This detailed map of the south side of the moon is an edition of 1979 by the United States Geological Survey. The United States Geological Survey publishes topographic maps of the entire United States, as well as detailed maps of the moon. These maps are often used as the basis for other commercial map products and they serve as one of the best tools available for navigating the country’s wild and urban terrain. This map shows contour lines (lines of equal elevation) which depict natural features of the land, as well as craters and valleys and other geological features. This Topographic hemisphere map is published at a scale of 1:5,000,000.