Boot Hill is a small

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that is located in

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 ...

, about 45 km south of the crater

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, and about 210 km east of the

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. The peak at its north end rises approximately 230 m above the surrounding mare. Unlike many other lunar features named by the

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astronauts, the name of the mountain is not formally recognized by the

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. However, Boot Hill and other informal features such as the nearby Duke Island or Mount Marilyn (within Montes Secchi) were significant landmarks used by the astronauts for navigation to the first landing site.

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LTO-61D4
Maskelyne Orientalis, Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap (LTO) Series

Boot Hill Boot Hill, or Boothill, is the given name of many cemeteries, chiefly in the Western United States. During the 19th and early 20th century it was a common name for the burial grounds of gunfighters, or those who " died with their boots on" (i.e ...

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