

|Named from nearby crater Theaetetus

data-sort-value="tmayer"|Rima T. Mayer

|{{coord|13.0|N|31.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|50 km

|Named from nearby crater T. Mayer

data-sort-value="triesnecker"|Rimae Triesnecker

|{{coord|4.3|N|4.6|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|215 km

|Named from nearby crater Triesnecker

data-sort-value="vascodagama"|Rimae Vasco da Gama

|{{coord|10.0|N|82.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|60 km

|Named from nearby crater Vasco da Gama

data-sort-value="vladimir"|Rima Vladimir

|{{coord|25.2|N|0.7|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|14 km

|Slavic masculine name

data-sort-value="wanyu"|Rima Wan-Yu

|{{coord|20.0|N|31.5|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|12 km

|Chinese feminine name

data-sort-value="yangel"|Rima Yangel{{softsign}}

|{{coord|16.7|N|4.6|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|30 km

|Named from nearby crater Yangel{{softsign}}

data-sort-value="zahia"|Rima Zahia

|{{coord|25.0|N|29.5|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|16 km

|Arabic feminine name

data-sort-value="zupus"|Rimae Zupus

|{{coord|15.0|S|53.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|120 km

|Named from nearby crater Zupus

=''Rupes''=

These are escarpments in the surface.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Name

!Coordinates

!Dia.

!Name origin

Rupes Altai

|{{coord|24.3|S|22.6|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|427.0 km

|Altai Mountains

Rupes Boris

|{{coord|30.5|N|33.5|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|4.0 km

|Named from nearby crater Boris

Rupes Cauchy

|{{coord|9.0|N|37.0|E|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|120.0 km

|Named from nearby crater Cauchy

Rupes Kelvin

|{{coord|27.3|S|33.1|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|78.0 km

|Named from nearby Promontorium Kelvin

Rupes Liebig

|{{coord|25.0|S|46.0|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|180.0 km

|Named from nearby crater Liebig

Rupes Mercator

|{{coord|31.0|S|22.3|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|93.0 km

|Named from nearby crater Mercator

Rupes Recta

|{{coord|22.1|S|7.8|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|134.0 km

|Latin for "straight cliff"Traditionally called the "Straight Wall".

Rupes Toscanelli

|{{coord|27.4|N|47.5|W|globe:Moon}}

|align="right"|70.0 km

|Named from nearby crater Toscanelli

=''Terrae''<!-- This section is linked from [[List of Highlands on the Moon]] -->=

The continental areas between the seas were given comparable names by Giovanni Battista Riccioli,{{cite web| url=http://www.lpod.org/?m=20060418| date=April 18, 2006| title=Restoring Bright Names| work=LPOD lunar photo of the day| access-date=2006-12-02| first=Chuck| last=Wood}} but were opposite the names used for the seas. Thus there were the lands of sterility (Terra Sterilitatis), heat (Terra Caloris), and liveliness (Terra Vitae). However these names for the highland regions are no longer used on recent maps, and Terrae are not officially recognized as standard lunar nomenclature by the International Astronomical Union.{{cite web

| last = Blue

| first = Jennifer

| date = October 16, 2006

| url = http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/append6.html

| title = Categories for Naming Features on Planets and Satellites.

| publisher = USGS

| access-date = 2007-05-04

}}

class="wikitable sortable"

!Name

!Name origin

!Near side position

Insula Ventorum

| Island of Winds

|

Peninsula Fulminum

| Peninsula of Thunder

| Between Mare Humorum and Oceanus Procellarum.{{cite web

| last=Wood | first=Chuck | date=2006-07-13

| url=http://www.lpod.org/?m=20060418

| title=Restoring bright names

| publisher=LPOD | access-date=2007-07-05 }}

Terra Caloris

| Land of Heat

| Southwest rim of the near side.

Terra Fertilitatis

| Land of Fertility

| Southeastern rim of the near side.

data-sort-value="Terra Grandinis"| Terrae Grandinis

| Lands of Hail

| Northeast border of Mare Imbrium.

data-sort-value="Terra Manna"| Terrae Manna

| Lands of Manna

| Region between Mare Tranquillitatis, Mare Fecunditatis and Mare Nectaris.

Terra Nivium

| Land of Snows

| Southeast border of Mare Imbrium.

Terra Pruinae

| Land of Frost

| Northwest border of Mare Imbrium.

Terra Sanitatis

| Land of Healthiness

| Central region between Mare Nubium and Mare Tranquillitatis.

Terra Siccitatis

| Land of Dryness

| Northwest rim of the near side.

Terra Sterilitatis

| Land of Sterility

|

Terra Vigoris

| Land of Cheerfulness

| Region southeast of Mare Crisium.

Terra Vitae

| Land of Liveliness

| Northeast rim of the near side.

See also

{{Portal|Solar System}}

References

These were used for references in the Water Features section.

  • {{cite book

|last1=Andersson

|first1=L. E.

|last2=Whitaker

|first2=E. A.

|author-link2=Ewen Whitaker

|year=1982

|title=NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature

|publisher=NASA RP-1097

|url=http://planet4589.org/astro/lunar/RP-1097.pdf

|url-status=bot: unknown

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006125838/http://planet4589.org/astro/lunar/RP-1097.pdf

|archive-date=2014-10-06

}}, 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}}.

The following sources were used as references on the individual crater pages.

  • {{cite book

| last1 = Andersson

| first1 = L. E.

| last2 = Whitaker

| first2 = E. A.

| author-link2 = Ewen Whitaker

| year = 1982

| title = NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature

| publisher = NASA RP-1097

| url = http://planet4589.org/astro/lunar/RP-1097.pdf

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141006125838/http://planet4589.org/astro/lunar/RP-1097.pdf

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = 2014-10-06

}}

  • {{cite web

| last=Blue | first=Jennifer | date=July 25, 2007

| url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/

| title=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

| publisher=USGS | access-date=2007-08-05 }}

  • {{cite book

| author=Bussey, B.; Spudis, P.

| date=2004 | title=The Clementine Atlas of the Moon

| publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=New York

| isbn=0-521-81528-2 }}

  • {{cite book |author1=Cocks, Elijah E. |author2=Cocks, Josiah C. |date=1995 |title=Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature |publisher=Tudor Publishers |isbn=0-936389-27-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780936389271 }}
  • {{cite web

| last=McDowell | first=Jonathan | date=July 15, 2007

| url=http://host.planet4589.org/astro/lunar/

| title=Lunar Nomenclature

| publisher=Jonathan's Space Report

| access-date=2007-10-24 }}

  • {{cite web

| last=Menzel | first=Donald H. | date=February 1971

| url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19710009151_1971009151.pdf

| title=Final Report on NGR 22-007-194, Lunar Nomenclature

| publisher=NASA | access-date=2008-08-07 }}

  • {{cite journal

|author1=Menzel, D. H. |author2=Minnaert, M. |author3=Levin, B. |author4=Dollfus, A. |author5=Bell, B. | title=Report on Lunar Nomenclature by The Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU

| journal=Space Science Reviews

| date=1971 | volume=12

| issue = 2 | pages=136

| bibcode=1971SSRv...12..136M

| doi = 10.1007/BF00171763|s2cid=122125855 }}

  • {{cite book | first=Patrick | last=Moore | author-link=Patrick Moore | date=2001 | title=On the Moon | publisher=Sterling Publishing Co. | isbn=0-304-35469-4 | url=https://archive.org/details/patrickmooreonmo00patr }}
  • {{cite book

| first=Fred W. | last=Price | date=1988

| title=The Moon observer's handbook

| publisher=Cambridge University Press

| isbn=0-521-33500-0 }}

  • {{cite book

| first=Antonín | last=Rükl | author-link=Antonín Rükl

| date=1990 | title=Atlas of the Moon

| publisher=Kalmbach Books

| isbn=0-913135-17-8 }}

  • {{cite book | first=Rev. T. W. | last=Webb | author-link=Thomas William Webb | date=1962 | title=Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes | edition=6th revision | publisher=Dover | isbn=0-486-20917-2 | url=https://archive.org/details/celestialobjects00webb }}
  • {{cite book

| first = Ewen A.

| last = Whitaker

| author-link = Ewen Whitaker

| date = 2003

| title = Mapping and Naming the Moon

| publisher = Cambridge University Press

| isbn = 978-0-521-54414-6

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=aV1i27jDYL8C

}}

  • {{cite book

| first=Peter T. | last=Wlasuk

| date=2000 | title=Observing the Moon

| publisher=Springer

| isbn=1-85233-193-3 }}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20030722015149/http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/science/atlas/mare/mare.htm NASA lunar Atlas]
  • [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/MOON/target IAU, USGS: Moon nomenclature]
  • [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=MOON&featureType=Mons,%20montes IAU, USGS: Moon nomenclature: mountains]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201129/http://rccr.cremona.it/monografie/luna/ Astronomica Langrenus] — Italian Lunar Web Site
  • [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/ Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20111218085633/http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_atlases/ Lunar Atlases] at the Lunar & Planetary Institute
  • [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/lunar_orbiter/ Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon]
  • [http://www.planet4589.org/astro/lunar Lunar Nomenclature]
  • [http://LPOD.wikispaces.com Lunar Photo of the Day] by Charles A. Wood et al.

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