| Matijevic Hill | |
| Location: | Endeavour Crater, Meridiani Planum |
| Coordinates: | -2.2292°N -5.3507°W |
| Discoverer: | Opportunity Rover |
| Eponym: | Jacob "Jake" Matijevic (1947-2012), NASA Engineer.[1] |
Matijevic Hill, named after American NASA engineer Jacob "Jake" Matijevic (1947 - 2012), is a hill located on "Cape York", itself on the western rim of Endeavour Crater lying within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars. It was discovered by the Opportunity rover, and named by NASA on September 28, 2012. The "approximate" site coordinates are: -2.2292°N -5.3507°W.
The hill includes a rock outcrop called Kirkwood, where Opportunity found a concentration of small spherical features. It also includes an area where clay minerals have been detected from orbiter observations.[2]