Montes Agricola

Montes Agricola
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter image
Highest point
Listing	Lunar mountains
Coordinates	29.06°N 54.07°W / 29.06; -54.07
Geography
Location	the Moon

Montes Agricola area in selenochromatic format image holding some normal (yellow)/pyroclastic(red) selenochromatic landmarks

Oblique view from Apollo 15

Montes Agricola is an elongated range of mountains near the eastern edge of the central Oceanus Procellarum lunar mare. It lies just to the northwest of a plateau containing the craters Herodotus and Aristarchus.

The selenographic coordinates of this range are 29.06°N 54.07°W / 29.06; -54.07. It continues for a distance of 160 kilometres. This range is a long, slender ridge formation that is more rugged at the northeastern end. There is also a rise at the southwest terminus of the range. The faint trace of a ray parallels the range just to the north. The 20 km gap between this range and the plateau to the south is covered by a flow of basaltic lava. There is a small wrinkle ridge near the northern part that is identified as Dorsum Niggli.

This range is named after Georgius Agricola.

External links

• LTO-38B2 Nielsen — L&PI topographic map of the Montes Agricola and vicinity.
• Montes Agricola in Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
• Media related to Montes Agricola at Wikimedia Commons