Mare Australe

Not to be confused with South Sea.

Mare Australe
Mare Australe. The basalt-flooded crater Jenner is near the middle of this photo, with Lamb just to the right.
Coordinates	38°54′S 93°00′E / 38.9°S 93.0°E / -38.9; 93.0Coordinates: 38°54′S 93°00′E / 38.9°S 93.0°E / -38.9; 93.0
Diameter	603 km (375 mi)^[1]
Eponym	Southern Sea

Mare Australe (the "Southern Sea") is a lunar mare located in the southeastern hemisphere of the Moon. It is 603 kilometers in diameter,^[1] overlapping the near and far sides of the Moon. Smooth, dark volcanic basalt lines the bottom of the mare. The Australe basin was formed in the Pre-Nectarian epoch, while the mare material inside formed in the Upper Imbrian epoch.

Unlike most of the lunar maria, Mare Australe has an uneven surface that is marked by a number of crater impacts. Examples of these include the craters Jenner and Lamb, which are flooded with basaltic lava much like many of the other crater features in this mare.

The selenographic coordinates of this mare are 38.9° S, 93.0° E. The eastern half of the mare lies on the far side of the Moon, although it can be viewed in its entirety during periods of favorable libration.

References

1 2 "Moon Mare/Maria". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology. Retrieved 2010-08-20.

Lunar maria

Oceanus	Procellarum

Mare	Anguis Australe Cognitum Crisium Fecunditatis Frigoris Humboldtianum Humorum Imbrium Ingenii Insularum Marginis Moscoviense Nectaris Nubium Orientale Serenitatis Smythii Spumans Tranquillitatis Undarum Vaporum

Lacus	Aestatis Autumni Bonitatis Doloris Excellentiae Felicitatis Gaudii Hiemalis Lenitatis Luxuriae Mortis Oblivionis Odii Perseverantiae Solitudinis Somniorum Spei Temporis Timoris Veris

Sinus	Aestuum Amoris Asperitatis Concordiae Fidei Honoris Iridum Lunicus Medii Roris Successus

Paludes	Epidemiarum Putredinis Somni

List of maria on the Moon

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