List of mountains on Mars
This is a list of all named mountains on Mars.
comparison of Mount Sharp (Aeolis Mons) to three Earth peaks
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 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
topographic map of Ascraeus mons
Aeolis mons, oblique view
See also
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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