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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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Towards five in the morning, the northern limit of Mare Imbrium was finally passed, and Mare Frigoris spread its frost-colored plains far to the right and left.

From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward

TIMAEUS.—A very bright ring-plain, 22 miles in diameter, with walls about 4500 feet in height, on the coast-line of the Mare Frigoris, and associated with the E. side of the great enclosed plain W.C.

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

To the north, in the direction of Mare Frigoris, extends Mare Imbrium, the Sea of Rains, its central point in 35° north and 20° east.

From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward

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

FONTINELLE.—A fine ring-plain, 23 miles in diameter, on the N. margin of the Mare Frigoris, N.N.E. of Plato, with a wall rising on the E., 6000 feet above a bright interior.

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

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