[Visit the USGS Home Page]

Astrogeology Research Program


International Astronomical Union: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Moon Nomenclature: Mare

See MARE in the descriptor terms page for additional information.

 
 

NAME                LAT    LONG       DIAM  CT  ET  MAP     QUAD      AS    AD  REF  FT  ORIGIN

Mare Anguis       22.6N   67.7E      150.0  EU  LA  44      LAC        5  1935   66  ME  "Serpent Sea".                   
Mare Australe     38.9S   93.0E      603.0  EU  LA  3       LMP        5  1935   66  ME  "Southern Sea".                  
Mare Cognitum     10.0S   23.1W      376.0  EU  LA  2       LOC        5  1964   67  ME  "Sea that has become             
                                                                                         known".                            
Mare Crisium      17.0N   59.1E      418.0  EU  LA  3       LOC        5  1935   66  ME  "Sea of Crises".                 
Mare               7.8S   51.3E      909.0  EU  LA  3       LOC        5  1935   66  ME  "Sea of Fecundity".              
Fecunditatis                                                                                                            
Mare Frigoris     56.0N    1.4E     1596.0  EU  LA  3       LMP        5  1935   66  ME  "Sea of Cold".                   
Mare              56.8N   81.5E      273.0  EU  GE  3       LMP        5  1935   66  ME  Humboldt, Alexander von;         
Humboldtianum                                                                            German natural historian           
                                                                                         (1769-1859).                       
Mare Humorum      24.4S   38.6W      389.0  EU  LA  93      LAC        5  1935   66  ME  "Sea of Moisture".               
Mare Imbrium      32.8N   15.6W     1123.0  EU  LA  2       LOC        5  1935   66  ME  "Sea of Showers".                
Mare Ingenii      33.7S  163.5E      318.0  EU  LA  4       LOC        5  1961   67  ME  "Sea of Cleverness".             
Mare Insularum     7.5N   30.9W      513.0  EU  LA  2       LOC        5  1976    0  ME  "Sea of Islands".                
Mare Marginis     13.3N   86.1E      420.0  EU  LA  3       LOC        5  1935   66  ME  "Sea of the Edge".               
Mare              27.3N  147.9E      277.0  EU  LA  4       LOC        5  1961   67  ME  "Sea of Muscovy".                
Moscoviense                                                                                                             
Mare Nectaris     15.2S   35.5E      333.0  EU  LA  2       LOC        5  1935   66  ME  "Sea of Nectar".                 
Mare Nubium       21.3S   16.6W      715.0  EU  LA  2       LOC        5  1935   66  ME  "Sea of Clouds".                 
Mare Orientale    19.4S   92.8W      327.0  EU  LA  1       LOC        5  1935   66  ME  "Eastern sea"                    
Mare              28.0N   17.5E      707.0  EU  LA  2       LOC        5  1935   66  ME  "Sea of Serenity".               
Serenitatis                                                                                                             
Mare Smythii       1.3N   87.5E      373.0  EU  GB  3       LOC        5  1935   66  ME  Smyth, William Henry;            
                                                                                         British astronomer                 
                                                                                         (1788-1865).                       

NAME                LAT    LONG       DIAM  CT  ET  MAP     QUAD      AS    AD  REF  FT  ORIGIN

Mare Spumans       1.1N   65.1E      139.0  EU  LA  62      LAC        5  1935   66  ME  "Foaming Sea".                   
Mare               8.5N   31.4E      873.0  EU  LA  2       LOC        5  1935   66  ME  "Sea of Tranquility".            
Tranquillitatis                                                                                                         
Mare Undarum       6.8N   68.4E      243.0  EU  LA  62      LAC        5  1935   66  ME  "Sea of Waves".                  
Mare Vaporum      13.3N    3.6E      245.0  EU  LA  59      LAC        5  1935   66  ME  "Sea of Vapors".                 
 

Return to Moon Nomenclature Table of Contents