KUON GEO

Lacus Luxuriae

Lacus, lacūs · 50.6 km across · 19.41°, 175.5° · the Moon
湖・差し渡し約50.6km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

"Lake of Luxury."
Source of the name: Latin (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1976 · Other features named after Latin

SEE IT · 地図で見る

Elevation here was measured by laser from orbit (LOLA). Nothing is estimated or generated.
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NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Buys-Ballot クレーター48 km
Virtanen クレーター120 km
Anderson クレーター181 km
Zernike クレーター206 km
Freundlich クレーター213 km
Dante クレーター220 km
Sharonov クレーター225 km
Morse クレーター272 km
Great-circle distances on a sphere of radius 1,737.4 km.
Names and their origins come from the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS Astrogeology), retrieved 2026-08-14.
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DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA