Английская Википедия:Hillary Montes

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The Hillary Montes Шаблон:IPAc-en or Шаблон:IPAc-en (less officially, Hillary Mountains) are a mountain range that reach Шаблон:Convert above the surface of the dwarf planet Pluto. They are located northwest of Tenzing Montes in the southwest border area of Sputnik Planitia in the south of Tombaugh Regio (or the part of Tombaugh Regio south of the equator). The Hillary Montes were first viewed by the New Horizons spacecraft on 14 July 2015, and announced by NASA on 24 July 2015.

Naming

The mountains are named after Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, who, along with Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, were the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953. On 7 September 2017, the name Hillary Montes was officially approved together with the names of Tombaugh Regio and twelve other nearby surface features.

Relative size

The Hillary Montes rise to Шаблон:Convert high from base to peak, about half as high as the Tenzing Montes. The Hillary Montes are similar in height to that of the peak of Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan, above sea level.Шаблон:ClarifyШаблон:Citation needed

See also

• Geography of Pluto
• Geology of Pluto
• List of geological features on Pluto
• List of tallest mountains in the Solar System

External links

• NASA Pluto factsheet
• NASA Official homepage
• New Horizons homepage