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Mare Crisium

Mare (555.9 km) — "Sea of Crises."

Coordinates
16.1774, 59.1037 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Mare
Feature type
Mare, maria
Feature type code
ME
Diameter km
555.92145
Etymology
"Sea of Crises."
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3671
Clean name
Mare Crisium
Ethnicity
Latin
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-44

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