Chemistry - List of mountains on the Moon

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This is a list of mountains on the Moon:

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Mountains

These are isolated mountains or massifs.

Name	Lat.	Long.	Dia.	Ht.	Name Origin
Mons Agnes	18.6° N	5.3° E	1 km		Greek feminine name
Mons Ampère	19.0° N	4.0° E	30 km	3.0 km	André-Marie Ampère
Mons André	5.2° N	120.6° E	10 km		French masculine name
Mons Ardeshir	5.0° N	121.0° E	8 km		Persian (Iranian) King's name
Mons Argaeus	19.0° N	29.0° E	50 km		Named from a peak in Asia Minor¹
Mont Blanc	45.0° N	1.0° E	25 km	3.6 km	Named for terrestrial mountain in Alps
Mons Bradley	22.0° N	1.0° E	30 km	4.2 km	James Bradley
Mons Delisle	29.5° N	35.8° W	30 km		Named from nearby Delisle crater
Mons Dieter	5.0° N	120.2° E	20 km		German masculine name
Mons Dilip	5.6° N	120.8° E	2 km		Indian masculine name
Mons Esam	14.6° N	35.7° E	8 km		Arabic masculine name
Mons Ganau	4.8° N	120.6° E	14 km		African masculine name
Mons Gruithuisen Delta	36.0° N	35.9° W	20 km		Named from nearby Gruithuisen crater
Mons Gruithuisen Gamma	36.6° N	40.5° W	20 km		Named from nearby Gruithuisen crater
Mons Hadley	26.5° N	4.7° E	25 km		John Hadley
Mons Hadley Delta	25.8° N	3.8° E	15 km	4.8 km	Named from nearby mountain
Mons Hansteen	12.1° S	50.0° W	30 km		Named from nearby Hansteen crater
Mons Herodotus	27.5° N	53.0° W	5 km		Named from nearby Herodotus crater
Mons Huygens	20.0° N	2.9° W	40 km	4.7 km	Christian Huygens
Mons La Hire	27.8° N	25.5° W	25 km	1.5 km	Philippe de la Hire
Mons Maraldi	20.3° N	35.3° E	15 km		Named from nearby Maraldi crater
Mons Moro	12.0° S	19.7° W	10 km		Antonio Lazzaro Moro
Mons Penck	10.0° S	21.6° E	30 km		Albrecht Penck
Mons Pico	45.7° N	8.9° W	25 km	2.4 km	Spanish for "peak"
Mons Piton	40.6° N	1.1° W	25 km	2.3 km	Named for Mt. Piton on Tenerife Isle
Mons Rümker	40.8° N	58.1° W	70 km	0.5 km	Karl Ludwig Christian Rümker
Mons Usov	12.0° N	63.0° E	15 km		Mikhail A. Usov
Mons Vinogradov²	22.4° N	32.4° W	25 km		Aleksandr Pavlovich Vinogradov
Mons Vitruvius	17.0° N	6.8° W	15 km		Named from nearby Vitruvius crater
Mons Wolff	17.0° N	6.8° W	35 km	3.5 km	Baron Christian von Wolff

Notes:

The peak is currently named Erciyas Dagi.
Formerly called Mons Euler.

Mountain ranges

Name	Lat.	Long.	Dia.	Name Origin
Montes Agricola	29.1° N	54.2° W	141 km	Georgius Agricola
Montes Alpes	46.4° N	0.8° W	281 km	Named from terrestrial Alps
Montes Apenninus	18.9° N	3.7° W	401 km	Named from terrestrial Apennines
Montes Archimedes	25.3° N	4.6° W	163 km	Named from nearby Archimedes crater
Montes Carpatus	14.5° N	24.4° W	361 km	Named from terrestrial Carpathians
Montes Caucasus	38.4° N	10.0° W	445 km	Named from terrestrial Caucasus
Montes Cordillera	17.5° S	81.6° W	574 km	Spanish for "mountain chain"
Montes Haemus	19.9° N	9.2° E	560 km	Named for a range in the Balkans
Montes Harbinger	27.0° N	41.0° W	90 km	Harbingers of dawn on Aristarchus crater
Montes Jura	47.1° N	34.0° W	422 km	Named from the terrestrial Jura Mountains
Montes Pyrenaeus	15.6° S	41.2° E	164 km	Named from terrestrial Pyrenees Mountains
Montes Recti	48.0° N	20.0° W	90 km	Latin for "straight range"
Montes Riphaeus	7.7° S	28.1° W	189 km	Named from range in Asia¹
Montes Rook	20.6° S	82.5° W	791 km	Lawrence Rook
Montes Secchi	3.0° N	43.0° E	50 km	Named from nearby Secchi crater
Montes Spitzbergen	35.0° N	5.0° W	60 km	German for "sharp peaks"²
Montes Taurus	28.4° N	41.1° E	172 km	Named from terrestrial Taurus Mountains
Montes Teneriffe	47.1° N	11.8° W	182 km	Named from terrestrial island

Notes:

Terrestrial range now called the Ural Mountains
Also named for resemblance to the terrestrial island group

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