Ground site
Shackleton crater
A crater 21 km across beside the Moon's south pole. Sunlight only grazes its rim, and its floor never sees the Sun at all.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- On
- The Moon
- Where
- 89.67° S, 129.78° E
See it from here
This one is standing on the Moon. You will not pick it out by eye from here, however clear the night.
How the map draws it
A named place: nothing is drawn here but a mark at its centre, from the IAU gazetteer; the ground under it is the map itself.