Mons La Hire

Mons La Hire
	Mons La Hire , captured by Apollo 15 . NASA photo .
position	27.67 ° N , 25.49 ° W Coordinates: 27 ° 40 ′ 12 " N , 25 ° 29 ′ 24" W
diameter	22 km
	See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

The Mons La Hire is an approximately 10 × 20 km large island mountain in the Mare Imbrium on the Earth's moon . It was named in 1961 after the French mathematician and astronomer Gabriel-Philippe de La Hire . The summit is 1.5 km above the ground.

The Dorsum Circle is only a few kilometers to the northeast .

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