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List of mountains on the Moon
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).
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Name |
Lat./Long. |
Dia. |
Ht. |
Name Origin |
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Mons Agnes |
18.6° N 5.3° E |
1 km |
|
Greek
feminine name |
|
Mons Ampère |
19.0° N 4.0° W |
30 km |
3.0 km |
André-Marie Ampère,
physicist |
|
Mons André |
5.2° N 120.6° E |
10 km |
|
French
masculine name |
|
Mons Ardeshir |
5.0° N 121.0° E |
8 km |
|
Ardashir,
Persian
(Iranian)
emperor |
|
Mons Argaeus |
19.0° N 29.0° E |
50 km |
|
Mount Erciyas,
Asia Minor |
|
Mons Blanc |
45.0° N 1.0° E |
25 km |
3.6 km |
Mont Blanc,
the
Alps |
|
Mons Bradley |
22.0° N 1.0° E |
30 km |
4.2 km |
James Bradley,
astronomer |
|
Mons Delisle |
29.5° N 35.8° W |
30 km |
|
Named after nearby
Delisle crater |
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Mons Dieter |
5.0° N 120.2° E |
20 km |
|
German
masculine name |
|
Mons Dilip |
5.6° N 120.8° E |
2 km |
|
Indian
masculine name |
|
Mons Esam |
14.6° N 35.7° E |
8 km |
|
Arabic
masculine name |
|
Mons Ganau |
4.8° N 120.6° E |
14 km |
|
African
masculine name |
|
Mons Gruithuisen Delta |
36.0° N 35.9° W |
20 km |
|
Named after nearby
Gruithuisen crater |
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Mons Gruithuisen Gamma |
36.6° N 40.5° W |
20 km |
|
Named after nearby
Gruithuisen crater |
|
Mons Hadley |
26.5° N 4.7° E |
25 km |
4.6 km |
John Hadley,
inventor |
|
Mons Hadley Delta |
25.8° N 3.8° E |
15 km |
3.5 km |
Named after nearby Mount Hadley |
|
Mons Hansteen |
12.1° S 50.0° W |
30 km |
|
Named after nearby
Hansteen crater |
|
Mons Herodotus |
27.5° N 53.0° W |
5 km |
|
Named after nearby
Herodotus crater |
|
Mons Huygens |
20.0° N 2.9° W |
40 km |
4.7 km |
Christian Huygens,
astronomer |
|
Mons La Hire |
27.8° N 25.5° W |
25 km |
1.5 km |
Philippe de la Hire,
astronomer |
|
Mons Maraldi |
20.3° N 35.3° E |
15 km |
1.3 km |
Named after nearby
Maraldi crater |
|
Mons Moro |
12.0° S 19.7° W |
10 km |
|
Antonio Lazzaro Moro,
earth scientist |
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Mons Penck |
10.0° S 21.6° E |
30 km |
4. km |
Albrecht Penck,
geographer |
|
Mons Pico |
45.7° N 8.9° W |
25 km |
2. km |
Spanish
for "peak" |
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Mons Piton |
40.6° N 1.1° W |
25 km |
2.3 km |
Mount Piton,
Tenerife |
|
Mons Rümker |
40.8° N 58.1° W |
70 km |
0.5 km |
Karl Ludwig Christian Rümker,
astronomer |
|
Mons Usov |
12.0° N 63.0° E |
15 km |
|
Mikhail A. Usov,
geologist |
|
Mons Vinogradov |
22.4° N 32.4° W |
25 km |
1.4 km |
Aleksandr Pavlovich Vinogradov,
chemist |
|
Mons Vitruvius |
19.4° N 30.8° E |
15 km |
2.3 km |
Named after nearby
Vitruvius crater |
|
Mons Wolff |
17.0° N 6.8° W |
35 km |
3.5 km |
Baron
Christian von Wolff,
philosopher |
|
Name |
Lat./Long. |
Dia. |
Name Origin |
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Montes Agricola |
29.1° N 54.2° W |
141 km |
Georgius Agricola,
earth scientist |
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Montes Alpes |
46.4° N 0.8° W |
281 km |
The
Alps,
Europe |
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Montes Apenninus |
18.9° N 3.7° W |
401 km |
The
Apennine Mountains,
Italy |
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Montes Archimedes |
25.3° N 4.6° W |
163 km |
Named after nearby
Archimedes crater |
|
Montes Carpatus |
14.5° N 24.4° W |
361 km |
The
Carpathian Mountains,
Europe |
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Montes Caucasus |
38.4° N 10.0° W |
445 km |
The
Caucasus Mountains,
Europe |
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Montes Cordillera |
17.5° S 81.6° W |
574 km |
Spanish
for "mountain chain" |
|
Montes Haemus |
19.9° N 9.2° E |
560 km |
Greek name for the
Balkan Mountains |
|
Montes Harbinger |
27.0° N 41.0° W |
90 km |
Harbingers
of dawn on
Aristarchus crater |
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Montes Jura |
47.1° N 34.0° W |
422 km |
The
Jura Mountains,
Europe |
|
Montes Pyrenaeus |
15.6° S 41.2° E |
164 km |
The
Pyrenees Mountains,
Europe |
|
Montes Recti |
48.0° N 20.0° W |
90 km |
Latin
for "straight range" |
|
Montes Riphaeus |
7.7° S 28.1° W |
189 km |
Greek name for the
Ural Mountains,
Russia |
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Montes Rook |
20.6° S 82.5° W |
791 km |
Lawrence Rook,
astronomer |
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Montes Secchi |
3.0° N 43.0° E |
50 km |
Named after nearby
Secchi crater |
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Montes Spitzbergen |
35.0° N 5.0° W |
60 km |
Named after
German
for "sharp peaks" and for resemblance to the
Spitsbergen
islands |
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Montes Taurus |
28.4° N 41.1° E |
172 km |
Taurus Mountains,
Asia Minor |
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Montes Teneriffe |
47.1° N 11.8° W |
182 km |
Tenerife
island |
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