A Mare Wrinkle Ridge Bordering Oceanus Procellarum

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

dorsum

Coordinates

30.76° N · 39.55° W

Diameter

84.65 km

IAU approval

1976/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-39 · Aristarchus

Geological Chronicle

Dorsum Bucher is a wrinkle ridge spanning 84.65 kilometers along the border region between Oceanus Procellarum and Mare Imbrium on the Moon. The feature extends from the vicinity of Gruithuisen crater to the area west of Delisle crater.

The south end of the ridge consists of a low hill of terra material that predates the mare lava. The feature was named after German-American geologist and paleontologist Walter Hermann Bucher, with the name approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.

Chronology & Exploration

1. 1976 IAU Designation

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the name Dorsum Bucher for the feature.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Official feature entry
• Wikipedia (English) — Source text article

Name Origin

Walter Herman; American geologist (1889-1965).