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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Barclay_Pentland Joseph Barclay Pentland] (1797 - 1873) was an Irish geographer, natural scientist, and traveller. With Woodbine Parish, Pentland surveyed a large part of the Bolivian Andes between 1826 and 1827.
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Barclay_Pentland Joseph Barclay Pentland] (1797 - 1873) was an Irish geographer, natural scientist, and traveller. With Woodbine Parish, Pentland surveyed a large part of the Bolivian Andes between 1826 and 1827.
* [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Ireland Related material] on other features named after Irish scientists.
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* [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Ireland Related material] on other features named after Irish scientists.
 
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Pentland

Lat: 64.6°S, Long: 11.5°E, Diam: 56 km, Depth: 4.01 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2073 Rükl 73]

Table of Contents

[#Pentland Pentland]
[#Pentland-Images Images]
[#Pentland-Maps Maps]
[#Pentland-Description Description]
[#Pentland-Description: Elger Description: Elger]
[#Pentland-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Pentland-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Pentland-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Pentland-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Pentland-Bibliography Bibliography]
external image normal_Pentland_LO-IV-094H_LTVT.JPG
LO-IV-094H

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images

Maps

([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 138A1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Description: Elger

([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions]) PENTLAND.--A fine conspicuous formation under a low sun, even in a region abounding in such objects. It is about 50 miles in diameter, with a border exceeding in places 10,000 feet in height above the floor, which includes an especially fine central mountain.

Description: Wikipedia

Pentland

Additional Information

  • Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]
    • Westfall, 2000: 4.01 km
    • Cherrington, 1969: 3.1 km
  • According to [/LTVT LTVT] the shadows in LO-IV-094H indicate a maximum depth of 3950 m. The "fine" central peak, mentioned by Elger, rises 790 m. - JimMosher JimMosher


Nomenclature

  • Joseph Barclay Pentland (1797 - 1873) was an Irish geographer, natural scientist, and traveller. With Woodbine Parish, Pentland surveyed a large part of the Bolivian Andes between 1826 and 1827.
  • Related material on other features named after Irish scientists.


LPOD Articles


Bibliography




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