The Moon map The image shows the side of the moon visible from Earth with its most prominent features: Mare Frigoris • = Mare (lat. seas) Platog fAristoteles Maria (plural) are large, dark areas on the Valley ine lunar surface. These are huge ancient impact lp A s craters which were filled by escaping lava Sinus s t Sinus iridum t during the primitive age of the moon. Today M M the moon has completely cooled down and Roris Mare Imbrium s f contains no more liquid layers. u Posidonius ▲ 15 s 17 a Lacus c 21 = Montes (lat. Mountains) u * • a Somniorum These are mountain ranges that were formed C * when the moon was still geologically active. s ▲ 17 The names are based on the names of the f t Mare Aristarchus M mountains of the earth (Alps, Appenin, ine Crisium Caucasus...). nn Ape Mare Vaporum 13 Mare 23 24 = Crater Copernicusg * Tranquillitatis * The• many craters on the surface of the * 20 moon originate for the most part from the g ▲ 11 Kepler Sinus Medii  1 formation time of the solar system. Since the * 16 9 moon has no atmosphere, these have never Sinus aestum  3 Py Mare* weathered and are still fully preserved. The * re  6 n Fecunditatis craters are marked with the names of famous Oceanus 14 ▲  7 e 12 Theophilus e astronomers and scientists according to ▲ s Procellarum 16 international agreement. ▲ i M Ptolemaeusg i t fGrimaldi f s • = Sinus (lat. bay) Albategnius Mare These are parts of Maria, partly also craters, Nectaris which overlap with the edges of Maria. Mare f f ▲ = Apollo Missions (USA) Gassendi Fracastorius These are the landing sites of the American Nubium Apollo missions of the 60s and 70s with the mission number. fPiccolomini  = Unmanned NASA probes (USA) These are the landing sites of the American Surveyor probes (60s) with the mission number fStofler f = Unmanned RAKA Probes Tycho Rheita Valley * fSchickard (former USSR) g These are the landing sites of the Soviet Luna Mare Australe probes (60s and 70s) with the mission number. fClavins Leibnitz Mts --HOLD--Poster_Moon-map-A2_en_BRESSER_v022021a.indd 1 18.03.2021 08:40:27.