Promontorium Olivium

Promontorium Olivium

(discontinued(?) [/IAU IAU] name)

Lat: 15.5°N, Long: 49.3°E, Diameter: km, Depth: km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2026 Rukl: 26]

Left: LO-IV-191H The names [/Mare%20Crisium Mare Crisium] Delta and [/Mare%20Crisium Mare Crisium] Epsilon (which appeared in [/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations]) were dropped by the [/IAU IAU]. The names Promontorium Olivium, [/Promontorium%20Lavinium Promontorium Lavinium] and [/Glaisher Glaisher] X (which appeared in the [/System%20of%20Lunar%20Craters System of Lunar Craters]), no longer appear in the [/IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer IAU Planetary Gazetteer]. The craters partially visible along the left and right edges of this image are [/Proclus Proclus] (left) and [/Yerkes Yerkes] (right). [/Glaisher Glaisher] is visible at the bottom. Although Promontorium Olivium and [/Mare%20Crisium Mare Crisium] Epsilon were apparently intended to be distinct features in [/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations], the name Promontorium Olivium seems to have been extended to include both in the [/System%20of%20Lunar%20Craters System of Lunar Craters].
Right: Two LROC views (WAC No.'s M119530553ME and M117169050ME) of the region under different lighting conditions. Both images calibrated by LROC_WAC_Previewer.

Table of Contents

[#Promontorium Olivium Promontorium Olivium]

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[#Promontorium Olivium-Images Images]

[#Promontorium Olivium-Maps Maps]

[#Promontorium Olivium-Description Description]

[#Promontorium Olivium-Additional Information Additional Information]

[#Promontorium Olivium-Nomenclature Nomenclature]

[#Promontorium Olivium-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]

[#Promontorium Olivium-Bibliography Bibliography]

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images

Maps

([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 61B2) LAC map Geologic map LTO map

Description

Bounding the tiny break in the western rim of the [/Mare%20Crisium Crisium Basin] are two headlands that almost meet. To the north is the area east of the crater [/Proclus Proclus] P, and to the south is the eastern wall of [/Glaisher Glaisher] X. Each of these headlands was named in the late 1800s by the English selenographer William Birt. He called the northern one Promontorium Olivium and the southern [/Promontorium%20Lavinium Promontorium Lavinium]. Both of these names were included in [/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations] and in the [/System%20of%20Lunar%20Craters System of Lunar Craters], but do not appear in the current list of IAU names. Prom. Olivium is broad and flatly rounded in cross-section, it appears to be the continuation of the [/Mare%20Crisium Crisium Basin] rim. [/Promontorium%20Lavinium Prom. Lavinium] is narrower with a more V-shaped profile - it cast the more dramatic shadow under low illumination. These are conspicuous landmarks and these names should be re-instated.
 
 

Additional Information

• The southwestern slopes of the peak in Promontorium Olivium formerly known as [/Mare%20Crisium Mare Crisium] Epsilon has an odd terraced structure -- like fish scales -- visible in the Lunar Orbiter photo when viewed at higher magnification.
• Promontorium Olivium is the site of the somewhat infamous [/O%27Neill%27s%20Bridge O'Neill's Bridge].

Nomenclature

• The name Promontorium Olivium, as well as the names [/Mare%20Crisium Mare Crisium] Delta and [/Mare%20Crisium Mare Crisium] Epsilon, appeared both in the [/Collated%20List Collated List] (1913) and in [/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Formations] (1935, where Prom. Olivium was Catalog #99). The coordinates given for Prom. Olivium are extremely close to those for [/Promontorium%20Lavinium Promontorium Lavinium], suggesting the name referred just to the thin cratered southern tip of the northern headland. The position given for[/Mare%20Crisium Mare Crisium] Epsilon corresponded more closely to the main peak, as illustrated by the labels on the [/Lunar%20Orbiter Lunar Orbiter] image reproduced above. On maps A3 and A4 of the [/System%20of%20Lunar%20Craters System of Lunar Craters], the names [/Mare%20Crisium Mare Crisium] Delta and [/Mare%20Crisium Mare Crisium] Epsilon were dropped and the outline of Promontorium Olivium was extended up to include that area. However neither Prom. Olivium nor [/Promontorium%20Lavinium Promontorium Lavinium] were labeled on the contemporaneous [/LAC LAC] maps (although [/Mare%20Crisium Mare Crisium] Delta was). Promontorium Olivium does not appear in later lists of [/IAU%20nomenclature IAU-approved nomenclature]; yet it also does not appear on any published list of deletions, and the name does not appear to have ever been formally dropped.

LPOD Articles

Sunset on the Wasatch Mountains

Bibliography

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