The Moon eBook

Thomas Gwyn Elger
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 240 pages of information about The Moon.

The Moon eBook

Thomas Gwyn Elger
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 240 pages of information about The Moon.

The Hercynian Mountains.  Near the N.E. limb, E. of Otto Struve, N. lat. 25 deg.

Mount Huygens.  A mountain mass projecting from the escarpment of the Apennines, in N. lat. 20 deg., E. long. 3 deg., one peak rising to 18,000 feet above the Mare Imbrium.

Mount Wolf.  A great square-shaped mountain mass, near the S.E. extremity of the Apennines, in N. lat. 17 deg., E. long. 9 deg., the loftiest peak rising to nearly 12,000 feet above the Mare Imbrium.

Eratosthenes I and X. Two isolated mountains N. of this formation, in N. lat. 20 deg.; X is 1800 feet in height.

Pico.  A magnificent isolated mountain, S. of Plato, in N. lat. 45 deg., E. long. 9 deg., rising some 8000 feet above the Mare Imbrium.

Pico B. A triple-peaked mountain a few miles S. of Pico.

Piton.  A bright isolated mountain 7000 feet high, in N. lat. 1 deg., E. long. 1 deg.

Fontinelle A. A conspicuous isolated mountain about 3000 feet high, S. of Fontinelle.

Archimedes Z. A triangular-shaped group E. of Archimedes, in N. lat. 31 deg., E. long. 8 deg., the highest of the peaks rising more than 2000 feet.

Caroline Herschel.  E. of this formation is a double-peaked mountain rising to 1300 feet.

Gruithuisen delta and gamma.  On the N. of this bright crater, in N. lat. 36 deg., E. long. 40 deg., rises a fine mountain, delta, nearly 6000 feet in height, and on the N.E. of it the larger mass gamma, almost as lofty.

Mairan.  There is a group of three bright little mountains, the loftiest about 800 feet above the Mare, some distance E. of this formation.

Euler beta.  A fine but small mountain group, more than 3600 feet high, on the Mare Imbrium, S.E. of Euler.

The Laplace Promontory.  A magnificent headland on the N. side of the Sinus Iridum, rising about 9000 feet above the latter, and about 7000 feet above the Mare Imbrium.

Cape Heraclides.  A fine but less prominent headland on the opposite side of the bay, rising more than 4000 feet above it.

Lahire.  A large bright isolated mountain in the Mare Imbrium, N.E. of Lambert, in N. lat. 27 deg., E. long. 25 deg.  It is, according to Schroter, nearly 5000 feet high.

Delisle beta.  A curious club-shaped mountain on the S.E. of this formation, nearly 4000 feet in height.

Pytheas beta.  An isolated mountain, 900 feet high, in N. lat. 20 deg., E. long. 23 deg.

Kirch.  There is a small isolated hill a few miles N. of this formation.

Kirch GAMMA.  A bright mountain about 700 feet high, in N. lat. 39 deg., E. long. 3 deg.

Piazzi Smyth beta.  A small bright isolated mountain on a ridge S. of this, is a noteworthy object under a low sun.

Lambert GAMMA.  In N. lat. 26 deg., E. long. 18 deg.; a remarkable curved mountain about 3000 feet in height, a brilliant object under a low sun.

D’Alembert Mountains.  A range on the E. limb running S. from N. lat. 12 deg.

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