Ascraeus Mons

MarsGeo-Mount
name = Ascraeus Mons


latitude=11.3
N_or_S=N
longitude=104.5
E_or_W=W
peak = 18 km
discoverer =
eponym = Latin - "Ascraeus Lacus" - classical albedo feature name

Ascraeus Mons is the northernmost of three volcanos (collectively known as Tharsis Montes) on the Tharsis bulge near the equator of the planet Mars. To its south is Pavonis Mons, and south of that is Arsia Mons. The largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, is to the northwest.

Ascraeus Mons is considered to be one of the highest volcanoes on Mars. Its summit is about 18 km above Mars' mean surface level [http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2004/12/24/ Malin Space Science Systems Release No. MOC2-950] Mars Global Surveyor 2004-12-24] and experiences an atmospheric pressure less than 0.8 mbar (80 Pa). It is 460 km in diameter, and was formed from relatively recent liquid lava flowsFact|date=January 2008.

See also

* List of mountains on Mars by height

References

External links

* [http://ic.arc.nasa.gov/ic/projects/bayes-group/Atlas/Mars/features/a/ascraeus_mons.html Ascraeus Mons feature entry: NASA/Ames Mars Atlas]