Nearch

Crater (72.8 km) — Nearchus of Crete; Greek explorer (unkn-fl. 312 B.C.).

Coordinates

-58.5806, 39.013 (positive-east)

Descriptor

Crater

Feature type

Crater, craters

Feature type code

AA

Diameter km

72.793343

Etymology

Nearchus of Crete; Greek explorer (unkn-fl. 312 B.C.).

Iau approval status

Adopted by IAU

Iau approval year

1935

Iau reference

http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4181

Clean name

Nearch

Ethnicity

Greek

Continent

Europe

Quad

LAC-127

Primary source