Alpes A (Moon)

Satellite Feature of Montes Alpes

Named after Montes Alpes.

Montes Alpes is a mountain range in the northern part 's near side. To the west of the range is the level and nearly featureless mare, while on the eastern face is a more rugged continental area with a higher albedo. The range begins about one crater diameter northwest of the crater Cassini, at the Promontorium Agassiz, then stretches about 50 kilometres to the northwest and continues in intermittent fashion to the eastern rim of the dark-floored crater Plato. (wikipedia entry)