The Moon's surface is covered in many interesting features. Among these are several large valleys that have been given names. These are listed below.
Most of these valleys are named after a nearby crater; see the list of craters on the Moon for more information.
| Valley | Coordinates | Dimension | Eponym | Crater |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallis Alpes | 48°30′N 3°12′E / 48.5°N 3.2°E / 48.5; 3.2 | 166 km | Latin name meaning "Alpine valley" | None |
| Vallis Baade | 45°54′S 76°12′W / 45.9°S 76.2°W / -45.9; -76.2 | 203 km | Walter Baade | Baade |
| Vallis Bohr | 12°24′N 86°36′W / 12.4°N 86.6°W / 12.4; -86.6 | 80 km | Niels Bohr | Bohr |
| Vallis Bouvard | 38°18′S 83°06′W / 38.3°S 83.1°W / -38.3; -83.1 | 284 km | Alexis Bouvard | None |
| Vallis Capella | 7°36′S 34°54′E / 7.6°S 34.9°E / -7.6; 34.9 | 49 km | Martianus Capella | Capella |
| Vallis Inghirami | 43°48′S 72°12′W / 43.8°S 72.2°W / -43.8; -72.2 | 148 km | Giovanni Inghirami | Inghirami |
| Vallis Palitzsch | 26°24′S 64°18′E / 26.4°S 64.3°E / -26.4; 64.3 | 132 km | Johann Palitzsch | Palitzsch |
| Vallis Planck | 58°24′S 126°06′E / 58.4°S 126.1°E / -58.4; 126.1 | 451 km | Max Planck | Planck |
| Vallis Rheita | 42°30′S 51°30′E / 42.5°S 51.5°E / -42.5; 51.5 | 445 km | Anton Maria Schyrleus of Rheita | Rheita |
| Vallis Schrödinger | 67°00′S 105°00′E / 67.0°S 105.0°E / -67.0; 105.0 | 310 km | Erwin Schrödinger | Schrödinger |
| Vallis Schröteri | 26°12′N 50°48′W / 26.2°N 50.8°W / 26.2; -50.8 | 168 km | Johann Hieronymus Schröter | Schröter |
| Vallis Snellius | 31°06′S 56°00′E / 31.1°S 56.0°E / -31.1; 56.0 | 592 km | Willebrord Snell | Snellius |
Famous quotes containing the words list of, list, valleys and/or moon:
“My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years.”
—Polly Berrien Berends (20th century)
“We saw the machinery where murderers are now executed. Seven have been executed. The plan is better than the old one. It is quietly done. Only a few, at the most about thirty or forty, can witness [an execution]. It excites nobody outside of the list permitted to attend. I think the time for capital punishment has passed. I would abolish it. But while it lasts this is the best mode.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“The West is preparing to add its fables to those of the East. The valleys of the Ganges, the Nile, and the Rhine having yielded their crop, it remains to be seen what the valleys of the Amazon, the Plate, the Orinoco, the St. Lawrence, and the Mississippi will produce. Perchance, when, in the course of ages, American liberty has become a fiction of the past,—as it is to some extent a fiction of the present,—the poets of the world will be inspired by American mythology.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Then they seen it, the old Missouri River shinin’ in the moon and across it the lights of St. Louis.”
—Dudley Nichols (1895–1960)