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Mons Piton

Mons (22.5 km) — Named from Mt. Piton on Tenerife Islands.

Coordinates
40.7167, -0.9227 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Mons
Feature type
Mons, montes
Feature type code
MO
Diameter km
22.501804
Etymology
Named from Mt. Piton on Tenerife Islands.
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3993
Clean name
Mons Piton
Ethnicity
Canary Is.
Continent
Africa
Quad
LAC-25

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