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Measured / Computed

Montes Riphaeus

Mons (190.1 km) — Named from range in Asia (now Ural Mountains).

Coordinates
-7.4829, -27.6025 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Mons
Feature type
Mons, montes
Feature type code
MO
Diameter km
190.11754
Etymology
Named from range in Asia (now Ural Mountains).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1961
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4014
Clean name
Montes Riphaeus
Ethnicity
Russia
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-76

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