Promontorium Taenarium

18°38′S 7°20′W / 18.63°S 7.34°W / -18.63; -7.34

Promontorium Taenarium is a headland on the near side of the Moon. It is located in the eastern end of Mare Nubium. Its length is about 70 km. Its coordinates are 18°39′0″S 7°28′24″W / 18.65000°S 7.47333°W / -18.65000; -7.47333.^[1]

The name Promontorium Taenarium was first used by Johannes Hevelius in his 1647 map of the Moon, but this refers to a bright point at crater Guericke B.^[2] Taenarium refers to Cape Tainaron (known as Cape Matapan), the southernmost point of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Promontorium Taenarium". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
^ Ewen A. Whitaker, Mapping and Naming the Moon (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p. 208.

External links

Promontorium Taenarium at Moon Wiki
Wood, Chuck (July 27, 2004). "Obliquely Viewed Fault". Lunar Photo of the Day. - features the promontory

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[GPN-1] "Promontorium Taenarium". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

[2] Ewen A. Whitaker, Mapping and Naming the Moon (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p. 208.

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