This is a list of all named mountains on Mars.
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
Name Type coordinates Feature diameter(km) Peak elevation(km) Aeolis mons 89 5.5 Alba mons 548 6.8 Albor tholus 170 4.5 Anseris mons 58 4.2 Aonia mons 27 Aonia tholus 54 Apollinaris mons 275 5.0 Apollinaris tholus 33 3.2 Argyre mons 61 Arsia mons 475 20.0 Ascraeus mons 460 18.2 Ausonia montes 158 1.4 Australe montes 387 5.0 Biblis tholus 169 3.0 Centauri montes 270 1.4 Ceraunius tholus 130 7.5 Cerberus tholi 698 Chalce montes 95 2.3 Charitum montes 850 2.5 Chronius mons 56 Coprates montes 350 Coronae montes 236 Echus montes 395 Electris mons 105 Eridania mons 143 Elysium mons 410 13.9 Erebus montes 785 Euripus mons 91 4.5 Galaxius mons 22 Gervon montes 359 2.3 Gonnus mons 57 2.9 Hadriacus mons 450 Hecates tholus 183 4.7 Hellas montes 153 1.3 Hellespontus montes 730 Hibes montes 137 Horarum mons 20 Issedon tholus 52 0.8 Jovis tholus 58 3.0 Labeatis mons 22.5 1.9 Libya montes 1,170 2.1 Mareotis (east) tholus 5.0 0.6 Mareotis (north) tholus 3.0 0.8 Mareotis (west) tholus 12.0 1.3 Nectaris montes 220 Nereidum montes 1,130 1.9 Nia tholus 34 Nili tholus 7 Oceanidum mons 33 Octantis mons 19 Olympus mons 648 27.0 Pavonis mons 375 14.0 Peraea mons 21.5 Phlegra montes 1,350 Pindus mons 16.5 1.1 Pityusa patera 230 6.158 Promethei mons 65.2 Scandia tholi 480 Sirenum mons 123 Sirenum tholus 54 Sisyphi montes 200 Sisyphi tholus 28 2.1 Syria mons 80 6.7 Tanaica montes 177 Tartarus montes 1,070 Tharsis montes 1,840 Tharsis tholus 158 9.0 Thyles montes 380 Tyrrhenus mons 143 Ulysses tholus 102 Uranius mons 265 4.9 Uranius tholus 62 4.3 Xanthe montes 500 Zephyria tholus 30.5 2.8
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See also
Notes
References
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)