Promontorium on the Moon
These features form a cape or headland on a Mare.
Name –Â Name Origin / Latitude Longitude / Dimension (km / miles)
Promontorium Agarum – Named from a cape in the Sea of Azov / 14.0°N 66.0°E / 70 km / 44 miles
Promontorium Agassiz – Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807–1873) / 42.0°N 1.8°E / 20 km / 13 miles
Promontorium Archerusia – Named from a cape on the Black Sea / 16.7°N 22.0°E / 10 km / 6 miles
Promontorium Deville – Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville (1814–1876) / 43.2°N 1.0°E / 20 km / 13 miles
Promontorium Fresnel – Augustin Jean Fresnel (1788–1827) 29.0°N 4.7°E / 20 km / 13 miles
Promontorium Heraclides – Heraclides Ponticus 40.3°N 33.2°W / 50 km / 31 miles
Promontorium Kelvin – William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907) / 27.0°S 33.0°W 50 km / 31 miles
Promontorium Laplace – Pierre Simon Laplace (1749–1827) / 46.0°N 25.8°W 50 km / 31 miles
Promontorium Taenarium – Named from cape in Greece / 19.0°S 8.0°W / 70 km / 44 miles
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