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Geologic maps of the Olympus Mons region of Mars Geologic maps of the Olympus Mons region of Mars
Olympus Mons is one of the broadest volcanoes and certainly the tallest in the Solar System. It has been extensively described and analyzed in scientific publications and frequently noted in the popular and nontechnical literature of Mars. However, the first name given to the feature-Nix Olympica (Schiaparelli, 1879)-was based on its albedo, not its size, because early telescopic...