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This is a list of all named mountains on Mars.
Naming
Most Martian mountains have a name including one of the following astrogeological terms:
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Mons — large, isolated, mountain; may or may not be of
volcanic origin.
- plural montes — mountain range.
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Tholus — small dome-shaped mountain or hill.
- plural tholi — group of (usually not contiguous) small mountains.
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Dorsum — long low range. Name type not present on Mars.
- plural dorsa
- Patera — dish-shaped depressions on volcano peaks; not very high compared to diameter.
- plural paterae
Caveats
Listed are the elevations of the peaks (the vertical position relative to the areoid, which is the Martian vertical datum — the surface defined as zero elevation by average martian atmospheric pressure and planet radius), which is not the height above the surrounding terrain ( topographic prominence). Listed mons elevation is the highest point (at 16 pixels/degree) within the feature. Listed patera elevation is the average elevation of the shallow dish-shaped depression (the actual 'patera') at the summit.
List
Gallery
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topographic map of Ascraeus mons -
Aeolis mons, oblique view
See also
- List of craters on Mars
- List of extraterrestrial volcanoes
- List of tallest mountains in the Solar System
- Volcanism on Mars
- Mineralogy of Mars
Notes
- ^ unofficially, " Mount Sharp") [1] [2] [3] [4]
- ^ formerly patera
- ^ formerly patera
- ^ formerly patera
- ^ formerly Hadriaca patera
- ^ formerly Charitum Tholus
- ^ formerly Nix Olympica, tallest or second-tallest known mountain in Solar System
- ^ also Tyrrhena Mons, formerly Tyrrhena patera
- ^ formerly patera
- ^ formerly patera
References
- ^ USGS (16 May 2012). "Three New Names Approved for Features on Mars". USGS. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ NASA Staff (27 March 2012). "'Mount Sharp' on Mars Compared to Three Big Mountains on Earth". NASA. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
- ^ Agle, D. C. (28 March 2012). "'Mount Sharp' On Mars Links Geology's Past and Future". NASA. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
- ^ Staff (29 March 2012). "NASA's New Mars Rover Will Explore Towering 'Mount Sharp'". Space.com. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- United States Geological Survey data files megt90n000eb.img and megt90n000eb.lbl
External links
- Olympus Mons, Arsia Mons, Alba Patera: Viking Orbiter Views of Mars by the Viking Orbiter Imaging Team.
- Ascraeus Mons: Malin Space Science Systems Release No. MOC2-950 via the Mars Global Surveyor.
- Pavonis Mons: Malin Space Science Systems Release No. MOC2-481 via the Mars Global Surveyor.
- Elysium Mons: Malin Space Science Systems via the Mars Global Surveyor.
- Mars features database distributed with xephem v3.3 (Warning, it uses West coordinates, and table should be in East coordinates)
- IAU, USGS: Martian system nomenclature
- IAU, USGS: Mars nomenclature: mountains (planetocentric east longitude)
- IAU, USGS: Mars nomenclature: tholus (planetocentric east longitude)
- Peter Grego, Mars and how to Observe it (List of elevations of named Martian mountains)
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