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Mare Frigoris

Sea of Cold, Mare on the Moon

Feature onThe Moon
Feature typeMare (Lunar Sea)
QuadranglesLQ-04, LQ-05
Lunar coordinates49 - 64° N, 43° W - 38° E
DimensionsLength (W-E) 1,446 km; width (N-S) 90-250 km; area c.174,000 sq km
Bounding featuresArchytas, Fontenelle, Gärtner, Herschel, Lacus Mortis, Montes Alpes, Plato, Sinus Roris, Timaeus
Interior featuresAristoteles, Galle, Harpalus, Protagoras, Sheepshanks

A narrow lunar sea that runs from west to east across the northern polar regions of the Moon, at least on the face visible from Earth. The lunar Alps run along its southern edge, separating it from the Mare Imbrium beyond, though a long narrow cleft, the Vallis Alpes, runs through the mountains between the two seas. The most prominent crater in the Sea of Cold, and indeed the only crater of appreciable size, is the terrace-walled Aristoteles near the sea's eastern end.

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