Maria on the Moon

Lacus Aestatis ( latin for "Summer Lake") consists of two relatively small areas of lunar mare located near the western limb of the Moon. The selenograpic coordinates of this feature are 15.0° S, 69.0° W, and it lies within a diameter of 90 km. The lake has a combined surface area on the order of 1,000 km2. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lacus Aestatis"

Lacus Autumni ( latin for "Lake of Autumn") is a region of lunar mare that lies near the western limb of the Moon. Along this side of the lunar surface is a huge impact basin centered on the Mare Orientale. Two concentric mountain rings surround the Orientale mare, the inner ring being named Montes Rook and an outer ring called the Montes Cordillera. Lacus Autumni lies in the northeastern quadrant of the gap between these two mountain rings. Unfortunately this section of the lunar surface is difficult to observe directly from the Earth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lacus Autumni"

Lacus Felicitatis ( latin for "Lake of Happiness") is a small patch of the lunar surface that has been inundated by flows of lava, leaving a level patch with a lower albedo than the surrounding ground. It is located in an area of continental ground to the north of the Mare Vaporum. About 70-80 km to the northeast of this area are the Montes Haemus, along the southwestern edge of the Mare Serenitatis. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lacus Felicitatis"

Lacus Mortis, latin for "Lake of Death", is a plain of basaltic- lava flows in the northeastern part of the Moon. It lies just to the south of the elongated Mare Frigoris, being separated by a slender arm of rugged ground. To the south is the Lacus Somniorum, separated from ...more on Wikipedia about "Lacus Mortis"

Lacus Solitudinus ( latin for "Lake of Solitude") is a small lunar mare on the far side of the Moon. The selenograhic coordinates of the lake are 27.8° S, 104.3° E, and it lies within a diameter of 139 km. It forms an arcing feature with the concave side oriented to the northwest. The eastern edge is relatively continuous, while the west is more irregular and disrupted by small craters. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lacus Solitudinis"

Lacus Somniorum is a small plain located in the northeastern part of the Moon's near side. It is located at selenographic coordinates 38.0° N, 29.2° E, and has a diameter of 384 kilometers. (It is the largest of the lunar features designated Lacus.) The name is Latin for Lake of Dreams, a title given to this feature by Riccioli. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lacus Somniorum"

Lacus Spei ( latin for "Lake of Hope") is a small lunar mare that is located in the northeastern part of the Moon's near side. To the north is the Mercurius crater and to the west-southwest lies Schumacher crater. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lacus Spei" www.shortopedia.com - Go in quickly.

Lacus Temporis ( latin for Lake of Time) is a small lunar mare that is located in the northeastern quadrant of the Moon's near side. The selenographic coordinates of this feature are , and it lies within a diameter of 117 km. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lacus Temporis"

This is a list of maria (singular mare) on the Moon. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of maria on the Moon"

The Lunar maria (singular: mare, pronounced MAH-ray) are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by ancient basaltic flood eruptions caused by extremely large meteoroid impacts. They were dubbed maria, Latin for "seas", by early astronomers who mistook them for actual seas. They are less reflective than the 'highlands' or mountains which are older and have had a soil or ' regolith' created by the impact of micro-meteoroids over hundreds of millions of years. The regolith is more reflective than the basalt of the maria. The maria cover 16% of the lunar surface, mostly on the near-side visible from Earth. The few maria on the far-side are much smaller, being mostly very large craters where a small amount of flooding occurred. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lunar mare"

Mare Anguis (the "serpent sea") is a lunar mare located on the near side of the Moon, about 150 miles in diameter. Located within the Crisium basin, Mare Anguis is a part of the Nectarian System, meaning that it was formed during the Nectarian time period. Like most mare, the surface of Mare Anguis is dark, indicating that it has been filled with volcanic basalt. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mare Anguis"

Mare Australe (the "southern sea") is a lunar mare located in the southeastern hemisphere of the Moon. It is 603 miles in diameter, overlapping the near and far sides of the Moon. Smooth, dark volcanic basalt lines the bottom of the mare. The Australe basin was formed in the Pre-Nectarian epoch, while the mare material inside formed in the Upper Imbrian epoch. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mare Australe"

Mare Cognitum (the "sea that has become known") is a lunar mare located in a basin or large crater which sits in the second ring of the Procellarum basin. The basin material is of the Lower Imbrian epoch, while the basaltic mare material is of the Upper Imbrian epoch. To the northwest of the mare is the Montes Riphaeus mountain range, part of the rim of the buried crater or basin containing the mare. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mare Cognitum"

Mare Crisium (the "sea of crises") is a lunar mare located in the Moon's Crisium basin, just northeast of Mare Tranquillitatis. This basin is of the Nectarian epoch, while the mare material is of the Upper Imbrian epoch. This mare is 376 miles in diameter, with many notable features in and around it. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mare Crisium"

Mare Desiderii ("Sea of Dreams") was an area of the Moon named after Luna 3 returned the first pictures of the far side. However, it was later found to be composed of a smaller mare, Mare Ingenii (Sea of Ingenuity), and other dark craters. Today the IAU does not recognise the name Mare Desiderii. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mare Desiderii"

Mare Fecunditatis (the "Sea of Fecundity" or "Sea of Fertility") is a lunar mare 909 miles in diameter. The Fecuditatis basin formed in the Pre-Nectarian epoch, while the basin material surrounding the mare is of the ...more on Wikipedia about "Mare Fecunditatis"

Mare Frigoris (the "sea of cold") is a lunar mare located just north of Mare Imbrium, and stretches east to north of Mare Serenitatis. The mare is in the outer rings of the Procellarum basin. The basin material surrounding the mare is of the Lower Imbrian epoch, while the eastern mare material is of the Upper Imbrian epoch, and the western mare material is of the Eratosthenian epoch. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mare Frigoris"

Mare Humboldtianum ( Latin for "sea of Alexander von Humboldt") is a lunar mare located within the Humboldtianum basin, just to the east of Mare Frigoris. It is located along the northeastern limb of the Moon, and continues on to the far side. Due to its location, the visibility of this feature can be affected by libration and on occasion it can be hidden from direct sight of the Earth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mare Humboldtianum"

Mare Humorum (the "sea of moisture") is a lunar mare. The impact basin it is located in is 825 kilometers across. It was not sampled by the Apollo program, so a precise age has not been determined. However, geologic mapping indicates that it is intermediate in age between the Imbrium and Nectaris Basins, suggesting an age of about 3.9 billion years. Humorum Basin is filled with a thick layer of mare basalt, believed to exceed 3 kilometers in thickness at the center of the basin. On the north edge of Mare Humorum is the large crater Gassendi, which was considered as a possible landing site for Apollo 17. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mare Humorum"

Mare Imbrium, Latin for "Sea of Showers" or "Sea of Rains", is a vast lunar mare (mahr'-ay) filling a basin on Earth's Moon. Mare Imbrium was created when lava flooded the giant crater formed when a very large object hit the moon long ago. The moon's maria (mahr'-ee-ah) (plural of mare) have fewer features than other areas of the moon because molten lava pooled in the craters and formed a relatively smooth surface. Mare Imbrium is not as flat as it was originally because later events have altered its surface. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mare Imbrium"

Located on the Moon's southern hemisphere, Mare Ingenii ("sea of cleverness") is one of the few lunar mare features on the far side of the Moon. The mare sits in the Ingenii basin. This basin material is of the Pre-Nectarian epoch. The mare material located in Ingenii and the surrounding craters is of the Upper Imbrian epoch. The dark circular feature which dominates this mare is the Thomson crater (112 km diameter), with the overflow from Ingenii/Thomson directly to the east. Mare Ingenii is incompletely and thinly covered over much of its expanse with mare lava sheets. The best flooding conveniently occurs in Thomson crater in the ENE part of the Mare Ingenii basin. The light gray crater to the south of ingenii is Obruchev. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mare Ingenii"

Mare Insularum (the "sea of islands") is a lunar mare located in the Insularum basin just south of Mare Imbrium. The basin material is of the Lower Imbrian epoch, with the mare material of the Upper Imbrian epoch. The mare is bordered by the craters Copernicus on the east, and Kepler on the west. Oceanus Procellarum joins the mare to the southwest. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mare Insularum"

Mare Marginis is a lunar mare that lies on the very edge of the lunar nearside. The selenographic coordinates of this feature are 13.3° N, 86.1° E, and the diameter is 420 km. The name is latin for "Sea of the Edge". ...more on Wikipedia about "Mare Marginis"

Mare Moscoviense ("sea of Muscovy") is a lunar mare that sits in the Moscoviense basin. It is one of the very few mares on the far side of the Moon. Like Mare Marginis, this mare appears to be fairly thin. However, it is clearly centered within a large impact basin. It is also much lower than either the outer basin floor or the farside highlands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mare Moscoviense"

The Sea of Nectar (Mare Nectaris) is a small lunar mare or sea (a volcanic lava plain noticeably darker than the rest of the moon's surface) located between the Sea of Tranquillity (Mare Tranquillatis) and the Sea of Fecundity (Mare Fecunditatis). Montes Pyrenaeus borders the mare to the west and the large crater near the south center of the mare is known as Rosse. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mare Nectaris"

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