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This is a list of mountains on the Moon:

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° W] 30 km 3.0 km André-Marie Ampère, physicist
Mons André [5.2° N 120.6° E] 10 km   French masculine name
Mons Ardeshir [5.0° N 121.0° E] 8 km   Ardashir, Persian (Iranian) emperor
Mons Argaeus [19.0° N 29.0° E] 50 km   Mount Erciyas, Asia Minor
Mons Blanc [45.0° N 1.0° E] 25 km 3.6 km Mont Blanc, the Alps
Mons Bradley [22.0° N 1.0° E] 30 km 4.2 km James Bradley, astronomer
Mons Delisle [29.5° N 35.8° W] 30 km   Named after 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 after nearby Gruithuisen crater
Mons Gruithuisen Gamma [36.6° N 40.5° W] 20 km   Named after nearby Gruithuisen crater
Mons Hadley [26.5° N 4.7° E] 25 km 4.6 km John Hadley, inventor
Mons Hadley Delta [25.8° N 3.8° E] 15 km 3.5 km Named after nearby Mount Hadley
Mons Hansteen [12.1° S 50.0° W] 30 km   Named after nearby Hansteen crater
Mons Herodotus [27.5° N 53.0° W] 5 km   Named after nearby Herodotus crater
Mons Huygens [20.0° N 2.9° W] 40 km 4.7 km Christian Huygens, astronomer
Mons La Hire [27.8° N 25.5° W] 25 km 1.5 km Philippe de la Hire, astronomer
Mons Maraldi [20.3° N 35.3° E] 15 km 1.3 km Named after nearby Maraldi crater
Mons Moro [12.0° S 19.7° W] 10 km   Antonio Lazzaro Moro, earth scientist
Mons Penck [10.0° S 21.6° E] 30 km 4. km Albrecht Penck, geographer
Mons Pico [45.7° N 8.9° W] 25 km 2. km Spanish for "peak"
Mons Piton [40.6° N 1.1° W] 25 km 2.3 km Mount Piton, Tenerife
Mons Rümker [40.8° N 58.1° W] 70 km 0.5 km Karl Ludwig Christian Rümker, astronomer
Mons Usov [12.0° N 63.0° E] 15 km   Mikhail A. Usov, geologist
Mons Vinogradov2 [22.4° N 32.4° W] 25 km 1.4 km Aleksandr Pavlovich Vinogradov, chemist
Mons Vitruvius [19.4° N 30.8° E] 15 km 2.3 km Named after nearby Vitruvius crater
Mons Wolff [17.0° N 6.8° W] 35 km 3.5 km Baron Christian von Wolff, philosopher

Notes:

  1. Formerly called Mons Euler.

Mountain ranges

Name Lat./Long. Dia. Name Origin
Montes Agricola [29.1° N 54.2° W] 141 km Georgius Agricola, earth scientist
Montes Alpes [46.4° N 0.8° W] 281 km The Alps, Europe
Montes Apenninus [18.9° N 3.7° W] 401 km The Apennine Mountains, Italy
Montes Archimedes [25.3° N 4.6° W] 163 km Named after nearby Archimedes crater
Montes Carpatus [14.5° N 24.4° W] 361 km The Carpathian Mountains, Europe
Montes Caucasus [38.4° N 10.0° W] 445 km The Caucasus Mountains, Europe
Montes Cordillera [17.5° S 81.6° W] 574 km Spanish for "mountain chain"
Montes Haemus [19.9° N 9.2° E] 560 km Greek name for the Balkan Mountains
Montes Harbinger 90 km Harbingers of dawn on Aristarchus crater
Montes Jura [47.1° N 34.0° W] 422 km The Jura Mountains, Europe
Montes Pyrenaeus [15.6° S 41.2° E] 164 km The Pyrenees Mountains, Europe
Montes Recti [48.0° N 20.0° W] 90 km Latin for "straight range"
Montes Riphaeus [7.7° S 28.1° W] 189 km Greek name for the Ural Mountains, Russia
Montes Rook [20.6° S 82.5° W] 791 km Lawrence Rook, astronomer
Montes Secchi [3.0° N 43.0° E] 50 km Named after nearby Secchi crater
Montes Spitzbergen [35.0° N 5.0° W] 60 km Named after German for "sharp peaks" and for resemblance to the Spitsbergen islands
Montes Taurus [28.4° N 41.1° E] 172 km Taurus Mountains, Asia Minor
Montes Teneriffe [47.1° N 11.8° W] 182 km Tenerife island

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