[2] Montes Taurus are rather unimpressive and indistinct compared to other named lunar mountain systems.

At the southwestern edge of the region is the crater Römer, and Newcomb is located in the northeastern section.

The southwestern edge of this region hosts Taurus–Littrow valley, the landing site of the crewed Apollo 17 mission.

But he assigned this name (in the form Mons Taurus) to a completely different feature — one of bright rays of crater Tycho.

[4][5] Later lunar cartographers began to call it Montes Taurus, and in 1935 this name was adopted by International Astronomical Union.