List of mountains on Mars
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This is a list of all named mountains on Mars.
- Mons refers to a large, isolated, mountain.
- Montes is the plural of mons and refers a mountain range.
- Tholus refers to a small dome-shaped mountain.
- Tholi is the plural of tholus and refers to a group of (usually not contiguous) small mountains.
- Dorsa refers to hills, and a single hill is a dorsum.
| Mountain Name | North lattitude (degrees) |
West longitude (degrees) |
Feature diameter (kilometers) |
Peak elevation (kilometers) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albor Tholus | 19.3 | 209.8 | 165 | 4.5 |
| Anseris Mons | ||||
| Apollinaris Tholus | ||||
| Arsia Mons | -9.4 | 120.5 | 485 | 16.0 |
| Ascraeus Mons | 11.3 | 104.5 | 462 | 18.0 |
| Ausonia Montes | ||||
| Australe Montes | ||||
| Australis Tholus | ||||
| Centauri Montes | ||||
| Ceraunius Tholus | 24.2 | 97.2 | 108 | |
| Chalce Montes | ||||
| Charitum Montes | -58.3 | 44.2 | 1,412 | |
| Charitum Tholus | ||||
| Coronae Montes | ||||
| E. Mareotis Tholus | ||||
| Echus Montes | 6.8 | 78.2 | 203 | |
| Elysium Mons | 25.0 | 213.0 | 432 | 12.5 |
| Erebus Montes | 39.9 | 170.5 | 594 | |
| Euripus Mons | ||||
| Galaxius Mons | ||||
| Geryon Montes | -8.0 | 80.7 | 274 | |
| Gonnus Mons | ||||
| Hecates Tholus | 32.7 | 209.8 | 183 | |
| Hellas Montes | ||||
| Hellespontus | -45.5 | 317.5 | 681 | |
| Hibes Montes | 3.9 | 188.9 | 177 | |
| Horarum Mons | ||||
| Iaxartes Tholus | ||||
| Issedon Tholus | ||||
| Jovis Tholus | ||||
| Kison Tholus | ||||
| Labeatis Mons | ||||
| Libya Montes | 2.7 | 271.2 | 1,229 | |
| N. Mareotis Tholus | ||||
| Nereidum Montes | -41.0 | 43.5 | 1,677 | |
| Oceanidum Mons | ||||
| Octantis Mons | ||||
| Olympus Mons (largest mountain in Solar System) |
18.4 | 133.1 | 624 | 27.0 |
| Ortygia Tholus | ||||
| Pavonis Mons | 0.3 | 112.8 | 375 | 8.7 |
| Peneus Mons | ||||
| Peraea Mons | ||||
| Phlegra Montes | 40.9 | 197.4 | 1,310 | |
| Pindus Mons | ||||
| Scandia Tholi | 66.0 | 135.4 | 1,232 | |
| Sisyphi Montes | -69.8 | 346.9 | 198 | |
| Tanaica Montes | ||||
| Tartarus Montes | 25.1 | 188.7 | 1,011 | |
| Tharsis Montes | 2.8 | 113.3 | 2,105 | |
| Tharsis Tholus | 13.4 | 90.8 | 153 | |
| Tyrrhena Mons | ||||
| Uranius Tholus | ||||
| W. Mareotis Tholus | ||||
| Xanthe Montes | ||||
| Zephyria Tholus |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Mars features database distributed with xephem v3.3
- USGS: Martian system nomenclature
- USGS: Mars nomenclature: mountains (planetocentric east longitude)
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