: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
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|+ Peaks on the Moon ! Name !! Type !! Namesake !! Peak coordinates !! Peak elevation (m) !! Topographic prominence (m) | |||||
Agnes | mons | Agnes (Greek feminine name, meaning 'lamb') | {{coord|18.66|N|5.34|E|globe:Moon}} | 650 m | 30 m |
Agricola | montes | Georgius Agricola (metallurgist) | {{coord|29.06|N|54.07|W|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Alpes | montes | Alps (Europe) | {{coord|48.36|N|0.58|W|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Ampère | mons | André-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 |
André | mons | André (French masculine name) | {{coord|5.18|N|120.56|E|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Apenninus | montes | Apennine Mountains (Italy) | {{coord|19.87|N|0.03|W|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Archimedes | montes | Archimedes (crater) nearby | {{coord|25.39|N|5.25|W|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Ardeshir | mons | Ardeshir (also 'Ardashir'; Persian King, Persian male name) | {{coord|5.03|N|121.04|E|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Argaeus | mons | Mount Erciyes (Asia Minor) | {{coord|19.33|N|29.01|E|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Blanc | mons | Mont 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 |
Bradley | mons | James 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 |
Carpatus | montes | Carpathian Mountains (Europe) | {{coord|14.57|N|23.62|W|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Caucasus | montes | Caucasus Mountains (Europe) | {{coord|37.52|N|9.93|E|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Cordillera | montes | cordillera (Spanish for "mountain chain") | {{coord|17.5|S|79.5|W|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Delisle | mons | Delisle (crater) nearby | {{coord|29.42|N|35.79|W|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Dieter | mons | Dieter (German masculine name) | {{coord|5.00|N|120.30|E|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Dilip | mons | Dilip (Indian masculine name) | {{coord|5.58|N|120.87|E|globe:Moon}} | 2000 m | {{unknown}} |
Esam | mons | Esam (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 |
Ganau | mons | Ganau (African masculine name) | {{coord|4.79|N|120.59|E|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Gruithuisen Delta | mons | Gruithuisen (crater) nearby | {{coord|36.07|N|39.59|W|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Gruithuisen Gamma | mons | Gruithuisen (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}} |
Hadley | mons | John Hadley (inventor) | {{coord|26.69|N|4.12|E|globe:Moon}} | 4500 m | 4600 m |
Hadley Delta | mons | Hadley (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 |
Haemus | montes | Haemus (Greek name for the Balkan Mountains) | {{coord|17.11|N|12.03|E|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Hansteen | mons | Hansteen (crater) nearby | {{coord|12.19|S|50.21|W|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Harbinger | montes | Harbingers of dawn upon the rim of Aristarchus (crater) | {{coord|26.89|N|41.29|W|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Herodotus | mons | Herodotus (crater) nearby | {{coord|27.50|N|52.94|W|globe:Moon}} | 1000 m | |
Huygens | mons | Christiaan 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 |
Jura | montes | Jura Mountains (Europe) | {{coord|47.49|N|36.11|W|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
la Hire | mons | Philippe de la Hire (astronomer) | {{coord|27.66|N|25.51|W|globe:Moon}} | 1500 m | 1500 m |
Latreille | mons | Pierre André Latreille (entomologist) | {{coord|18.47|N|61.92|E|globe:Moon}} | 150 m | |
Maraldi | mons | Maraldi (lunar crater) nearby | {{coord|20.34|N|35.50|E|globe:Moon}} | 1300 m | 1300 m |
Moro | mons | Antonio Lazzaro Moro (scientist) | {{coord|11.84|S|19.84|W|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Mouton | mons | Melba Roy Mouton (mathematician) | {{coord|84.67|S|39.48|W|globe:Moon}} | 7026 m | 6030 m |
Penck | mons | Albrecht Penck (geographer) | {{coord|10.0|S|21.74|E|globe:Moon}} | 4000 m | |
Pico | mons | pico (Spanish for "peak") | {{coord|45.82|N|8.87|W|globe:Moon}} | 2400 m | 2500 m |
Pitón | mons | El Pitón, Spain (summit of Mount Teide, Tenerife) | {{coord|40.72|N|0.92|W|globe:Moon}} | 2100 m | 2300 m |
Pyrenaeus | montes | Pyrenees Mountains (Europe) | {{coord|14.05|S|41.51|E|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Recti | montes | wikt:recti (Latin for "straight range") | {{coord|48.3|N|19.72|W|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Riphaeus | montes | wikt:Riphaeus (Greek name for the Ural Mountains, Russia) | {{coord|7.48|S|27.60|W|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Rook | montes | Lawrence Rook (astronomer) | {{coord|20.6|S|82.5|W|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Rümker | mons | Karl 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 |
Secchi | montes | Secchi (lunar crater) nearby | {{coord|2.72|N|43.17|E|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Spitzbergen | montes | by resemblance to the Spitsbergen islands (German for "sharp peaks") | {{coord|34.47|N|5.21|W|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Taurus | montes | Taurus Mountains (Asia Minor) | {{coord|27.32|N|40.34|E|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Teneriffe | montes | Tenerife (island) | {{coord|47.89|N|13.19|W|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Usov | mons | Mikhail Usov (geologist) | {{coord|11.91|N|63.26|E|globe:Moon}} | {{unknown}} | |
Vinogradov{{efn|Formerly called Mons Euler after Leonhard Euler (mathematician).}} | mons | Aleksandr Pavlovich Vinogradov (chemist) | {{coord|22.35|N|32.52|W|globe:Moon}} | 1400 m | 1400 m |
Vitruvius | mons | Vitruvius (crater) nearby | {{coord|19.33|N|30.74|E|globe:Moon}} | 2300 m | 2300 m |
Wolff | mons | Christian Wolff (philosopher) | {{coord|16.88|N|6.80|W|globe:Moon}} | 3800 m | 3500 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
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=MOON&featureType=Mons,%20montes List of named lunar mountains] in Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
- [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/lunar_orbiter/ Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon]
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