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Giant volcano detected on Mars?

Spektrum der Wissenschaft
23.3.2024
Translation: machine translated

A huge volcano may have been discovered in the Valles Marineris area on Mars, which had previously been overlooked. If this is confirmed, it would be up to nine kilometres high and around 450 kilometres wide.

Only when you turn to three-dimensional views and topographical data can you get an idea of the possible volcano. Its highest elevation is 9022 metres above the defined zero level of Mars, but it is located within the so-called Tharsis bulge, a huge region with a diameter of more than 3000 kilometres, which also rises several kilometres above zero level.

In addition, there is a crater structure with the topography of a caldera, a volcanic collapse crater.

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Titelbild: © NASA/USGS (Ausschnitt) Das riesige Talsystem Valles Marineris erstreckt sich über mehr als 6000 Kilometer südlich des Marsäquators. Das Noctis Labyrinthus ist nahe dem linken Rand der Planetenkugel sichtbar.

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