Promontoria on The Moon
9 named features carry the IAU descriptor Promontorium — a cape, where a highland juts into a plain on The Moon. Nowhere else in the mapped Solar System carries the term.
Named
9
of 2,023 named places on The Moon — 0.4%
Largest
70 km
Promontorium Taenarium
Median size
45 km
Across the 9 with a measured diameter
Named between
1935–1961
IAU approval dates
How promontoria on The Moon get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 9 promontoria with a recorded origin, 5 categories appear, led by France.
France3Greek2Russia2Scotland1Switzerland1
All 9 promontoria on The Moon
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.