Schroter's Valley

It is located on a rise of continental ground, sometimes called the Aristarchus plateau, that is surrounded by the Oceanus Procellarum to the south and west and the Mare Imbrium to the northwest.

(The start of the rille has been termed the "Cobra's Head" by some observers, due to its resemblance to a snake.

)[1] From the crater it follows a meandering path, first to the north, then setting a course toward the northwest, before finally bending back to the south until it reaches a 1 km high precipice at the edge of the Oceanus Procellarum.

The rille has a maximum width of about 10 km, then gradually narrows to less than a kilometer near its terminus.

[4] In April 2020, Intuitive Machines announced that Vallis Schröteri would be the target site of its first lunar landing attempt in October 2021.