Bennett Hill (lunar mountain)

Bennett Hill is a feature on Earth's Moon, a mountain in the Hadley–Apennine region. Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin landed the Lunar Module Falcon about 27 kilometers (17 mi) east of it in 1971, on the Apollo 15 mission. They could see it on the western horizon from nearly everywhere they went. The peak rises approximately 900 meters (3,000 ft) above the surrounding plain, known as Palus Putredinis.

Bennett Hill
Apollo 15 mapping camer image
Highest point
Elevation	6203 m
Listing	Lunar mountains
Coordinates	25.9°N 2.7°E / 25.9; 2.7
Geography
Location	Hadley–Apennine, the Moon

Bennett Hill behind Jim Irwin and the rover, seen from the lunar surface near Hadley Rille.

The astronauts named the feature after NASA trajectory designer Floyd Bennett.^[1] The name is informal and not recognized by the IAU, but the name is used in the scientific literature, such as the Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report.^[2]

See also

• Hill 305 (lunar mountain)

External links

• LTO-41B4 Hadley, Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap 41B4