Dorsum Owen
View of Aratus CA and surroundings from Apollo 15. North of the crater is the wrinkle ridge known as Dorsum Owen.
Dorsum Owen is a wrinkle ridge at 25°00′N 11°00′E / 25.0°N 11.0°E in Mare Serenitatis on the Moon. It is 50 km long and was named after George Owen of Henllys in 1976.
The ridge runs nearly south to north. Nearby wrinkle ridges are the larger Dorsum Von Cotta to the east and further south Dorsum Buckland.
South are several selenographic features including close to it are Rima Sung-Mei, Aratus CA satellite crater, Vallis Christel and Yoshi crater.
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