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{{Infobox Lunar mare
|name        = Mare Vaporum
|image       = Mare Vaporum - Clementine.jpg
|caption     = Mare Vaporum. The crater [[Manilius (crater)|Manilius]] can be seen as the bright circular object to the right of the mare. To the south [[Hyginus (crater)|Rima Hyginus]] is visible as a light colored thin line. In the upper left hand side of the photo is the mountain range [[Montes Apenninus]].
|eponym      = Sea of Vapors
|coordinates = {{coord|13.3|N|3.6|E|globe:moon_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|diameter    = {{convert|242|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name=USGS>{{gpn|3694}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Kepler-Manilius Si.jpg|thumb|297x297px|The 'Mare' area in selenochromatic Image (Si) with some landmarks (yellow/normal, red/pyroclastic). More infos here: <nowiki>https://www.gawh.it/main/selenocromatica</nowiki>]]
[[Image:Mare Vaporum AS17-M-1674.jpg|thumb|right|Oblique view facing south of Mare Vaporum from lunar orbit ([[Apollo 17]])]]
[[Image:AS15-98-13302.jpg|thumb|Western Mare Vaporum during sunrise, from [[Apollo 15]]]]

'''Mare Vaporum''' {{IPAc-en|v|ae|'|p|oʊr|@|m}} (Latin ''vapōrum'', the "'''sea of vapors'''") is a [[lunar mare]] located between the southwest rim of [[Mare Serenitatis]] and the southeast rim of [[Mare Imbrium]]. It was named by [[Giovanni Battista Riccioli]] in 1651.<ref>{{cite web |
 title=Mare Vaporum | 
 work=lunar.arc.nasa.gov |  url=http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/science/atlas/mare/mvaporum.htm |  archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020315180851/http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/science/atlas/mare/mvaporum.htm |  url-status=dead |  archive-date=March 15, 2002 |
 accessdate=October 18, 2007 }}</ref><ref>''Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition''. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.</ref>

== Location and size ==
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The mare lies in an old basin or crater that is within the [[Procellarum basin]]. It is {{convert|242|km|mi|sp=us}} in diameter and {{convert|55000|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} in area, and is bordered to the northeast by the mountain range [[Montes Apenninus]]. In the south of the mare is Rima Hyginus, a [[rille]] intersected by the crater [[Hyginus (crater)|Hyginus]]. The lunar material surrounding the mare is from the [[Lower Imbrian]] [[epoch (geology)|epoch]], and the mare material is from the [[Eratosthenian]] epoch.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

[[Image:Moon names.svg|thumb|Lunar nearside with major [[Lunar mare|maria]] and [[Impact crater|craters]] labelled.]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://the-moon.us/wiki/Mare_Vaporum Mare Vaporum at The Moon Wiki]
*[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/893 Dome in Mare Vaporum] - Hook and Dome area
* {{cite web | last = Wood | first = Chuck | date = August 21, 2004 | url = http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2004-08-21.htm | title = Vaporum: Crater and Basin | publisher = Lunar Photo of the Day | access-date = 2017-08-27 | archive-date = 2017-07-05 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170705021958/http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2004-08-21.htm | url-status = dead }}
* {{cite web | last = Wood | first = Chuck | date = September 21, 2008 | url = https://lpod.wikispaces.com/September+21%2C+2008 | title = A New Look | publisher = Lunar Photo of the Day | access-date = August 27, 2017 | archive-date = November 25, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171125140325/http://lpod.wikispaces.com/September+21,+2008 | url-status = dead }}

{{Lunar maria}}

[[Category:Maria on the Moon|Vaporum]]
[[Category:Eratosthenian|Smythii]]