Mons Huygens
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| Mons Huygens and Mons Ampère on the edge of the Montes Apenninus ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 19.92 ° N , 2.89 ° W | |
| diameter | 42 km | |
| Named after | Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695) | |
| See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | ||
The Mons Huygens is the highest mountain on the Earth's moon . Its summit is about 5.5 km above the level of the Mare Imbrium , on the south-south-eastern edge of which it rises. It is located on the edge of the Montes Apenninus , east of the small Huxley crater . Although it is the highest mountain on the moon, it is not the highest point on the lunar surface. As part of a ring mountain range , the Mons Huygens is an impact mountain and not, like most mountains on earth, was created by tectonics or volcanism.
In 1961 it was named after the Dutch astronomer, mathematician and physicist Christiaan Huygens .
See also
Web links
- Mons Huygens in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Mons Huygens on The-Moon Wiki