:List of mountains on the Moon

{{short description|Lunar peaks}}

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.
  • : {{circa|{{date table sorting|1960| |}}}} — the U.S. Army Mapping Service datum was established 1,737,988 meters from the CoM.
  • : {{circa|{{date table sorting|1970| |}}}} — the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency used 1,730,000 meters.
  • : {{circa|{{date table sorting|1990| |}}}} — 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

{{dynamic list|date=August 2008}}

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|+ Peaks on the Moon

! Name !! Type !! Namesake !! Peak coordinates !! Peak elevation (m) !! Topographic prominence (m)

AgnesmonsAgnes (Greek feminine name, meaning 'lamb'){{coord|18.66|N|5.34|E|globe:Moon}}650 m30 m
AgricolamontesGeorgius Agricola (metallurgist){{coord|29.06|N|54.07|W|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
AlpesmontesAlps (Europe){{coord|48.36|N|0.58|W|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
AmpèremonsAndré-Marie Ampère (physicist){{coord|19.32|N|3.71|W|globe:Moon}}3300 m{{cite book | last=Moore | first=Patrick | author-link = Patrick Moore | title=On the Moon | publisher=Cassell & Co | location=London | date=2001 }} 3000 m
AndrémonsAndré (French masculine name){{coord|5.18|N|120.56|E|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
ApenninusmontesApennine Mountains (Italy){{coord|19.87|N|0.03|W|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
ArchimedesmontesArchimedes (crater) nearby{{coord|25.39|N|5.25|W|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
ArdeshirmonsArdeshir (also 'Ardashir'; Persian King, Persian male name){{coord|5.03|N|121.04|E|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
ArgaeusmonsMount Erciyes (Asia Minor){{coord|19.33|N|29.01|E|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
BlancmonsMont Blanc (the Alps){{coord|45.41|N|0.44|E|globe:Moon}}3800 m{{cite book | author=Fred W. Price | title=The Moon observer's handbook | publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=London | date=1988 | isbn= 0-521-33500-0}}3600 m
BradleymonsJames Bradley (astronomer){{coord|21.73|N|0.38|E|globe:Moon}}4300 mPatrick Moore lists the height of Mons Bradley as {{convert|16000|feet}}; Fred Price as {{convert|14000|feet}}4200 m
CarpatusmontesCarpathian Mountains (Europe){{coord|14.57|N|23.62|W|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
CaucasusmontesCaucasus Mountains (Europe){{coord|37.52|N|9.93|E|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
Cordilleramontescordillera (Spanish for "mountain chain"){{coord|17.5|S|79.5|W|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
DelislemonsDelisle (crater) nearby{{coord|29.42|N|35.79|W|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
DietermonsDieter (German masculine name){{coord|5.00|N|120.30|E|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
DilipmonsDilip (Indian masculine name){{coord|5.58|N|120.87|E|globe:Moon}}2000 m{{unknown}}
EsammonsEsam (Arabic masculine name){{coord|14.61|N|35.71|E|globe:Moon}}6622 m[https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/topophoto/61A2S1/ 61A2S1(50)], Grace. Lunar Topophotomap Series. Publisher: Defense Mapping Agency, Topographic Center. Scale: 1:50,000. Projection: Transverse Mercator.400 m
GanaumonsGanau (African masculine name){{coord|4.79|N|120.59|E|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
Gruithuisen DeltamonsGruithuisen (crater) nearby{{coord|36.07|N|39.59|W|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
Gruithuisen GammamonsGruithuisen (crater) nearby{{coord|36.56|N|40.72|W|globe:Moon}}1500 m[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3982 Mons Gruithuisen Gamma], Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)[https://quickmap.lroc.asu.edu/ LROC Quickmap], DEM contours layer{{unknown}}
HadleymonsJohn Hadley (inventor){{coord|26.69|N|4.12|E|globe:Moon}}4500 m4600 m
Hadley DeltamonsHadley (quod videm) nearby{{coord|25.72|N|3.71|E|globe:Moon}}3900 m{{cite web | last = Shaffer | first = David | date = May 25, 2006 | url = http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15.landing.html | title = Apollo 15 Surface Journal: Landing at Hadley | publisher = NASA | access-date = 2006-11-08 }}3500 m
HaemusmontesHaemus (Greek name for the Balkan Mountains){{coord|17.11|N|12.03|E|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
HansteenmonsHansteen (crater) nearby{{coord|12.19|S|50.21|W|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
HarbingermontesHarbingers of dawn upon the rim of Aristarchus (crater){{coord|26.89|N|41.29|W|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
HerodotusmonsHerodotus (crater) nearby{{coord|27.50|N|52.94|W|globe:Moon}}1000 m
HuygensmonsChristiaan Huygens (astronomer){{coord|19.53|N|2.90|W|globe:Moon}}3274 m[https://moonsummits.carrd.co/ The Moon's Highs and Lows]5300 m
JuramontesJura Mountains (Europe){{coord|47.49|N|36.11|W|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
la HiremonsPhilippe de la Hire (astronomer){{coord|27.66|N|25.51|W|globe:Moon}}1500 m1500 m
LatreillemonsPierre André Latreille (entomologist){{coord|18.47|N|61.92|E|globe:Moon}}150 m
MaraldimonsMaraldi (lunar crater) nearby{{coord|20.34|N|35.50|E|globe:Moon}}1300 m1300 m
MoromonsAntonio Lazzaro Moro (scientist){{coord|11.84|S|19.84|W|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
MoutonmonsMelba Roy Mouton (mathematician){{coord|84.67|S|39.48|W|globe:Moon}}7026 m6030 m
PenckmonsAlbrecht Penck (geographer){{coord|10.0|S|21.74|E|globe:Moon}}4000 m
Picomonspico (Spanish for "peak"){{coord|45.82|N|8.87|W|globe:Moon}}2400 m2500 m
PitónmonsEl Pitón, Spain (summit of Mount Teide, Tenerife){{coord|40.72|N|0.92|W|globe:Moon}}2100 m2300 m
PyrenaeusmontesPyrenees Mountains (Europe){{coord|14.05|S|41.51|E|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
Rectimonteswikt:recti (Latin for "straight range"){{coord|48.3|N|19.72|W|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
Riphaeusmonteswikt:Riphaeus (Greek name for the Ural Mountains, Russia){{coord|7.48|S|27.60|W|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
RookmontesLawrence Rook (astronomer){{coord|20.6|S|82.5|W|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
RümkermonsKarl Ludwig Christian Rümker (astronomer){{coord|40.76|N|58.38|W|globe:Moon}}1100 m{{cite conference

|author1=Wöhler, C. |author2=Lena, R. |author3=Pau, K. C. | title=The Lunar Dome Complex Mons Rümker: Morphometry, Rheology, and Mode of Emplacement

| book-title=Proceedings Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII

| publisher=Dordrecht, D. Reidel Publishing Co

| date=March 12–16, 2007 |issue=1338 |page=1091 | location=League City, Texas

|bibcode=2007LPI....38.1091W | url=http://labs.adsabs.harvard.edu/ui/abs/2007LPI....38.1091W?

| access-date = 2007-08-28 }}

500 m
SecchimontesSecchi (lunar crater) nearby{{coord|2.72|N|43.17|E|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
Spitzbergenmontesby resemblance to the Spitsbergen islands (German for "sharp peaks"){{coord|34.47|N|5.21|W|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
TaurusmontesTaurus Mountains (Asia Minor){{coord|27.32|N|40.34|E|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
TeneriffemontesTenerife (island){{coord|47.89|N|13.19|W|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
UsovmonsMikhail Usov (geologist){{coord|11.91|N|63.26|E|globe:Moon}}{{unknown}}
Vinogradov{{efn|Formerly called Mons Euler after Leonhard Euler (mathematician).}}monsAleksandr Pavlovich Vinogradov (chemist){{coord|22.35|N|32.52|W|globe:Moon}}1400 m1400 m
VitruviusmonsVitruvius (crater) nearby{{coord|19.33|N|30.74|E|globe:Moon}}2300 m2300 m
WolffmonsChristian Wolff (philosopher){{coord|16.88|N|6.80|W|globe:Moon}}3800 m3500 m

Gallery

Copernicus Crater 3D.stl|The central peaks of the crater Copernicus consist of three isolated mountainous rises climbing as high as 1200 m above the crater floor

Gassendicrater3Xv.stl|Crater Gassendi with central peaks

See also

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