Ocean of Storms

British  

noun

1. Also called: Oceanus Procellarum.  the largest of the dark plains (maria) on the surface of the moon, situated in the second and third quadrant

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Example Sentences

Intuitive Machines, less well-known than its peers, will carry up to five payloads to Oceanus Procellarum, or the Ocean of Storms, a dark lava plain on the western edge of moon’s near side.

From Science Magazine • May 31, 2019

After more than four days of flying through space, Conrad and Mr. Bean settled onto the lunar surface on Nov. 19, landing in a broad plain called the Ocean of Storms.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2018

Retitled Ocean of Storms, it was written and rewritten by other writers, bought and sold by other studios or producers, attached and unattached to other directors.

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2012

The new flight path was necessary to set the astronauts down at their landing site on the Ocean of Storms at the right time of lunar day.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then there are the "Ocean of Storms," the "Gulf of Dew," and the "Sea of Humours."

From The Life of Roger Langdon Told by himself. With additions by his daughter Ellen. [With a preface by H. Clifton Lambert.] by Lambert, Henry Clifton