Dorsa Sorby

Dorsa Sorby is a wrinkle ridge system at 19.0°N 14.0°E / 19.0; 14.0 in Mare Serenitatis on the Moon. It is 76 km long and was named after British geologist Henry Clifton Sorby in 1976.[1]

Satellite photo from Apollo 17, Dorsa Sorby is on the bottom-right

References
  1. "Dorsa Sorby". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
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