Mare Spumans (the "foaming sea") is a
lunar mare located just south of
Mare Undarum on the lunar near side. It is one of the many elevated lakes contained in the Crisium basin, surrounding
Mare Crisium. The surrounding basin material is of the
Nectarian[?] epoch, while the mare
basalt being of the
Upper Imbrian[?] epoch. The
crater Apollonius W is located on the western rim of the mare. This crater is white with a well defined ray system surrounding.
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