Mountains On The Moon

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1. Mons Agnes 1 km Greek feminine name

2. Mons Ampère 30 km 3.0 km André-Marie Ampère, physicist

3. Mons André 10 km French masculine name

4. Mons Ardeshir 8 km Ardashir, Persian (Iranian) emperor

5. Mons Argaeus 50 km Mount Erciyes, Asia Minor

6. Mons Blanc 25 km 3.6 km Mont Blanc, the Alps

7. Mons Bradley 30 km 4.2 km James Bradley, astronomer

8. Mons Delisle 30 km Named after nearby crater Delisle

9. Mons Dieter 20 km German masculine name

10. Mons Dilip 2 km Indian masculine name

11. Mons Esam 8 km Arabic masculine name

12. Mons Ganau 14 km African masculine name

13. Mons
Gruithuisen
Delta 20 km Named after nearby crater Gruithuisen

14. Mons
Gruithuisen
Gamma 20 km Named after nearby crater Gruithuisen

15. Mons Hadley 25 km 4.6 km John Hadley, inventor

16. Mons Hadley
Delta 15 km 3.5 km Named after nearby Mount Hadley

17. Mons Hansteen 30 km Named after nearby crater Hansteen

18. Mons Herodotus 5 km Named after nearby crater Herodotus

19. Mons Huygens 40 km 4.7 km Christiaan Huygens, astronomer

20. Mons La Hire 25 km 1.5 km Philippe de la Hire, astronomer

21. Mons Maraldi 15 km 1.3 km Named after nearby crater Maraldi

22. Mons Moro 10 km Antonio Lazzaro Moro, Earth scientist

23. Mons Penck 30 km 4. km Albrecht Penck, geographer

24. Mons Pico 25 km 2. km Spanish for "peak"

25. Mons Piton 25 km 2.3 km Mount Piton, Tenerife

26. Mons Rümker 70 km 0.5 km Karl Ludwig Christian Rümker, astronomer

27. Mons Usov 15 km Mikhail A. Usov, geologist

28. Mons Vinogradov 25 km 1.4 km Aleksandr Pavlovich Vinogradov, chemist

29. Mons Vitruvius 15 km 2.3 km Named after nearby crater Vitruvius

30. Mons Wolff 35 km 3.5 km Baron Christian von Wolff, philosopher


Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mountains_on_the_Moon

A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism. These forces can locally raise the surface of the earth. Mountains erode slowly through the action of rivers, weather conditions, and glaciers. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in huge mountain ranges.

High elevations on mountains produce colder climates than at sea level. These colder climates strongly affect the ecosystems of mountains: different elevations have different plants and animals. Because of the less hospitable terrain and climate, mountains tend to be used less for agriculture and more for resource extraction and recreation, such as mountain climbing.

The highest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest in the Himalayas of Asia, whose summit is 8,850 m (29,035 ft) above mean sea level. The highest known mountain on any planet in the Solar System is Olympus Mons on Mars at 21,171 m (69,459 ft).

There is no universally accepted definition of a mountain. Elevation, volume, relief, steepness, spacing and continuity have been used as criteria for defining a mountain. In the Oxford English Dictionary a mountain is defined as "a natural elevation of the earth surface rising more or less abruptly from the surrounding level and attaining an altitude which, relatively to the adjacent elevation, is impressive or notable."

Whether a landform is called a mountain may depend on local usage. The highest point in San Francisco, California, is called Mount Davidson, notwithstanding its height of 300 m (980 ft), which makes it twenty feet short of the minimum for a mountain by American designations. Similarly, Mount Scott outside Lawton, Oklahoma is only 251 m (823 ft) from its base to its highest point. Whittow's Dictionary of Physical Geography[3] states "Some authorities regard eminences above 600 m (2,000 ft) as mountains, those below being referred to as hills."

In the United Kingdom and the Irish Republic, a mountain is usually defined as any summit at l