Arsia Mons [SEP] named after
Arsia Mons
Arsia Mons is the southernmost of three volcanos (collectively known as Tharsis Montes) on the Tharsis bulge near the equator of the planet Mars. To its north is Pavonis Mons, and north of that is Ascraeus Mons. The tallest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons, is to its northwest. Its name comes from a corresponding albedo feature on a map by Giovanni Schiaparelli, which he named in turn after the legendary Roman forest of Arsia Silva.
Structure.
Arsia Mons is a shield volcano
Arsia Chasmata
Arsia Chasmata is a steep-sided depression located northeast of Arsia Mons in the Phoenicis Lacus quadrangle on Mars, located at 7.6° S and 119.3° W. It is 97 km long and was named after an albedo name.
In planetary geology, a chasma ("plural": chasmata) is a deep, elongated, steep-sided depression.
See also.
- Chasma
- Geology of Mars
- HiRISE