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Letronne

Walled plain on the Moon

Walled plain on the Moon

Feature onThe Moon
Feature typeWalled plain (remnant)
QuadrangleLQ-19 Mare Nubium
Lunar coordinates10.6° S, 42.4° W
DimensionsDiameter 119km; depth 1,000m
NotesThe remnant of a crater on the southern shores of Oceanus Procellarum, the Moon's Ocean of Storms. The floor of the original crater was at one time flooded with lava, and its northern rim effectively erased, leaving Letronne as a rounded 'bay' of the Ocean of Storms, breaking into the highlands on its southern edge.

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