The Hillary Montes or (less officially, Hillary Mountains) are a mountain range that reach above the surface of the dwarf planet Pluto.
Naming
The mountains are named after Sir Edmund Hillary,
, who, along with
sherpa people mountaineer
Tenzing Norgay, were the first climbers to reach the summit of
Mount Everest on 29 May 1953.
On 7 September 2017, the name
Hillary Montes was officially approved together with the names of
Tombaugh Regio and twelve other nearby surface features.
Relative size
The Hillary Montes rise to high from base to peak,
about half as high as the
Tenzing Montes.
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See also
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Geography of Pluto
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Geology of Pluto
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List of geological features on Pluto
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List of tallest mountains in the Solar System
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