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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mons Malapert
Clean Name Mons Malapert
Feature ID 16338
Target Moon
Feature Type Mons, montes

Location


LOLA 2011
Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -85.15 °
Southmost Latitude -86.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 12.79 °
Westmost Longitude -16.12 °
Diameter 67.00 km
Center Latitude -85.98 °
Center Longitude -1.67 °
Quad LAC-144 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 26, 2024
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Belgium
Origin Named for nearby crater, Malapert.
Reference [66] - Named Lunar Formations, by Mary A. Blagg and K. Müller: Percy Lund, Humphries and Co. Ltd., London, 1935.
Updated Aug 26, 2024 5:49 PM

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