Elcano Montes (Pluto)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Mons, montes
- IAU definition
Mountain
- Diameter
- 488 km, 41 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 26.04° S, 143.7° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- May 30, 2019
- Origin of the name
Juan Sebastián; Spanish explorer of Basque origin, who completed in 1522 the first circumnavigation of the Earth which started in 1519 under the leadership of Magellan (c.1476–1526).
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Elcano Montes.
Missions to its body
No observation record of this formation is crossed here. These are the missions the Planetary Data System declares for its body; none is claimed to have observed Elcano Montes.
Sources
International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, read on October 23, 2026. Feature page: https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15837
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms