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INSET: USGS IMAP 690: Geologic map of the Rupes Altai Quadrangle of the Moon

By Planetary Geologic Mapping 1971 (approx.)

Inset of USGS IMAP 690: Geologic map of the Rupes Altai Quadrangle of the Moon

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Inset of USGS IMAP 690: Geologic map of the Rupes Altai Quadrangle of the Moon

By L. C. Rowan

Map and associated documents available from the USGS Publications Warehouse: https://doi.org/10.3133/i690

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January 1, 1971

Geologic map of the Rupes Altai Quadrangle of the Moon

The Rupes Altai quadrangle of the Moon is in the rugged, cratered terra of the southeastern earthside hemisphere. East-northeast of the quadrangle lies Mare Nectaris, approximately 350 km in diameter, and near the northeast corner is the crater Theophilus. Rupes Altai (the Altai scarp) divides the quadrangle into two markedly different morphologic provinces. To the west, complexly...

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