Sinus Iridum /ˈsaɪnəs ˈɪrɪdəm/ (Latin sinus īridum "Bay of Rainbows") is a plain of basaltic lava that forms a northwestern extension to the Mare Imbrium...

422 km, with mountains rising to approximately 3800m above the level of Sinus Iridum. They were named after the Jura Mountains in eastern France / western...

impact crater that lies along the northern Jura Mountains that ring the Sinus Iridum, in the northwestern part of the near side of the Moon. It was named...

Helicon, and farther to the west-northwest lies the mountain-ringed bay Sinus Iridum. Le Verrier, sometimes written Leverrier, is a bowl-shaped feature with...

northern part of the Moon. It lies to the northeast of the mountain-rimmed Sinus Iridum formation in the northwest part of the Mare Imbrium. The crater rim is...

Cyzicus, a friend and disciple of Plato. To the northwest is the prominent Sinus Iridum, a mountain-ringed bay on the mare. Just to the east is the slightly...

Mairan, on a triangular section of continental terrain to the west of Sinus Iridum and the Mare Imbrium. This crater formation has been heavily eroded by...

compositionally distinct from the Apollo and Luna landing sites. Sinus Iridum Sinus Lunicus Palus Putredinis Volcanism on the Moon "Mare Imbrium". Gazetteer...

Sharp is a lunar impact crater located to the west of the Sinus Iridum bay of the Mare Imbrium, beyond the Montes Jura range. To the southwest is the crater...

and it is 50 km in diameter. It marks the western edge of the bay of Sinus Iridum. Promontorium Heraclides is named after Heraclides Ponticus, a Greek...