At the center is the small mare Lacus Luxuriae, just south of the oblique crater Buys-Ballot.

Also at the center is a mass concentration (mascon), or gravitational high.

The mascon was first identified by Doppler tracking of the Lunar Prospector spacecraft.

[3] Other craters within the basin include Anderson, Virtanen, Zernike, Dante, and the smaller Šafařík.

Morse and Spencer Jones are at the margins.