Hebes Chasma
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| Hebes Chasma | |
| Coordinates | 1.1° S, 76.2°W |
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| Length | 319.0 |
Hebes Chasma is an isolated chasma just north of the Valles Marineris canyon system of Mars. It is located at 1 degree southern latitude and 76 degrees western longitude, just between the martian equator and the Valles Marineris system, just east of the Tharsis region.
Hebes Chasma is a completely closed depression in the surface of Mars, with no outflows to the nearby Echus Chasma to the west, Perrotin Crater to the southwest or Valles Marineris to the south. Its maximum extents are approximately 320km east-west, 130km north-south and 5-6km in depth. At the center of the depression there is a large mesa rising some 5km off the valley floor, thus nearly as high as the surrounding terrain. This central plateau makes Hebes Chasma a unique valley in Martian geography.
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- Hebes Chasma on Google Mars - scrollable map centered on Hebes Chasma
- Terragen render of Hebes Chasma
- History's Layers in Hebes Chasma - THEMIS feature page on Hebes Chasma
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