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Sign in to saveTharsis () is a vast volcanic plateau centered near the equator in the western hemisphere of Mars. The region is home to the largest volcanoes in the Solar System, including the three enormous shield volcanoes Arsia Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Ascraeus Mons, which are collectively known as the Tharsis Montes. Current consensus is that Tharsis overlays a hot spot, similar to those thought to underlay volcanic island chains on Earth.
Key facts
- Feature on celestial object.name
- Tharsis rise
- Feature on celestial object.image
- Tharsis - Valles Marineris MOLA shaded colorized zoom 32.jpg
- Feature on celestial object.caption
- The Tharsis region (shown in shades of red and brown) dominates the western hemisphere of Mars as seen in this Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) colorized relief map.
- Feature on celestial object.type
- Volcanic plateau, volcanic province
- Feature on celestial object.eponym
- Tarshish
- Feature on celestial object.diameter
- ~5 000 km
- Feature on celestial object.peak
- ~7 km (excluding volcanoes)
- Feature on celestial object.location
- Western hemisphere of Mars
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- volcanic plateau
- Named after
- Tarshish
- Location
- Phoenicis Lacus quadrangle
- Image
- Tharsis mons Viking.jpg
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- located on astronomical body
- Mars
- Commons category
- Tharsis Montes
Sources (3)
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Gallery (8)
On the map
3 mapped locations