Mare Insularum

E520202

basaltic plain lunar mare

Mare Insularum is a lunar mare, or basaltic plain, on the Moon’s near side, formed by ancient volcanic activity and located near prominent craters such as Copernicus.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Mare Insularum canonical	2

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	basaltic plain ⓘ lunar mare ⓘ
adjacentTo	Copernicus crater NERFINISHED ⓘ Kepler crater NERFINISHED ⓘ Mare Imbrium NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceanus Procellarum NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsTo	near side western hemisphere of the Moon ⓘ
boundedBy	highland terrain ⓘ
classification	mare basalt province ⓘ
coordinateSystem	selenographic coordinates ⓘ
formedBy	ancient volcanic activity ⓘ
formedIn	Imbrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalContext	impact-basin-related mare fill ⓘ
hasAge	approximately 3 to 3.5 billion years ⓘ
hasAlbedo	low albedo ⓘ
hasEjectaOverlay	Copernicus crater ejecta ⓘ Kepler crater ejecta ⓘ
hasFeature	lava flow fronts ⓘ small impact craters ⓘ wrinkle ridges ⓘ
imagedBy	Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter NERFINISHED ⓘ
isDarkerThan	lunar highlands ⓘ
locatedOn	Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ near side of the Moon ⓘ
nameLanguage	Latin ⓘ
nameMeaning	Sea of Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
observedBy	Apollo missions NERFINISHED ⓘ Lunar Orbiter missions ⓘ
partOf	lunar nearside maria ⓘ
surfaceComposition	basalt ⓘ
surfaceType	solidified lava plain ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Copernicus Crater on the Moon → nearbyFeature → Mare Insularum ⓘ

subject surface form: Copernicus (lunar crater)

Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum → adjacentTo → Mare Insularum ⓘ

subject surface form: Mare Cognitum