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The Pompeii quadrangle is in the northern Maja Valles between Lunae Planum to the west and Xanthe Terra to the east (fig. 1). Approximately two-thirds of the surface is relatively smooth plains, and the other one-third is subdued, cratered, upland plateau. Several large (greater than 30 km in diameter) craters dominate the landscape. The crater Pompeii is the largest fresh crater in the...