Promontorium Deville

File:Promontorium Agassiz 4115 h2.jpg (below center), from Lunar Orbiter 4]]

File:Promontorium Agassiz-Deville AS15-M-1539.jpg (right), Promontorium Deville (left of center), and Mont Blanc (left, highest peak). From Apollo 15.]]

Promontorium Deville is a mountainous cape situated on the northeast margin of Mare Imbrium on the near side of the Moon. Its selenographic coordinates are 43.31° N, 1.14° E. It is located north of Promontorium Agassiz, south of Mont Blanc, northeast of Mons Piton, and northwest of Cassini crater.

Promontorium Deville is named after Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, a French meteorologist and geologist. The name of the feature was approved by the IAU in 1935.[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4841 Promontorium Deville], Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

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