Montes Pyrenaeus

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Montes Pyrenaeus
Montes Pyrenaeus (Moon Equatorial Region)
Montes Pyrenaeus
position 14.62 °  S , 41.02 °  O coordinates: 14 ° 37 '12 "  S , 41 ° 1' 12"  O
diameter 167 km
Named after Pyrenees
See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

The Montes Pyrenaeus are a mountain range on the Earth's moon - named after the Pyrenees along the French-Spanish border. At the northeast end is the Gutenberg crater, flooded with lava . There the mountains also border the Mare Nectaris . A comparison: The eastern end of the terrestrial Pyrenees lies on the Mediterranean . Johann Heinrich von Mädler gave the lunar Pyrenees, whose center is at 15 ° S / 41 ° E, their name.

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