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List of features on the Moon
The Moon's surface is covered in many interesting geologic features. In addition to mountains, valleys, and craters, the following surface features have received names in the Lunar nomenclature. Many of these features are named after a nearby crater or mountain.
The listed diameter for these features is the longest dimension that contains the entire geological formation. The latitude and longitude are in selenographic coordinates.
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Albedo
These features are notable for their high albedo compared to the surrounding terrain.
Name | Lat. | Long. | Dia. | Name Origin |
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Reiner Gamma | 7.5° N | 59.0° W | 70.0 km | Named from nearby Reiner crater |
Catena
A Catena is a chain of craters.
Name | Lat. | Long. | Dia. | Name Origin |
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Catena Abulfeda | 16.9° S | 17.2° E | 219 km | Named from nearby Abulfeda crater |
Catena Artamonov | 26.0° N | 105.9° E | 134 km | Named from nearby Artamonov crater |
Catena Brigitte | 18.5° N | 27.5° E | 5 km | French feminine name |
Catena Davy | 11.0° S | 7.0° W | 50 km | Named from nearby Davy crater |
Catena Dziewulski | 19.0° N | 100.0° E | 80 km | Named from nearby Dziewulski crater |
Catena Gregory | 0.6° S | 129.9° E | 152 km | Named from nearby Gregory crater |
Catena Humboldt | 21.5° S | 84.6° E | 165 km | Named from nearby Humboldt crater |
Catena Krafft | 15.0° N | 72.0° W | 60 km | Named from nearby Krafft crater |
Catena Kurchatov | 37.2° N | 136.3° E | 226 km | Named from nearby Kurchatov crater |
Catena Leuschner | 4.7° N | 110.0° E | 364 km | Named from nearby Leuschner crater |
Catena Littrow | 22.2° N | 29.5° E | 10 km | Named from nearby Littrow crater |
Catena Lucretius | 3.4° S | 126.1° W | 271 km | Named from nearby Lucretius crater |
Catena Mendeleev | 6.3° N | 139.4° E | 188 km | Named from nearby Mendeleev crater |
Catena Michelson | 1.4° N | 113.4° W | 456 km | Named from nearby Michelson crater |
Catena Pierre | 19.8° N | 31.8° W | 9 km | French masculine name |
Catena Sumner | 37.3° N | 112.3° E | 247 km | Named from nearby Sumner crater |
Catena Sylvester | 81.4° N | 86.2° E | 173 km | Named from nearby Sylvester crater |
Catena Taruntius | 3.0° N | 48.0° E | 100 km | Named from nearby Taruntius crater |
Catena Timocharis | 29.0° N | 13.0° W | 50 km | Named from nearby Timocharis crater |
Catena Yuri | 24.4° N | 30.4° W | 5 km | Russian masculine name |
Dorsa
These features are wrinkle-ridge systems commonly found on Lunar maria.
Name | Lat. | Long. | Dia. | Name Origin |
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Dorsa Aldrovandi | 24.0° N | 28.5° W | 136 km | Aldrovandi |
Dorsa Andrusov | 1.0° N | 57.0° E | 160 km | Nicolai I. Andrusov |
Dorsa Argand | 28.1° N | 40.6° W | 109 km | Emile Argand |
Dorsa Barlow | 15.0° N | 31.0° E | 120 km | William Barlow |
Dorsa Burnet | 28.4° N | 57.0° W | 194 km | Thomas Burnet |
Dorsa Cato | 1.0° N | 47.0° E | 140 km | Marcus Porcius Cato |
Dorsa Dana | 3.0° N | 90.0° E | 70 km | James Dwight Dana |
Dorsa Ewing | 10.2° S | 39.4° W | 141 km | William Maurice Ewing |
Dorsa Geikie | 4.6° S | 52.5° E | 228 km | Sir Archibald Geikie |
Dorsa Harker | 14.5° N | 64.0° E | 197 km | Alfred Harker |
Dorsa Lister | 20.3° N | 23.8° E | 203 km | Martin Lister |
Dorsa Mawson | 7.0° S | 53.0° E | 132 km | Douglas Mawson |
Dorsa Rubey | 10.0° S | 42.0° W | 100 km | William Walden Rubey |
Dorsa Smirnov | 27.3° N | 25.3° E | 156 km | Sergei Sergeevich Smirnov |
Dorsa Sorby | 19.0° N | 14.0° E | 80 km | Henry Clifton Sorby |
Dorsa Stille | 27.0° N | 19.0° E | 80 km | Hans Stille |
Dorsa Tetyaev | 19.9° N | 64.2° E | 176 km | Mikhail Mikhailovich Tetyaev |
Dorsa Whiston | 29.4° N | 56.4° W | 85 km | William Whiston |
Dorsum
These features are wrinkle-ridges commonly found on lunar maria.
Name | Lat. | Long. | Dia. | Name Origin |
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Dorsum Arduino | 24.9° N | 35.8° W | 107 km | Giovanni Arduino |
Dorsum Azara | 26.7° N | 19.2° E | 105 km | Felix de Azara |
Dorsum Bucher | 31.0° N | 39.0° W | 90 km | Walter Hermann Bucher |
Dorsum Buckland | 20.4° N | 12.8° E | 380 km | William Buckland |
Dorsum Cayeux | 1.6° N | 51.2° E | 84 km | Lucien Cayeux |
Dorsum Cloos | 1.0° N | 91.0° E | 100 km | Hans Cloos |
Dorsum Cushman | 1.0° N | 49.0° E | 80 km | Joseph Augustine Cushman |
Dorsum Gast | 24.0° N | 9.0° E | 60 km | Paul Werner Gast |
Dorsum Grabau | 29.4° N | 15.9° W | 121 km | Amadeus William Grabau |
Dorsum Guettard | 10.0° S | 18.0° W | 40 km | Jean-Etienne Guettard |
Dorsum Heim | 32.0° N | 29.8° W | 148 km | Albert Heim |
Dorsum Higazy | 28.0° N | 17.0° W | 60 km | Riad Higazy |
Dorsum Nicol | 18.0° N | 23.0° E | 50 km | William Nicol |
Dorsum Niggli | 29.0° N | 52.0° E | 50 km | Paul Niggli |
Dorsum Oppel | 18.7° N | 52.6° E | 268 km | Albert Oppel |
Dorsum Owen | 25.0° N | 11.0° E | 50 km | George Owen |
Dorsum Scilla | 32.8° N | 60.4° W | 108 km | Agostino Scilla |
Dorsum Termier | 11.0° N | 58.0° E | 90 km | Pierre-Marie Termier |
Dorsum Thera | 24.4° N | 31.4° W | 7 km | Greek feminine name |
Dorsum Von Cotta | 23.2° N | 11.9° E | 199 km | Carl Bernard von Cotta |
Dorsum Zirkel | 28.1° N | 23.5° W | 193 km | Ferdinand Zirkel |
Promontorium
These features form a cape or headland on a maria.
Name | Lat. | Long. | Dia. | Name Origin |
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Promontorium Agarum | 14.0° N | 66.0° E | 70 km | Named from a cape in the Sea of Azov |
Promontorium Agassiz | 42.0° N | 1.8° E | 20 km | Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz |
Promontorium Archerusia | 16.7° N | 22.0° E | 10 km | Named from a cape on the Black Sea |
Promontorium Deville | 43.2° N | 1.0° E | 20 km | Sainte-Claire Charles Deville |
Promontorium Fresnel | 29.0° N | 4.7° E | 20 km | Augustin Jean Fresnel |
Promontorium Heraclides | 40.3° N | 33.2° W | 50 km | Heraclides Ponticus |
Promontorium Kelvin | 27.0° S | 33.0° W | 50 km | William Thomson, Lord Kelvin |
Promontorium Laplace | 46.0° N | 25.8° W | 50 km | Pierre Simon Laplace |
Promontorium Taenarium | 19.0° S | 8.0° W | 70 km | Named from cape in Greece1 |
Notes:
- Now Matapan or Tainaron.
Rima
These features are lunar rilles.
Name | Lat. | Long. | Dia. | Name Origin |
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Rima Agatharchides | 20.0° S | 28.0° W | 50 km | Named from nearby Agatharchides crater |
Rima Agricola | 29.0° N | 53.0° W | 110 km | Named from nearby Montes Agricola |
Rima Archytas | 53.0° S | 3.0° E | 90 km | Named from nearby Archytas crater |
Rima Ariadaeus | 6.4° N | 14.0° E | 250 km | Named from nearby Ariadaeus crater |
Rima Billy | 15.0° S | 48.0° W | 70 km | Named from nearby Billy crater |
Rima Birt | 21.0° S | 9.0° W | 50 km | Named from nearby Birt crater |
Rima Bradley | 23.8° N | 1.2° W | 161 km | Named from nearby Mons Bradley |
Rima Brayley | 21.4° N | 37.5° W | 311 km | Named from nearby Brayley crater |
Rima Calippus | 37.0° N | 13.0° E | 40 km | Named from nearby Calippus crater |
Rima Cardanus | 11.4° N | 71.5° E | 175 km | Named from nearby Cardanus crater |
Rima Carmen | 19.8° N | 29.3° E | 10 km | Spanish feminine name |
Rima Cauchy | 10.5° N | 38.0° E | 140 km | Named from nearby Cauchy crater |
Rima Cleomedes | 27.0° N | 57.0° E | 80 km | Within Cleomedes crater |
Rima Cleopatra | 30.0° N | 53.8° W | 14 km | Greek feminine name |
Rima Conon | 18.6° N | 2.0° E | 30 km | Named from nearby Conon crater |
Rima Dawes | 17.5° N | 26.6° E | 15 km | Named from nearby Dawes crater |
Rima Delisle | 31.0° N | 32.0° W | 60 km | Named from nearby Delisle crater |
Rima Diophantus | 29.0° N | 33.0° W | 150 km | Named from nearby Diophantus crater |
Rima Draper | 18.0° N | 25.0° W | 160 km | Named from nearby Draper crater |
Rima Euler | 21.0° N | 31.0° W | 90 km | Named from nearby Draper crater |
Rima Flammarion | 2.8° S | 5.6° W | 80 km | Named from nearby Flammarion crater |
Rima Furnerius | 35.0° S | 61.0° E | 50 km | Within Furnerius crater |
Rima G. Bond | 33.3° N | 35.5° E | 168 km | Named from nearby G. Bond crater |
Rima Galilaei | 11.9° N | 58.5° W | 89 km | Named from nearby Galilaei crater |
Rima Gärtner | 59.0° N | 63.0° E | 30 km | Within Gärtner crater |
Rima Gay-Lussac | 13.0° N | 22.0° W | 40 km | Named from nearby Gay-Lussac crater |
Rima Hadley | 25.0° N | 3.0° E | 80 km | Named from nearby Mons Hadley |
Rima Hansteen | 12.0° S | 53.0° W | 25 km | Named from nearby Hansteen crater |
Rima Hesiodus | 30.0° S | 20.0° W | 256 km | Named from nearby Hesiodus crater |
Rima Hyginus | 7.4° N | 7.8° E | 219 km | Named from nearby Hyginus crater |
Rima Jansen | 14.5° N | 29.0° E | 35 km | Named from nearby Jansen crater |
Rima Krieger | 29.0° N | 45.6° W | 22 km | Named from nearby Krieger crater |
Rima Mairan | 38.0° N | 47.0° W | 90 km | Named from nearby Mairan crater |
Rima Marcello | 18.6° N | 27.7° E | 2 km | Italian masculine name |
Rima Marius | 16.5° N | 48.9° W | 121 km | Named from nearby Marius crater |
Rima Messier | 1.0° S | 45.0° E | 100 km | Named from nearby Messier crater |
Rima Milichius | 8.0° N | 33.0° W | 100 km | Named from nearby Milichius crater |
Rima Oppolzer | 1.7° S | 1.0° E | 94 km | Named from nearby Oppolzer crater |
Rima Réaumur | 3.0° S | 3.0° E | 30 km | Named from nearby Réaumur crater |
Rima Reiko | 18.6° N | 27.7° E | 2 km | Japanese feminine name |
Rima Rudolf | 19.6° N | 29.6° E | 8 km | German masculine name |
Rima Schröter | 1.0° N | 6.0° W | 40 km | Named from nearby Schröter crater |
Rima Sharp | 46.7° N | 50.5° W | 107 km | Named from nearby Sharp crater |
Rima Sheepshanks | 58.0° N | 24.0° E | 200 km | Named from nearby Sheepshanks crater |
Rima Siegfried | 25.9° S | 103.0° E | 14 km | German masculine name |
Rima Suess | 6.7° N | 48.2° E | 165 km | Named from nearby Suess crater |
Rima Sung-Mei | 24.6° N | 11.3° E | 4 km | Chinese feminine name |
Rima T. Mayer | 13.0° N | 31.0° W | 50 km | Named from nearby T. Mayer crater |
Rima Vladimir | 25.2° N | 0.7° W | 14 km | Slavic masculine name |
Rima Wan-Yu | 20.0° N | 31.5° W | 12 km | Chinese feminine name |
Rima Yangel' | 16.7° N | 4.6° E | 30 km | Named from nearby Yangel' crater |
Rima Zahia | 25.0° N | 29.5° W | 16 km | Arabic feminine name |
Rimae
These features are lunar rille systems.
Name | Lat. | Long. | Dia. | Name Origin |
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Rimae Atlas | 47.5° N | 43.6° E | 60 km | Within Atlas crater |
Rimae Darwin | 19.3° S | 69.5° W | 143 km | Named from nearby Darwin crater |
Rimae Grimaldi | 9.0° N | 64.0° W | 230 km | Named from nearby Grimaldi crater |
Rimae Hypatia | 0.4° S | 22.4° E | 206 km | Named from nearby Hypatia crater |
Rimae Littrow | 22.1° N | 29.9° E | 115 km | Named from nearby Littrow crater |
Rimae Plato | 52.9° N | 3.2° W | 87 km | Named from nearby Plato crater |
Rimae Prinz | 27.0° N | 43.0° W | 80 km | Named from nearby Prinz crater |
Rimae Riccioli | 2.0° N | 74.0° W | 400 km | Named from nearby Riccioli crater |
Rimae Sirsalis | 15.7° S | 61.7° W | 426 km | Named from nearby Sirsalis crater |
See also
- List of craters on the Moon
- List of maria on the Moon
- List of mountains on the Moon
- List of valleys on the Moon