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.
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Knowledge connections
- Member of groupMountain Range (Montes)
- Located onPluto
- Associated withNew Horizons
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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