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Mare Frigoris
	Mare Frigoris is the dark grey material in the lower portion of this photo
Coordinates	56°00′N 1°24′E / 56.0°N 1.4°E
Diameter	1,446 km (899 mi)
Eponym	Sea of Cold

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Mare Frigoris /frɪˈɡɔːrɪs/ (Latin frīgōris, the "Sea of Cold") is a lunar mare in the far north of the Moon. It is located in the outer rings of the Procellarum basin, just north of Mare Imbrium, and stretches east to north of Mare Serenitatis. It is just north of the dark crater Plato.

The basin material surrounding the mare is of the Lower Imbrian epoch, while the eastern mare material is of the Upper Imbrian epoch, and the western mare material is of the Eratosthenian epoch.^{[citation needed]}

Like most of the other maria on the Moon, Mare Frigoris was named by Giovanni Riccioli, whose 1651 nomenclature system has become standardized.^[2] Previously, William Gilbert had included it among the Insula Borealis ("Northern Island") in his map of c.1600,^[3] and Michael van Langren had labelled it the Mare Astronomicum ("Sea of Astronomy") in his 1645 map.^[4] Pierre Gassendi called it the Boreum Mare ('Northern Sea').^[5]

In popular culture

This area of the Moon featured prominently in 'Behemoth', the second episode of the 1973 BBC science fiction mini-series Moonbase 3.^{[citation needed]}

Mare Frigoris was intended to be the original landing site of the fictionalised version of Apollo 15 in the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind, although in the show the crew decided last minute to divert the landing to Shackleton crater in the Lunar south pole upon finding out there is a high concentration of water ice in the area (a discovery not made in reality until the 1990s).

References

^ "Mare Frigoris". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
^ Ewen A. Whitaker, Mapping and Naming the Moon (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p.61.
^ Ewen A. Whitaker, Mapping and Naming the Moon (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p.15
^ Ewen A. Whitaker, Mapping and Naming the Moon (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p.41, 198.
^ Ewen A. Whitaker, Mapping and Naming the Moon (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p. 33.

External links

Media related to Mare Frigoris at Wikimedia Commons
"A Violet Moon". Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD). July 31, 1996. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
Tectonics in Mare Frigoris - Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter page and images

[USGS-1] "Mare Frigoris". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

[2] Ewen A. Whitaker, Mapping and Naming the Moon (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p.61.

[3] Ewen A. Whitaker, Mapping and Naming the Moon (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p.15

[4] Ewen A. Whitaker, Mapping and Naming the Moon (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p.41, 198.

[5] Ewen A. Whitaker, Mapping and Naming the Moon (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p. 33.

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-'''Mare Frigoris''' (the "Sea of Cold") is a [[lunar mare]] in the far north of the [[Moon]]. It is located in the outer rings of the [[Procellarum basin]], just north of [[Mare Imbrium]], and stretches east to north of [[Mare Serenitatis]]. It is just north of the dark crater [[Plato (crater)|Plato]].
+'''Mare Frigoris''' {{IPAc-en|f|r|ɪ|'|g|ɔːr|ᵻ|s}} (Latin ''frīgōris'', the "Sea of Cold") is a [[lunar mare]] in the far north of the [[Moon]]. It is located in the outer rings of the [[Procellarum basin]], just north of [[Mare Imbrium]], and stretches east to north of [[Mare Serenitatis]]. It is just north of the dark crater [[Plato (crater)|Plato]].
+The basin material surrounding the mare is of the [[Lower Imbrian]] [[epoch (geology)|epoch]], while the eastern mare material is of the [[Upper Imbrian]] epoch, and the western mare material is of the [[Eratosthenian]] epoch.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}
-==Geology==
+Like most of the other maria on the Moon, Mare Frigoris was named by [[Giovanni Riccioli]], whose 1651 nomenclature system has become standardized.<ref>Ewen A. Whitaker, ''Mapping and Naming the Moon'' (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p.61.</ref> Previously, [[William Gilbert (astronomer)|William Gilbert]] had included it among the Insula Borealis ("Northern Island") in his map of ''c''.1600,<ref>Ewen A. Whitaker, ''Mapping and Naming the Moon'' (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p.15</ref> and [[Michael van Langren]] had labelled it the Mare Astronomicum ("Sea of Astronomy") in his 1645 map.<ref>Ewen A. Whitaker, ''Mapping and Naming the Moon'' (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p.41, 198.</ref> [[Pierre Gassendi]] called it the Boreum Mare ('Northern Sea').<ref>Ewen A. Whitaker, ''Mapping and Naming the Moon'' (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p. 33.</ref>[[File:North Pole-Mare Frigoris Si-Castagno-Ferruggia.jpg|thumb|295x295px|Mare Frigoris and near structures (selenochromatic Image)]][[Image:Mare Frigoris 4164 med.jpg|thumb|right|[[Lunar Orbiter 4]] image of Mare Frigoris and vicinity.  This regional view is nearly orthogonal at top but highly oblique at bottom, and north is up and slightly to the right.  Mare Frigoris is the dark band extending from upper left to lower right.  [[Mare Imbrium]] and [[Sinus Iridum]] are in lower left.  Prominent craters include [[Plato (crater)|Plato]] with dark flat floor in bottom center, [[Harpalus (crater)|Harpalus]] near left edge within the mare, [[Philolaus (crater)|Philolaus]] at top center, and [[Aristoteles (crater)|Aristoteles]] in lower right within the mare.]]
-The basin material surrounding the mare is of the [[Lower Imbrian]] [[epoch (geology)|epoch]], while the eastern mare material is of the [[Upper Imbrian]] epoch, and the western mare material is of the [[Eratosthenian]] epoch.{{fact}}
-==Names==
-Like most of the other maria on the Moon, Mare Frigoris was named by [[Giovanni Riccioli]], whose 1651 nomenclature system has become standardized.<ref>Ewen A. Whitaker, ''Mapping and Naming the Moon'' (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p.61.</ref> Previously, [[William Gilbert (astronomer)|William Gilbert]] had included it among the Insula Borealis ("Northern Island") in his map of ''c''.1600<ref>Ewen A. Whitaker, ''Mapping and Naming the Moon'' (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p.15</ref>, and [[Michael Van Langren]] had labelled it the Mare Astronomicum ("Sea of Astronomy") in his 1645 map.<ref>Ewen A. Whitaker, ''Mapping and Naming the Moon'' (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p.41, 198.</ref>
 ==In popular culture==
-This area of the Moon featured prominently in 'Behemoth', the second episode of the 1973 BBC science fiction mini-series ''Moonbase 3''.
+This area of the Moon featured prominently in 'Behemoth', the second episode of the 1973 BBC science fiction mini-series ''[[Moonbase 3]]''.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}
+Mare Frigoris was intended to be the original landing site of the fictionalised version of Apollo 15 in the [[Apple TV+]] series [[For All Mankind (TV series)|For All Mankind]], although in the show the crew decided last minute to divert the landing to [[Shackleton (crater)|Shackleton crater]] in the [[Lunar south pole]] upon finding out there is a high concentration of water ice in the area (a [[Lunar water|discovery]] not made in reality until the 1990s).
-[[Image:Moon_names.svg|thumb|right|Mare Frigoris on a map of the lunar nearside with major [[Lunar mare|maria]] and [[Impact crater|craters]] labelled.]]
+[[Image:Moon names.svg|thumb|right|Mare Frigoris on a map of the lunar nearside with major [[Lunar mare|maria]] and [[Impact crater|craters]] labelled.]]
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
+==External links==
+*{{Commonscat-inline}}
+*{{cite web|url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap960731.html|title=A Violet Moon|publisher=Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)|date=July 31, 1996|accessdate=August 22, 2017}}
+*[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/375 Tectonics in Mare Frigoris] - [[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]] page and images
 {{Lunar maria}}
 [[Category:Maria on the Moon|Frigoris]]
+[[Category:Imbrian|Frigoris]]
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+[[Category:Eratosthenian|Frigoris]]
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-[[ja:氷の海]]
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-[[ru:Море Холода]]
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v t e Lunar maria
Oceanus	Procellarum
Mare	Anguis Australe Cognitum Crisium Fecunditatis Frigoris Humboldtianum Humorum Imbrium Ingenii Insularum Marginis Moscoviense Nectaris Nubium Orientale Serenitatis Smythii Spumans Tranquillitatis Undarum Vaporum
Lacus	Aestatis Autumni Bonitatis Doloris Excellentiae Felicitatis Gaudii Hiemalis Lenitatis Luxuriae Mortis Oblivionis Odii Perseverantiae Solitudinis Somniorum Spei Temporis Timoris Veris
Sinus	Aestuum Amoris Asperitatis Concordiae Fidei Honoris Iridum Lunicus Medii Roris Successus
Paludes	Epidemiarum Putredinis Somni
List of maria on the Moon