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List of features on the Moon - Definition
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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.

Contents
1 Albedo
2 Catena
3 Dorsa
4 Dorsum
5 Promontorium
6 Rima
7 Rimae
8 See also
9 External link

Albedo

These features are notable for their high albedo compared to the surrounding terrain.

Name Lat. Long. Dia. Name Origin
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
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 110.1° W 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
Dorsa Aldrovandi 24.0° N 28.5° E 136 km Aldrovandi
Dorsa Andrusov 1.0° S 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° W 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
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° W 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
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:

  1. Now Matapan or Tainaron.

Rima

These features are lunar rilles.

Name Lat. Long. Dia. Name Origin
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
Rimae Alphonsus 14.0° S 2.0° W 80 km Within Alphonsus crater
Rimae Apollonius 5.0° N 53.0° E 230 km Named from nearby Apollonius crater
Rimae Archimedes 26.6° N 4.1° W 169 km Named from nearby Archimedes crater
Rimae Aristarchus 26.9° N 47.5° W 121 km Named from nearby Aristarchus crater
Rimae Arzachel 18.0° S 2.0° W 50 km Within Arzachel crater
Rimae Atlas 47.5° N 43.6° E 60 km Within Atlas crater
Rimae Bode 10.0° N 4.0° W 70 km Named from nearby Bode crater
Rimae Boscovich 9.8° N 11.1° E 40 km Within Boscovich crater
Rimae Chacornac 29.0° N 32.0° E 120 km Named from nearby Chacornac crater
Rimae Daniell 37.0° N 26.0° E 200 km Named from nearby Daniell crater
Rimae Darwin 19.3° S 69.5° W 143 km Named from nearby Darwin crater
Rimae Doppelmayer 25.9° S 45.1° W 162 km Named from nearby Doppelmayer crater
Rimae Focas 28.0° S 98.0° W 100 km Named from nearby Focas crater
Rimae Fresnel 28.0° N 4.0° E 90 km Named from nearby Fresnel promontorium
Rimae Gasparis 24.6° S 51.1° W 93 km Named from nearby De Gasparis crater
Rimae Gassendi 18.0° S 40.0° W 70 km Within Gassendi crater
Rimae Gerard 46.0° N 84.0° W 100 km Named from nearby Gerard crater
Rimae Goclenius 8.0° S 43.0° E 240 km Named from nearby Goclenius 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 Janssen 45.6° S 40.0° E 114 km Named from nearby Janssen crater
Rimae Kopff 17.4° S 89.6° W 41 km Named from nearby Kopff crater
Rimae Liebig 20.0° S 45.0° W 140 km Named from nearby Liebig crater
Rimae Littrow 22.1° N 29.9° E 115 km Named from nearby Littrow crater
Rimae Maclear 13.0° S 20.0° E 110 km Named from nearby Maclear crater
Rimae Maestlin 2.0° N 40.0° W 80 km Named from nearby Maestlin crater
Rimae Maupertuis 52.0° N 23.0° W 84 km Named from nearby Maupertuis crater
Rimae Menelaus 17.2° N 17.9° E 131 km Named from nearby Menelaus crater
Rimae Mersenius 21.5° S 49.2° W 84 km Named from nearby Mersenius crater
Rimae Opelt 13.0° S 18.0° W 70 km Named from nearby Opelt crater
Rimae Palmieri 28.0° S 47.0° W 150 km Named from nearby Palmieri crater
Rimae Parry 6.1° S 16.8° W 82 km Named from nearby Parry crater
Rimae Petavius 25.9° S 58.9° E 80 km Named from nearby Petavius crater
Rimae Pettit 23.0° S 92.0° W 450 km Named from nearby Pettit crater
Rimae Pitatus 28.5° S 13.8° W 94 km Named from nearby Pitatus crater
Rimae Plato 52.9° N 3.2° W 87 km Named from nearby Plato crater
Rimae Plinius 17.9° N 23.6° E 124 km Named from nearby Plinius crater
Rimae Posidonius 32.0° N 28.7° E 70 km Named from nearby Posidonius crater
Rimae Prinz 27.0° N 43.0° W 80 km Named from nearby Prinz crater
Rimae Ramsden 33.9° S 31.4° W 108 km Named from nearby Ramsden crater
Rimae Repsold 50.6° N 81.7° W 166 km Named from nearby Repsold crater
Rimae Riccioli 2.0° N 74.0° W 400 km Named from nearby Riccioli crater
Rimae Ritter 3.0° N 18.0° W 100 km Named from nearby Ritter crater
Rimae Römer 27.0° N 35.0° W 110 km Named from nearby Römer crater
Rimae Secchi 1.0° N 44.0° W 35 km Named from nearby Secchi crater
Rimae Sirsalis 15.7° S 61.7° W 426 km Named from nearby Sirsalis crater
Rimae Sosigenes 8.6° N 18.7° E 190 km Named from nearby Sosigenes crater
Rimae Sulpicius Gallus 21.0° N 10.0° E 90 km Named from nearby Sulpicius Gallus crater
Rimae Taruntius 5.5° N 46.5° E 25 km Named from nearby Taruntius crater
Rimae Theaetetus 33.0° N 6.0° E 50 km Named from nearby Theaetetus crater
Rimae Triesnecker 4.3° N 4.6° E 215 km Named from nearby Triesnecker crater
Rimae Vasco de Gama 10.0° N 82.0° E 60 km Named from nearby Vasco de Gama crater
Rimae Zupus 15.0° S 53.0° W 120 km Named from nearby Zupus crater

See also

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