Mons Esam is a small, isolated mountain in the northern part of the

Mare Tranquillitatis Mare Tranquillitatis (Latin ''tranquillitātis'', the Sea of Tranquillity or Sea of Tranquility; see spelling differences) is a lunar mare that sits within the Tranquillitatis basin on the Moon. It is the first location on another world to be ...

. It is located to the southeast of the crater

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and to the west-northwest of Lyell. To the northeast of this ridge is the bay called

Sinus Amoris Sinus Amoris (Latin ''sinus amōris'' "Bay of Love") extends northward from the northeast end of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It is located at selenographic coordinates 19.9° N, 37.3° E, and lies within a diameter of 190 km. To the north of ...

. The selenographic

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of this feature is 14.6° N, 35.7° E, and it has a maximum diameter at the base of 8 km. The name of this feature is an

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masculine name ( ar, links=no, عصام, eisam), and it was not chosen to represent a specific individual. This peak is a lunar cone that was formed through tectonic processes, which rises roughly 400 meters above the surrounding plains. A pair of tiny craters just to the south of Mons Esam have been assigned names by the

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. These are listed in the table below. The craters are at the tops of two

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s, which are most likely volcanoes and were not formed by impacts.

References

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