Peak near Cabeus B
Artemis III candidate regionRegion name · NASA 2024
02 / Lunar archives
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A small catalog of the real lunar south-pole products used by the navigator, with source links and the limits of each view.
South polar stereographic
LOLA shaded relief
South Pole · 90° S
Color-shaded elevation · LOLA / LRO
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LOLA shaded relief · 30 m/pixel source productUSGS layer catalog
This is a regional overview. Numerical elevation and terrain-blocked visibility are not inferred from the shaded image.
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Haworth
Artemis III candidate regionRegion name · NASA 2024
Malapert Massif
Artemis III candidate regionRegion name · NASA 2024
Mons Mouton Plateau
Artemis III candidate regionRegion name · NASA 2024
Mons Mouton
Artemis III candidate regionRegion name · NASA 2024
Nobile Rim 1
Artemis III candidate regionRegion name · NASA 2024
Nobile Rim 2
Artemis III candidate regionRegion name · NASA 2024
de Gerlache Rim 2
Artemis III candidate regionRegion name · NASA 2024
Slater Plain
Artemis III candidate regionRegion name · NASA 2024
Malapert Massif
Named south-pole region85.99° S · 357.07° E
Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter
Instrument / terrain archiveLOLA · Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
South Pole illumination
Time-series terrain productsNASA Goddard lunar polar illumination models
Data products
Terrain, slope, illumination
South Pole landing-site DEMs
NASA Goddard · LOLA · 5 m/pixel GeoTIFF
Includes elevation, slope, counts, and uncertainty products for named study sites including Shackleton rim and Malapert Massif.
SourceSouth-pole shaded relief
USGS Astrogeology · LOLA south-pole WMS
The map above is a shaded relief derived from a 30 m/pixel LOLA DEM; it is not a numeric elevation query.
SourceLunar polar illumination
NASA Goddard · terrain-based illumination models
Long-term illumination modeling; review the product's time span and terrain assumptions before treating it as a forecast.
SourceArtemis III candidate regions
NASA · 2024 regional update
A published list of regions for further study, not surveyed touchdown coordinates.
SourceTerrain products use specific lunar frames, projections, and reference surfaces. Keep those metadata with any extracted value; do not compare raw pixels across products without conversion.