Talk:Arsia Mons

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[edit] Earth coordinates?!

Guys, what's the point of having links to earth maps from those sets of martian latitudes and longitudes? --89.181.56.43 17:59, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Apparently the external site where the coordinates are linked doesn't yet recognize the "globe:Mars" tag.— JyriL talk 19:47, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Numerical mess

According to PIA03799 the volcano rises more than 20 kilometre above the surrounding plains; the wikipedia article states 9 kilometre (as well as PIA02337; PIA04294 gives 10 km) and the infobox gives 16 km (elevation above Martian datum?). PIA03948 gives a height of 19.31 kilometre (converted from 12 miles; does not state what the height is measured against, another datum value?). --Harald Khan Ճ 11:29, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Now that the values are assembled, it suddenly became much easier to compare them...I guess that the PIA03799-source meant datum, while the other soures are referring to the elevation above the surrounding plains; but I don't know. --Harald Khan Ճ 11:32, 1 May 2008 (UTC)