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Lacus Veris

Field	Value
name	Lacus Veris
image	[[File:Lacus-veris-clem1.jpg	240px	Lacus Veris]]
caption	Clementine mosaic
coordinates
diameter	396 km
eponym	Lake of Spring

Lacus Veris (Latin vēris, "Lake of Spring") is a small lunar mare on the Moon. In selenographic coordinates, the mare centered at 16.5° S, 86.1° W and is approximately 396 km long.{{cite web Author Eric Burgess proposed this mare as the location of a future crewed lunar base, citing a 1989 study performed at the NASA Johnson Space Center.{{cite book

This small, roughly crescent-shaped mare region lies between the ring-shaped Inner and Outer Rook mountains that form part of the Orientale impact basin. It lies in a topographic lowland about 1 km below the surrounding peaks.{{cite journal

The mare contains eleven sinuous rilles formed from lava tubes and channels, with lengths ranging from 4 to 51 km. Many of these rilles begin in the Rook mountains and flow to the base of the mountainous scarp. There are also several shield volcano formations, each with a diameter of less than 10 km.{{cite conference | book-title=Proceedings, 7th Lunar Science Conference | book-title=Proceedings, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference | volume=7 | pages=334–335

References

NASA-[[Johnson Space Center]], 1989. [https://history.nasa.gov/90_day_study.pdf Report of the 90-Day Study on Human Exploration of the Moon and Mars], Houston: NASA.

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