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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mons Piton
Clean Name Mons Piton
Feature ID 3993
Target Moon
Feature Type Mons, montes

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 41.06 °
Southmost Latitude 40.32 °
Eastmost Longitude -0.55 °
Westmost Longitude -1.17 °
Diameter 22.50 km
Center Latitude 40.69 °
Center Longitude -0.90 °
Northmost Latitude 41.08 °
Southmost Latitude 40.32 °
Eastmost Longitude -0.54 °
Westmost Longitude -1.29 °
Diameter 22.50 km
Center Latitude 40.72 °
Center Longitude -0.92 °
Northmost Latitude 40.60 °
Southmost Latitude 40.60 °
Eastmost Longitude -1.10 °
Westmost Longitude -1.10 °
Diameter 25.00 km
Center Latitude 40.60 °
Center Longitude -1.10 °
Quad LAC-25 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Canary Is.
Origin Named from Mt. Piton on Tenerife Islands.
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
Satellite Feature(s) Piton B
Piton A

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