List of mountains on the Moon by height
The following is a list of mountains on the Moon, arranged by relative height in kilometres.
More than four kilometres
- Mons Huygens - 5.5 km[1][2]
- Mons Hadley - 4.5 km[1][2]
- Mons Bradley - 4.3 km[3]
3-4 kilometres
- Mons Penck - 4.0 km
- Mons Hadley Delta - 3.9 km[4]
- Mons Blanc - 3.8 km[1]
- Mons Wolff - 3.8 km[1]
- Mons Ampère - 3.3 km[2]
2-3 kilometres
- Mons Pico - 2.4 km[1][2]
- Mons Piton - 2.1 km[1][2]
- Mons Vitruvius - 2.3 km
1-2 kilometres
- Mons La Hire - 1.5 km[1][2]
- Mons Vinogradov - 1.4 km
- Mons Maraldi - 1.3 km
- Mons Rümker - 1.1 km[5]
Less than one kilometre
- Mons Gruithuisen Gamma - 0.9 km
See also
Notes
- Fred W. Price (1988). The Moon observer's handbook. London: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-33500-0.
- Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. London: Cassell & Co.
- Patrick Moore lists the height of Mons Bradley as 16,000'; Fred Price as 14,000'
- Shaffer, David (May 25, 2006). "Apollo 15 Surface Journal: Landing at Hadley". NASA. Retrieved 2006-11-08.
- Wöhler, C.; Lena, R.; Pau, K. C. (March 12–16, 2007). "The Lunar Dome Complex Mons Rümker: Morphometry, Rheology, and Mode of Emplacement". Proceedings Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII. League City, Texas: Dordrecht, D. Reidel Publishing Co. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
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