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Olympus Mons
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Olympus Mons
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(Astronomy & Space / Celestial Objects) the highest of the giant shield volcanoes on Mars, lying 18°N of the equator. Height: 26 km; base diameter: over 600 km


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terminator: Aeria, Alba (Minami, Jan 8 onwards), Chryse--Xanthe, Elysium, Hellas (vw), Isidis Regio--Libya, Nix Olympica (Parker, Jan 28 onwards (Figure 8)) and Tharsis Montes (Parker, Jan 31 (Arsia Mons, Ascraeus Mons and Pavonis Mons; also see Figure 8) and Tharsis.
I did a novel a few years ago, "Mars Underground," in which I described a Martian base with a bar called Nix Olympica Bar (after the old name for the largest volcano in the solar system on Mars).
 
 
 
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