{{Short description|Mountains on Titan}} {{Infobox feature on celestial object |name = Mithrim Montes |image = PIA20023 - Radar View of Titan's Tallest Mountains.jpg |caption = Despeckled [[Synthetic aperture radar|SAR]] view by [[Cassini–Huygens|Cassini]]; the tallest peak is near the center of the lower (southern) ridge |type = Mountain range |peak = {{cvt|3.3|km|abbr=on}} {{cvt|10948|ft|abbr=on}} |coordinates = {{coord|2|S|127|W|globe:titan_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |diameter = 147 km |eponym = [[Mithrim|Mithrim Mountains]] }}

The '''Mithrim Montes''' {{IPAc-en|'|m|I|T|r|ᵻ|m|_|'|m|Q|n|t|iː|z}} 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 1–3° south and 126–8° west <ref name="Mithrim Montes">International Astronomical Union. [https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15049 "Mithrim Montes"]. ''Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature''. Accessed Nov 14, 2012.</ref> and consists of three parallel ridges that are oriented east–west, spaced about 25&nbsp;km apart.<ref name = "PIA20023" /> They are located within the region [[Xanadu (Titan)|Xanadu]].<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 highest peak is about {{convert|abbr=on|3337|m|ft}} high and is located on the southernmost of the ridges; it is the highest known peak on Titan.<ref name = "PIA20023">{{cite web | url = http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20023 | title = PIA20023: Radar View of Titan's Tallest Mountains | date = 2016-03-24 | website = photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov | publisher = [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] | access-date = 2016-03-25}}</ref>

The Mithrim Montes are named after the [[Mithrim|Mithrim Mountains]], a range in [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s fictional world of [[Middle-earth]].<ref name="Mithrim Montes"/> This 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/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>

==See also== *[[List of tallest mountains in the Solar System]]

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