Mountains on the
Moon have heights defined relative to various vertical datums. In the 1960s, the
U.S. Army Mapping Service used elevation relative to 1,737,988 meters from the center of the Moon. In the 1970s, the
U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a combat support agency within the United States Department of Defense whose primary mission is collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national ...
used 1,730,000 meters. The ''
Clementine'' topographic data published in the 1990s uses 1,737,400 meters.
This table is not comprehensive, and does not list the highest places on the Moon. ''Clementine'' data show a range of about 18,100 meters from lowest to highest point on the Moon.
The highest point, located on the far side of the Moon, is approximately 6,500 meters higher than
Mons Huygens (usually listed as the tallest mountain).
Mountains
These are isolated mountains or
massifs.
Mountain ranges
See also
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List of mountains on the Moon by height
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List of features on the Moon
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List of craters on the Moon
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List of maria on the Moon
This is a list of ''maria'' (large, dark, basaltic plains) on the Moon. It includes other basaltic plains, including the one ''oceanus'' as well as features known by the names ''lacus'', ''palus'' and ''sinus''. The modern system of lunar nomencla ...
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List of valleys on the Moon
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List of mountain ranges
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List of tallest mountains in the Solar System
This is a list of the tallest mountains in the Solar System. This list includes peaks on all celestial bodies where significant mountains have been detected. For some celestial bodies, different peaks are given across different types of measure ...
Notes
References
External links
List of named lunar mountainsin Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
{{The Moon
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Mountains
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...
Lists of mountains