List of mountains on the Moon
The heights listed below are not consistent across sources. In the 1960s, the U.S. Army Mapping Service used elevation relative to 1,737,988 meters from the center of the Moon. In the 1970s, the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency used 1,730,000 meters. The Clementine topographic data published in the 1990s uses 1,737,400 meters.
This is a list of named mountains on the Moon.
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 6,500 meters higher than Mons Huygens (usually listed as the tallest mountain).
Mountains
These are isolated mountains or massifs.
Name | Lat./Long. | Dia. | Ht. | Name Origin |
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Mons Agnes | 18.66°N 5.34°E | 0.65 km | 0.03 km | Greek feminine name |
Mons Ampère | 19.32°N 3.71°W | 30 km | 3.0 km | André-Marie Ampère, physicist |
Mons André | 5.18°N 120.56°E | 10 km | French masculine name | |
Mons Ardeshir | 5.03°N 121.04°E | 8 km | Ardeshir (Ardashir), Persian male name | |
Mons Argaeus | 19.33°N 29.01°E | 50 km | Mount Erciyes, Asia Minor | |
Mons Blanc | 45.41°N 0.44°E | 25 km | 3.6 km | Mont Blanc, the Alps |
Mons Bradley | 21.73°N 0.38°E | 30 km | 4.2 km | James Bradley, astronomer |
Mons Delisle | 29.42°N 35.79°W | 30 km | Named after nearby crater Delisle | |
Mons Dieter | 5.00°N 120.30°E | 20 km | German masculine name | |
Mons Dilip | 5.58°N 120.87°E | 2 km | Indian masculine name | |
Mons Esam | 14.61°N 35.71°E | 8 km | Arabic masculine name | |
Mons Ganau | 4.79°N 120.59°E | 14 km | African masculine name | |
Mons Gruithuisen Delta | 36.07°N 39.59°W | 20 km | Named after nearby crater Gruithuisen | |
Mons Gruithuisen Gamma | 36.56°N 40.72°W | 20 km | Named after nearby crater Gruithuisen | |
Mons Hadley | 26.69°N 4.12°E | 25 km | 4.6 km | John Hadley, inventor |
Mons Hadley Delta | 25.72°N 3.71°E | 15 km | 3.5 km | Named after nearby Mount Hadley |
Mons Hansteen | 12.19°S 50.21°W | 30 km | Named after nearby crater Hansteen | |
Mons Herodotus | 27.50°N 52.94°W | 5 km | Named after nearby crater Herodotus | |
Mons Huygens | 19.92°N 2.86°W | 40 km | 4.7 km | Christiaan Huygens, astronomer |
Mons La Hire | 27.66°N 25.51°W | 25 km | 1.5 km | Philippe de la Hire, astronomer |
Mons Maraldi | 20.34°N 35.50°E | 15 km | 1.3 km | Named after nearby crater Maraldi |
Mons Moro | 11.84°S 19.84°W | 10 km | Antonio Lazzaro Moro, scientist | |
Mons Penck | 10.0°S 21.74°E | 30 km | 4.0 km | Albrecht Penck, geographer |
Mons Pico | 45.82°N 8.87°W | 25 km | 2. km | Spanish for "peak" |
Mons Piton | 40.72°N 0.92°W | 25 km | 2.3 km | El Pitón, a summit of Mount Teide, Tenerife |
Mons Rümker | 40.76°N 58.38°W | 70 km | 0.5 km | Karl Ludwig Christian Rümker, astronomer |
Mons Usov | 11.91°N 63.26°E | 15 km | Mikhail Usov, geologist | |
Mons Vinogradov[lower-alpha 1] | 22.35°N 32.52°W | 25 km | 1.4 km | Aleksandr Pavlovich Vinogradov, chemist |
Mons Vitruvius | 19.33°N 30.74°E | 15 km | 2.3 km | Named after nearby crater Vitruvius |
Mons Wolff | 16.88°N 6.80°W | 35 km | 3.5 km | Baron Christian von Wolff, philosopher |
Mountain ranges
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See also
Notes
- Formerly called Mons Euler.
References
External links
- List of named lunar mountains in Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
- Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
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