List of mountains on the Moon
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
This is a list of named mountains on the Moon.
Note that the heights listed below are not consistent 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).
Mountains
These are isolated mountains or massifs.
| Name | Lat./Long. | Dia. | Ht. | Name Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mons Agnes | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 0.65 km | 0.03 km | Greek feminine name |
| Mons Ampère | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 30 km | 3.0 km | André-Marie Ampère, physicist |
| Mons André | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 10 km | French masculine name | |
| Mons Ardeshir | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 8 km | Ardeshir (Ardashir), Persian male name | |
| Mons Argaeus | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 50 km | Mount Erciyes, Asia Minor | |
| Mons Blanc | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 25 km | 3.6 km | Mont Blanc, the Alps |
| Mons Bradley | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 30 km | 4.2 km | James Bradley, astronomer |
| Mons Delisle | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 30 km | Named after nearby crater Delisle | |
| Mons Dieter | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 20 km | German masculine name | |
| Mons Dilip | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 2 km | Indian masculine name | |
| Mons Esam | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 8 km | Arabic masculine name | |
| Mons Ganau | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 14 km | African masculine name | |
| Mons Gruithuisen Delta | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 20 km | Named after nearby crater Gruithuisen | |
| Mons Gruithuisen Gamma | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 20 km | Named after nearby crater Gruithuisen | |
| Mons Hadley | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 25 km | 4.6 km | John Hadley, inventor |
| Mons Hadley Delta | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 15 km | 3.5 km | Named after nearby Mount Hadley |
| Mons Hansteen | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 30 km | Named after nearby crater Hansteen | |
| Mons Herodotus | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 5 km | Named after nearby crater Herodotus | |
| Mons Huygens | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 40 km | 4.7 km | Christiaan Huygens, astronomer |
| Mons La Hire | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 25 km | 1.5 km | Philippe de la Hire, astronomer |
| Mons Maraldi | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 15 km | 1.3 km | Named after nearby crater Maraldi |
| Mons Moro | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 10 km | Antonio Lazzaro Moro, Earth scientist | |
| Mons Penck | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 30 km | 4.0 km | Albrecht Penck, geographer |
| Mons Pico | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 25 km | 2. km | Spanish for "peak" |
| Mons Piton | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 25 km | 2.3 km | El Pitón, a summit of Mount Teide, Tenerife |
| Mons Rümker | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 70 km | 0.5 km | Karl Ludwig Christian Rümker, astronomer |
| Mons Usov | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 15 km | Mikhail Usov, geologist | |
| Mons Vinogradov[1] | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 25 km | 1.4 km | Aleksandr Pavlovich Vinogradov, chemist |
| Mons Vitruvius | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 15 km | 2.3 km | Named after nearby crater Vitruvius |
| Mons Wolff | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 35 km | 3.5 km | Baron Christian von Wolff, philosopher |
Mountain ranges
| Name | Lat./Long. | Dia. | Name Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montes Agricola | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 141 km | Georgius Agricola, Earth scientist |
| Montes Alpes | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 281 km | The Alps, Europe |
| Montes Apenninus | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 401 km | The Apennine Mountains, Italy |
| Montes Archimedes | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 163 km | Named after nearby crater Archimedes |
| Montes Carpatus | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 361 km | The Carpathian Mountains, Europe |
| Montes Caucasus | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 445 km | The Caucasus Mountains, Europe |
| Montes Cordillera | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 574 km | Spanish for "mountain chain" |
| Montes Haemus | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 560 km | Greek name for the Balkan Mountains |
| Montes Harbinger | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 90 km | Harbingers of dawn on the crater Aristarchus |
| Montes Jura | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 422 km | The Jura Mountains, Europe |
| Montes Pyrenaeus | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 164 km | The Pyrenees Mountains, Europe |
| Montes Recti | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 90 km | Latin for "straight range" |
| Montes Riphaeus | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 189 km | Greek name for the Ural Mountains, Russia |
| Montes Rook | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 791 km | Lawrence Rook, astronomer |
| Montes Secchi | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 50 km | Named after nearby crater Secchi |
| Montes Spitzbergen | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 60 km | Named after German for "sharp peaks" and for resemblance to the Spitsbergen islands |
| Montes Taurus | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 172 km | Taurus Mountains, Asia Minor |
| Montes Teneriffe | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 182 km | Tenerife island |
Notes
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- List of mountains on the Moon by height
- List of features on the Moon
- List of craters on the Moon
- List of maria on the Moon
- List of valleys on the Moon
- List of mountain ranges
- List of tallest mountains in the Solar System
External links
- List of named lunar mountains in Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
- Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
- ↑ Formerly called Mons Euler.
