Lunar “Seas” (Mare)
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Adapted from the International Astronomical Union Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
The following table lists all lunar maria (“seas”) and oceani (“oceans”). Click on the name to view the Moon centred on that feature. Longitude in red indicates a far-side object.
Name Lat. Long. Diam. (km) Translation Mare Anguis 22.6N 67.7E 150.0 Serpent Sea Mare Australe 38.9S 93.0E 603.0 Southern Sea Mare Cognitum 10.0S 23.1W 376.0 Sea that has become known (Ranger 7 impact site, 31 July 1964) Mare Crisium 17.0N 59.1E 418.0 Sea of Crises Mare Fecunditatis 7.8S 51.3E 909.0 Sea of Fecundity Mare Frigoris 56.0N 1.4E 1596.0 Sea of Cold Mare Humboldtianum 56.8N 81.5E 273.0 Humboldt's Sea (German naturalist, 1769–1859) Mare Humorum 24.4S 38.6W 389.0 Sea of Moisture Mare Imbrium 32.8N 15.6W 1123.0 Sea of Showers Mare Ingenii 33.7S 163.5E 318.0 Sea of Cleverness Mare Insularum 7.5N 30.9W 513.0 Sea of Islands Mare Marginis 13.3N 86.1E 420.0 Sea of the Edge Mare Moscoviense 27.3N 147.9E 277.0 Sea of Muscovy Mare Nectaris 15.2S 35.5E 333.0 Sea of Nectar Mare Nubium 21.3S 16.6W 715.0 Sea of Clouds Mare Orientale 19.4S 92.8W 327.0 Eastern sea Oceanus Procellarum 18.4N 57.4W 2568.0 Ocean of Storms Mare Serenitatis 28.0N 17.5E 707.0 Sea of Serenity Mare Smythii 1.3N 87.5E 373.0 Smyth's Sea (British astronomer, 1788–1865) Mare Spumans 1.1N 65.1E 139.0 Foaming Sea Mare Tranquillitatis 8.5N 31.4E 873.0 Sea of Tranquility Mare Undarum 6.8N 68.4E 243.0 Sea of Waves Mare Vaporum 13.3N 3.6E 245.0 Sea of Vapors