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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Montes Haemus
Clean Name Montes Haemus
Feature ID 4009
Target Moon
Feature Type Mons, montes

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 23.16 °
Southmost Latitude 14.08 °
Eastmost Longitude 21.14 °
Westmost Longitude 4.66 °
Diameter 384.66 km
Center Latitude 17.11 °
Center Longitude 12.03 °
Northmost Latitude 23.16 °
Southmost Latitude 14.08 °
Eastmost Longitude 21.14 °
Westmost Longitude 4.66 °
Diameter 384.66 km
Center Latitude 16.85 °
Center Longitude 12.63 °
Northmost Latitude 24.10 °
Southmost Latitude 15.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 16.20 °
Westmost Longitude 4.60 °
Diameter 560.00 km
Center Latitude 19.90 °
Center Longitude 9.20 °
Quad LAC-42 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1961
Continent Europe
Culture Bulgaria
Origin Named for range in the Balkans.
Reference [67] - The System of Lunar Craters, Quadrants I, II, III, IV: by D. W. G. Arthur and others: Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, vol. 2, no. 30, 1963: vol. 3, no. 40, 1964: vol. 3, no. 50, 1965: vol. 5, no. 70, 1966.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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