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Mountains On Mars
alt=four peaks, Comparison of Mount Sharp (Aeolis Mons) to three Earth peaks This is a list of all named mountains on Mars. Naming Most Martian mountains have a name including one of the following astrogeological terms: * ''Mons'' — large, isolated, mountain; may or may not be of volcanic origin. ** plural ''montes'' — mountain range. * '' Tholus'' — small dome-shaped mountain or hill. ** plural ''tholi'' — group of (usually not contiguous) small mountains. * '' 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 prominenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aeolis Mons Height Comparison
Aeolis (; ), or Aeolia (; ), was an area that comprised the west and northwestern region of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), mostly along the coast, and also several offshore islands (particularly Lesbos), where the Aeolians, Aeolian Ancient Greece, Greek city-states were located. Aeolis incorporated the southern parts of Mysia, and is bounded by it to the north, Ionia to the south, and Lydia to the east. Geography Aeolis was an ancient district on the western coast of Asia Minor. It extended along the Aegean Sea from the entrance of the Hellespont (now the Dardanelles) south to the Hermus River (now the Gediz River). It was named for the Aeolians, some of whom migrated there from Greece before 1000 BC. Aeolis was, however, an ethnological and linguistic enclave rather than a geographical unit. The district often was considered part of the larger northwest region of Mysia. History According to Homer, Homer's ''Odyssey'', Odysseus, after his stay with the Cyclops, Cyclopes, reac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alba Mons
Alba Mons (formerly and still occasionally known as Alba Patera, a term that has since been restricted to the volcano's summit caldera; also initially known as the Arcadia ring) is a volcano located in the northern Tharsis region of the planet Mars. It is the biggest volcano on Mars in terms of surface area, with volcanic flow fields that extend for at least from its summit.Cattermole, 2001, p. 85. Although the volcano has a span comparable to that of the United States, it reaches an elevation of only at its highest point.Carr, 2006, p. 54. This is about one-third the height of Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano on the planet. The flanks of Alba Mons have very gentle slopes. The average slope along the volcano's northern (and steepest) flank is 0.5°, which is over five times lower than the slopes on the other large Tharsis Montes, Tharsis volcanoes. In broad profile, Alba Mons resembles a vast but barely raised welt on the planet's surface. It is a unique volcanic structure with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centauri Montes
Centauri Montes is a group of mountains in the Hellas quadrangle of Mars, located at . It is 270 km across and was named after the albedo feature Centauri Lacus. According to NASA, there are light-sediment gulley deposits that have formed in a crater around the Centauri Montes. References Hellas quadrangle Mountains on Mars {{Mars-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biblis Tholus
Biblis Tholus is an extinct Martian volcano located at , one of two volcanoes near the center of the Tharsis volcanism. Along with Ulysses Tholus, it is almost midway between Olympus Mons and the Tharsis Montes. Biblis Tholus lies in the Tharsis quadrangle. It is approximately long and wide, rising about from its surroundings. In the middle of the volcano is a caldera, named Biblis Patera, believed to have formed as the result of collapse of the magma chamber during eruptions of the volcano. The caldera is in diameter and four kilometers (2.5 miles) in depth. Image:Biblis Patera - topography map.png, Topography and location in Tharsis using MOLA data set. Image:Biblis Patera from Mars Odyssey.JPG, Close-up of Biblis Patera taken with Mars Odyssey. Rim of crater shows multiple episodes of collapse. Image:Ulysses Patera.JPG, Nearby Ulysses Tholus, showing its location in relation to other volcanoes (photo by THEMIS). Image:Biblis Patera Pedestal Crater.JPG, Bibli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australe Montes
''Australe Montes'' is a mountain on the planet Mars. The name ''Australe Montes'' is a classical albedo name. It has a diameter of . This was approved by International Astronomical Union in 2003. See also * List of mountains on Mars alt=four peaks, Comparison of Mount Sharp (Aeolis Mons) to three Earth peaks This is a list of all named mountains on Mars. Naming Most Martian mountains have a name including one of the following astrogeological terms: * '' Mons'' — lar ... References External links Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Mountains on Mars Mare Australe quadrangle {{mars-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ausonia Montes
Ausonia Montes is a mountain (officially ''mountains'') in the Mare Tyrrhenum quadrangle of Mars, at 25.42° south latitude and 99.04° east longitude. It is across and was named after an albedo Albedo ( ; ) is the fraction of sunlight that is Diffuse reflection, diffusely reflected by a body. It is measured on a scale from 0 (corresponding to a black body that absorbs all incident radiation) to 1 (corresponding to a body that reflects ... feature name. References Mare Tyrrhenum quadrangle Mountains on Mars {{Mars-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ascraeus Mons
Ascraeus Mons is a large shield volcano located in the Tharsis region of the planet Mars. It is the northernmost and tallest of three shield volcanoes collectively known as the Tharsis Montes. Discovery The volcano's location corresponds to the classical albedo feature Ascraeus Lacus. Ascraeus Mons was discovered by the Mariner 9 spacecraft in 1971. The volcano was originally called North Spot because it was the northernmost of only four spots visible on the surface due to a global dust storm that was then enshrouding the planet. As the dust cleared, the spots were revealed to be extremely tall volcanoes whose summits had projected above the dust-laden, lower atmosphere. Name Ascraeus Lacus had been named after Ascra, the rustic birthplace of Hesiod; in Greek, the word "ascraeus" is a poetic metonym for "rural." The volcano's name officially became Ascraeus Mons in 1973. General description The volcano is located in the southeast-central portion of the Tharsis quadrangle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsia Mons
Arsia Mons is the southernmost of three volcanoes (collectively known as Tharsis Montes) on the Tharsis bulge near the equator of the planet Mars. To its north is Pavonis Mons, and north of that is Ascraeus Mons. The tallest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons, is to its northwest. Its name comes from a corresponding albedo feature on a map by Giovanni Schiaparelli, which he named in turn after the legendary Roman forest of Arsia Silva. Historically, it was known as Nodus Gordii ("Gordian knot") before being renamed. Structure Arsia Mons is a shield volcano with a relatively low slope and a massive caldera at its summit. The southernmost of the three Tharsis Montes volcanoes, it is the only major Tharsis volcano south of the equator. The volcano is in diameter, almost high (more than higher than the surrounding plains), and the summit caldera is 110 km (72 miles) wide. It experiences atmospheric pressure lower than 107 pascals [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argyre Mons
Argyre (meaning silver in Greek) may refer to: * Chryse and Argyre, a pair of legendary islands, mentioned by ancient writers * Argyre, the metropolis of the island Iabadius or Sabadius (most probably modern Java), mentioned by ancient writers * Argyre Planitia Argyre Planitia is a plain located within the impact basin Argyre in the southern highlands of Mars. Its name comes from a map produced by Giovanni Schiaparelli in 1877; it refers to Argyre, a mythical island of silver in Greek mythology. A ..., is a plain located within the impact basin Argyre in the southern highlands of Mars. * Feminine form of Agryros {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apollinaris Tholus
Apollinaris may refer to: Personal name * Apollinaris, a correspondent of Pliny the Younger (61–c. 112) * Apollinaris of Ravenna (flourished 1st or 2nd century), martyr and first bishop of Ravenna, the most prominent of several saints called Apollinaris * Apollinarius (astrologer), a first or second century AD astrologer * Apollinaris Claudius, Apollinaris of Hierapolis or Apollinaris the Apologist (flourished 2nd century), bishop of Hierapolis and saint * Apollinaris (the Elder) (flourished 4th century), Christian grammarian * Apollinaris of Laodicea or the Younger, also known as Apollinarius of Laodicea (died 390), bishop of Laodicea in Syria, author of the heresy of Apollinarism * Apollinaris Syncletica, also known as Dorotheus (5th century), female desert ascetic, Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint * Apollinaris of Clermont (died 515), son of Sidonius Apollinaris * Apollinarius (governor), Byzantine governor of the Balearic Islands (flourished 530s) * Patriarch Apollin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apollinaris Mons
Apollinaris Mons is an ancient shield volcano in the southern hemisphere of Mars. It is situated near the equator, south of Elysium Planitia and north of the impact crater Gusev (the landing site of the Mars rover '' Spirit''). Elysium Planitia separates it from the volcanic province of Elysium to its northwest. The volcano's caldera is named Apollinaris Patera; this name formerly applied to the whole edifice. Apollinaris Mons is about 5 kilometres high with a base about 296 kilometres in diameter. On the top of this volcano is a caldera about 80 km (50 miles) in diameter. The volcano is approximately 3 billion to 3.5 billion years old. It was named in 1973 after a mountain spring near Rome in Italy. A study using a global climate model found that the Medusae Fossae Formation could have been formed from ash from Apollinaris Mons, Arsia Mons, and possibly Pavonis Mons.Kerber L., et al. 2012. The disporsal of pyroclasts from ancient explosive volcanoes on Mars: Implic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aonia Tholus
Aonia may have been a district of ancient Boeotia, a region of Greece containing the mountains Mount Helicon, Helicon and Cithaeron, and thus sacred to the Muses, whom Ovid calls the Aonides. Or Aonia may have been an early name for Boeotia as a whole. Pausanias (geographer), Pausanias describes the defeat of the Aones, a Boeotian tribe, by Cadmus. The Greek poet Callimachus may have been the first to call Boeotia "Aonia". In Ancient Rome, Roman literature and thereafter, "Aonia" was used more or less as a poetic term for it, and especially for Mt. Helicon, home of the Muses and the birthplace of the Greek poet Hesiod. Hence the adjective "Aonian" usually meant "Heliconian" and referred to the Muses. Virgil tells how one of the Muses led a poet up the mountains of Aonia; he also speaks of “Aonian Aganippe,” one of the sacred springs on Helicon. Modern literature The English people, English poet Ben Jonson berates himself for sloth: “Are all th’Aonian springs / Dri’d up? ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
