{{Short description|Mountain on Titan}} <div>[[Image:Erebor Mons (radar strips T25, T28).png|250px|thumb|right|[[Cassini–Huygens|Cassini]] radar image (dark streaks are [[Titan (moon)#Dark equatorial terrain|dunes]])]] <div style="position: relative; left: -162px; top: -176px">[[Image:Flashspot.gif|12px|right]]</div> </div>

'''Erebor Mons''' is a [[mountain]] on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], the largest [[moon]] of the planet [[Saturn]]. It is located near Titan's [[equator]], between 4–5° south and 35–36° west, centered on {{Coord|4.97|S|36.23|W|globe:Titan|display=inline,title}},<ref name=gazetteer/> in the western part of [[Quivira (Titan)|Quivira]] region.<ref>United States Geological Survey. [https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Titan_comp_VIMSimage.pdf "Titan with VIMS background and RADAR strips"]. Accessed 14 Nov, 2012.</ref> It is 40&nbsp;km across, more than 1&nbsp;km high, and has lobate flow features to its north and east. It is probably a [[cryovolcano]].<ref name=Lopes_2013/> Erebor Mons is situated about 470&nbsp;km to the north-northeast of a larger cryovolcanic construct, [[Doom Mons]].<ref name=Lopes_2013/>

Erebor Mons is one of the highest known mountains of Titan, but it is not readily discernible on radar or infrared images. It was discovered only when stereoscopic radar data allowed the construction of an elevation map. It was imaged by [[Cassini–Huygens|Cassini]] radar 22 February and 10 April 2007.<ref name=Lopes_2013/>

Erebor Mons is named after [[Erebor]], the "Lonely Mountain" that appears in [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s fictional world of [[Middle-earth]], most prominently in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.<ref name=gazetteer/> The name follows a convention that Titanean Mountains are named after mountains in Tolkien's work.<ref>International Astronomical Union. [https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/Categories "Categories for Naming Features on Planets and Satellites"]. ''Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature''. Accessed Nov 14, 2012.</ref> The name was formally announced on November 13, 2012.<ref>Jennifer Blue, [https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/463-Eight-New-Names-for-Titan-Surface-Features.html "Eight New Names for Titan Surface Features"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222134422/http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?%2Farchives%2F463-Eight-New-Names-for-Titan-Surface-Features.html |date=2014-02-22 }}. ''USGS Astrologeology Science Center''. Nov 13, 2012.</ref>

==References== <references>

<ref name=gazetteer>{{cite web |url = https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15045 |title = Erebor Mons |work = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |publisher = International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) |date = 2012-11-13 |access-date = 2014-06-07 }}</ref> <ref name=Lopes_2013>{{cite journal |author = Lopes, R. M. C. |author1-link=Rosaly Lopes |author2 = Kirk, R. L. |author3 = Mitchell, K. L. |author4 = Legall, A. |author5 = Barnes, J. W. |author6 = Hayes, A. |author7 = Kargel, J. |author8 = Wye, L. |author9 = Radebaugh, J. |author10 = Stofan, E. R. |author11 = Janssen, M. A. |author12 = Neish, C. D. |author13 = Wall, S. D. |author14 = Wood, C. A. |author15 = Lunine, Jonathan I. |author-link15 = Jonathan Lunine |author16 = Malaska, M. J. |title = Cryovolcanism on Titan: New results from Cassini RADAR and VIMS |journal = Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets |date = 2013 |issue = 3 |volume = 118 |pages = 416–435 |doi = 10.1002/jgre.20062 |bibcode = 2013JGRE..118..416L |url = http://lasp.colorado.edu/~espoclass/5830_2013_Spring_homework/JGRE20062.pdf |doi-access = free |access-date = 2014-06-07 |archive-date = 2014-07-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140725225908/http://lasp.colorado.edu/~espoclass/5830_2013_Spring_homework/JGRE20062.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Titan_comp_VIMSimage.pdf Map of Titan with names of geologic features (PDF, 1,4 Mb)] * {{cite web |url = http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/~perry/RADAR#T25 |title = Titan RADAR SAR Swaths |author = Jason Perry |publisher = The University of Arizona. Planetary Image Research Laboratory |date = 2013-06-11 |access-date = 2014-05-18 }}

==See also== * [[List of geological features on Titan]]

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