Oceani on The Moon
1 named feature carries the IAU descriptor Oceanus — the largest of the dark lava plains on The Moon. Nowhere else in the mapped Solar System carries the term.
Named
1
of 2,023 named places on The Moon — 0.0%
Largest
2,592 km
Oceanus Procellarum
Median size
2,592 km
Across the 1 with a measured diameter
Named between
1935–1935
IAU approval dates
How oceani on The Moon get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 1 oceani with a recorded origin, one category covers them all, led by Latin.
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All 1 oceani on The Moon
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.