Pavonis Mons

MarsGeo-Mount
name = Pavonis Mons


location =
latitude=0.8
N_or_S=N
longitude=113.4
E_or_W=W
peak = 8.7 mi (14 km)
discoverer = Mariner 9 (1971)
eponym = Latin - "Mount Peacock"

Pavonis Mons is the middle of three volcanos (collectively known as Tharsis Montes) on the Tharsis bulge near the equator of the planet Mars. To its north is Ascraeus Mons, and to its south is Arsia Mons. The largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, is to its northwest. Its name is Latin for "Peacock Mountain".

Pavonis Mons stands 14 kilometres above Mars' mean surface level and experiences an atmospheric pressure of around 130 Pa (1.3 mbar). [http://www-star.stanford.edu/projects/mgs/sum/s9906021536.html Martian Weather Observation] NASA MGS data 0.7 degrees N 245.9 degrees E 13368 meters] By comparison, the highest mountain on Earth, Mount Everest, stands about 8.85 km above sea level. To its lower east flank, there is a chain of elliptical, or oval-shaped, pits, lined up down the center of a shallow trough. They were both formed by collapse associated by faulting – the scarp on each side of the trough is a fault line. (Such features are normally found when the ground is moved by molten rock or tectonic forces.)

See also

* List of mountains on Mars by height

References