Promontorium Laplace

Promontorium Laplace is a raised mountainous cape situated at the end of

selenographic coordinates are 46.8° N, 25.5° W and it is 2600 meters high. It forms the northeast boundary of the bay of Sinus Iridum

It is named after Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace, an 18th-century French astronomer, mathematician, and physicist.^[1]

References

^ "Promontorium Laplace". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

Wood, Chuck (2006-08-20). "Out the Porthole". Lunar Photo of the Day. Retrieved 2016-09-18., excellent earth-based image of Sinus Iridum and vicinity, including Promontorium Laplace

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