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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Moon Nomenclature: Dorsum, dorsa

See Dorsum, dorsa in the descriptor terms page for additional information.

Direction of Increasing Longitude: east
Longitude Range: -180° to 180°

Positive longitude values (0° to 180°) indicate east longitudes.
Negative longitude values (0° to -180°) indicate west longitudes.

Tools Name[Sort in ascending order][Sort in descending order] CLAT[Sort in ascending order][Sort in descending order] CLON[Sort in ascending order][Sort in descending order] DIAM[Sort in ascending order][Sort in descending order] AS[Sort in ascending order][Sort in descending order] Origin[Sort in ascending order][Sort in descending order]
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 24.0 28.5 136.0 5 Ulisse; Italian Earth scientist (1522-1605).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index -1.0 57.0 160.0 5 Nikolai Ivanovich; Soviet geologist (1861-1924).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 28.1 -40.6 109.0 5 Émile; Swiss geologist (1879-1940).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 15.0 31.0 120.0 5 William; British crystallographer (1845-1934).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 28.4 -57.0 194.0 5 Thomas; British Earth scientist (1635-1715).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 1.0 47.0 140.0 5 Marcus Porcius; Roman geological engineer (234-149 B.C.).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 3.0 90.0 70.0 5 James Dwight; American Earth scientist (1813-1895).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index -10.2 -39.4 141.0 5 William Maurice; American geophysicist (1906-1974).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index -4.6 52.5 228.0 5 Sir Archibald; Scottish geologist (1835-1924).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 14.5 64.0 197.0 5 Alfred; British petrologist (1859-1939).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 20.3 23.8 203.0 5 Martin; British stratigrapher, zoologist (1639-1712).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index -7.0 53.0 132.0 5 Douglas; English-Australian Antarctic explorer (1882-1958).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index -10.0 -42.0 100.0 5 William Walden; American geologist (1898-1974).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 27.3 25.3 156.0 5 Sergei Sergeevich; Soviet Earth scientist (1895-1947).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 19.0 14.0 80.0 5 Henry Clifton; British Earth scientist (1826-1908).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 27.0 -19.0 80.0 5 Hans; German Earth scientist (1876-1966).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 19.9 64.2 176.0 5 Mikhail Mikhailovich; Soviet geologist (1882-1956).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 29.4 -56.4 85.0 5 William; British mathematician, astronomer (1667-1752).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 24.9 -35.8 107.0 5 Giovanni; Italian Earth scientist (1713-1795).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 26.7 19.2 105.0 5 Felix De; Spanish Earth scientist (1746-1811).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 31.0 -39.0 90.0 5 Walter Herman; American geologist (1889-1965).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 20.4 12.8 380.0 5 William; British Earth scientist (1784-1856).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 1.6 51.2 84.0 5 Lucien; French sedimentary petrographer (1864-1944).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 1.0 91.0 100.0 5 Hans; German Earth scientist (1885-1951).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 1.0 49.0 80.0 5 Joseph Augustine; American micropaleontologist (1881-1949).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 24.0 9.0 60.0 5 Paul Werner; American geochemist, geologist (1930-1973).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 29.4 -15.9 121.0 5 Amadeus William; American paleontologist (1870-1946).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index -10.0 -18.0 40.0 5 Jean-Etienne; French geologist, mineralogist (1715-1786).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 32.0 -29.8 148.0 5 Albert; Swiss Earth scientist (1849-1937).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 28.0 -17.0 60.0 5 Riad Abdel-Megid; Egyptian Earth scientist (1919-1967).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 25.8 -21.0 30.0 6 Johann Heinrich; German astronomer.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 18.0 23.0 50.0 5 William; Scottish physicist (1768-1851).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 29.0 -52.0 50.0 5 Paul; Swiss Earth scientist (1888-1953).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 18.7 52.6 268.0 5 Albert; German palaeontologist (1831-1865).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 25.0 11.0 50.0 5 George; British Earth scientist (1552-1613).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 32.8 -60.4 108.0 5 Agostino; Italian geologist (1639-1700).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 11.0 58.0 90.0 5 Pierre-Marie; French geologist (1859-1930).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index Download not available 24.4 -31.4 7.0 5 Greek female name.
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 23.2 11.9 199.0 5 Carl Bernard; German Earth scientist (1808-1879).
Image not available Search for maps that cover this feature in the Planetary Map Index 28.1 -23.5 193.0 5 Ferdinand; German geologist, mineralogist (1838-1912).

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