Chincoteague (crater)
Chincoteague is an impact crater in the Cebrenia quadrangle of Mars, located at 41.5° N and 236.0° W. It was named after Chincoteague, a town in Virginia, US. Chincoteague crater has a small central mound. Along the wall, a number of gullies are visible. File:Chincoteague Crater close up.jpg, Close-up of Chincoteague crater, as seen by HiRISE. Image close-up view of previous image. Note the gullies and associated landforms. File:Wikichincoteague.jpg, Chincoteague crater, as seen by CTX camera (on MRO). File:Wikichincoteaguegullies.jpg, Gullies on western wall of Chincoteague crater, as seen by CTX camera. Note: this is an enlargement of the previous image. File:Chincoteague crater.jpg, A topographic map created using Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) data. This map shows the relative elevation in elevation contour lines (dashed) and elevation contour lines (bold) with an average accuracy of each point is originally ~ in horizontal position and ~ in radius (Neumann and oth ...
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Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury (planet), Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Mars (mythology), Roman god of war. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere (less than 1% that of Earth's), and has a crust primarily composed of elements similar to Earth's crust, as well as a core made of iron and nickel. Mars has surface features such as impact craters, valleys, dunes and polar ice caps. It has two small and irregularly shaped moons, Phobos (moon), Phobos and Deimos (moon), Deimos. Some of the most notable surface features on Mars include Olympus Mons, the largest volcano and List of tallest mountains in the Solar System, highest known mountain in the Solar System and Valles Marineris, one of the largest canyons in the Solar System. The North Polar Basin (Mars), Borealis basin in the Northern Hemisphere covers approximately 40% of the planet and may be a la ...
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