List of mountains on the Moon by height
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The following is a list of mountains on the Moon, arranged by relative height in kilometres.
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[edit] More than four kilometres
- Mons Huygens - 5.5 km[1][2]
- Mons Hadley - 4.5 km[1][2]
- Mons Bradley - 4.3 km[3]
[edit] 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]
[edit] 2-3 kilometres
- Mons Pico - 2.4 km[1][2]
- Mons Piton - 2.1 km[1][2]
- Mons Vitruvius - 2.3 km
[edit] 1-2 kilometres
- Mons La Hire - 1.5 km[1][2]
- Mons Vinogradov - 1.4 km
- Mons Maraldi - 1.3 km
[edit] Less than one kilometre
- Mons Gruithuisen Gamma - 0.9 km
- Mons Rümker - 0.5 km
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Fred W. Price (1988). The Moon observer's handbook. London: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-33500-0.
- ^ a b c d e f 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 on November 8, 2006.
