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Langrenus

American  
[lan-gree-nuhs] / lænˈgri nəs /

noun

  1. a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 85 miles (135 km) in diameter.


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Its continuity on the W. is broken by the great ring-plain Vendelinus C, about 50 miles in diameter, a formation resembling Langrenus in miniature.

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn

There is an irregular ring-plain N. of A, with linear walls, and another, much smaller and brighter, on the N. of this, standing a little beyond the N. limits of Langrenus.

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn

LA PEYROUSE.—A much foreshortened walled-plain, 41 miles in diameter, close to the limb, S.W. of Langrenus.

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn

FURNERIUS.—The fourth and most southerly component of the great meridional chain of walled-plains, commencing on the N. with Langrenus: a fine but irregular enclosure, about 80 miles in extreme length and much more in breadth.

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn

Between it and Langrenus are two large ring-plains with central mountains, and on the N.E.,

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn