Mare Erythraeum

[ er-i-three-uhm ]

noun

1. ( Red Sea ) an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.

Example Sentences

The Margaritifer Sinus, the Aonius Sinus, the Aurorae Sinus, and the two horns of the Sabæus Sinus are thus formed, at the mouths of one or more canals, opening into the Mare Erythraeum or into the Mare Australe.

From Project Gutenberg

At the top of the disk the Mare Erythraeum and the Mare Australe appear divided by a great curved peninsula, shaped like a sickle, producing an unusual appearance in the area called Deucalionis Regio, which was prolonged that year so as to reach the islands of Noachis and Argyre.

From Project Gutenberg