Olympus Mons (Mars)

This feature is named after an earlier feature.

Olympus Mons is a very large shield volcano on the planet Mars. By one measure, it has a height of nearly 22 km Olympus Mons stands about two and a half times as tall as Mount Everest's height above sea level. It is the youngest of the large volcanoes on Mars, having formed during Mars's Amazonian Period. (wikipedia entry)

A mons is a mountain. On Mars they are named after the nearest named albedo feature on the Schiaparelli or Antoniadi maps.

NW 759 km

Lycus Sulci

MRV
11 Hours 52 Minutes
Walking
9 Days 12 Hours

N 813 km

Acheron Fossae(last)

MRV
12 Hours 42 Minutes
Walking
10 Days 4 Hours

NE 401 km

Cyane Sulci

MRV
6 Hours 16 Minutes
Walking
5 Days

W 1111 km

Tooting

MRV
17 Hours 21 Minutes
Walking
13 Days 22 Hours

Olympus Mons

18.65° N 226.2° E

E 122 km

Karzok

MRV
1 Hour 54 Minutes
Walking
1 Day 12 Hours

SW 889 km

Gordii Dorsum

MRV
13 Hours 53 Minutes
Walking
11 Days 3 Hours

S 60 km

Pangboche

Walking
18 Hours 16 Minutes

SE 17 km

Olympus Rupes(next)

Walking
5 Hours 15 Minutes

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