2006-07-16 15:07:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Mars has some of the most highly varied and interesting terrain of any of the terrestrial planets, some of it quite spectacular:
Olympus Mons: the largest mountain in the Solar System rising 24 km (78,000 ft.) above the surrounding plain. Its base is more than 500 km in diameter and is rimmed by a cliff 6 km (20,000 ft) high.
2006-07-16 15:11:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
Yup, Olympus Mons on Mars. The peak is 26 km. higher than the surrounding plain. Of course, Mars has no sea level, but even if you measure the height of Everest above the deepest ocean trench, you only get about 20 km. No surprise; Mars has weaker gravity and much less weathering than Earth. Olympus Mons is an extinct volcano, not a tectonic plate mountain like the Himalayas.
2006-07-16 15:14:28 · answer #2 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Olympus Mons, Mars
2006-07-16 15:34:09 · answer #3 · answered by CLBH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Olympus Mons, Mars
2006-07-16 15:11:24 · answer #4 · answered by Amy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mars, Olympus Mons
2006-07-16 15:10:25 · answer #5 · answered by n317537 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Olympus Mons
2006-07-16 15:44:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Olympus Mons is the tallest mountain in the solar system. Its peak is over 26 kilometers above its base. Olympus Mons is called a shield volcano because of its shape. The volcano is very tall, but it has a very gentle slope. Olympus Mons is over twenty times wider than it is high. It is the same kind of volcano as the active volcanoes currently making the Hawaiian Islands.
The line around Olympus Mons is a "basal cliff" which is as high as six kilometers in some places. In others, lava from the formation of Olympus Mons flowed over the cliff, smoothing it out.
Compare that to Everest...
Mount Everest is 29,035 feet high (8,850 meters).
That's like this:
Olympus Mons:
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It's amazing, how interstellar bodies are surpassing even our own Earthly marvels.
2006-07-16 15:28:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Olympus Mons on the planet Mars
2006-07-16 15:10:02 · answer #8 · answered by Ethan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's Olympus Mons on Mars.
2006-07-16 15:09:48 · answer #9 · answered by foofoo19472 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it is Olympus Mons, on Mars.
2006-07-16 15:09:34 · answer #10 · answered by oceansoflight777 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋