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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mare Vaporum
Clean Name Mare Vaporum
Feature ID 3694
Target Moon
Feature Type Mare, maria

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 16.91 °
Southmost Latitude 9.39 °
Eastmost Longitude 8.73 °
Westmost Longitude -0.41 °
Diameter 242.46 km
Center Latitude 13.20 °
Center Longitude 4.09 °
Northmost Latitude 16.91 °
Southmost Latitude 10.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 0.00 °
Westmost Longitude
Diameter 242.46 km
Center Latitude 13.57 °
Center Longitude 3.69 °
Northmost Latitude 13.40 °
Southmost Latitude 13.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 0.00 °
Westmost Longitude 0.00 °
Diameter 245.00 km
Center Latitude 13.30 °
Center Longitude 3.60 °
Quad LAC-59 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Culture Latin
Origin "Sea of Vapors."
Reference [66] - Named Lunar Formations, by Mary A. Blagg and K. Müller: Percy Lund, Humphries and Co. Ltd., London, 1935.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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