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United States Geological Survey Quadrangles: List of Quadrangles On Mars

The United States Geological Survey divides the surface of Mars into thirty cartographic quadrangles for mapping purposes. Each quadrangle is named after a classical albedo feature contained within its boundaries. An interactive image map displays the thirty quadrangles and allows users to explore them. The map shows the large dichotomy between the northern volcanic plains and the southern highlands pitted by ancient impacts. Mars has many impact craters, the largest being the Hellas impact basin, and volcanoes like the massive shield volcano Olympus Mons.

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United States Geological Survey Quadrangles: List of Quadrangles On Mars

The United States Geological Survey divides the surface of Mars into thirty cartographic quadrangles for mapping purposes. Each quadrangle is named after a classical albedo feature contained within its boundaries. An interactive image map displays the thirty quadrangles and allows users to explore them. The map shows the large dichotomy between the northern volcanic plains and the southern highlands pitted by ancient impacts. Mars has many impact craters, the largest being the Hellas impact basin, and volcanoes like the massive shield volcano Olympus Mons.

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Map of quadrangles

Main article: List of quadrangles on Mars


For mapping purposes, the United States Geological Survey divides the surface of Mars into thirty
cartographic quadrangles, each named for a classical albedo feature it contains. The quadrangles
can be seen and explored via the interactive image map below.

0°N  180°W
0°N  0°W
90°N  0°W
MC-01
Mare Boreum
MC-02
Diacria
MC-03
Arcadia
MC-04
Mare Acidalium
MC-05
Ismenius Lacus
MC-06
Casius
MC-07
Cebrenia
MC-08
Amazonis
MC-09
Tharsis
MC-10
Lunae Palus
MC-11
Oxia Palus
MC-12
Arabia
MC-13
Syrtis Major
MC-14
Amenthes
MC-15
Elysium
MC-16
Memnonia
MC-17
Phoenicis
MC-18
Coprates
MC-19
Margaritifer
MC-20
Sabaeus
MC-21
Iapygia
MC-22
Tyrrhenum
MC-23
Aeolis
MC-24
Phaethontis
MC-25
Thaumasia
MC-26
Argyre
MC-27
Noachis
MC-28
Hellas
MC-29
Eridania
MC-30
Mare Australe
Clickable image of the 30 cartographic quadrangles of Mars, defined by the USGS.[167][168] Quadrangle numbers (beginning with

MC for "Mars Chart")[169] and names link to the corresponding articles. North is at the top; 0°N 180°W is at the far left on the equator.

The map images were taken by the Mars Global Surveyor.

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Impact topography

Newly formed impact crater (est 2016 – 2019). False blue color highlights exposed bedrock

Bonneville crater and Spirit rover's lander

The dichotomy of Martian topography is striking: northern plains flattened by lava flows contrast with
the southern highlands, pitted and cratered by ancient impacts. Research in 2008 has presented
evidence regarding a theory proposed in 1980 postulating that, four billion years ago, the Northern
Hemisphere of Mars was struck by an object one-tenth to two-thirds the size of Earth's Moon. If
validated, this would make the Northern Hemisphere of Mars the site of an impact crater 10,600 by
8,500 kilometres (6,600 by 5,300 mi) in size, or roughly the area of Europe, Asia, and Australia
combined, surpassing the South Pole–Aitken basin as the largest impact crater in the Solar System.
[20][21]

Fresh asteroid impact on Mars at 3.34°N 219.38°E. These before and after images of the same site were taken
on the Martian afternoons of 27 and 28 March 2012 respectively (MRO).[170]

Mars is scarred by a number of impact craters: a total of 43,000 craters with a diameter of 5
kilometres (3.1 mi) or greater have been found. [171] The largest confirmed of these is the Hellas
impact basin, a light albedo feature clearly visible from Earth.[172] Due to the smaller mass and size of
Mars, the probability of an object colliding with the planet is about half that of Earth. Mars is located
closer to the asteroid belt, so it has an increased chance of being struck by materials from that
source. Mars is more likely to be struck by short-period comets, i.e., those that lie within the orbit
of Jupiter.[173] In spite of this, there are far fewer craters on Mars compared with the Moon, because
the atmosphere of Mars provides protection against small meteors and surface modifying processes
have erased some craters.
Martian craters can have a morphology that suggests the ground became wet after the meteor
impacted.[174]
Volcanoes

Viking 1 image of Olympus Mons. The volcano and related terrain are approximately 550 km (340 mi) across.

Main article: Volcanology of Mars


The shield volcano Olympus Mons (Mount Olympus) is an extinct volcano in the vast upland
region Tharsis, which contains several other large volcanoes. Olympus Mons is roughly three times
the height of Mount Everest, which in comparison stands at just over 8.8 kilometres (5.5 mi).[175] It is
either the tallest or second-tallest mountain in the Solar System, depending on how it is measured,
with various sources giving figures ranging from about 21 to 27 kilometres (13 to 17 mi) high.[176][177]

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