KUON GEO

Montes Alpes

Mons, montes · 334.5 km across · 48.36°, -0.58° · the Moon
山・差し渡し約334.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Named from terrestrial Alps.
Source of the name: Switzerland (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Switzerland

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.
Vallis Alpes 谷88 km
Rimae Plato 谷（リマ）90 km
Mont Blanc 山92 km
Trouvelot クレーター131 km
Promontorium Deville 岬157 km
Rima Archytas 谷（リマ）174 km
Promontorium Agassiz 岬188 km
Mons Pico 山188 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