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Moon Base targetengine offlineThe ridge's continuation toward de Gerlache, a 2022 Artemis candidate region.
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Why this target
The far end of the Shackleton–de Gerlache ridge system, close to de Gerlache's permanently shadowed floor. It was one of NASA's 13 Artemis III candidate regions in 2022 and was left out of the nine in 2024.
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Within 8 km of 89.030°S 102.010°W. Slope at most 8° · Sunlit at least 50% of the time · Excludes permanently shadowed regions · Area at least 10,000 m².
Approximate centre of the NASA candidate region: the centre of its published navigation grid (about ±1–2 km), not an official region outline. 2022 region.