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Latin Name

Lat Lon Diam

Origin

Notes

Mons Agnes

18.6N

5.3E

1.0

Greek female name
Mons Ampere

19.0N

4.0W

30.0

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

5.2N

120.6E

10.0

French male name
Mons Ardeshir

5.0N

121.0E

8.0

Persian (Iranian) king's name
Mons Argaeus

63.6S

30.1E

77.0

Vincente Mut, or Muth Spanish astronomer(unkn-1673)
Mons Blanc

45.0N

1.0E

25.0

Named for terrestrial mountain in Alps 3600 M high, Base diameter 25 km
Mons Bradley

22.0N

1.0E

30.0

James Bradley; English astronomer (1692-1762) Mountain massif, close to the crater Conon, length 30 km
Mons Delisle

29.5N

35.8W

30.0

Named from nearbycrater
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; Swiss mathematician (1707-1783); 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; British instrument maker (1682-1743)
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

Christian; Dutch astronomer, mathematician, physicist (1629-1695)
Mons La Hire

27.8N

25.5W

25.0

Philippe De; French mathematician, astronomer (1640-1718)
Mons Maraldi

20.3N

35.3E

15.0

Named from nearby crater
Mons Moro

12.0S

19.7W

10.0

Antonio Lazzaro; Italian Earth scientist (1687-1764)
Mons Penck

10.0S

21.6E

30.0

Albrecht; German geographer (1858-1945)
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; German astronomer (1788-1862)
Mons Usov

12.0N

63.0E

15.0

Mikhail A.; Soviet geologist (1883-1933)
Mons Vinogradov

22.4N

32.4W

25.0

Aleksandr Pavlovich; Soviet geochemist and cosmochemist (1895-1975); formerly called 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; German philosopher (1679-1754)


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