☄️ Deslandres (crater)

Deslandres is the heavily worn and distorted remains of a lunar impact crater. It dates to the Pre-Nectarian period of the lunar geologic timescale. The crater is located to the southeast of the Mare Nubium, in the rugged southern highlands of the Moon. In dimension it is the third-largest crater formation on the visible Moon, being beaten only by Clavius and by the 303-kilometer-diameter walled plain Bailly. The northern and eastern parts of the floor display a relatively level surface, but it is pock-marked with numerous craters. There is a small region of mare material, due to basaltic lava, along the eastern interior floor.