Mons Penck Explained

Mons Penck
Elevation:9890 m (summit)
Listing:Lunar mountains
Translation:Penck Mountain
Language:Latin
Location:the Moon
Etymology:Named for Albrecht Penck

Mons Penck is a mountain promontory on the near side of the Moon. It lies just to the northeast of the crater Kant, to the north of Ibn-Rushd and the Rupes Altai scarp. Southeast of Mons Penck are the prominent craters Theophilus and Cyrillus.

The selenographic coordinates of this peak are 10.0° S, 21.6° E. It has a diameter of about 30 km at the base and climbs to an altitude of over 4 km (13,000 feet). It was named after Albrecht Penck (1858–1945), a German geographer and geologist.

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