
Terra
These are escarpments on the surface.
(Escarpment face of a slope broken by a fault.)
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- on the Moon, “Terra” refers to the highlands, not seas.
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Name – Name Origin / Latitude Longitude / Dimension km / miles / map (from USGS)
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- Insula – Ventorum / Island of Winds /
- Peninsula Fulminu – Peninsula of Thunder / Between Mare Humorum and Oceanus Procellarum.
- Terra Caloris – Land of Heat / Southwest rim of the near side.
- Terra Fertilitatis – Land of Fertility / Southeastern rim of the near side.
- Terra Grandinis – Land of Hail / Northeast border of Mare Imbrium.
- Terra Manna – Land of Manna / Region between Mare Tranquillitatis, Mare Fecunditatis and Mare Nectaris.
- Terra Niuiu (Terra Nivium) – Land of Snows / Southeast border of Mare Imbrium.
- Terra Pruin – Land of Frost / Northwest border of Mare Imbrium.
- Terra Sanitatis – Land of Healthiness / Central region between Mare Nubium and Mare Tranquillitatis.
- Terra Siccitatis – Land of Dryness / Northwest rim of the near side.
- Terra Sterilitatis – Land of Sterility /
- Terra Vigoris – Land of Cheerfulness / Region southeast of Mare Crisium.
- Terra Vit – Land of Liveliness / Northeast rim of the near side.
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(Blue Insula / Peninsula / Terra text = photos attached)
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