Mons Usov is a small lunar

mountain 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 t ...

that is located in the southeastern part of the

Mare Crisium Mare Crisium (Latin ''crisium'', the "Sea of Crises") is a lunar mare located in the Moon's Crisium basin, just northeast of Mare Tranquillitatis. The basin is of the Pre-Imbrian period, 4.55 to 3.85 billion years ago. Characteristics Mare C ...

, to the north of the crater Firmicus, west of Concorcet crater, and northwest of

Promontorium Agarum Promontorium Agarum is a raised mountainous cape protruding into the southeast of Mare Crisium on the near side of the Moon. It protrudes into the mare up to 40 km and its width is about 80 km. Its coordinates are . Promontorium Agaru ...

. It is essentially a part of the mountainous rim of the Crisium basin but appears somewhat isolated because of flooding of the basin by

mare A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than f ...

basalt Basalt (; ) is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon. More than 90% of a ...

. It was formally named in 1979, after Soviet geologist Mikhail Antonovich Usov.Mons Usov
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

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Usov Usov is a Russian male surname, its feminine counterpart is Usova. It is derived from . It may refer to * Aleksandr Usov (athlete) (born 1976), Russian sprinter *Alexandre Usov (born 1977), Belarusian racing cyclist *Anton Usov (born 1994), Russian ...

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