Montes Carpatus

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Montes Carpatus is a rugged lunar mountain range forming part of the southern rim of the Mare Imbrium basin on the Moon.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Montes Carpatus canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lunar mountain range ⓘ
lunar surface feature ⓘ
adjacentTo Copernicus ejecta blanket ⓘ
Mare Insularum region to the south ⓘ
borders Mare Imbrium ⓘ
cataloguedIn IAU lunar nomenclature ⓘ
coordinateSystem selenographic coordinates ⓘ
extendsFrom west of crater T. Mayer ⓘ
extendsTo region north of crater Copernicus ⓘ
formedAs rim uplift of Imbrium impact basin ⓘ
formsPartOf southern rim of Mare Imbrium ⓘ
geologicalContext Imbrium impact basin rim ⓘ
governingBodyForName International Astronomical Union ⓘ
hasAlbedo higher than adjacent mare basalts ⓘ
hasFeature mountain peaks ⓘ
ridges ⓘ
valleys ⓘ
hasGeologicalAge Imbrian ⓘ
linked to: Imbrian period
hasLength about 361 km ⓘ
hasMaximumElevation about 2400 m above Mare Imbrium floor ⓘ
hasNearbyCrater Copernicus ⓘ
Euler ⓘ
Gay-Lussac ⓘ
linked to: Gay-Lussac B

T. Mayer ⓘ
hasNotableSection eastern segment near Copernicus with heavily fractured terrain ⓘ
imagedBy Apollo missions ⓘ
linked to: Apollo program

Lunar Orbiter missions ⓘ
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
isPartOf lunar Imbrium rim mountain systems ⓘ
liesEastOf Sinus Aestuum ⓘ
liesNorthOf crater Copernicus ⓘ
linked to: Copernicus crater
liesSouthOf Mare Imbrium ⓘ
liesWestOf crater T. Mayer ⓘ
liesWithin lunar highlands bordering Mare Imbrium ⓘ
locatedIn Imbrium basin ⓘ
near side of the Moon ⓘ
locatedOn Moon ⓘ
namedAfter Carpathian Mountains on Earth ⓘ
nameLanguage Latin ⓘ
nameMeaning Carpathian Mountains ⓘ
observedBy Earth-based telescopes ⓘ
separates Mare Imbrium from southern highland terrain ⓘ
linked to: Mare Imbrium
surfaceComposition anorthositic highland material ⓘ
terrainType rugged ⓘ
visibleAt low to moderate telescopic magnification from Earth ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mare Imbrium → boundedBy → Montes Carpatus ⓘ