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lunar mare

large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon
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lunar mare
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Summary

lunar mare ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,419 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: mare[2]
  • Part of: planetary nomenclature[3]
  • Commons category: Lunar seas[4]
  • Located on astronomical body: Moon[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Maria on the Moon[6]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7]
  • Partially coincident with: lacus[8]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox lunar mare[9], Template:Lunar maria[10]
  • Has list: list of maria on the Moon[11]

Why It Matters

lunar mare has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1ag6AF
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  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → planetary nomenclature
    Has list → list of maria on the Moon
    Part of → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007538682005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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