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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Montes Taurus
Clean Name Montes Taurus
Feature ID 4018
Target Moon
Feature Type Mons, montes

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 30.07 °
Southmost Latitude 24.34 °
Eastmost Longitude 43.26 °
Westmost Longitude 37.25 °
Diameter 166.16 km
Center Latitude 27.32 °
Center Longitude 40.34 °
Northmost Latitude 29.90 °
Southmost Latitude 24.34 °
Eastmost Longitude 43.26 °
Westmost Longitude 37.25 °
Diameter 166.16 km
Center Latitude 27.06 °
Center Longitude 40.26 °
Northmost Latitude 30.00 °
Southmost Latitude 26.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 43.00 °
Westmost Longitude 39.80 °
Diameter 172.00 km
Center Latitude 28.40 °
Center Longitude 41.10 °
Quad LAC-43 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Turkey
Origin Named from terrestrial Taurus Mts.
Reference [66] - Named Lunar Formations, by Mary A. Blagg and K. Müller: Percy Lund, Humphries and Co. Ltd., London, 1935.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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