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INSET: USGS IMAP 616: (ORB II-2 (100)) Geologic map of the Maskelyne DA region of the moon

By Planetary Geologic Mapping 1970 (approx.)

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Portion of USGS IMAP 616: (ORB II-2 (100)) Geologic map of the Maskelyne DA region of the moon

By: M.H. Carr

Map and associated documents are available from the USGS Publications Warehouse: https://doi.org/10.3133/i616

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January 1, 1970

(ORB II-2 (100)) Geologic map of the Maskelyne DA region of the moon, Lunar Orbiter site II P-2, southeastern Mare Tranquillitatis including Apollo landing site l (ORB II-2 (100)) Geologic map of the Maskelyne DA region of the moon, Lunar Orbiter site II P-2, southeastern Mare Tranquillitatis including Apollo landing site l

This map shows the geology in and around potential early Apollo landing site 1 in the lunar equatorial belt. The Maskelyne DA region, at the southeastern edge of the Mare Tranquillitatis, is in the area transitional between mare and terra. Patches of typical terra material occur on northwest-trending ridges, and typical heavily cratered mare materials occurs only in the east-central part...

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