- Amazonis Planitia
MarsGeo-Plains
name=Amazonis Planitia
caption=Topography
location=
latitude=24.8
N_or_S=N
longitude=196.0
E_or_W=E
area=
discoverer
naming=Amazonis
Planitia is one of the smoothest plains onMars . It is located between theTharsis and Elysium volcanic provinces to the west ofOlympus Mons in theValles Marineris region of the Memnonia quadrangle, centered at coord|24.8|196.0|globe:Mars. Its topography exhibits extremely smooth features at several different lengths of scale. [E. R. Fuller and J. W. Head, III, [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2002/pdf/1539.pdf "GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF THE SMOOTHEST PLAINS ON MARS (AMAZONIS PLANITIA) AND ASTROBIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS."] Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIII (2002). URL accessed 19 April 2006.]ee also
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List of plains on Mars
*Geography of Mars References
External links
* [http://www.google.com/mars/#lat=20.468189&lon=-128.671875&q=Amazonis%20Planitia Google Mars zoomable map centered on Amazonis Planitia]
* [http://hiroc.lpl.arizona.edu/images/PSP/PSP_001578_2000/ HiRISE image of faulting in Amazonis Planitia]
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