Key facts
- Feature type
- Shield volcano
- Location
- Central Tharsis Rise , Mars
- Peak
- 15 km (9.3 mi) 49,000 ft (15,000 m) local relief 18.2 km (11.3 mi) above datum
- Discoverer
- Mariner 9
- Eponym
- Latin – Ascraeus Mountain
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mons
- Elevation
- 18225
- Location
- Tharsis quadrangle
- Diameter
- 456.4
- Image
- Ascraeus mons topo.jpg
- Length
- 456
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- Commons category
- Ascraeus Mons
- located on astronomical body
- Mars
- located in/on physical feature
- Tharsis Montes
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Ascraeus Mons /əˈskriːəs ˈmɒnz/ is a large shield volcano located in the Tharsis region of the planet Mars. It is the northernmost and tallest of three shield volcanoes collectively known as the Tharsis Montes.
Discovery
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ascraeus Mons” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.