Apollinaris Patera

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Apollinaris Patera

Topography map of Apollinaris Patera
Coordinates 9.3° S, 174.4°E
Peak 5 km
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Mars Global Surveyor image of Apollinaris Patera. White clouds can be seen hovering above the volcano.
Mars Global Surveyor image of Apollinaris Patera. White clouds can be seen hovering above the volcano.

Apollinaris Patera is a shield volcano on Mars's surface. It is situated on the south hemisphere near the equator, southeast of the shield volcano Elysium Mons on the Elysium Planitia, and north of Gusev crater.

Apollinaris Patera is about 5 kilometres high with a base about 296 kilometres in diameter.[1] On the top of this volcano is a small crater with an irregular border, which was probably made by an explosive, or pyroclastic, eruption. The volcano is approximately 3 billion years old[2] or possibly 3.5 bilion years old.[3]

It was named in 1973 after a mountain spring near Rome in Italy.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Google Mars
  2. ^ APOD: May 13, 1999 - Mars Volcano Apollinaris Patera
  3. ^ 23. Apollinaris Patera Elysium Planitia, Mars