List of mountains on the Moon
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This is a list of mountains on the Moon:
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These are isolated mountains or massifs.
Please note that the heights listed below are not consitent across sources. In the 1960s, the US Army Mapping Service used elevation relative to 1,737,988 meters from the center of the Moon. In the 1970s, the US Defense Mapping Agency used 1,730,000 meters. The Clementine topographic data published in the 1990s uses 1,737,400 meters.
Also note that this table is not comprehensive, and does not list the highest places on the Moon. Clementine data show a range of about 18,100 meters from lowest to highest point on the Moon. The highest point, located on the far side of the Moon, is approximately 6500 meters higher than Mons Huygens (usually listed as the tallest mountain).
| Name | Lat./Long. | Dia. | Ht. | Name Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mons Agnes | 1 km | Greek feminine name | ||
| Mons Ampère | 30 km | 3.0 km | André-Marie Ampère, physicist | |
| Mons André | 10 km | French masculine name | ||
| Mons Ardeshir | 8 km | Ardashir, Persian (Iranian) emperor | ||
| Mons Argaeus | 50 km | Mount Erciyas, Asia Minor | ||
| Mons Blanc | 25 km | 3.6 km | Mont Blanc, the Alps | |
| Mons Bradley | 30 km | 4.2 km | James Bradley, astronomer | |
| Mons Delisle | 30 km | Named after nearby Delisle crater | ||
| Mons Dieter | 20 km | German masculine name | ||
| Mons Dilip | 2 km | Indian masculine name | ||
| Mons Esam | 8 km | Arabic masculine name | ||
| Mons Ganau | 14 km | African masculine name | ||
| Mons Gruithuisen Delta | 20 km | Named after nearby Gruithuisen crater | ||
| Mons Gruithuisen Gamma | 20 km | Named after nearby Gruithuisen crater | ||
| Mons Hadley | 25 km | 4.6 km | John Hadley, inventor | |
| Mons Hadley Delta | 15 km | 3.5 km | Named after nearby Mount Hadley | |
| Mons Hansteen | 30 km | Named after nearby Hansteen crater | ||
| Mons Herodotus | 5 km | Named after nearby Herodotus crater | ||
| Mons Huygens | 40 km | 4.7 km | Christian Huygens, astronomer | |
| Mons La Hire | 25 km | 1.5 km | Philippe de la Hire, astronomer | |
| Mons Maraldi | 15 km | 1.3 km | Named after nearby Maraldi crater | |
| Mons Moro | 10 km | Antonio Lazzaro Moro, earth scientist | ||
| Mons Penck | 30 km | 4. km | Albrecht Penck, geographer | |
| Mons Pico | 25 km | 2. km | Spanish for "peak" | |
| Mons Piton | 25 km | 2.3 km | Mount Piton, Tenerife | |
| Mons Rümker | 70 km | 0.5 km | Karl Ludwig Christian Rümker, astronomer | |
| Mons Usov | 15 km | Mikhail A. Usov, geologist | ||
| Mons Vinogradov[1] | 25 km | 1.4 km | Aleksandr Pavlovich Vinogradov, chemist | |
| Mons Vitruvius | 15 km | 2.3 km | Named after nearby Vitruvius crater | |
| Mons Wolff | 35 km | 3.5 km | Baron Christian von Wolff, philosopher |
[edit] Mountain ranges
[edit] Notes
- ^ Formerly called Mons Euler.
[edit] See also
- List of mountains on the Moon by height
- List of craters on the Moon
- List of features on the Moon
- List of maria on the Moon
- List of valleys on the Moon
- List of mountain ranges
