Lists of features:- Sinus (Bay)

Sinus Irdium, also called Bay of Rainbows
NASA (image by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter)

Sinus on the Moon
A related set of features are the Sinus (Bay)


Latin Name / English Name / Latitude Longitude / Diameter km / miles / map (from USGS/CartoComos)

  • Sinus Aestuum – Seething Bay / 10.9° N 8.8° W 290 km / 181 miles / map
  • Sinus Amoris – Bay of Love / 18.1° N 39.1° E 130 km / 81 miles / map
  • Sinus Asperitatis – Bay of Roughness / 3.8° S 27.4° E / 206 km / 129 miles / map
  • Sinus Concordiae – Bay of Harmony / 10.8° N 43.2° E / 142 km / 89 miles / map
  • Sinus Fidei – Bay of Trust / 18.0° N 2.0° E / 70 km / 44 miles / map
  • Sinus Honoris – Bay of Honor / 11.7° N 18.1° E / 109 km / 68 miles / map
  • Sinus Iridium – Bay of Rainbows / 44.1° N 31.5° W / 236 km / 148 miles / map (photo)
  • Sinus Lunicus – Lunik Bay / 31.8° N 1.4° W / 126 km / 79 miles / map
  • Sinus Medii – Bay of the Center / 2.4° N 1.7° E / 335 km / 209 miles / map
  • Sinus Roris – Bay of Dew / 54.0° N 56.6° W / 202 km / 126 miles / map
  • Sinus Successus – Bay of Success / 0.9° N 59.0° E / 132 km / 83 miles / map
  • Sinus Viscositatis – Bay of Stickiness / 35.2° N 40.9° W / 68 km / 42 miles / map


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Moon Map – Lists of features

The Moon’s surface is covered in many interesting geological features,
in addition to mountains, valleys and craters.
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Catena  –  chain of craters
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Dorsa  – wrinkle-ridge systems

Dorsum  –  wrinkle-Ridge

Lunar Seas & Ocean – Maria
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Lacus  –  lake

Palus  –  marshes

Promontorium  –  cape or headland

Rima  –  rilles
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Rimae  –  rille systems

Rupes  –  escarpments

Sinus  –  bay
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Terra  –  seas

Vallis  –  valleys
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Named Features – scale maps

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