Mons Vinogradov is a rugged massif that is located on the

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where Oceanus Procellarum to the southwest joins

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to the east. There are three primary peaks in this formation, which rise to altitudes of 1.0–1.4 km above the surface (3,281-4593 ft). To the east of this rise is the crater

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, and to the southeast is an area of rugged ground that reaches the Montes Carpatus range. The Carpatus mountain range forms the southwest boundary of the Mare Imbrium. The selenographic

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of Mons Vinogradov is 22.4 N, 32.4 W, and it has a maximum diameter of 25 km at the base. It was named after Soviet geochemist Aleksandr P. Vinogradov. This mountain was formerly named Euler Beta (β), or Mons Euler. In the rugged ground just to the southeast of this mountain is a set of

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s that have been assigned names by the

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. These are listed in the table below. ;Notes:

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LTO-39C2 Mons Vinogradov
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of mountain and vicinity. {{Craters on the Moon: A–B Vinogradov, Mons

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