Montes Caucasus

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Montes Caucasus is a rugged lunar mountain range located along the northeastern edge of Mare Imbrium on the Moon.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Montes Caucasus canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lunar mountain range ⓘ
lunar surface feature ⓘ
adjacentTo Montes Alpes ⓘ
Montes Apenninus ⓘ
age Pre-Imbrian to Imbrian era ⓘ
approvedBy International Astronomical Union ⓘ
bestObservedDuring low Sun angle at lunar terminator ⓘ
borders Mare Imbrium ⓘ
cataloguedIn IAU lunar nomenclature ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf anorthositic crustal rocks ⓘ
containsCrater Aristillus (nearby region) ⓘ
Calippus ⓘ
Eudoxus ⓘ
linked to: Eudoxus of Cnidus

Theaetetus ⓘ
coordinateSystem selenographic coordinates ⓘ
extendsFromFeature vicinity of crater Eudoxus ⓘ
extendsTowardFeature gap near crater Cassini ⓘ
featureTypeCode MOON-MONTES ⓘ
formedBy impact event that created Mare Imbrium basin ⓘ
geologicalContext Imbrium Basin rim ⓘ
linked to: Imbrium basin
hasAlbedoContrastWith Mare Imbrium basaltic plains ⓘ
hasApproximateLatitudeRange about 30°N to 40°N ⓘ
hasApproximateLongitude about 10°E ⓘ
hasLength about 550 kilometers ⓘ
hasMaximumElevation about 6000 meters ⓘ
hasNotablePeak peaks exceeding 5000 meters ⓘ
hasOrientation northwest–southeast ⓘ
hasReliefCharacterizedAs steep slopes and sharp ridges ⓘ
includedIn official list of named lunar mountains ⓘ
isTargetFor amateur lunar observation ⓘ
liesBetween Mare Imbrium ⓘ
Mare Serenitatis ⓘ
locatedIn near side of the Moon ⓘ
northeastern edge of Mare Imbrium ⓘ
locatedOn Moon ⓘ
mappedIn USGS lunar geologic maps ⓘ
namedAfter Caucasus Mountains on Earth ⓘ
linked to: Greater Caucasus
nameLanguage Latin ⓘ
observedBy Apollo missions (orbital photography) ⓘ
Lunar Orbiter missions ⓘ
partOf lunar highlands ⓘ
separatedBy gap containing crater Cassini ⓘ
separatedFrom Montes Apenninus ⓘ
surfaceType rugged ⓘ
visibleFrom Earth ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Mare Imbrium → boundedBy → Montes Caucasus ⓘ
Mare Serenitatis → boundedBy → Montes Caucasus ⓘ
Montes Alpes → adjacentTo → Montes Caucasus ⓘ