Surface feature · Pluto

Tenzing Montes

Jagged mountains of water ice rising several kilometres along the edge of Sputnik Planitia on Pluto — water ice is rigid enough at Pluto's temperatures to hold up mountains.

Mountain Range (Montes)On Pluto

New Horizons

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Member of groupMountain Range (Montes)
Located onPluto
Associated withNew Horizons

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Tenzing Montes

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