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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mons Argaeus
Clean Name Mons Argaeus
Feature ID 3974
Target Moon
Feature Type Mons, montes

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 20.35 °
Southmost Latitude 18.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 30.04 °
Westmost Longitude 28.06 °
Diameter 61.48 km
Center Latitude 19.33 °
Center Longitude 29.01 °
Northmost Latitude 20.35 °
Southmost Latitude 18.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 30.04 °
Westmost Longitude 28.06 °
Diameter 61.48 km
Center Latitude 19.33 °
Center Longitude 29.01 °
Northmost Latitude 19.00 °
Southmost Latitude 19.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 29.00 °
Westmost Longitude 29.00 °
Diameter 50.00 km
Center Latitude 19.00 °
Center Longitude 29.00 °
Quad LAC-42 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Turkey
Origin Named from peak in Asia Minor (now Erciyas Dagi).
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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