Mare Nectaris
Americannoun
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This communicates on the south with Mare Nectaris, the Sea of Nectar, embracing an extent of about 42 thousand square miles, with a mean latitude of 15° south and a longitude of 35° west.
From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward
BOHNENBERGER.—A ring-plain about 22 miles in diameter, situated on the W. side of the Mare Nectaris, under the precipitous flanks of the Pyrenees, whose prominent shadows partially conceal it for many hours after sunrise.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
"That's Mare Nectaris, the gray spot over there on the southwest, isn't it?" asked M'Nicholl; "is there any likelihood of our getting a better view of it?"
From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward
In the southern division is seen Mare Nectaris, the Sea of Nectar, over whose soft heaving billows she is gently wafted by Love's caressing winds, "Youth on the prow and Pleasure at the helm."
From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward
These mountains, on the E. of Guttemberg, border the western side of the Mare Nectaris.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
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