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Arsia Mons - Definition

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Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech

Arsia Mons is the southernmost of three volcanos (collectively known as Tharsis Montes) on the Tharsis bulge near the equator of the planet Mars. To its north is Pavonis Mons, and north of that is Ascraeus Mons. The largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, is to its northwest.

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