{{Short description|Mountains on Titan}} The '''Mindolluin Montes''' are a range of mountains on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], the largest [[moon]] of the planet [[Saturn]]. The range is located near Titan's equator, between 1–4° south and 205–213° east.<ref name=gazetteer/> It is located within the [[Adiri (Titan)|Adiri]] region, just west of the landing site of the [[Cassini–Huygens|Huygens probe]].<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>
The Mindolluin Montes are named after [[Mindolluin]], one of the [[White Mountains (Middle-earth)|White Mountains]] in [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s fictional world of [[Middle-earth]].<ref name=gazetteer/> The name follows a convention that Titanean mountains are 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> It 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/https://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/15047 |title = Mindolluin Montes |work = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |publisher = International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) |date = 2014-04-28 |accessdate = 2014-06-05 }}</ref>
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