This is a list of mountains on the Moon: A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... Bulk silicate composition (estimated wt%) SiO2 44. ...

Mountains

These are isolated mountains or massifs. In geology, a massif is a section of the Earths crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures. ...

Please note that the heights listed below are not consitent across sources. In the 1960's, the US Army Mapping Service used elevation relative to 1,737,988 meters from the center of the Moon. In the 1970's, the US Defense Mapping Agency used 1,730,000 meters. The Clementine topographic data published in the 1990's uses 1,737,400 meters.

Also note that this table is not comprehensive, and does not list the highest places on the Moon. Clementine data show a range of about 18,100 meters from lowest to highest point on the Moon. The highest point, located on the far side of the Moon, is approximately 6500 meters higher than Mons Huygens (usually listed as the tallest mountain).

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Jim Irwin and the LRV from Apollo 15, with Mons Hadley in the background Mons Hadley is a massif is the northern portion of the Montes Apenninus, a range in the north hemisphere of the Moon. ... External link Biography from the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St Andrews, Scotland Categories: Astronomers stubs | 1682 births | 1744 deaths | British astronomers | British inventors ... Jim Irwin and the LRV from Apollo 15, with Mons Hadley in the background Mons Hadley is a massif is the northern portion of the Montes Apenninus, a range in the north hemisphere of the Moon. ... Hansteen is a lunar crater that lies near the southwest edge of the Oceanus Procellarum. ... Hansteen is a lunar crater that lies near the southwest edge of the Oceanus Procellarum. ... Herodotus is a lunar crater located on a low shelf in the midst of the Oceanus Procellarum. ... The Apennine Mountains of the Moon. ... Christiaan Huygens Christiaan Huygens (approximate pronunciation: HOW-khens; SAMPA /h9yGEns/ or /h@YG@ns/) (April 14, 1629–July 8, 1695), was a Dutch mathematician and physicist; born in The Hague as the son of Constantijn Huygens. ... Mons La Hire is a solitary lunar mountain in the western Mare Imbrium. ... Philippe de La Hire (or Lahire or Phillipe de La Hire) (March 18, 1640 — April 21, 1719), was a French mathematician and astronomer. ... At the center of this image is the dome-like Mons Maraldi, and just to the southwest is the flooded Maraldi crater. ... Maraldi is a worn, eroded crater on the western edge of the Sinus Amoris, in the northeast part of the Moon. ... Mons Penck is a mountain promontory on the near side of the Moon. ... Albrecht Penck (September 25, 1858 - March 7, 1945), was a German geographer and geologist and the father of Walther Penck. ... Mons Pico is a solitary lunar mountain that lies in the northern part of the Mare Imbrium basin, and to the south of the prominent Plato crater. ... Mons Piton is an isolated lunar mount that is located in the eastern part of the Mare Imbrium, to the north_northwest of Aristillus crater. ... Flag of Tenerife Tenerife, a Spanish island, is the largest of the seven Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. ... Mons Rümker is an isolated volcanic formation that is located in the northwest part of the Moons near side, at selenographic coordinates 40. ... Mons Vinogradov is a rugged massif that is located on the lunar mare where Oceanus Procellarum to the southwest joins Mare Imbrium to the east. ... Mons Vitruvius is a mountain on the Moon that is located in the Montes Taurus region just to the north of Mare Tranquillitatis and to the southeast of Mare Serenitatis. ... Vetruvius is a small lunar crater that lies on the northern edge of the Mare Tranquillitatis. ... 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Mountain ranges

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Notes

1. ^ Formerly called Mons Euler.

See also

• List of mountains on the Moon by height
• List of craters on the Moon
• List of features on the Moon
• List of maria on the Moon
• List of valleys on the Moon
• List of mountain ranges

The following is a list of mountains on the Moon, arranged by relative height. ... This is a list of the craters on the Moon. ... The Moons surface is covered in many interesting geologic features. ... This is a list of maria (singular mare) on the Moon. ... The Moons surface is covered in many interesting features. ... This is a list of mountain ranges organized alphabetically by continent. ...

External links

• Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
• USGS: Moon nomenclature
• USGS: Moon nomenclature: mountains