Montes on The Moon
58 named features carry the IAU descriptor Mons — a mountain on The Moon, out of 284 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
58
of 2,023 named places on The Moon — 2.9%
Largest
964 km
Montes Cordillera
Median size
42 km
Across the 57 with a measured diameter
Named between
1935–2025
IAU approval dates
How montes on The Moon get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 57 montes with a recorded origin, 25 categories appear, led by Germany.
Germany9France6Italy5Great Britain4China4Spain3Greek3Switzerland2
All 58 montes on The Moon
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Montes Cordillera964 kmMontes Rook682 kmMontes Apenninus600 kmMontes Caucasus444 kmMontes Jura421 kmMontes Haemus385 kmMontes Alpes335 kmMontes Carpatus334 kmMontes Pyrenaeus251 kmMontes Riphaeus190 kmMontes Taurus166 kmMontes Agricola160 kmMontes Archimedes147 kmMons Mouton130 kmMons Song114 kmMontes Teneriffe112 kmMontes Harbinger92.7 kmMontes Recti83.2 kmMons Bradley76.5 kmMons Rumker73.2 kmMons Kocher67 kmMons Malapert67 kmMons Hua65 kmMons Argaeus61.5 kmMontes Spitzbergen59.2 kmMontes Secchi52.5 kmMons Vitruvius44.3 kmMons Cabeus43 kmMons Huygens42 kmMons Amundsen38 kmMons Penck37.6 kmMons Wolff32.9 kmMons Delisle32.4 kmMons Hansteen30.6 kmMons Ampere30 kmMons Vinogradov28.7 kmMons Gruithuisen Delta27.2 kmMons Hadley26.4 kmMons Pico24.4 kmMons Tai24 kmMons Piton22.5 kmMons La Hire21.7 kmMont Blanc21.6 kmMons Dieter20.4 kmMons Gruithuisen Gamma19.7 kmMons Hadley Delta17.2 kmMons Maraldi15.9 kmMons Moro13.7 kmMons Ganau13.5 kmMons Usov13.2 kmMons Heng10.6 kmMons Andre10.5 kmMons Esam7.9 kmMons Ardeshir7.1 kmMons Herodotus6.8 kmMons Latreille6.4 kmMons Dilip1.4 kmMons Agnes18.7° N, 5.3° E
Montes elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 6 other worlds, for 226 more features.