The South Pole Region of the Moon as Seen by Clementine

The Clementine mission has provided the first comprehensive set of high-resolution images of the south pole region of the moon. Within 5^circ of latitude of the pole, an area of an estimated 30,000 square kilometers remained in shadow during a full lunar rotation and is a promising target for future exploration for ice deposits. The Schrodinger Basin (320 kilometers in diameter), centered at 75^circS, is one of the two youngest, least modified, great multiring impact basins on the moon. A large maar-type volcano localized along a graben within the Schrodinger Basin probably erupted between 1 and 2 billion years ago.