List of mountains on the Moon

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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').

Montes Harbinger

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

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Peaks on the Moon
NameTypeNamesakePeak coordinatesPeak elevation (m)Topographic prominence (m)
AgnesmonsAgnes (Greek feminine name, meaning 'lamb')18.66°N 5.34°E / 18.66; 5.34650 m30 m
AgricolamontesGeorgius Agricola (metallurgist)29.06°N 54.07°W / 29.06; -54.07Unknown
AlpesmontesAlps (Europe)48.36°N 0.58°W / 48.36; -0.58Unknown
AmpèremonsAndré-Marie Ampère (physicist)19.32°N 3.71°W / 19.32; -3.713300 m[1]3000 m
AndrémonsAndré (French masculine name)5.18°N 120.56°E / 5.18; 120.56Unknown
ApenninusmontesApennine Mountains (Italy)19.87°N 0.03°W / 19.87; -0.03Unknown
ArchimedesmontesArchimedes (crater) nearby25.39°N 5.25°W / 25.39; -5.25Unknown
ArdeshirmonsArdeshir (also 'Ardashir'; Persian King, Persian male name)5.03°N 121.04°E / 5.03; 121.04Unknown
ArgaeusmonsMount Erciyes (Asia Minor)19.33°N 29.01°E / 19.33; 29.01Unknown
BlancmonsMont Blanc (the Alps)45.41°N 0.44°E / 45.41; 0.443800 m[2]3600 m
BradleymonsJames Bradley (astronomer)21.73°N 0.38°E / 21.73; 0.384300 m[3]4200 m
CarpatusmontesCarpathian Mountains (Europe)14.57°N 23.62°W / 14.57; -23.62Unknown
CaucasusmontesCaucasus Mountains (Europe)37.52°N 9.93°E / 37.52; 9.93Unknown
Cordilleramontescordillera (Spanish for "mountain chain")17.5°S 79.5°W / -17.5; -79.5Unknown
DelislemonsDelisle (crater) nearby29.42°N 35.79°W / 29.42; -35.79Unknown
DietermonsDieter (German masculine name)5.00°N 120.30°E / 5.00; 120.30Unknown
DilipmonsDilip (Indian masculine name)5.58°N 120.87°E / 5.58; 120.872000 mUnknown
EsammonsEsam (Arabic masculine name)14.61°N 35.71°E / 14.61; 35.716622 m[4]400 m[4]
GanaumonsGanau (African masculine name)4.79°N 120.59°E / 4.79; 120.59Unknown
Gruithuisen DeltamonsGruithuisen (crater) nearby36.07°N 39.59°W / 36.07; -39.59Unknown
Gruithuisen GammamonsGruithuisen (crater) nearby36.56°N 40.72°W / 36.56; -40.721500 m[5][6]Unknown
HadleymonsJohn Hadley (inventor)26.69°N 4.12°E / 26.69; 4.124500 m[2][1]4600 m
Hadley DeltamonsHadley (quod videm) nearby25.72°N 3.71°E / 25.72; 3.713900 m[7]3500 m
HaemusmontesHaemus (Greek name for the Balkan Mountains)17.11°N 12.03°E / 17.11; 12.03Unknown
HansteenmonsHansteen (crater) nearby12.19°S 50.21°W / -12.19; -50.21Unknown
HarbingermontesHarbingers of dawn upon the rim of Aristarchus (crater)26.89°N 41.29°W / 26.89; -41.29Unknown
HerodotusmonsHerodotus (crater) nearby27.50°N 52.94°W / 27.50; -52.941000 m
HuygensmonsChristiaan Huygens (astronomer)19.53°N 2.90°W / 19.53; -2.903274 m[8]5300 m[8]
JuramontesJura Mountains (Europe)47.49°N 36.11°W / 47.49; -36.11Unknown
la HiremonsPhilippe de la Hire (astronomer)27.66°N 25.51°W / 27.66; -25.511500 m[2][1]1500 m
LatreillemonsPierre André Latreille (entomologist)18.47°N 61.92°E / 18.47; 61.92150 m
MaraldimonsMaraldi (lunar crater) nearby20.34°N 35.50°E / 20.34; 35.501300 m1300 m
MoromonsAntonio Lazzaro Moro (scientist)11.84°S 19.84°W / -11.84; -19.84Unknown
MoutonmonsMelba Roy Mouton (mathematician)84.67°S 39.48°W / -84.67; -39.487026 m[8]6030 m[8]
PenckmonsAlbrecht Penck (geographer)10.0°S 21.74°E / -10.0; 21.744000 m
Picomonspico (Spanish for "peak")45.82°N 8.87°W / 45.82; -8.872400 m[2][1]2500 m
PitónmonsEl Pitón, Spain (summit of Mount Teide, Tenerife)40.72°N 0.92°W / 40.72; -0.922100 m[2][1]2300 m
PyrenaeusmontesPyrenees Mountains (Europe)14.05°S 41.51°E / -14.05; 41.51Unknown
Rectimonteswikt:recti (Latin for "straight range")48.3°N 19.72°W / 48.3; -19.72Unknown
Riphaeusmonteswikt:Riphaeus (Greek name for the Ural Mountains, Russia)7.48°S 27.60°W / -7.48; -27.60Unknown
RookmontesLawrence Rook (astronomer)20.6°S 82.5°W / -20.6; -82.5Unknown
RümkermonsKarl Ludwig Christian Rümker (astronomer)40.76°N 58.38°W / 40.76; -58.381100 m[9]500 m
SecchimontesSecchi (lunar crater) nearby2.72°N 43.17°E / 2.72; 43.17Unknown
Spitzbergenmontesby resemblance to the Spitsbergen islands (German for "sharp peaks")34.47°N 5.21°W / 34.47; -5.21Unknown
TaurusmontesTaurus Mountains (Asia Minor)27.32°N 40.34°E / 27.32; 40.34Unknown
TeneriffemontesTenerife (island)47.89°N 13.19°W / 47.89; -13.19Unknown
UsovmonsMikhail Usov (geologist)11.91°N 63.26°E / 11.91; 63.26Unknown
Vinogradov[a]monsAleksandr Pavlovich Vinogradov (chemist)22.35°N 32.52°W / 22.35; -32.521400 m1400 m
VitruviusmonsVitruvius (crater) nearby19.33°N 30.74°E / 19.33; 30.742300 m2300 m
WolffmonsChristian Wolff (philosopher)16.88°N 6.80°W / 16.88; -6.803800 m[2]3500 m
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Gallery

  • The central peaks of the crater Copernicus consist of three isolated mountainous rises climbing as high as 1200 m above the crater floor
    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
    Crater Gassendi with central peaks

See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    Formerly called Mons Euler after Leonhard Euler (mathematician).

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