Mare Nectaris

The Mare Nectaris ( Latin for " sea nectar " ) is a small sea in a lunar impact crater on Earth's Moon.

It is located on the selenographic coordinates 15 ° S; 35 ° and e has an average diameter of 340 km.

The largest crater is the Rosse crater in the central south.

To the west it borders on the mountains Montes pyrenaeus.

The rock has a thickness of 1.000 m.

The pränektarische and nektarische period of lunar time scale were named after this Mare.