Mare Frigoris

American  

[fri-gawr-is, -gohr-] / frɪˈgɔr ɪs, -ˈgoʊr- /

noun

1. (Sea of Cold ) a dark plain in the northern hemisphere, in the first and second quadrants of the face of the moon: about 55 miles (90 km) wide at its narrowest width and 750 miles (1,200 km) long: about 67,000 sq. mi. (174,000 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

Mare Frigoris was soon passed, and the whole lunar surface beneath the travellers, as far as they could see in all directions, now bristled with mountains, crags, and peaks.

From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward

The long, narrow, dark plain, whose nearest edge is about thirty degrees south of the pole, is the Mare Frigoris, bordered on both sides by uplands and mountains.

From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Serviss, Garrett Putman

It is situated nearly due N. of Plato on the N. edge of the Mare Frigoris, and lies on the S.E. side of W.C.

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

There is a bright streak in the interior, which extends southwards for some distance across the Mare Frigoris.

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

For away to the north, on the borders of the Mare Frigoris, or Icy Sea, is seen the small Mare Humboldtianum, or Humboldt Sea, with a surface of about 10 thousand square miles.

From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward