Montes Spitzbergen

Montes Spitzbergen
Montes Spitzbergen
	Spitzbergen Mountains
	Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter image
Highest point
Listing	Lunar mountains
Coordinates	34.42°N 5.22°W
Naming
Native name	Montes Spitzbergen (Latin)
Geography
Location	the Moon

The Spitzbergen Mountains (Latin: Montes Spitzbergen) is a solitary mountain chain in the eastern Mare Imbrium of the Moon. They are located about a crater diameter to the north of the prominent flooded crater Archimedes.

Oblique view from Apollo 15, facing north

Another view from Apollo 15, with Mons Pico β on the horizon

The selenographic coordinates of this range are 35.0° N, 5.0° W, and they lie within a diameter of 60 km. The range trends from south to north, and they have a maximum width of about 25 km. This range consists of a number of peaks separated by lava-flooded valleys. This range is most likely the surviving rim or inner ring of an impact crater that has been buried under magma flows.

This range was so named by Mary Blagg for their resemblance to the jagged terrestrial mountains of the Spitzbergen island group. The name was approved by the IAU in 1961.[1]

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Montes Spitzbergen.

Spitzbergen	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	32.71° N	7.1° W	6.13 km
C	32.88° N	8.81° W	6.27 km
D	33.3° N	8.76° W	3.18 km

References

Montes Spitzbergen, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

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[1] Montes Spitzbergen, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)