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Planetary Names: Mons, montes: Montes Caucasus on Moon

Montes Caucasus

Feature Name	Montes Caucasus
Clean Name	Montes Caucasus
Feature ID	4007
Target	Moon
Feature Type	Mons, montes
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	44.26 °
Southernmost Latitude	30.53 °
Easternmost Longitude	14.27 °
Westernmost Longitude	6.06 °
Diameter	443.51 km
Center Latitude	37.33 °
Center Longitude	9.97 °
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Northernmost Latitude	44.26 °
Southernmost Latitude	30.53 °
Easternmost Longitude	14.27 °
Westernmost Longitude	6.06 °
Diameter	443.51 km
Center Latitude	37.52 °
Center Longitude	9.93 °
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Northernmost Latitude	44.40 °
Southernmost Latitude	30.60 °
Easternmost Longitude	13.70 °
Westernmost Longitude	7.00 °
Diameter	445.00 km
Center Latitude	38.40 °
Center Longitude	10.00 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((13.7 30.6, 7 30.6, 7 44.4, 13.7 44.4, 13.7 30.6)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Caucasus
Quad	LAC-25 [pdf]
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.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1961
Origin	Named from terrestrial Caucasus Mountains.
Last Updated	Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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