List of the mountains and mountain ranges of the moon

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of mountain structures on the moon to the earth .

Mountains (Montes)

In the highlands ( terrae ) of the moon there are several mountain ranges, which were mostly named after earthly mountains.

Surname Named after location Average
dimension
in km
Montes Agricola Georgius Agricola 29 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  N , 54 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  W. 141
Montes Alpes Alps 46 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 0 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  W. 281
Montes Apenninus Apennines 18 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  N , 3 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  W. 401
Montes Archimedes Archimedes 25 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  N , 4 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  W. 163
Montes Carpatus Carpathians 14 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 24 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  W. 361
Montes Caucasus Caucasus 38 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 445
Montes Cordillera Cordilleras 17 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  S , 81 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  W. 574
Montes Haemus Balkan Mountains 19 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  E 560
Montes Harbinger " Harbingers (English harbinger ) [of the twilight]" 27 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 41 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W. 090
Montes Jura law 47 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  N , 34 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W. 422
Montes Pyrenaeus Pyrenees 15 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  S , 41 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  E 164
Montes Recti "Straight mountains" 48 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 20 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W. 090
Montes Riphaeus Ripples 7 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  S , 28 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  W. 189
Montes Rook Lawrence Rook 20 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  S , 82 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  W. 791
Montes Secchi Angelo Secchi 3 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 43 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 050
Montes Svalbard Spitsbergen 35 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 5 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W. 060
Montes Taurus Taurus Mountains 28 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 41 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  E 172
Montes Tenerife Tenerife 47 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  W. 182

Mountains (mons)

Names have also been given for clearly visible and demarcated elevations.

Surname Named after location Average
diameter
in km
Mons Agnes Agnes 18 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 5 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  E 01
Mons Ampère André-Marie Ampère 19 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 4 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W. 30th
Mons André André 5 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  N , 120 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  E 10
Mons Ardeshir Persian male name (Ardaschir) 5 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 121 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 08th
Mons Argaeus ancient name of today's Erciyes Dağı in Turkey 19 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 29 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 50
Mont Blanc Mont Blanc 45 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 1 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 25th
Mons Bradley James Bradley 22 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 1 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 30th
Mons Delisle Joseph Nicolas Delisle 29 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 35 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  W. 30th
Mons Dieter Dieter 5 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 120 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  E 20th
Mons Dilip Indian male name 5 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 120 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E 02
Mons Esam Arabic male name 14 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 35 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  E 08th
Mons Ganau African male name 4 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  N , 120 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  E 14th
Mons Gruithuisen Delta Franz by Paula Gruithuisen 36 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 39 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  W. 20th
Mons Gruithuisen Gamma Franz by Paula Gruithuisen 36 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 40 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  W. 20th
Mons Hadley John Hadley 26 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 4 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  E 25th
Mons Hadley Delta John Hadley Delta 25 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  N , 3 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E 15th
Mons Hansteen Christopher Hansteen 12 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  S , 50 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W. 30th
Mons Herodotus Herodotus 27 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 53 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W. 05
Mons Huygens Christiaan Huygens 20 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 2 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  W. 40
Mons La Hire Philippe de la Hire 27 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  N , 25 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  W. 25th
Mons Maraldi Giovanni Domenico Maraldi 20 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  N , 35 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  E 15th
Mons Moro Antonio Lazzaro Moro 12 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  S , 19 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  W. 10
Mons Penck Albrecht Penck 10 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  S , 21 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  E 30th
Mons Pico Spanish word for "summit" 45 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  W. 25th
Mons Piton French word for "mountain peak" 40 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 1 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  W. 25th
Mons Rümker Karl Rümker 40 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  N , 58 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  W. 70
Mons Usov Mikhail A. Usov 12 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 63 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 15th
Mons Vinogradov Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov 22 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 32 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  W. 25th
Mons Vitruvius Marcus Vitruvius Pollio 19 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 30 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E 15th
Mons Wolff Christian Wolff 17 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 6 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  W. 35
Mountains of Eternal Light (because of grazing sunlight) near the lunar poles 05-50

Capes (promontory)

The end points of mountains that protrude into the lowlands of Mary are called promontory ( cape ) based on earthly terms .

Surname Named after location Average
diameter
in km
Promontorium Agarum ancient name of a cape in the Azov Sea , near today's Berdjansk in Ukraine 14 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 66 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 70
Promontory Agassiz Louis Agassiz 42 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 1 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E 20th
Promontory Archerusia Misspellings of Acherusia ( ancient Greek Ἀχερουσία ), a cape in Paphlagonia on the Black Sea , today Baba Burun near Karadeniz Ereğli in Turkey 16 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  N , 22 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 10
Promontory Deville Sainte-Claire Charles Deville 43 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  N , 1 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 20th
Promontory Fresnel Augustin Jean Fresnel 29 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 4 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  E 20th
Promontory Heraclides Herakleides Ponticos 40 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  N , 33 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  W. 50
Promontory Kelvin William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin 27 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  S , 33 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W. 50
Promontory Laplace Pierre Simon Laplace 46 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 25 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  W. 50
Promontory Taenarium Cape Tenaro on the southern tip of the Peloponnese 19 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  S , 8 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W. 70

Back (dorsum)

The flat, elongated elevations in the Maria are called Dorsa (singular dorsum , dt. Back ).

Surname Named after location Average
dimension
in km
Dorsa Aldrovandi Ulisse Aldrovandi 24 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 28 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E 136
Dorsa Andrusov Nikolai Ivanovich Andrusow 1 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  S , 57 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 160
Dorsum Arduino Giovanni Arduino 24 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  N , 35 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  W. 107
Dorsa Argand Émile Argand 28 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  N , 40 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  W. 109
Dorsum Azara Félix de Azara 26 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  N , 19 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  E 105
Dorsa Barlow William Barlow 15 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 31 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 120
Dorsum Bucher WH Bucher 31 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 39 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W. 090
Dorsum Buckland William Buckland 20 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 12 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E 380
Dorsa Burnet Thomas Burnet 28 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 57 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W. 194
Dorsa Cato Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder 1 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 47 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 140
Dorsum Cayeux Lucien Cayeux 1 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 51 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  E 084
Dorsum Cloos Hans Cloos 1 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 91 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 100
Dorsum Cushman JA Cushman 1 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 49 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 080
Dorsa Dana James D. Dana 3 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 90 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 070
Dorsa Ewing William Maurice Ewing 10 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  S , 39 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  W. 141
Dorsum guest Paul Werner guest 24 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 060
Dorsa Geikie Sir Archibald Geikie 4 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  S , 52 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E 228
Dorsum Grabau Amadeus W. Grabau 29 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  W. 121
Dorsum Guettard Jean-Étienne Guettard 10 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  S , 18 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W. 040
Dorsa Harker Alfred Harker 14 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 64 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 197
Dorsum home Albert Heim 32 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 29 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  W. 148
Dorsum Higazy Riad Higazy 28 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 17 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W. 060
Dorsa Lister Martin Lister 20 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  N , 23 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E 203
Dorsa Mawson Douglas Mawson 7 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  S , 53 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 132
Dorsum Nicol William Nicol 18 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 23 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 050
Dorsum Niggli Paul Niggli 29 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 52 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W. 050
Dorsum Oppel Albert Oppel 18 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  N , 52 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  E 268
Dorsum Owen George Owen 25 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 050
Dorsa Rubey William Walden Rubey 10 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  S , 42 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W. 100
Dorsum Scilla Agostino Scilla 32 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  N , 60 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  W. 108
Dorsa Smirnov Sergei S. Smirnov 27 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  N , 25 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  E 156
Dorsa Sorby Henry C. Sorby 19 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 080
Dorsa silence Hans Silence 27 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 19 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W. 080
Dorsum Termier Pierre-Marie Termier 11 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 58 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E 090
Dorsa Tetyaev Mikhail Mikhailovich Tetyaev 19 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  N , 64 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  E 176
Dorsum thera Thera-back 24 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 31 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  W. 007th
Dorsum of Cotta Carl Bernard von Cotta 23 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  E 199
Dorsa Whiston William Whiston 29 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 56 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  W. 085
Dorsum compasses Ferdinand Zirkel 28 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  N , 23 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  W. 193

See also

Web links