Apennine Front

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Apennine Front is a prominent mountainous region on the Moon’s surface, forming part of the lunar Apennine range near the Apollo 15 landing site.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Apennine Front canonical 2
Apennine Front escarpment 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lunar geological formation
lunar mountain range feature
composedPrimarilyOf anorthositic material
lunar highland rocks
formsBoundaryBetween Mare Imbrium
Montes Apenninus
hasApproximateLatitude 26° N (region)
hasApproximateLongitude 4° E (region)
hasGeologicalContext Imbrium Basin rim
hasRelationToMission primary geological target of Apollo 15 EVAs
hasScientificInterestFor Imbrium impact studies
highland–mare boundary processes
lunar geology
hasTerrainType rugged mountainous scarp
steep massif slopes
isMappedIn USGS lunar geologic maps
isNear Hadley–Apennine region
Mons Hadley
linked to: Mount Hadley

Mons Hadley Delta
isPartOf southeastern rim of Mare Imbrium
isReferencedIn Apollo 15 mission reports
lunar topographic atlases
isVisibleFrom Earth
locatedIn lunar near side
locatedNear Apollo 15 landing site
locatedOn Moon
overlooks Hadley Rille
Palus Putredinis
partOf Montes Apenninus
wasExploredDuring Apollo 15 mission
linked to: Apollo 15
wasSampledBy Apollo 15 astronauts
linked to: Apollo 15

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Genesis Rock foundNearFeature Apennine Front
Hadley Rille hasNearbyFeature Apennine Front escarpment
linked to: Apennine Front