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  2. Tikhonravov (crater) - Wikipedia

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    Some craters in Tikhonravov are classified as pedestal craters.A pedestal crater is a crater with its ejecta sitting above the surrounding terrain. They form when an impact crater ejects material which forms an erosion resistant layer, thus causing the immediate area to erode more slowly than the rest of the region.

  3. Pedestals of Biahmu - Wikipedia

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    A drawing of the ruins made by Karl Richard Lepsius in 1849. The first mention of the statues can be found in the work of the Greek historian Herodotus (fl. 5th century BC), [4] [2] who claims in his Histories that "in the centre [of Lake Moeris] there stand two pyramids, rising to the height of fifty fathoms above the surface of the water, and extending as far beneath, crowned each of them ...

  4. Glossary of landforms - Wikipedia

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    Endorheic basin – Closed drainage basin that has no outflow; Lacustrine plain – Lakes filled by sediment; Lacustrine terraces – A step-like landform; Lake – Large inland body of relatively still water; Oasis – Fertile area in a desert environment; Oxbow lake – U-shaped lake or pool left by an ancient river meander

  5. Pedestal - Wikipedia

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    A pedestal, on the other hand, is defined as a shaft-like form that raises the sculpture and separates it from the base. [ 1 ] An elevated pedestal or plinth that bears a statue, and which is raised from the substructure supporting it (typically roofs or corniches), is sometimes called an acropodium .

  6. Bermuda Pedestal - Wikipedia

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    The Bermuda Pedestal is an oval geological feature in the northern Atlantic Ocean containing the topographic highs of the Bermuda Platform, the Plantagenet (Argus) Bank, and the Challenger Bank. The pedestal is 50 km (31 mi) long and 25 km (16 mi) wide at the 100 fathom line (-185 m), while the base measures 130 km by 80 km at -4200 m.

  7. Casius quadrangle - Wikipedia

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    A pedestal crater is a crater with its ejecta sitting above the surrounding terrain and thereby forming a raised platform (like a pedestal). They form when an impact crater ejects material which forms an erosion-resistant layer, thus causing the immediate area to erode more slowly than the rest of the region.

  8. Oxia Palus quadrangle - Wikipedia

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    A pedestal crater is a crater with its ejecta sitting above the surrounding terrain and thereby forming a raised platform (like a pedestal). They form when an impact crater ejects material which forms an erosion-resistant layer, thus causing the immediate area to erode more slowly than the rest of the region.

  9. Hellas quadrangle - Wikipedia

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    Channels, believed to be formed by water, enter into the basin. The Hellas drainage basin may be almost one-fifth that of the entire northern plains. A lake in Hellas in today's Martian climate would form a thick ice at the top that would eventually sublimate away. That is the ice would turn directly from a solid to a gas.