# Misty Montes

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Mountains on Titan

Misty Montes on [Cassini](/source/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens) radar image

The **Misty Montes** are a range of mountains on [Titan](/source/Titan_(moon)), the largest [moon](/source/Moon) of the planet [Saturn](/source/Saturn). The range is located in the northern hemisphere of Titan, between 56–7° north and 61–3° west.[1]

The Misty Montes are named after the [Misty Mountains](/source/Misty_Mountains), a range of mountains in [J. R. R. Tolkien](/source/J._R._R._Tolkien)'s fictional world of [Middle Earth](/source/Middle_Earth) which appears most prominently in *[The Hobbit](/source/The_Hobbit)*.[1] The name follows a convention that Titanean mountains are named after mountains in Tolkien's work.[2] It was formally announced on November 13, 2012.[3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-GPN_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-GPN_1-1) International Astronomical Union. ["Misty Montes"](https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15048). *Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature*. Accessed Nov 14, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** International Astronomical Union. ["Categories for Naming Features on Planets and Satellites"](https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/Categories). *Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature*. Accessed Nov 14, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Jennifer Blue, ["Eight New Names for Titan Surface Features"](https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/463-Eight-New-Names-for-Titan-Surface-Features.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140222134422/https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?%2Farchives%2F463-Eight-New-Names-for-Titan-Surface-Features.html) 2014-02-22 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine). *USGS Astrologeology Science Center*. Nov 13, 2012.

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