Kubrick Mons

Translingual

Etymology

Polish Kubrick +‎ mons. From Latin mons (“mountain”), and, English Kubrick, named after American film director Stanley Kubrick, who directed the iconic epic 2001: A Space Odyssey. Coined by the New Horizons NASA research team.

Proper noun

Kubrick Mons

  1. (astronomy, geology, geography) A mountain in Vulcan Planitia on Charon, the primary moon of Pluto and secondary member of the binary planet of Pluto-Charon, in the Solar System.

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