Promontorium_Archerusia Knowpia

16°48′N 21°54′E / 16.8°N 21.9°E / 16.8; 21.9

Promontorium Archerusia (/ˌɑːrkəˈruːʒə/; Latin for "Cape Archerusia") is a headland on the near side of the Moon. It separates the lunar mares of Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquilitatis. Its coordinates are 16°48′N 21°54′E / 16.8°N 21.9°E / 16.8; 21.9.^[1]

Promontorium Archerusia was named by Johannes Hevelius^[2] and is a misspelling of Acherusia, a cape on the Black Sea near Heraclea in ancient Bithynia (now Karadeniz Ereğli in Turkey).^[3]^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "Promontorium Archerusia". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program., accessed 15 February 2019
^ Hevelius J. (1647). Selenographia sive Lunae descriptio. Gedani: Hünefeld. doi:10.3931/e-rara-238.
^ Smith, William, ed. (1854). "Bithynia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 1. London: John Murray. p. 406.

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Promontorium Archerusia at Moon Wiki

[GPN-1] "Promontorium Archerusia". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program., accessed 15 February 2019

[Hevelius_1647-2] Hevelius J. (1647). Selenographia sive Lunae descriptio. Gedani: Hünefeld. doi:10.3931/e-rara-238.

[3] Smith, William, ed. (1854). "Bithynia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 1. London: John Murray. p. 406.

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