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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