My Astrophotography – Promontorium (cape or headland)

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Promontorium  –  cape or headland
These features form a cape or headland on a Mare.
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  • on the Moon, a Promontorium refers to a cape or headland.
  • a raised, mountainous feature that juts into a lunar mare (the dark, basaltic plains formed by ancient volcanic activity).
  • these features are named using the Latin word Promontorium, and they resemble terrestrial capes surrounded by lava plains rather than water.
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Name – Name Origin / Latitude Longitude / Dimension km / miles / map (from USGS)
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  • Promontorium Agarum – Named from a cape in the Sea of Azov / 14.0°N 66.0°E / 70 km / 44 miles / map
  • Promontorium Agassiz – Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873) / 42.0°N 1.8°E / 20 km / 13 miles / map
  • Promontorium Archerusia – Named from a cape on the Black Sea / 16.7°N 22.0°E / 10 km / 6 miles / map
  • Promontorium Deville – Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville (1814-1876) / 43.2°N 1.0°E / 20 km / 13 miles / map
  • Promontorium Fresnel – Augustin Jean Fresnel (1788-1827) 29.0°N 4.7°E / 20 km / 13 miles / map
  • Promontorium Heraclides – Heraclides Ponticus 40.3°N 33.2°W / 50 km / 31 miles / map
  • Promontorium Kelvin – William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1907) / 27.0°S 33.0°W 50 km / 31 miles / map
  • Promontorium Laplace – Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827) / 46.0°N 25.8°W 50 km / 31 miles / map
  • Promontorium Taenarium – Named from cape in Greece / 19.0°S 8.0°W / 70 km / 44 miles / map

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(Blue Promontorium text = photos attached)

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Lists of Moon features by Derek Rowley

My Astrophotography by Derek Rowley


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