Tag: montes carpatus
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Sinus Iridum and Copernicus
Sinus Iridum (Bay of Rainbows) is a lava plain north of the Mare Imbrium, bounded by the Montes Jura and lying between Promontorium Heraclides and Promontorium Laplace. The Copernicus crater, 96 kilometers in diameter, features a terraced inner wall and three central peaks; further north lies the Montes Carpatus range, with a maximum height of…
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Montes Carpatus
The mountain formation in the center of the photo are the Montes Carpatus that are several peaks separated by deep valleys.The large crater just below is Copernicus while the crater near the right edge of the photo is Eratosthenes and between them you see the ghost crater Stadius, the rest of an ancient impact crater…