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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.