Dorsum Owen

View of Aratus CA and surroundings from Apollo 15. North of the crater is the wrinkle ridge known as Dorsum Owen.

Dorsum Owen is a wrinkle ridge at 25°00′N 11°00′E / 25.0°N 11.0°E / 25.0; 11.0 in Mare Serenitatis on the Moon. It is 33 km long and was named after Welsh geologist George Owen of Henllys in 1976.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Dorsum Owen". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

External links

  • LAC-42
  • Dorsum Owen at The Moon Wiki


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