Editing Mountain range (section)

==Extraterrestrial "Montes"==
{{Further|List of tallest mountains in the Solar System}}

[[File:Montes_Apenninus_AS15-M-1423.jpg|thumb|[[Montes Apenninus]] on the [[Moon]] was formed by an impact event.]]

Mountains on other planets and [[natural satellite]]s of the Solar System, including the [[Moon]], are often isolated and formed mainly by processes such as impacts, though there are examples of mountain ranges (or "Montes") somewhat similar to those on Earth. [[Saturn]]'s moon [[Titan (moon)|Titan]]<ref name="MitriBland2010">{{cite journal|last1=Mitri|first1=Giuseppe|last2=Bland|first2=Michael T.|last3=Showman|first3=Adam P.|last4=Radebaugh|first4=Jani|last5=Stiles|first5=Bryan|last6=Lopes|first6=Rosaly M. C.|author6-link=Rosaly Lopes |last7=Lunine|first7=Jonathan I.|last8=Pappalardo|first8=Robert T.|title=Mountains on Titan: Modeling and observations|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research|volume=115|issue=E10|pages=E10002|year=2010|issn=0148-0227|doi=10.1029/2010JE003592|bibcode=2010JGRE..11510002M|s2cid=12655950|doi-access=free}}</ref> and [[Pluto (dwarf planet)|Pluto]],<ref name="NASA-20150724-lg">{{cite web |last=Gipson |first=Lillian |title=New Horizons Discovers Flowing Ices on Pluto |url=http://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-discovers-flowing-ices-on-pluto |date=24 July 2015 |work=[[NASA]] |access-date=25 July 2015 |archive-date=17 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317050557/http://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-discovers-flowing-ices-on-pluto/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> in particular, exhibit large mountain ranges in chains composed mainly of ices rather than rock. Examples include the [[Mithrim Montes]] and [[Doom Mons]] on Titan, and [[Tenzing Montes]] and [[Hillary Montes]] on Pluto. Some terrestrial planets other than Earth also exhibit rocky mountain ranges, such as [[Maxwell Montes]] on [[Venus]] taller than any on Earth<ref name="KeepHansen1994">{{cite journal|last1=Keep|first1=Myra|last2=Hansen|first2=Vicki L.|title=Structural history of Maxwell Montes, Venus: Implications for Venusian mountain belt formation|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research|volume=99|issue=E12|year=1994|pages=26015|issn=0148-0227|doi=10.1029/94JE02636|bibcode=1994JGR....9926015K|s2cid=53311663}}</ref> and [[Tartarus Montes]] on [[Mars]].<ref name="Plescia2003">{{cite journal|last1=Plescia|first1=J.B.|title=Cerberus Fossae, Elysium, Mars: a source for lava and water|journal=Icarus|volume=164|issue=1|year=2003|pages=79–95|issn=0019-1035|doi=10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00139-8|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1259599|bibcode=2003Icar..164...79P}}</ref> Jupiter's moon [[Io (moon)|Io]] has mountain ranges formed from tectonic processes including the [[Boösaule Montes|Boösaule]], Dorian, Hi'iaka and [[Euboea Montes]].<ref name="Jaeger2003">{{cite journal|last1=Jaeger|first1=W. L.|title=Orogenic tectonism on Io|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research|volume=108|issue=E8|year=2003|pages=12–1–12–18|issn=0148-0227|doi=10.1029/2002JE001946|bibcode=2003JGRE..108.5093J|doi-access=free}}</ref>