Montes Teneriffe [SEP] located on astronomical body
Montes Teneriffe
Montes Teneriffe is a range on the northern part of the Moon's near side. It was named after Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands.
This range is located in the northern part of the Mare Imbrium, to the southwest of the crater Plato. The Montes Teneriffe lie within a diameter of 112 kilometers, although the peaks only occupy a small part of that region. The formation consists of a few scattered ridges surrounded by the lunar mare. Individual peaks rise to heights of up to 2.4
Piton is cratered from a meteor strike, though the crater can be difficult to observe from earthbound telescopes.
There is a pair of satellite craters on the mare to the south that are named for this peak (see below). To the south-southwest is a low ridge feature in an isolated portion of the mare that is designated Piton Gamma (γ).
Mons Piton was named for a peak on Tenerife Island. The lunar Mons Piton is located in a range known as the Montes Teneriffe.
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