Mountains
Name |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Length |
Height |
Name origin |
Mons Agnes | 18.66°N | 005.34°E | 00.65 km | 0.3 km | Greek feminine name |
Mons Ampère | 19.32°N | 003.71°W | 30.00 km | 3.0 km | André-Marie Ampère, physicist |
Mons Andre | 05.18°N | 120.56°E | 10.00 km | French masculine name | |
Mons Ardeshir | 05.03°N | 121.04°E | 08.00km | Ardeshir (Ardashir), Persian male name | |
Mons Argaeus | 05.03°N | 121.04°E | 50.00 km | Mount Erciyes, Asia Minor | |
Mons Blanc | 45.41°N | 000.44°E | 25.00 km | 3.6 km | Mont Blanc, the Alps |
Mons Bradley | 21.73°N | 000.38°E | 30.00 km | 4.2 km | James Bradley, astronomer |
Mons Delisle | 29.42°N | 035.79°W | 30.00 km | Named after nearby crater Delisle | |
Mons Dieter | 05.00°N | 120.30°E | 20.00 km | German masculine name | |
Mons Dilip | 05.58°N | 120.87°E | 02.00 km | Indian masculine name | |
Mons Esam | 14.61°N | 035.71°E | 08.00 km | Arabic masculine name | |
Mons Ganau | 04.79°N | 120.59°E | 14.00 km | African masculine name | |
Mons Gruithuisen Delta | 36.07°N | 039.59°W | 20.00 km | Named after nearby crater Gruithuisen | |
Mons Gruithuisen Gamma | 36.56°N | 040.72°W | 20.00 km | Named after nearby crater Gruithuisen | |
Mons Hadley | 26.69°N | 004.12°E | 25.00 km | John Hadley, inventor | |
Mons Hadley Delta | 25.72°N | 003.71°E | 15.00 km | 3.5 km | Named after nearby Mount Hadley |
Mons Hansteen | 12.19°S | 050.21°W | 30.00 km | Named after nearby crater Hansteen | |
Mons Herodotus | 27.50°N | 052.94°W | 05.00 km | Named after nearby crater Herodotus | |
Mons Huygens | 19.92°N | 002.86°W | 40.00 km | 4.7 km | Christiaan Huygens, astronomer |
Mons La Hire | 27.66°N | 025.51°W | 25.00 km | 1.5 km | Philippe de la Hire, astronomer |
Mons Maraldi | 20.34°N | 035.50°E | 15.00 km | 1.3 km | Named after nearby crater Maraldi |
Mons Moro | 11.84°S | 019.84°W | 10.00 km | Antonio Lazzaro Moro, Earth scientist | |
Mons Penck | 10.0°S | 021.74°E | 30.00 km | 4.0 km | Albrecht Penck, geographer |
Mons Pico | 45.82°N | 008.87°W | 25.00 km | 2.0 km | Spanish for “peak” |
Mons Piton | 40.72°N | 000.92°W | 25.00 km | 2.3 km | El Pitón, a summit of Mount Teide, Tenerife |
Mons Rümker | 40.76°N | 058.38°W | 70.00 km | 0.5 km | Karl Ludwig Christian Rümker, astronomer |
Mons Usov | 11.91°N | 063.26°E | 15.00 km | Mikhail Usov, geologist | |
Mons Vinogradov | 22.35°N | 032.52°W | 25.00 km | 1.4 km | Aleksandr Pavlovich Vinogradov, chemist |
Mons Vitruvius | 19.33°N | 030.74°E | 15.00 km | 2.3 km | Named after nearby crater Vitruvius |
Mons Wolff | 16.88°N | 006.80°W | 35.00 km | 3.5 km | Baron Christian von Wolff, philosopher |
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