Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on April 24, 2012.

To the north of Nabokov is Martins crater, and to the northeast is Barney.

Nabokov lies on the east side of the ancient Lennon-Picasso Basin.

About 137 km to the northeast of Barney is the highest point on Mercury (over 4 km above the global average), the highest part of scarps that are remnants of the rim of the Lennon-Picasso Basin.

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