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Montes Recti

Mountain range on the Moon

Field	Value
name	Montes Recti
photo	Montes Recti 4139 h3.jpg
photo_caption	Lunar Orbiter 4 image
elevation	1.8 km
listing	Lunar mountains
translation	Straight Range
language	Latin
location	the Moon
coordinates

The formation (top left) area in a Selenochromatic Image (Si)

Montes Recti is a mountain range on the northern part of the Moon's near side. It was given the Latin name for "Straight Range". The name was approved in 1961 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

This is a small range of irregular ridges that is located in the northern part of the Mare Imbrium. Montes Recti is an unusually linear formation that forms a line from east to west. It is about 90 km in length, and only 20 km wide. The peaks rise to heights of up to 1.8 km.

The small crater Montes Recti B lies in the eastern part of the range. To the west are the Montes Jura and to the east are the Montes Teneriffe.

References

[https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4013 Montes Recti], Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

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