Mons Ardeshir is one of the mountains on the

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, inside crater

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. Its diameter is 8 km. In 1976 it was named after Persian king Ardeshir.

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NASA topophotomap (1974)

Lunar chart LAC-65

Mons Ardeshir
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Ardeshir Ardeshir or Ardashir (Persian: اردشیر; also spelled as Ardasher) is a Persian name popular in Iran and other Persian-speaking countries. Ardashir is the New Persian form of the Middle Persian name , which is ultimately from Old Iranian ''*Arta ...

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