Lacus Gaudii (

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

''gaudiī'', "Lake of Joy") is a small

lunar mare The lunar maria ( ; mare ) are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by lava flowing into ancient impact basins. They are less reflective than the "highlands" as a result of their iron-rich composition, and hence appear dark to ...

in the

Terra Nivium Terra Nivium (Latin for "Land of Snows") is a roughly triangular highland region on the Moon. In his ''Almagestum novum'', the notable selenographer Giovanni Riccioli named the various highland regions List of features on the Moon#Terra, terrae. H ...

region of the

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.Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon, Lunar and Planetary Institut
Annotated Lunar Orbiter 4 Image 097 h2
based on Bowker and Hughes (NASA SP-206) It is located at 16.3° N, 12.3° E and is 89 km in diameter.

References

External links

Lacus Gaudii at The Moon Wiki
* Gaudii {{Moon-stub