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Pitatus

American  
[pi-tah-tuhs] / pɪˈtɑ təs /

noun

  1. a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 50 miles (80 km) in diameter.


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Then leaving Pitatus to the right, on the 30th degree, it went along the south of the Sea of Clouds, of which it had already approached the north.

From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules

GAURICUS.—A large walled-plain S. of Pitatus, about 40 miles in diameter.

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

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