Around its 4 kilometer high scarp are many ancient landslips, which have produced an apron of debris extending out about 600 kilometers.
Around its 4 kilometer high scarp are many ancient landslips, which have produced an apron of debris extending out about 600 kilometers. The period of 20 to 200 million years has been given as the time for the most recent activity of this largest member of the Tharsis chain. It is 27 kilometers above the mean surface level and contains a caldera 80 kilometers across. Visible as a white spot from Earth, FTP, name this tallest mountain in the solar system, a famous Martian volcano.
Around its 4 kilometer high scarp are many ancient landslips, which have produced an apron of debris extending out about 600 kilometers.
{Olympus Mons}