Dorsa Rubey

The southern portion of Dorsa Rubey at the vicinity of Letronne Crater

Dorsa Rubey is a wrinkle ridge system at 10°00′S 42°00′W / 10.0°S 42.0°W / -10.0; -42.0 in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon. It is 100 km long and was named after William Walden Rubey in 1976.

Due north of the middle of the ridge is its nearby crater named Flamsteed. No other notable craters are located nearby but Wichmann located to the east and Letronne to the south. More than 100 km ESE is its nearest wrinkle ridge named Dorsa Ewing.

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