KUON GEO

Mons Piton

Mons, montes · 22.5 km across · 40.72°, -0.92° · the Moon
山・差し渡し約22.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Named from Mt. Piton on Tenerife Islands.
Source of the name: Canary Is. (Africa) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Canary Is.

SEE IT · 地図で見る

Elevation here was measured by laser from orbit (LOLA). Nothing is estimated or generated.
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NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Piazzi Smyth クレーター64 km
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Promontorium Deville 岬91 km
Kirch クレーター118 km
Cassini クレーター129 km
Mont Blanc 山145 km
Theaetetus クレーター199 km
Aristillus クレーター214 km
Great-circle distances on a sphere of radius 1,737.4 km.
Names and their origins come from the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS Astrogeology), retrieved 2026-08-14.
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DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA