KUON GEO

Montes Riphaeus

Mons, montes · 190.1 km across · -7.48°, -27.6° · the Moon
山・差し渡し約190.1km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Named from range in Asia (now Ural Mountains).
Source of the name: Russia (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1961 · Other features named after Russia

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.
Euclides クレーター59 km
Norman クレーター154 km
Kuiper クレーター163 km
Mare Cognitum 海183 km
Bench 宇宙飛行士命名185 km
Sharp-Apollo 宇宙飛行士命名185 km
Snowman 宇宙飛行士命名185 km
Surveyor 宇宙飛行士命名185 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