Mons Penck
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| Mons Penck | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4 km |
| Listing | Lunar mountains |
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| Naming | |
| Translation | Penck Mountain (Latin) |
| Geography | |
| Location | the Moon |
Mons Penck is a mountain promontory on the near side of the Moon. It lies just to the northeast of the crater Kant, to the north of Ibn-Rushd and the Rupes Altai scarp. Southeast of Mons Penck are the prominent craters Theophilus and Cyrillus.
The selenographic coordinates of this peak are 10.0° S, 21.6° E. It has a diameter of about 30 km at the base and climbs to an altitude of 4 km (13,000 feet). It was named after Albrecht Penck (1858–1945), a German geographer and geologist.
External links
- LTO-78C1 Kant — L&PI topographic orthophotomap map.
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