List of mountains on Mars explained

thumb|alt=four peaks|comparison of Mount Sharp (Aeolis Mons) to three Earth peaks

This is a list of all named mountains on Mars.

Naming

Most Martian mountains have a name including one of the following astrogeological terms:

• Mons — large, isolated, mountain; may or may not be of volcanic origin.
  • plural montes — mountain range.
• Tholus — small dome-shaped mountain or hill.
  • plural tholi — group of (usually not contiguous) small mountains.
• Dorsum — long low range. Name type not present on Mars.
  • plural dorsa
• Patera — dish-shaped depressions on volcano peaks; not very high compared to diameter.
  • plural paterae

Caveats

Listed are the elevations of the peaks (the vertical position relative to the areoid, which is the Martian vertical datum — the surface defined as zero elevation by average martian atmospheric pressure and planet radius), which is not the height above the surrounding terrain (topographic prominence). Listed mons elevation is the highest point (at 16 pixels/degree) within the feature. Listed patera elevation is the average elevation of the shallow dish-shaped depression (the actual 'patera') at the summit.

List

Name	Type	coordinates	Feature diameter (km)	Peak elevation (km)
"Mount Sharp" (officially, Aeolis Mons)	-5.08°N 137.85°W	89	5.5	-->		mons	-5.08°N 137.85°W	89	5.5
	mons	41.1°N 249.3°W	548	6.8
	tholus	18.87°N 150.47°W	170	4.5
	mons	-29.81°N 86.65°W	58	4.2
	mons	53.3°N 272.1°W	27
	tholus	-59°N 280°W	54
	mons	-9.2°N 174.8°W	275	5.0
	tholus	-64°N 175.75°W	33	3.2
	mons	-50.4°N 311.9°W	61
	mons	-8.4°N 239.91°W	475	20.0
	mons	11.92°N 255.92°W	460	18.2
	montes	-25.42°N 99.04°W	158	1.4
	montes	-80.19°N 14.05°W	387	5.0
	tholus	2.5°N 235.6°W	169	3.0
	montes	-38.67°N 95.52°W	270	1.4
	tholus	24.25°N 262.75°W	130	7.5
	tholi	4.5°N 164.4°W	698
	montes	-53.72°N 322.35°W	95	2.3
	montes	-58.1°N 319.71°W	850	2.5
	mons	-61.5°N 178°W	56
	montes	-13°N 294.6°W	350
	montes	-34.31°N 86.11°W	236
	montes	7.81°N 282.05°W	395
	mons	-45.7°N 152.7°W	105
	mons	-57°N 137.9°W	143
	mons	25.02°N 147.21°W	410	13.9
	montes	35.66°N 185.2°W	785
	mons	-44.82°N 105.18°W	91	4.5
	mons	34.76°N 142.31°W	22
	montes	-7.72°N 278.38°W	359	2.3
	mons	41.21°N 269.12°W	57	2.9
	mons	-31.29°N 91.86°W	450
	tholus	32.42°N 150.24°W	183	4.7
	montes	-37.63°N 97.61°W	153	1.3
	montes	-44.37°N 42.76°W	730
	montes	3.79°N 171.34°W	137
	mons	-51.05°N 323.44°W	20
	tholus	36.38°N 265.17°W	52	0.8
	tholus	18.41°N 242.59°W	58	3.0
	mons	37.48°N 284.14°W	22.5	1.9
	montes	1.44°N 88.23°W	1,170	2.1
	tholus	36.24°N 274.87°W	5.0	0.6
	tholus	36.7°N 273.79°W	3.0	0.8
	tholus	35.88°N 272.04°W	12.0	1.3
	montes	-14.6°N 305.4°W	220
	montes	-37.57°N 316.79°W	1,130	1.9
	tholus	-6.6°N 285.1°W	34
	tholus	9.2°N 67.4°W	7
	mons	-55.2°N 41.3°W	33
	mons	-54.93°N 318.77°W	19
	mons	18.65°N 226.2°W	648	27.0
	mons	1.48°N 247.04°W	375	14.0
	mons	-31.08°N 86.11°W	21.5
	montes	40.4°N 163.71°W	1,350
	mons	39.47°N 271.48°W	16.5	1.1
	patera	-66.88°N 36.86°W	230	6.158
	mons	-70.6°N 87.4°W	65.2
	tholi	74.09°N 201.28°W	480
	mons	-38.2°N 212.2°W	123
	tholus	-34.6°N 215.2°W	54
	montes	-69.65°N 13.08°W	200
	tholus	-75.7°N 341.5°W	28	2.1
	mons	-13.92°N 104.3°W	80	6.7
	montes	39.55°N 269.17°W	177
	montes	15.46°N 167.54°W	1,070
	montes	1.57°N 247.42°W	1,840
	tholus	13.41°N 269.31°W	158	9.0
	montes	-69.9°N 126.5°W	380
	mons	-21.63°N 105.88°W	143
	tholus	3°N 238.5°W	102
	mons	26.9°N 267.9°W	265	4.9
	tholus	26.52°N 262.43°W	62	4.3
	montes	18.13°N 305.08°W	500
	tholus	-19.96°N 172.92°W	30.5	2.8

See also

• List of craters on Mars
• List of extraterrestrial volcanoes
• List of tallest mountains in the Solar System
• Volcanism on Mars
• Mineralogy of Mars

References

• United States Geological Survey data files megt90n000eb.img and megt90n000eb.lbl

External links

• Olympus Mons, Arsia Mons, Alba Patera: Viking Orbiter Views of Mars by the Viking Orbiter Imaging Team.
• Ascraeus Mons: Malin Space Science Systems Release No. MOC2-950 via the Mars Global Surveyor.
• Pavonis Mons: Malin Space Science Systems Release No. MOC2-481 via the Mars Global Surveyor.
• Elysium Mons: Malin Space Science Systems via the Mars Global Surveyor.
• Mars features database distributed with xephem v3.3 (Warning, it uses West coordinates, and table should be in East coordinates)
• IAU, USGS: Martian system nomenclature
• IAU, USGS: Mars nomenclature: mountains (planetocentric east longitude)
• IAU, USGS: Mars nomenclature: tholus (planetocentric east longitude)
• Peter Grego, Mars and how to Observe it (List of elevations of named Martian mountains)

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