Mare Nubium

Mare (714.5 km) — "Sea of Clouds."

Coordinates

-20.5894, -17.2872 (positive-east)

Descriptor

Mare

Feature type

Mare, maria

Feature type code

ME

Diameter km

714.49921

Etymology

"Sea of Clouds."

Iau approval status

Adopted by IAU

Iau approval year

1935

Iau reference

http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3684

Clean name

Mare Nubium

Ethnicity

Latin

Continent

Europe

Quad

LAC-94

Primary source