Geologic map of the Aristoteles Quadrangle of the Moon

The Aristoteles quadrangle, located on the northeastern periphery of the Imbrium basin on the near side of the Moon, consist of four physiographic provinces: a northern mountainous belt, chiefly of lineated crater rims and other lineated terra; a middle-northern belt covered by mare material of Mare Frigoris; and a southern belt composed of mountainous material of diverse characteristics. The crater Aristoteles and its ejecta blanket dominate the southwestern part of the quadrangle, and ejecta from the crater Hercules (outside the quadrangle) covers a small part of the southeastern corner. Other prominent craters are Democritus, C. Mayer, Gartner, and Kane. Two probable centers of tectonism and volcanism are present in the southern mountainous belt.位于月球正面（the near side of the Moon）雨海盆地（Imbrium basin）东北边缘的亚里士多德月面四边形区域（Aristoteles quadrangle）涵盖四类地貌省：北部山地带，主要由线状分布的撞击坑坑缘及其他线状月陆构成；中北部带被冷海（Mare Frigoris）的月海物质覆盖；南部带则由特征各异的山地物质组成。亚里士多德撞击坑及其溅射覆盖层（ejecta blanket）主导了该区域的西南部，而位于区域外的赫拉克勒斯撞击坑（Hercules）的溅射物覆盖了区域东南角的小片区域。区域内其余显著撞击坑包括德谟克利特（Democritus）、C·迈耶（C. Mayer）、加特纳（Gartner）与凯恩（Kane）。南部山地带内存在两处疑似构造活动与火山活动中心。