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The prevalence of the Ring Mountains on the Moon is so significant that the areas where they appear rarer (except in the plains), and where very large masses of land are piled up without special order, comprise of only a few cases of a larger areas. Mountains of the form, such as our Cordilleras, Alps and Himalaya, are absent on the Moon; the resemblances are not significant, taking into account the group as a whole, the predominant directions, and the situation of the highest peaks.
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Schmidt, J.F.J. (2020). Mountain Ranges and Cordillera (Chain mountains). In: The Moon. Historical & Cultural Astronomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37269-9_19
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