List of mountains on the Moon
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This is a list of mountains on the Moon (with a scope including all named mons and montes, planetary science jargon terms roughly equivalent to 'isolated mountain'/'massif' and 'mountain range').
Caveats
- This list is not comprehensive, as surveying of the Moon is a work in progress.
- Heights are in meters; most peaks have not been surveyed with the precision of a single meter.
- Mountains on the Moon have heights and elevations/altitudes defined relative to various vertical datums (referring to the lunoid), each in turn defined relative to the center of mass (CoM) of the Moon.
- c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". — the U.S. Army Mapping Service datum was established 1,737,988 meters from the CoM.
- c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". — the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency used 1,730,000 meters.
- c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". — The Clementine topographic data use 1,737,400 meters as the baseline, and show a range of about 18,100 meters from lowest to highest point on the Moon.
- This is not a list of the highest places on the Moon, meaning those farthest from the CoM. Rather, it is a list of peaks at various heights relative to the relevant datum. This is because the Moon has mass asymmetries: 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).
List
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| Name | Type | Namesake | Peak coordinates | Peak elevation (m) | Topographic prominence (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes | mons | Agnes (Greek feminine name, meaning 'lamb') | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 650 m | 30 m |
| Agricola | montes | Georgius Agricola (metallurgist) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Alpes | montes | Alps (Europe) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Ampère | mons | André-Marie Ampère (physicist) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 3300 m[1] | 3000 m |
| André | mons | André (French masculine name) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Apenninus | montes | Apennine Mountains (Italy) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Archimedes | montes | Archimedes (crater) nearby | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Ardeshir | mons | Ardeshir (also 'Ardashir'; Persian King, Persian male name) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Argaeus | mons | Mount Erciyes (Asia Minor) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Blanc | mons | Mont Blanc (the Alps) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 3800 m[2] | 3600 m |
| Bradley | mons | James Bradley (astronomer) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 4300 m[3] | 4200 m |
| Carpatus | montes | Carpathian Mountains (Europe) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Caucasus | montes | Caucasus Mountains (Europe) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Cordillera | montes | cordillera (Spanish for "mountain chain") | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Delisle | mons | Delisle (crater) nearby | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Dieter | mons | Dieter (German masculine name) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Dilip | mons | Dilip (Indian masculine name) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 2000 m | Unknown |
| Esam | mons | Esam (Arabic masculine name) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 6622 m[4] | 400 m[4] |
| Ganau | mons | Ganau (African masculine name) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Gruithuisen Delta | mons | Gruithuisen (crater) nearby | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Gruithuisen Gamma | mons | Gruithuisen (crater) nearby | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1500 m[5][6] | Unknown |
| Hadley | mons | John Hadley (inventor) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 4500 m[2][1] | 4600 m |
| Hadley Delta | mons | Hadley (quod videm) nearby | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 3900 m[7] | 3500 m |
| Haemus | montes | Haemus (Greek name for the Balkan Mountains) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Hansteen | mons | Hansteen (crater) nearby | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Harbinger | montes | Harbingers of dawn upon the rim of Aristarchus (crater) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Herodotus | mons | Herodotus (crater) nearby | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1000 m | |
| Huygens | mons | Christiaan Huygens (astronomer) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 3274 m[8] | 5300 m[8] |
| Jura | montes | Jura Mountains (Europe) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| la Hire | mons | Philippe de la Hire (astronomer) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1500 m[2][1] | 1500 m |
| Latreille | mons | Pierre André Latreille (entomologist) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 150 m | |
| Maraldi | mons | Maraldi (lunar crater) nearby | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1300 m | 1300 m |
| Moro | mons | Antonio Lazzaro Moro (scientist) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Mouton | mons | Melba Roy Mouton (mathematician) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 7026 m[8] | 6030 m[8] |
| Penck | mons | Albrecht Penck (geographer) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 4000 m | |
| Pico | mons | pico (Spanish for "peak") | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 2400 m[2][1] | 2500 m |
| Pitón | mons | El Pitón, Spain (summit of Mount Teide, Tenerife) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 2100 m[2][1] | 2300 m |
| Pyrenaeus | montes | Pyrenees Mountains (Europe) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Recti | montes | wikt:recti (Latin for "straight range") | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Riphaeus | montes | wikt:Riphaeus (Greek name for the Ural Mountains, Russia) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Rook | montes | Lawrence Rook (astronomer) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Rümker | mons | Karl Ludwig Christian Rümker (astronomer) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1100 m[9] | 500 m |
| Secchi | montes | Secchi (lunar crater) nearby | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Spitzbergen | montes | by resemblance to the Spitsbergen islands (German for "sharp peaks") | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Taurus | montes | Taurus Mountains (Asia Minor) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Teneriffe | montes | Tenerife (island) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| Usov | mons | Mikhail Usov (geologist) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unknown | |
| VinogradovTemplate:Efn | mons | Aleksandr Pavlovich Vinogradov (chemist) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1400 m | 1400 m |
| Vitruvius | mons | Vitruvius (crater) nearby | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 2300 m | 2300 m |
| Wolff | mons | Christian Wolff (philosopher) | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 3800 m[2] | 3500 m |
Gallery
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The central peaks of the crater Copernicus consist of three isolated mountainous rises climbing as high as 1200 m above the crater floor
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Crater Gassendi with central peaks
See also
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- List of mountain ranges
- 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 tallest mountains in the Solar System
Notes
References
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- ↑ a b c d e Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d e f Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Patrick Moore lists the height of Mons Bradley as Script error: No such module "convert".; Fred Price as Script error: No such module "convert".
- ↑ a b 61A2S1(50), Grace. Lunar Topophotomap Series. Publisher: Defense Mapping Agency, Topographic Center. Scale: 1:50,000. Projection: Transverse Mercator.
- ↑ Mons Gruithuisen Gamma, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
- ↑ LROC Quickmap, DEM contours layer
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d The Moon's Highs and Lows
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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External links
- List of named lunar mountains in Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
- Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
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