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Mare Crisium

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lunar mare

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Diameter
556 km (345 mi)

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Mare Crisium
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Mare Crisium /ˈkrɪsiəm/ (Latin, 'Sea of Crises') is a lunar mare located in the Moon's Crisium basin, just northeast of Mare Tranquillitatis. Mare Crisium is a basin of Nectarian age. It was formed by the flooding of basaltic lava that filled an ancient asteroid impact.

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