Promontorium Archerusia

Promontorium Archerusia (/ˌɑːrkəˈruːʒə/; Latin for "Cape Archerusia") is a headland on the near side of the Moon. It separates the lunar mares of Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquilitatis. Its coordinates are 16°48′N 21°54′E / 16.8°N 21.9°E / 16.8; 21.9.^[1]

Promontorium Archerusia was named by Johannes Hevelius^[2] and is a misspelling of Acherusia, a cape on the Black Sea near Heraclea in ancient Bithynia (now Karadeniz Ereğli in Turkey).^[3]^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Promontorium Archerusia". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program., accessed 15 February 2019
^ Hevelius J. (1647). Selenographia sive Lunae descriptio. Gedani: Hünefeld. doi:10.3931/e-rara-238.
^ Smith, William, ed. (1854). "Bithynia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 1. London: John Murray. p. 406.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Promontorium Archerusia.

This article related to the Moon is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

v t e Mountains on the Moon
Mons	Mons Agnes Mons Ampère Mons André Mons Ardeshir Mons Argaeus Mons Blanc Mons Bradley Mons Delisle Mons Dieter Mons Dilip Mons Esam Mons Ganau Mons Gruithuisen Delta Mons Gruithuisen Gamma Mons Hadley Mons Hadley Delta Mons Hansteen Mons Herodotus Mons Huygens Mons La Hire Mons Maraldi Mons Moro Mons Penck Mons Pico Mons Piton Mons Rümker Mons Tai Mons Usov Mons Vinogradov Mons Vitruvius Mons Wolff
Montes	Montes Agricola Montes Alpes Montes Apenninus Montes Archimedes Montes Carpatus Montes Caucasus Montes Cordillera Montes Haemus Montes Harbinger Montes Jura Montes Pyrenaeus Montes Recti Montes Riphaeus Montes Rook Montes Secchi Montes Spitzbergen Montes Taurus Montes Teneriffe
Promontoria	Promontorium Agarum Promontorium Agassiz Promontorium Archerusia Promontorium Deville Promontorium Fresnel Promontorium Heraclides Promontorium Kelvin Promontorium Laplace Promontorium Taenarium

This page was last edited on 24 February 2022, at 17:18