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Montes Riphaeus or the Riphaean Mountains is an isolated range on the Oceanus Procellarum, the Ocean of Storms. Running in a north-south direction these low peaks are not particularly high, the tallest is just short of being 1 mile above the plain. Still, when the sun is rising here 2 days after first quarter be sure to explore this little range.
Euclides (7 miles) is a sharp and very prominent crater. Its rim is a little over ½ mile above its floor. Located due west of the Riphaeus, you will have no problem locating it.
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Spain, D. (2009). Montes Riphaeus. In: The Six-Inch Lunar Atlas. Astronomer's Pocket Field Guide. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-87610-8_49
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