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  2. Olympus Mons - Wikipedia

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    Olympus Mons (/ ə ˌ l ɪ m p ə s ˈ m ɒ n z, oʊ-/; [4] Latin for 'Mount Olympus') is a large shield volcano on Mars.It is over 21.9 km (13.6 mi; 72,000 ft) high as measured by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), [5] about 2.5 times the elevation of Mount Everest above sea level.

  3. Volcanism on Mars - Wikipedia

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    For example, the tallest volcano on Mars, Olympus Mons, is 550 km across and 21 km high. It is nearly 100 times greater in volume than Mauna Loa in Hawaii, the largest active shield volcano on Earth. Geologists think one of the reasons that volcanoes on Mars are able to grow so large is because Mars lacks plate tectonics.

  4. Tharsis quadrangle - Wikipedia

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    Tharsis is a land of great volcanoes. Olympus Mons is the tallest known volcano in the Solar System; it is 100 times larger than any volcano on Earth. Ascraeus Mons and Pavonis Mons are at least 200 miles across and are over six miles above the plateau that they sit on—and, the plateau is three to four miles above the zero altitude of Mars. [4]

  5. Water frost detected on Mars volcanoes in ‘unexpected’ first

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    Using cameras fitted on probes orbiting Mars, researchers have observed morning frost forming inside the calderas of the planet’s volcanoes for the first time. Water frost detected on Mars ...

  6. An Everest-size volcano hiding in plain sight on Mars? New ...

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    A massive volcano may be hiding in plain sight on Mars, according to a report from two researchers that’s making waves in the planetary science community.

  7. Ascraeus Mons - Wikipedia

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    The volcano is located in the southeast-central portion of the Tharsis quadrangle at 11.8°N, 255.5°E in Mars' western hemisphere. A group of three smaller volcanoes (the Ceraunius-Uranius group) lies about 700 km to the northeast, and Pavonis Mons (the middle volcano of the Tharsis Montes) lies 500 km to the southwest. The 70-km diameter ...

  8. Mud volcanoes on Mars hint at ancient water reservoirs

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    Arsia Mons once spewed molten rock across the surface of Mars, but some smaller volcanic features may have come from another source. In a select few places on Earth, mud erupts rather than molten ...

  9. Pavonis Mons - Wikipedia

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    Pavonis Mons / p ə ˈ v oʊ n ɪ s ˈ m ɒ n z / [2] (Latin for "peacock mountain") is a large shield volcano located in the Tharsis region of the planet Mars.It is the middle member of a chain of three volcanic mountains (collectively known as the Tharsis Montes) that straddle the Martian equator between longitudes 235°E and 259°E.