List of surface features of Mars visited by Spirit and Opportunity explained

The Mars Exploration Rover mission successfully landed and operated the rovers Spirit and Opportunity on the planet Mars from 2004 to 2018. During Spirits six years of operation and Opportunitys fourteen years of operation, the rovers drove a total of 52km (32miles) on the Martian surface, visiting various surface features in their landing sites of Gusev crater and Meridiani Planum, respectively.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Spirit

Hills

• Apollo 1 Hills
  • Grissom Hill
• Columbia Hills
  • Husband Hill
  • McCool Hill

Craters

• Bonneville crater
• Gusev crater
• Thira crater

Rocks

• Adirondack
• Home Plate
• Humphrey
• Pot of Gold

Miscellaneous

• Larry's Lookout
• Sleepy Hollow

Opportunity

Craters

• Argo crater
• Beagle crater
• Bopolu crater
• Concepción crater
• Eagle crater
• Emma Dean crater
• Endeavour (crater)
  • Cape Tribulation
    • Marathon Valley
  • Cape York
    • Greeley Haven
  • Solander Point
• Endurance crater
• Erebus crater
• Fram crater
• Naturaliste crater
• Nereus crater
• Santa Maria crater
• Victoria crater
  • Cape Verde
• Vostok crater

Rocks

• Block Island meteorite
• Bounce Rock
• El Capitan
• Heat Shield Rock
• Last Chance
• Mackinac Island meteorite
• Matijevic Hill
• Oileán Ruaidh
• Shelter Island meteorite

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Home. mars.nasa.gov. 2018-03-27.
2. Web site: MER Tools of the Trade Return to Mars Exploratorium. Exploratorium. www.exploratorium.edu. en. 2018-03-27. November 12, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112012211/https://www.exploratorium.edu/mars/mertools.php. dead.
3. News: Opportunity: Longest-Running Mars Rover. Space.com. 2018-03-27.
4. News: Evidence of Water Found on Mars. 2004-03-03. Astrobiology Magazine. 2018-03-27. en-US . https://web.archive.org/web/20200919232547/https://www.astrobio.net/mars/evidence-of-water-found-on-mars/ . 2020-09-19 . usurped.