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  Olympus Mons

  Olympus Mons (Latin for "Mount Olympus") is the tallest known volcano and mountain in the Solar System and was formed during the Amazonian epoch. It is located on the planet Mars at approximately 18°24′N 226°00′E / 18.4°N 226°E / 18.4; 226. It is roughly three times as tall as Mount Everest....
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  Tharsis

  The Tharsis region on Mars is an enormous volcanic plateau located on Mars' equator, at the western end of Valles Marineris. Its name comes from the Bible, where it was the name for the land at western extremity of the known world. (See also Tarshish.) It contains the Tharsis Bulge, on which some...
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  Mare Anguis

  Mare Anguis (the "serpent sea") is a lunar mare located on the near side of the Moon, about 150 miles in diameter. Located within the Crisium basin, Mare Anguis is a part of the Nectarian System, meaning that it was formed during the Nectarian time period. Like most mare, the surface of Mare Anguis...
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  Vallis Schröteri

  Vallis Schröteri is a sinuous valley or rille on the surface of the near side of the Moon. It is located on a rise of continental ground, sometimes called the Aristarchus plateau, that is surrounded by the Oceanus Procellarum to the south and west and the Mare Imbrium to the northwest. At the...
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  Tracy's Rock

  Tracy's Rock, known as Split Rock or the Station 6 Boulder in the scientific literature, is a large boulder visited by the Apollo 17 crew on December 13, 1972 at their Taurus-Littrow landing site. "Tracy's Rock" is its popular name. Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt and mission commander...
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  Valles Marineris

  Valles Marineris (Latin for Mariner Valleys, named after the Mariner 9 Mars orbiter of 1971–72 which discovered it) is a system that runs along the Martian east of the Tharsis region. At more than 4,000 km long, 200 km wide and up to 7 km deep, the Valles Marineris rift system is larger than any of...
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  Arsia Mons

  Arsia Mons is the southernmost of three volcanos (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 mountain in the solar system, Olympus Mons, is to its northwest. Its name...
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  Ascraeus Mons

  Ascraeus Mons is the northernmost of three volcanos (collectively known as Tharsis Montes) on the Tharsis bulge near the equator of the planet Mars. To its south is Pavonis Mons, and south of that is Arsia Mons. The highest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, is to the northwest. The three...
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  Elysium Planitia

  Elysium Planitia is the second largest volcanic region on Mars, after Tharsis Montes. It includes volcanoes, from north to south, Hecates Tholus, Elysium Mons and Albor Tholus. It is centered at 2°00′N 155°00′E / 2.0°N 155.0°E / 2.0; 155.0. A 2005 photo of Elysium Planitia by the Mars Express...
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  Amazonis Planitia

  Amazonis Planitia is one of the smoothest plains on Mars. It is located between the Tharsis and Elysium volcanic provinces to the west of Olympus Mons in the Valles Marineris region of the Memnonia quadrangle, centered at 24°48′N 196°00′E / 24.8°N 196.0°E / 24.8; 196.0. Its topography exhibits...