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International Astronomical Union: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Moon Nomenclature: Mons

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NAME                LAT    LONG       DIAM  CT  ET  MAP     QUAD      AS    AD  REF  FT  ORIGIN

Mons Agnes        18.6N    5.3E        1.0  EU  GR  41C3    SI         5  1979    0  MO  Greek female name.               
Mons Amp\`ere     19.0N    4.0W       30.0  EU  FR  41      LM         5  1935   66  MO  Andr\'e Marie; French            
                                                                                         physicist (1775-1836).             
Mons Andr\'e       5.2N  120.6E       10.0  EU  FR  65C1    S1         5  1976    0  MO  French male name.                
Mons Ardeshir      5.0N  121.0E        8.0  AS  PE  65C1    S1         5  1976    0  MO  Persian (Iranian) king's         
                                                                                         name.                              
Mons Argaeus      19.0N   29.0E       50.0  AS  TU  042C3   LTO        5  1935   66  MO  Named from peak in Asia          
                                                                                         Minor (now Erciyas                 
                                                                                         Dagi).                             
Mons Bradley      22.0N    1.0E       30.0  EU  GB  041C1   LTO        5  1961   67  MO  James; British astronomer        
                                                                                         (1692-1762).                       
Mons Delisle      29.5N   35.8W       30.0  EU  FR  039B1   LTO        5  1985    0  MO  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Mons Dieter        5.0N  120.2E       20.0  EU  GE  65C1    S1         5  1976    0  MO  German male name.                
Mons Dilip         5.6N  120.8E        2.0  AS  IN  65C1    S1         5  1976    0  MO  Indian male name.                
Mons Esam         14.6N   35.7E        8.0  AS  AR  61A2    S1         5  1979    0  MO  Arabic male name.                
[Mons Euler]      23.3N   29.2W       27.0  EU  SZ  39      LAC        6  1979    0  MO  Leonhard; Swiss                  
                                                                                         mathematician                      
                                                                                         (1707-1783); now called            
                                                                                         Mons Vinogradov.                   
Mons Ganau         4.8N  120.6E       14.0  AF  UN  65C1    S1         5  1976    0  MO  African male name.               
Mons Gruithuisen  36.0N   39.5W       20.0  EU  GE  23      LAC        5  1976    0  MO  Named from nearby                
Delta                                                                                    crater.                            
Mons Gruithuisen  36.6N   40.5W       20.0  EU  GE  23      LAC        5  1976    0  MO  Named from nearby                
Gamma                                                                                    crater.                            

NAME                LAT    LONG       DIAM  CT  ET  MAP     QUAD      AS    AD  REF  FT  ORIGIN

Mons Hadley       26.5N    4.7E       25.0  EU  GB  41B4    S1         5  1935   66  MO  Hadley, John; British            
                                                                                         instrument maker                   
                                                                                         (1682-1743).                       
Mons Hadley       25.8N    3.8E       15.0  EU  GB  41B4    S1         5  1935   66  MO  Named from nearby                
Delta                                                                                    mountain.                          
Mons Hansteen     12.1S   50.0W       30.0  EU  SW  74      LAC        5  1976    0  MO  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Mons Herodotus    27.5N   53.0W        5.0  EU  GR  038B3   LTO        5  1976    0  MO  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Mons Huygens      20.0N    2.9W       40.0  EU  DU  41      LM         5  1961   67  MO  Christian; Dutch                 
                                                                                         astronomer,                        
                                                                                         mathematician, physicist           
                                                                                         (1629-1695).                       
Mons La Hire      27.8N   25.5W       25.0  EU  FR  040A4   LTO        5  1961   67  MO  Philippe De; French              
                                                                                         mathematician, astronomer          
                                                                                         (1640-1718).                       
Mons Maraldi      20.3N   35.3E       15.0  EU  IT  043D2   LTO        5  1976    0  MO  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Mons Moro         12.0S   19.7W       10.0  EU  IT  076C1   LTO        5  1976    0  MO  Antonio Lazzaro; Italian         
                                                                                         Earth scientist                    
                                                                                         (1687-1764).                       
Mons Penck        10.0S   21.6E       30.0  EU  GE  078C1   LTO        5  1976    0  MO  Albrecht; German                 
                                                                                         geographer (1858-1945).            
Mons Pico         45.7N    8.9W       25.0  EU  SP  25      LAC        5  1935   66  MO  Spanish for "peak".              
Mons Piton        40.6N    1.1W       25.0  AF  CI  25      LAC        5  1935   66  MO  Named from Mt. Piton on          
                                                                                         Tenerife Islands.                  

NAME                LAT    LONG       DIAM  CT  ET  MAP     QUAD      AS    AD  REF  FT  ORIGIN

Mons R\:umker     40.8N   58.1W       70.0  EU  GE  23      LAC        5  1935   66  MO  Karl Ludwig Christian;           
                                                                                         German astronomer                  
                                                                                         (1788-1862).                       
Mons Usov         12.0N   63.0E       15.0  UR  SO  062B1   LTO        5  1979    0  MO  Mikhail A.; Soviet               
                                                                                         geologist (1883-1933).             
Mons Vinogradov   22.4N   32.4W       25.0  UR  SO  039C2   LTO        5  1979    0  MO  Aleksandr Pavlovich;             
                                                                                         Soviet geochemist and              
                                                                                         cosmochemist (1895-1975);          
                                                                                         formerly called Mons               
                                                                                         Euler.                             
Mons Vitruvius    19.4N   30.8E       15.0  EU  RM  043D4   LTO        5  1976    0  MO  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Mons Wolff        17.0N    6.8W       35.0  EU  GE  41      LM         5  1961   67  MO  Christian, Baron von;            
                                                                                         German philosopher                 
                                                                                         (1679-1754).                       
Mont Blanc        45.0N    1.0E       25.0  EU  FR  25      LAC        5  1935   66  MO  Named for terrestrial            
                                                                                         mountain in Alps.                  
Montes Agricola   29.1N   54.2W      141.0  EU  GE  038B2   LTO        5  1976    0  MO  Georgius; German Earth           
                                                                                         scientist (1494-1555).             
Montes Alpes      46.4N    0.8W      281.0  EU  SZ  25      LAC        5  1935   66  MO  Named from terrestrial           
                                                                                         Alps.                              
Montes            18.9N    3.7W      401.0  EU  IT  2       LOC        5  1961   67  MO  Named from terrestrial           
Apenninus                                                                                Apennines.                         
Montes            25.3N    4.6W      163.0  EU  GR  041A3   LTO        5  1976    0  MO  Named from nearby                
Archimedes                                                                               crater.                            

NAME                LAT    LONG       DIAM  CT  ET  MAP     QUAD      AS    AD  REF  FT  ORIGIN

Montes Carpatus   14.5N   24.4W      361.0  EU  RO  58      LAC        5  1961   66  MO  Named from terrestrial           
                                                                                         Carpathians.                       
Montes Caucasus   38.4N   10.0E      445.0  UR  CC  25      LAC        5  1961   67  MO  Named from terrestrial           
                                                                                         Caucasus Mountains.                
Montes            17.5S   81.6W      574.0  EU  SP  1       LOC        5  1961   67  MO  Spanish for "mountain            
Cordillera                                                                               chain".                            
Montes Haemus     19.9N    9.2E      560.0  EU  BU  2       LOC        5  1961   67  MO  Named for range in the           
                                                                                         Balkans.                           
Montes            27.0N   41.0W       90.0  EU  LA  039A3   LTO        5  1961   67  MO  Harbingers of dawn on            
Harbinger                                                                                crater Aristarchus.                
Montes Jura       47.1N   34.0W      422.0  EU  GE  1       LMP        5  1961   67  MO  Named from terrestrial           
                                                                                         Jura Mountains.                    
Montes            15.6S   41.2E      164.0  EU  SP  79      LAC        5  1961   67  MO  Named from terrestrial           
Pyrenaeus                                                                                Pyrenees.                          
Montes Recti      48.0N   20.0W       90.0  EU  LA  12      LAC        5  1961   67  MO  Latin for "straight              
                                                                                         range".                            
Montes Riphaeus    7.7S   28.1W      189.0  UR  RU  076D1   LTO        5  1961   67  MO  Named from range in Asia         
                                                                                         (now Ural Mountains).              
Montes Rook       20.6S   82.5W      791.0  EU  GB  1       LOC        5  1961   67  MO  Lawrence; British                
                                                                                         astronomer (1622-1666).            
Montes Secchi      3.0N   43.0E       50.0  EU  IT  061C1   LTO        5  1976    0  MO  Named from nearby                
                                                                                         crater.                            
Montes            35.0N    5.0W       60.0  EU  GE  25      LAC        5  1961   67  MO  German for "sharp peaks",        
Spitzbergen                                                                              and named for resemblance          
                                                                                         to the terrestrial island          
                                                                                         group.                             

NAME                LAT    LONG       DIAM  CT  ET  MAP     QUAD      AS    AD  REF  FT  ORIGIN

Montes Taurus     28.4N   41.1E      172.0  AS  TU  43      LAC        5  1935   66  MO  Named from terrestrial           
                                                                                         Taurus Mts.                        
Montes            47.1N   11.8W      182.0  AF  CI  25      LAC        5  1935   66  MO  Named from terrestrial           
Teneriffe                                                                                island.                            
 

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