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Cleomedes

Cleomedes is located in the east, the most notable features being the Cleomedes crater and the Mare Crisium (Sea of Crises). To the east there is the smaller Mare Anguis (Sea of Snakes). The terrain flat in the south and rough to the north.
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This region is named after the [...]

Colombo

Colombo is located in the east, the most notable feature being the series of craters including Colombo, Gutenberg, and Goclenius that traverse the region diagonally from the northwest to the southeast. There is a sea on either side of these craters, Mare Fecunditatis (Sea of Fecundity) to the northeast and the Mare Nectaris (Sea [...]

Fracastorius

Fracastorius is located in the east on the edge of the southern highlands, the most notable features being the Fracastorius and Piccolomini craters. To the northwest of this region lies part of the Mare Nectaris (Sea of Nectar).
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This region is named after the Venetian physician and scholar Girolamo Fracastoro (1500 [...]

Langrenus

Langrenus is located in the east, the most notable features being the Langrenus crater. The crater borders the Mare Fecunditatis (Sea of Fecundity or Fruitfulness) to the west.
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This region is named after the Dutch astronomer and cartographer, Michael Florentius van Langren (1650 AD) who made celestial globes.

Region Data

Name
Langrenus

Number
80

NW [...]

Macrobius

Macrobius is located in the east, the most notable features being the Macrobius, Posidonius and Vitruvius craters. The region encloses a highland area east of the Mare Serenitatis (Sea of Serenity).
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This region is named after the Roman philosopher Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius (430 AD).

Region Data

Name
Macrobius

Number
43

NW Corner
32° N 30° E

SE [...]

Mare Undarum

The Mare Undarum (Sea of Waves) from which this eastern region is named is not the only sea within its borders. Other seas include the Mare Fecunditatis (Sea of Fecundity or Fruitfulness), the Mare Spumans (Sea of Foam) and the Mare Crisium (Sea of Crises).
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Region Data

Name
Mare Undarum

Number
62

NW Corner
16° N [...]

Petavius

Petavius is located in the east on the edge of the southern highlands. The most notable feature is the Petavius crater. The region encloses part of the Mare Fecunditatis (Sea of Fecundity or Fruitfulness).
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This region is named after the French Jesuit theologian Denis Pétau (1650 AD). Pétau was [...]

Taruntius

Taruntius is located in the east, the most notable feature being the Taruntius crater. The crater lies between the Mare Fecunditatis (Sea of Fecundity or Fruitfulness) and the Mare Tranquillitatis (Sea of Tranquility). The Palus Somnii (Marsh of Sleep) is in the northeast section of this area.
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This region is [...]