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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

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

Location


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 °
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 °
Northmost Latitude 64.05 °
Southmost Latitude 46.43 °
Eastmost Longitude 0.00 °
Westmost Longitude
Diameter 1446.41 km
Center Latitude 57.59 °
Center Longitude -0.01 °
Quad LAC-12 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Culture 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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