Mons Penck | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 4 km |
Listing | Lunar mountains |
Coordinates | 10°00′S 21°36′E / 10.0°S 21.6°E |
Naming | |
Translation | Penck Mountain (Latin) |
Geography | |
Location | the Moon |
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 4 km (13,000 feet). It was named after Albrecht Penck (1858–1945), a German geographer and geologist.