Dorsa Barlow is a

wrinkle ridge A wrinkle ridge is a type of feature commonly found on lunar maria, or basalt plains. These features are low, sinuous ridges formed on the mare surface that can extend for up to several hundred kilometers. Wrinkle ridges are tectonic features cr ...

system on the

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, in Mare Tranquilitatis near the border with

Mare Serenitatis Mare Serenitatis (Latin ''serēnitātis'', the "Sea of Serenity") is a lunar mare located to the east of Mare Imbrium on the Moon. Its diameter is . Geology Mare Serenitatis is located within the Serenitatis basin, which is of the Nectarian ep ...

, centered at . It is about 110 km long and was named after British crystallographer William Barlow in 1976. Dorsa Barlow AS15-P-9860

References

Map of the region

External links

Dorsa Barlow at The Moon Wiki
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