Mare Australe

American  

[aw-stral-ee, -strey-lee] / ɔˈstræl i, -ˈstreɪ li /

noun

1. (Southern Sea ) an area near the south pole of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.

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Example Sentences

MARINUS.—A ring-plain on the N.E. side of the Mare Australe, between Furnerius and the limb.

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn

A third of its surface is occupied by the great Mare Australe, which is strewn with many islands, and the continents are cut up by gulfs, and ramifications of various forms.

From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by Gratacap, L. P.

Corresponding to this in the southern hemisphere lies the Mare Australe, or South Sea, whose surface, as it extends along the western rim, is rather difficult to calculate.

From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward

Off to the southeast, just at the edge of the Mare Australe, was a valley—the first irregularity I'd seen on Mars except the cliffs that bounded Xanthus and Thyle II.

From Valley of Dreams by Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman

We veered south, toward the Mare Australe, and followed the edge of the desert.

From Valley of Dreams by Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman