List of mountains on the Moon

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This is a list of mountains on the Moon:

1 Mountains
2 Mountain ranges
3 See also
4 External links

Mountains

These are isolated mountains or massifs.

Name	Lat./Long.	Dia.	Ht.	Name Origin
Mons Agnes	Template:Coor d	1 km		Greek feminine name
Mons Ampère	Template:Coor d	30 km	3.0 km	André-Marie Ampère, physicist
Mons André	Template:Coor d	10 km		French masculine name
Mons Ardeshir	Template:Coor d	8 km		Ardashir, Persian (Iranian) emperor
Mons Argaeus	Template:Coor d	50 km		Mount Erciyas, Asia Minor
Mons Blanc	Template:Coor d	25 km	3.6 km	Mont Blanc, the Alps
Mons Bradley	Template:Coor d	30 km	4.2 km	James Bradley, astronomer
Mons Delisle	Template:Coor d	30 km		Named after nearby Delisle crater
Mons Dieter	Template:Coor d	20 km		German masculine name
Mons Dilip	Template:Coor d	2 km		Indian masculine name
Mons Esam	Template:Coor d	8 km		Arabic masculine name
Mons Ganau	Template:Coor d	14 km		African masculine name
Mons Gruithuisen Delta	Template:Coor d	20 km		Named after nearby Gruithuisen crater
Mons Gruithuisen Gamma	Template:Coor d	20 km		Named after nearby Gruithuisen crater
Mons Hadley	Template:Coor d	25 km	4.6 km	John Hadley, inventor
Mons Hadley Delta	Template:Coor d	15 km	3.5 km	Named after nearby Mount Hadley
Mons Hansteen	Template:Coor d	30 km		Named after nearby Hansteen crater
Mons Herodotus	Template:Coor d	5 km		Named after nearby Herodotus crater
Mons Huygens	Template:Coor d	40 km	4.7 km	Christian Huygens, astronomer
Mons La Hire	Template:Coor d	25 km	1.5 km	Philippe de la Hire, astronomer
Mons Maraldi	Template:Coor d	15 km	1.3 km	Named after nearby Maraldi crater
Mons Moro	Template:Coor d	10 km		Antonio Lazzaro Moro, earth scientist
Mons Penck	Template:Coor d	30 km	4. km	Albrecht Penck, geographer
Mons Pico	Template:Coor d	25 km	2. km	Spanish for "peak"
Mons Piton	Template:Coor d	25 km	2.3 km	Mount Piton, Tenerife
Mons Rümker	Template:Coor d	70 km	0.5 km	Karl Ludwig Christian Rümker, astronomer
Mons Usov	Template:Coor d	15 km		Mikhail A. Usov, geologist
Mons Vinogradov²	Template:Coor d	25 km	1.4 km	Aleksandr Pavlovich Vinogradov, chemist
Mons Vitruvius	Template:Coor d	15 km	2.3 km	Named after nearby Vitruvius crater
Mons Wolff	Template:Coor d	35 km	3.5 km	Baron Christian von Wolff, philosopher

Notes:

Formerly called Mons Euler.

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Mountain ranges

Name	Lat./Long.	Dia.	Name Origin
Montes Agricola	Template:Coor d	141 km	Georgius Agricola, earth scientist
Montes Alpes	Template:Coor d	281 km	The Alps, Europe
Montes Apenninus	Template:Coor d	401 km	The Apennine Mountains, Italy
Montes Archimedes	Template:Coor d	163 km	Named after nearby Archimedes crater
Montes Carpatus	Template:Coor d	361 km	The Carpathian Mountains, Europe
Montes Caucasus	Template:Coor d	445 km	The Caucasus Mountains, Europe
Montes Cordillera	Template:Coor d	574 km	Spanish for "mountain chain"
Montes Haemus	Template:Coor d	560 km	Greek name for the Balkan Mountains
Montes Harbinger	Template:Coor d	90 km	Harbingers of dawn on Aristarchus crater
Montes Jura	Template:Coor d	422 km	The Jura Mountains, Europe
Montes Pyrenaeus	Template:Coor d	164 km	The Pyrenees Mountains, Europe
Montes Recti	Template:Coor d	90 km	Latin for "straight range"
Montes Riphaeus	Template:Coor d	189 km	Greek name for the Ural Mountains, Russia
Montes Rook	Template:Coor d	791 km	Lawrence Rook, astronomer
Montes Secchi	Template:Coor d	50 km	Named after nearby Secchi crater
Montes Spitzbergen	Template:Coor d	60 km	Named after German for "sharp peaks" and for resemblance to the Spitsbergen islands
Montes Taurus	Template:Coor d	172 km	Taurus Mountains, Asia Minor
Montes Teneriffe	Template:Coor d	182 km	Tenerife island