Promontorium

Name Latitude Longitude Diameter The origin of the name
Promontorium Agarum 14.0°N 66.0°E 70 km Named from a cape in the Sea of Azov
Promontorium Agassiz 42.0°N 01.8°E 20 km Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807–1873)
Promontorium Archerusia 16.7°N 22.0°E 10 km Named from a cape on the Black Sea
Promontorium Deville 43.2°N 01.0°E 20 km Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville (1814–1876)
Promontorium Fresnel 29.0°N 04.7°E 20 km Augustin Jean Fresnel (1788–1827)
Promontorium Heraclides 40.3°N 33.2°W 50 km Heraclides Ponticus
Promontorium Kelvin 27.0°S 33.0°W 50 km William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907)
Promontorium Laplace 46.0°N 25.8°W 50 km Pierre Simon Laplace (1749–1827)
Promontorium Taenarium 19.0°S 08.0°W 70 km Named from cape in Greece

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