FIRST QUADRANT.
The Alps. The western portion of the range.
The Apennines. The extreme northern part of the range.
The Caucasus.
The Haemus.
The Taurus.
The North Polar Range. On the limb extending from N. lat. 81 deg. towards the E.
The Humboldt Mountains. On the limb from N. lat. 72 deg. to N. lat. 53 deg.
Mount Argaeus. A mountain mass rising some 8000 feet above the Mare
Serenitatis in N. lat. 20 deg., W. long. 28 deg., N.W. of Dawes.
Prom. Acherusia. A bright promontory at the W. extremity of the Haemus range, rising nearly 5000 feet above the Mare Serenitatis. N. lat. 17 deg., W. long. 22 deg.
Cape Agarum. The N. end of a projecting headland on the S.W. side of the Mare Crisium, in N. lat. 14 deg., W. long. 66 deg., rising nearly 11,000 feet above the Mare.
Le Monnier A. An isolated mountain more than 3000 feet high, standing about midway between the extremities of the bay: probably a relic of a once complete ring.
Secchi. South of this formation there is a lofty prominent isolated mountain.
Manilius A and beta. Two conspicuous mountains N. of Manilius; A, the more westerly, being more than 5000 feet, and beta about 2000 feet in height.
Autolycus A. A mountain of considerable altitude, S. of this formation.
Mont Blanc. Principal peak, N. lat. 46 deg., W. long. 0 deg. 30 min., nearly 12,000 feet in height.
Cassini epsilon and delta. Two adjoining mountain masses N. of Cassini, more than 5000 feet high.
Eudoxus. S.E. of this formation, in N. lat. 43 deg., W. long. 10 deg., are two bright mountain masses, the more southerly rising 7000, and the other 4000 feet above the surface.
Mount Hadley. The northern extremity of the Apennines, in N. lat. 27 deg.
W. long. 5 deg., rising more than 15,000 feet above the Mare.
Mount Bradley. A promontory of the Apennines, in N, lat. 23 deg., W. long. 1 deg., nearly 14,000 feet above the Mare Imbrium.
The Silberschlag Range, running from near the S.E. side of Julius Caesar to the region W. of Agrippa.
SECOND QUADRANT.
The Alps. The eastern and greater portion.
The Apennines. Nearly the whole of the range.
The Carpathians.
The Teneriffe Mountains. S.E. of Plato. Highest peak, 8000 feet.
The Straight Range. East of the last, in N. lat. 48 deg., E. long. 20 deg.
The Harbinger Mountains. N.W. of Aristarchus.
The Hercynian Mountains. Near the N.E. limb, E. of Otto Struve, N. lat. 25 deg.
Mount Huygens. A mountain mass projecting from the escarpment of the Apennines, in N. lat. 20 deg., E. long. 3 deg., one peak rising to 18,000 feet above the Mare Imbrium.
Mount Wolf. A great square-shaped mountain mass, near the S.E. extremity of the Apennines, in N. lat. 17 deg., E. long. 9 deg., the loftiest peak rising to nearly 12,000 feet above the Mare Imbrium.
Eratosthenes I and X. Two isolated mountains N. of this formation, in N. lat. 20 deg.; X is 1800 feet in height.
Pico. A magnificent isolated mountain, S. of Plato, in N. lat. 45 deg.,
E. long. 9 deg., rising some 8000 feet above the Mare Imbrium.
Pico B. A triple-peaked mountain a few miles S. of Pico.
Piton. A bright isolated mountain 7000 feet high, in N. lat. 1 deg., E. long. 1 deg.
Fontinelle A. A conspicuous isolated mountain about 3000 feet high, S. of
Fontinelle.
Archimedes Z. A triangular-shaped group E. of Archimedes, in N. lat. 31 deg., E. long. 8 deg., the highest of the peaks rising more than 2000 feet.
Caroline Herschel. E. of this formation is a double-peaked mountain rising to 1300 feet.
Gruithuisen delta and gamma. On the N. of this bright crater, in N. lat. 36 deg., E. long. 40 deg., rises a fine mountain, delta, nearly 6000 feet in height, and on the N.E. of it the larger mass gamma, almost as lofty.
Mairan. There is a group of three bright little mountains, the loftiest about 800 feet above the Mare, some distance E. of this formation.
Euler beta. A fine but small mountain group, more than 3600 feet high, on the Mare Imbrium, S.E. of Euler.
The Laplace Promontory. A magnificent headland on the N. side of the Sinus Iridum, rising about 9000 feet above the latter, and about 7000 feet above the Mare Imbrium.
Cape Heraclides. A fine but less prominent headland on the opposite side of the bay, rising more than 4000 feet above it.
Lahire. A large bright isolated mountain in the Mare Imbrium, N.E. of
Lambert, in N. lat. 27 deg., E. long. 25 deg. It is, according to
Schroter, nearly 5000 feet high.
Delisle beta. A curious club-shaped mountain on the S.E. of this formation, nearly 4000 feet in height.
Pytheas beta. An isolated mountain, 900 feet high, in N. lat. 20 deg., E. long. 23 deg.
Kirch. There is a small isolated hill a few miles N. of this formation.
Kirch GAMMA. A bright mountain about 700 feet high, in N. lat. 39 deg.,
E. long. 3 deg.
Piazzi Smyth beta. A small bright isolated mountain on a ridge S. of this, is a noteworthy object under a low sun.
Lambert GAMMA. In N. lat. 26 deg., E. long. 18 deg.; a remarkable curved mountain about 3000 feet in height, a brilliant object under a low sun.
D'Alembert Mountains. A range on the E. limb running S. from N. lat. 12 deg.
Wollaston. An isolated triangular mountain about midway between this and
Wollaston B.
THIRD QUADRANT.
The Riphaean Mountains. An isolated range S. of Landsberg in S. lat. 7 deg., E. long. 28 deg. They run in a meridional direction, and rise at one peak to nearly 3000 feet above the Oceanus Procellarum.
The Percy Mountains extend from the eastern flank of Gassendi towards Mersenius, forming the north-eastern border of the Mare Humorum.
Prom. Aenarium. A steep bluff situated at the northern end of a plateau, some distance E. of Arzachel, in S. lat. 18 deg., E. long. 9 deg. It rises some 2000 feet above the Mare Nubium.
Euclides zeta and chi. Two mountain masses N. of this formation in S. lat. 5 deg.; zeta rises about 1700 feet above the Mare; both are evidently offshoots from the Riphaean range.
Landsberg H. An isolated hill in S. lat. 4 deg., E. long. 25 deg.
Nicollet C. S.E. of Nicollet, in S. lat. 22 deg., E. long. 17 deg.; is hemmed in by a mountain mass rising to more than 2000 feet above the Mare Nubium.
The Stag's-Horn Mountains. At the S. end of the straight wall, or "railroad," in S. lat. 24 deg., E. long. 8 deg., a curious mountain mass rising about 2000 feet above the Mare Nubium.
Lacroix delta. A mountain more than 7000 feet high, N. of Lacroix.
Flamsteed E. A mountain of more than 3000 feet in S. lat. 4 deg., E. long. 51 deg.
D'Alembert Mountains. A very lofty range on the E. limb, extending to S. lat. 11 deg.
The Cordilleras. Close to the E. limb; they lie between S. lat. 8 deg. and S. lat. 23 deg.
Rook Mountains. On the E. limb, extending from about S. lat. 18 deg. to S. lat. 35 deg. According to Schroter, they attain a height of 25,000 feet.
Dorfel Mountains. On the S.E. limb between S. lat. 57 deg. and S. lat. 80 deg.
Leibnitz Mountains. On the S. limb extending W. from S. lat. 80 deg. beyond the Pole on to the Fourth Quadrant. Perhaps the loftiest range on the limb. Madler's measures give more than 27,000 feet as the height of one peak, and there are several others nearly as high.
FOURTH QUADRANT.
The Altai Mountains. A fine conspicuous serpentine range, extending from the E. side of Piccolomini in a north-easterly direction to the region between Tacitus and Catherina, a length of about 275 miles. The loftiest peak is over 13,000 feet. The average height of the southern portion is about 6000 feet. The region lying on the S.E. of this range is a vast tableland, devoid of prominent objects, rising gradually towards the mountains, which shelve rapidly down to an equally barren expanse on the N.W.
The Pyrenees. These mountains, on the E. of Guttemberg, border the western side of the Mare Nectaris. Their loftiest peak, rising nearly to 12,000 feet, is on the S.E. of Guttemberg.