Mountain Ranges
| Montes Agricola | 29.06°N | 54.07°W | 141 km | Georgius Agricola, Earth scientist |
| Montes Alpes | 48.36°N | 00.58°W | 281 km | The Alps, Europe |
| Montes Apenninus | 19.87°N | 00.03°W | 401 km | The Apennine Mountains, Italy |
| Montes Archimedes | 25.39°N | 05.25°W | 163 km | Named after nearby crater Archimedes |
| Montes Carpatus | 14.57°N | 23.62°W | 361 km | The Carpathian Mountains, Europe |
| Montes Caucasus | 37.52°N | 09.93°E | 445 km | The Caucasus Mountains, Europe |
| Montes Cordillera | 17.50°S | 79.05°W | 574 km | Spanish for “mountain chain” |
| Montes Haemus | 17.11°N | 12.03°E | 560 km | Greek name for the Balkan Mountains |
| Montes Harbinger | 26.89°N | 41.29°W | 90 km | Harbingers of dawn on the crater Aristarchus |
| Montes Jura | 47.49°N | 36.11°W | 422 km | The Jura Mountains, Europe |
| Montes Pyrenaeus | 14.05°S | 41.51°E | 164 km | The Pyrenees Mountains, Europe |
| Montes Recti | 48.30°N | 19.72°W | 90 km | Latin for “straight range” |
| Montes Riphaeus | 07.48°S | 27.60°W | 189 km | Greek name for the Ural Mountains, Russia |
| Montes Rook | 20.60°S | 82.50°W | 791 km | Lawrence Rook, astronomer |
| Montes Secchi | 02.72°N | 43.17°E | 50 km | Named after nearby crater Secchi |
| Montes Spitsbergen | 34.47°N | 05.21°W | 60 km | Named after German for “sharp peaks” and for resemblance to the Spitsbergen islands |
| Montes Taurus | 27.32°N | 40.34°E | 172 km | Taurus Mountains, Asia Minor |
| Montes Teneriffe | 47.89°N | 13.19°W | 182 km | Tenerife island |
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