Where is the Moon’s south pole exactly located? 🌕 It’s on the rugged rim of Shackleton crater. If you stood on this treacherous spot, you’d see the sunlit rim of the crater, encircling a permanently shadowed abyss that’s four kilometres deep, over twice the depth of the Grand Canyon, covering an area over 337 square kilometres. As we return to the lunar surface, three-dimensional maps like this will help guide astronauts to safe landing sites in the challenging landscape of the Moon’s south pol