Planetary Names

Basic Info

Feature Name	Mare Frigoris
Clean Name	Mare Frigoris
Feature ID	3674
Target	Moon
Feature Type	Mare, maria

Location

Control Network

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude	52.70 °
Southmost Latitude	50.30 °
Eastmost Longitude	0.00 °
Westmost Longitude	0.00 °
Diameter	1596.00 km
Center Latitude	56.00 °
Center Longitude	1.40 °
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Northmost Latitude	64.38 °
Southmost Latitude	49.08 °
Eastmost Longitude	38.03 °
Westmost Longitude	-43.14 °
Diameter	1446.41 km
Center Latitude	57.59 °
Center Longitude	-0.01 °
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Northmost Latitude	64.05 °
Southmost Latitude	46.43 °
Eastmost Longitude	0.00 °
Westmost Longitude	0.00 °
Diameter	1446.41 km
Center Latitude	57.59 °
Center Longitude	-0.01 °
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Quad	LAC-12 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1935
Continent	Europe
Ethnicity	Latin
Origin	"Sea of Cold."
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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Basic Info

Location

Status and Origin

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