Montes on Mercury
1 named feature carries the IAU descriptor Mons — a mountain on Mercury, out of 284 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
1
of 606 named places on Mercury — 0.2%
Largest
1,023 km
Caloris Montes
Median size
1,023 km
Across the 1 with a measured diameter
Named between
1976–1976
IAU approval dates
How montes on Mercury get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 1 montes with a recorded origin, one category covers them all, led by Latin.
Latin1
All 1 montes on Mercury
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Montes elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 6 other worlds, for 283 more features.