Mare Chronium

American  

[kroh-nee-uhm] / ˈkroʊ ni əm /

noun

1. an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.

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Example Sentences

Thyle II spread out like an orange carpet, and after a while we came to the grey branch of the Mare Chronium that bounded it.

From Valley of Dreams by Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman

So the two of us plugged along across the Mare Chronium.

From A Martian Odyssey by Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman

They went bouncing by across Xanthus just as they'd bounced by us back in the Mare Chronium.

From A Martian Odyssey by Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman

It was just before twilight that I reached the edge of Thyle, and looked down over the gray Mare Chronium.

From A Martian Odyssey by Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman

Mare Chronium was just the same sort of place as this—crazy leafless plants and a bunch of crawlers; I gave it a glance and hauled out my sleeping bag.

From A Martian Odyssey by Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman