Mons Penck
10°00′S 21°36′E / 10.0°S 21.6°E / -10.0; 21.6Naming Etymology Named for Albrecht Penck English translation Penck Mountain Language of name Latin Geography Location the Moon
Mons Penck is a mountain promontory on the near side of the Moon. It lies just to the northeast of the crater Kant, to the north of Ibn-Rushd and the Rupes Altai scarp. Southeast of Mons Penck are the prominent craters Theophilus and Cyrillus.
The selenographic coordinates of this peak are 10.0° S, 21.6° E. It has a diameter of about 30 km at the base and climbs to an altitude of over 4 km (13,000 feet). It was named after Albrecht Penck (1858–1945), a German geographer and geologist.[1]
References
- ^ "Mons Penck". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
External links
Media related to Mons Penck at Wikimedia Commons- LTO-78C1 Kant — L&PI topographic orthophotomap map.
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