List of mountains on the Moon
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.
- c. 1960 — the U.S. Army Mapping Service datum was established 1,737,988 meters from the CoM.
- c. 1970 — the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency used 1,730,000 meters.
- c. 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
Name | Type | Namesake | Peak coordinates | Peak elevation (m) | Topographic prominence (m) |
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Agnes | mons | Agnes (Greek feminine name, meaning 'lamb') | 18°40′N 5°20′E / 18.66°N 5.34°E / 18.66; 5.34 | 650 m | 30 m |
Agricola | montes | Georgius Agricola (metallurgist) | 29°04′N 54°04′W / 29.06°N 54.07°W / 29.06; -54.07 | 141000 m | Unknown |
Alpes | montes | Alps (Europe) | 48°22′N 0°35′W / 48.36°N 0.58°W / 48.36; -0.58 | 281000 m | Unknown |
Ampère | mons | André-Marie Ampère (physicist) | 19°19′N 3°43′W / 19.32°N 3.71°W / 19.32; -3.71 | 3300 m[1] | 3000 m |
André | mons | André (French masculine name) | 5°11′N 120°34′E / 5.18°N 120.56°E / 5.18; 120.56 | 10000 m | Unknown |
Apenninus | montes | Apennine Mountains (Italy) | 19°52′N 0°02′W / 19.87°N 0.03°W / 19.87; -0.03 | 401000 m | Unknown |
Archimedes | montes | Archimedes (crater) nearby | 25°23′N 5°15′W / 25.39°N 5.25°W / 25.39; -5.25 | 163000 m | Unknown |
Ardeshir | mons | Ardeshir (also 'Ardashir'; Persian King, Persian male name) | 5°02′N 121°02′E / 5.03°N 121.04°E / 5.03; 121.04 | 8000 m | Unknown |
Argaeus | mons | Mount Erciyes (Asia Minor) | 19°20′N 29°01′E / 19.33°N 29.01°E / 19.33; 29.01 | 50000 m | Unknown |
Blanc | mons | Mont Blanc (the Alps) | 45°25′N 0°26′E / 45.41°N 0.44°E / 45.41; 0.44 | 3800 m[2] | 3600 m |
Bradley | mons | James Bradley (astronomer) | 21°44′N 0°23′E / 21.73°N 0.38°E / 21.73; 0.38 | 4300 m[3] | 4200 m |
Carpatus | montes | Carpathian Mountains (Europe) | 14°34′N 23°37′W / 14.57°N 23.62°W / 14.57; -23.62 | 361000 m | Unknown |
Caucasus | montes | Caucasus Mountains (Europe) | 37°31′N 9°56′E / 37.52°N 9.93°E / 37.52; 9.93 | 445000 m | Unknown |
Cordillera | montes | cordillera (Spanish for "mountain chain") | 17°30′S 79°30′W / 17.5°S 79.5°W / -17.5; -79.5 | 574000 m | Unknown |
Delisle | mons | Delisle (crater) nearby | 29°25′N 35°47′W / 29.42°N 35.79°W / 29.42; -35.79 | 30000 m | Unknown |
Dieter | mons | Dieter (German masculine name) | 5°00′N 120°18′E / 5.00°N 120.30°E / 5.00; 120.30 | 20000 m | Unknown |
Dilip | mons | Dilip (Indian masculine name) | 5°35′N 120°52′E / 5.58°N 120.87°E / 5.58; 120.87 | 2000 m | Unknown |
Esam | mons | Esam (Arabic masculine name) | 14°37′N 35°43′E / 14.61°N 35.71°E / 14.61; 35.71 | 8000 m | Unknown |
Ganau | mons | Ganau (African masculine name) | 4°47′N 120°35′E / 4.79°N 120.59°E / 4.79; 120.59 | 14000 m | Unknown |
Gruithuisen Delta | mons | Gruithuisen (crater) nearby | 36°04′N 39°35′W / 36.07°N 39.59°W / 36.07; -39.59 | 20000 m | Unknown |
Gruithuisen Gamma | mons | Gruithuisen (crater) nearby | 36°34′N 40°43′W / 36.56°N 40.72°W / 36.56; -40.72 | 900 m | Unknown |
Hadley | mons | John Hadley (inventor) | 26°41′N 4°07′E / 26.69°N 4.12°E / 26.69; 4.12 | 4500 m[2][1] | 4600 m |
Hadley Delta | mons | Hadley (quod videm) nearby | 25°43′N 3°43′E / 25.72°N 3.71°E / 25.72; 3.71 | 3900 m[4] | 3500 m |
Haemus | montes | Haemus (Greek name for the Balkan Mountains) | 17°07′N 12°02′E / 17.11°N 12.03°E / 17.11; 12.03 | 560000 m | Unknown |
Hansteen | mons | Hansteen (crater) nearby | 12°11′S 50°13′W / 12.19°S 50.21°W / -12.19; -50.21 | 30000 m | Unknown |
Harbinger | montes | Harbingers of dawn upon the rim of Aristarchus (crater) | 26°53′N 41°17′W / 26.89°N 41.29°W / 26.89; -41.29 | 90000 m | Unknown |
Herodotus | mons | Herodotus (crater) nearby | 27°30′N 52°56′W / 27.50°N 52.94°W / 27.50; -52.94 | 5000 m | Unknown |
Huygens | mons | Christiaan Huygens (astronomer) | 19°55′N 2°52′W / 19.92°N 2.86°W / 19.92; -2.86 | 5500 m[2] | 4700 m[1] |
Jura | montes | Jura Mountains (Europe) | 47°29′N 36°07′W / 47.49°N 36.11°W / 47.49; -36.11 | 422000 m | Unknown |
la Hire | mons | Philippe de la Hire (astronomer) | 27°40′N 25°31′W / 27.66°N 25.51°W / 27.66; -25.51 | 1500 m[2][1] | 1500 m |
Latreille | mons | Pierre André Latreille (entomologist) | 18°28′N 61°55′E / 18.47°N 61.92°E / 18.47; 61.92 | 6400 m | 150 m |
Maraldi | mons | Maraldi (lunar crater) nearby | 20°20′N 35°30′E / 20.34°N 35.50°E / 20.34; 35.50 | 1300 m | 1300 m |
Moro | mons | Antonio Lazzaro Moro (scientist) | 11°50′S 19°50′W / 11.84°S 19.84°W / -11.84; -19.84 | 10000 m | Unknown |
Mouton | mons | Melba Roy Mouton (mathematician) | 84°36′S 31°00′W / 84.6°S 31.0°W / -84.6; -31.0 | 130000 m | Unknown |
Penck | mons | Albrecht Penck (geographer) | 10°00′S 21°44′E / 10.0°S 21.74°E / -10.0; 21.74 | 4000 m | 4000 m |
Pico | mons | (Spanish for "peak") | 45°49′N 8°52′W / 45.82°N 8.87°W / 45.82; -8.87 | 2400 m[2][1] | 2500 m |
Pitón | mons | El Pitón, Spain (summit of Mount Teide, Tenerife) | 40°43′N 0°55′W / 40.72°N 0.92°W / 40.72; -0.92 | 2100 m[2][1] | 2300 m |
Pyrenaeus | montes | Pyrenees Mountains (Europe) | 14°03′S 41°31′E / 14.05°S 41.51°E / -14.05; 41.51 | 164000 m | Unknown |
Recti | montes | wikt:recti (Latin for "straight range") | 48°18′N 19°43′W / 48.3°N 19.72°W / 48.3; -19.72 | 90000 m | Unknown |
Riphaeus | montes | wikt:Riphaeus (Greek name for the Ural Mountains, Russia) | 7°29′S 27°36′W / 7.48°S 27.60°W / -7.48; -27.60 | 189000 m | Unknown |
Rook | montes | Lawrence Rook (astronomer) | 20°36′S 82°30′W / 20.6°S 82.5°W / -20.6; -82.5 | 791000 m | Unknown |
Rümker | mons | Karl Ludwig Christian Rümker (astronomer) | 40°46′N 58°23′W / 40.76°N 58.38°W / 40.76; -58.38 | 1100 m[5] | 500 m |
Secchi | montes | Secchi (lunar crater) nearby | 2°43′N 43°10′E / 2.72°N 43.17°E / 2.72; 43.17 | 50000 m | Unknown |
Spitzbergen | montes | by resemblance to the Spitsbergen islands (German for "sharp peaks") | 34°28′N 5°13′W / 34.47°N 5.21°W / 34.47; -5.21 | 60000 m | Unknown |
Taurus | montes | Taurus Mountains (Asia Minor) | 27°19′N 40°20′E / 27.32°N 40.34°E / 27.32; 40.34 | 172000 m | Unknown |
Teneriffe | montes | Tenerife (island) | 47°53′N 13°11′W / 47.89°N 13.19°W / 47.89; -13.19 | 182000 m | Unknown |
Usov | mons | Mikhail Usov (geologist) | 11°55′N 63°16′E / 11.91°N 63.26°E / 11.91; 63.26 | 15000 m | Unknown |
Vinogradov[a] | mons | Aleksandr Pavlovich Vinogradov (chemist) | 22°21′N 32°31′W / 22.35°N 32.52°W / 22.35; -32.52 | 1400 m | 1400 m |
Vitruvius | mons | Vitruvius (crater) nearby | 19°20′N 30°44′E / 19.33°N 30.74°E / 19.33; 30.74 | 2300 m | 2300 m |
Wolff | mons | Christian Wolff (philosopher) | 16°53′N 6°48′W / 16.88°N 6.80°W / 16.88; -6.80 | 3800 m[2] | 3500 m |
Gallery
- the central peaks of the crater Copernicus consist of three isolated mountainous rises climbing as high as 1200 m above the crater floor
- crater Gassendi with central peaks
See also
- List of mountain ranges
- List of features on the Moon
- Boot Hill
- Duke Island
- List of craters on the Moon
- List of maria on the Moon
- List of valleys on the Moon
- List of tallest mountains in the Solar System
Notes
- ^ Formerly called Mons Euler after Leonhard Euler (mathematician).
References
- ^ a b c d e f Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. London: Cassell & Co.
- ^ a b c d e f g Fred W. Price (1988). The Moon observer's handbook. London: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-33500-0.
- ^ Patrick Moore lists the height of Mons Bradley as 16,000 feet (4,900 m); Fred Price as 14,000 feet (4,300 m)
- ^ Shaffer, David (May 25, 2006). "Apollo 15 Surface Journal: Landing at Hadley". NASA. Retrieved 2006-11-08.
- ^ Wöhler, C.; Lena, R.; Pau, K. C. (March 12–16, 2007). "The Lunar Dome Complex Mons Rümker: Morphometry, Rheology, and Mode of Emplacement". Proceedings Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII. League City, Texas: Dordrecht, D. Reidel Publishing Co. p. 1091. Bibcode:2007LPI....38.1091W. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
External links
- List of named lunar mountains in Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
- Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
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