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Mons (Mountains)

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Latin Name

Lat

Long

Diam

Origin

Mons Agnes

18.6N

5.3E

1.0

Greek female name

Mons Ampere

19.0N

4.0W

30.0

Andre Marie Ampere (1775-1836), French physicist; Mountain massif (30 km in length) in the central part of Montes Apennines.

Mons Andre

5.2N

120.6E

10.0

French male name.

Mons Ardeshir

5.0N

121.0E

8.0

Named for Persian king.

Mons Argaeus

63.6S

30.1E

77.0

Vincente Mut, or Muth (?-1673), Spanish astronomer.

Mons Blanc

45.0N

1.0E

25.0

Named for mountain in terrestrial Alps; 3600 meters high, with base diameter of 25 km.

Mons Bradley

22.0N

1.0E

30.0

James Bradley (1692-1762), English astronomer. Mountain massif (30 km in length) near crater Conon.

Mons Delisle

29.5N

35.8W

30.0

Named from nearby crater.

Mons Dieter

5.0N

120.2E

20.0

German male name.

Mons Dilip

5.6N

120.8E

2.0

Indian male name.

Mons Esam

14.6N

35.7E

8.0

Arabic male name.

[Mons Euler]

23.3N

29.2W

27.0

Leonhard (1707-1783); Swiss mathematician; now called Mons Vinogradov.

Mons Ganau

4.8N

120.6E

14.0

African male name.

Mons Gruithuisen Delta

36.0N

39.5W

20.0

Named from nearby crater.

Mons Gruithuisen Gamma

36.6N

40.5W

20.0

Named from nearby crater.

Mons Hadley

26.5N

4.7E

25.0

Hadley, John (1682-1743), British instrument maker.

Mons Hadley Delta

25.8N

3.8E

15.0

Named from nearby mountain.

Mons Hansteen

12.1S

50.0W

30.0

Named from nearby crater.

Mons Herodotus

27.5N

53.0W

5.0

Named from nearby crater.

Mons Huygens

20.0N

2.9W

40.0

Huygens, Christian (1629-1695), Dutch astronomer, mathematician and physicist.

Mons La Hire

27.8N

25.5W

25.0

Philippe De ~ (1640-1718), French mathematician and astronomer.

Mons Maraldi

20.3N

35.3E

15.0

Named from nearby crater.

Mons Moro

12.0S

19.7W

10.0

Antonio Lazzaro (1687-1764), Italian Earth scientist

Mons Penck

10.0S

21.6E

30.0

Albrecht (1858-1945), German geographer.

Mons Pico

45.7N

8.9W

25.0

Spanish for "peak."

Mons Piton

40.6N

1.1W

25.0

Named from Mt. Piton on Tenerife Islands.

Mons Rumker

40.8N

58.1W

70.0

Karl Ludwig Christian (1788-1862), German astronomer.

Mons Usov

12.0N

63.0E

15.0

Mikhail A. (1883-1933), Soviet geologist.

Mons Vinogradov

22.4N

32.4W

25.0

Aleksandr Pavlovich (1895-1975), Soviet geochemist and cosmochemist; formerly known as Mons Euler.

Mons Vitruvius

19.4N

30.8E

15.0

Named from nearby crater.

Mons Wolff

17.0N

6.8W

35.0

Christian, Baron von ~ (1679-1754), German philosopher.

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