- Albor Tholus
MarsGeo-Mount
name=Albor Tholus
caption=Topography of Albor Tholus and its neighbourhood
location=
latitude=18.8
N_or_S=N
longitude=150.4
E_or_W=E
peak=4.5 km
discoverer=
eponym=Albor Tholus is an
extinct volcano in theElysium Planitia area onMars . It lies south of the neighbouring volcanoesElysium Mons andHecates Tholus . Albor Tholus is 4.5 kilometres [http://www.geoinf.fu-berlin.de/projekte/mars/hrsc011-AlborTholus.php HRSC Bildserie #011 - Albor Tholus (Mars Express Orbit 0032); Gruppe Fernerkundung der Erde und der Planeten an der FU Berlin ] ] high and has a diameter of 160 km at its base. Itscaldera has a diameter of 30 km and is 3 km deep. Compared with terrestrial volcanoes the caldera is unusually deep. Evaluations by the Mars probeMars Express found that the volcanoes of the Elysium region were active over long periods.References
External links
[http://www.google.com/mars/#lat=17.644022&lon=150.46875&zoom=2&q=Albor%20Tholus Albor Tholus with Google Mars]
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