Lists of features:- Dorsa

Dorsa Sorby
Dorsa Sorby is a wrinkle ridge system in Mare Serenitatis.
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A wrinkle ridge is a type of feature commonly found
on lunar maria, or basalt plains.
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Name – Name Origin / Latitude Longitude / Dimension km / miles / map (from USGS)

  • Dorsa Aldrovandi – Ulissi Aldrovandi (1522-1605) / 24.0°N 28.5°E / 136 km / 85 miles / map
  • Dorsa Andrusov – Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov (1861-1924) / 1 .0°S 57.0°E /160 km / 100 miles / map
  • Dorsa Argand – Emile Argand (1879-1940) / 28.1°N 40.6°W / 109 km / 68 miles / map
  • Dorsa Barlow – William Barlow (1845-1934) / 15.0°N 31.0°E / 120 km / 75 miles / map
  • Dorsa Burnet – Thomas Burnet (1635-1715) 28.4°N 57.0°W / 194 km / 121 miles / map
  • Dorsa Cato – Cato the Elder (234-149 B.C.) 1.0°N 47.0°E / 140 km / 88 miles / map
  • Dorsa Dana – James Dwight Dana (1813-1895) 3.0°N 90.0°E / 70 km / 44 miles / map
  • Dorsa Ewing – William Maurice Ewing (1906-1974) 10.2°S 39.4°W / 141 km / 88 miles / map
  • Dorsa Geikie – Sir Archibald Geikie (1835-1924) 4.6°S 52.5°E / 228 km / 143 miles / map
  • Dorsa Harker – Alfred Harker (1859-1939) 14.5°N 64.0°E / 197 km / 123 miles / map
  • Dorsa Lister – Martin Lister (1639-1712) 20.3°N 23.8°E / 203 km / 127 miles / map
  • Dorsa Mawson – Douglas Mawson (1882-1958) 7.0°S 53.0°E / 132 km / 83 miles / map
  • Dorsa Rubey – William Walden Rubey (1898-1974) 10.0°S 42.0°W / 100 km / 63 miles / map
  • Dorsa Smirnov – Sergei Sergeevich Smirnov (1895-1947) 27.3°N 25.3°E / 156 km / 99 miles / map
  • Dorsa Sorby – Henry Clifton Sorby (1826-1908) / 19.0°N 14.0°E / 80 km / 50 miles / map
  • Dorsa Stille – Hans Stille (1876-1966) / 27.0°N 19.0°W / 80 km / 50 miles / map
  • Dorsa Tetyaev – Mikhail Mikhailovich Tetyaev (1882-1956) / 19.9°N 64.2°E / 176 km / 110 miles / map
  • Dorsa Whiston – William Whiston (1667-1752) / 29.4°N 56.4°W / 85 km / 53 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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