Palus Putredinis

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Palus Putredinus (latin for "Marsh of Decay") is an area of the lunar surface that stretches from Archimedes crater southeast toward the rugged Montes Apenninus range. This region is a nearly level, lava-flooded plain bounded by Autolycus crater to the north and the foothills of the Montes Archimedes to the west. The selenographic coordinates are 26.5° N, 0.4° E, and it lies within a diameter of 161 km.

In the southern part of this area is a rille system designated Rimae Archimedes. To the south is a prominent linear rille named Rima Bradley, and to the east is the Rima Hadley and the Rimae Fresnel. Just to the northwest of the Palus Putredinus mid-point is the nearly submerged Spurr crater.