Lacus Solitudinis

Lacus Solitudinis - Latin for sea of loneliness - is a solidified lava lake on the moon, of the larger Maria similar to that of the emergence ago. The term has been defined by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.

The small irregular sea surface has a mean diameter of 139 km and is located at the southwestern edge of the moon back in the selenographic coordinates 27 ° 48 ' South and 104 ° 18 ' East. The dark gray formation is still outside the temporarily visible by the libration of the Earth from the edge area between the craters Titius in the west and in the east Scaliger.

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