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List of Volcanoes on Mars

The following is a list of known volcanoes on Mars

Large Shield: Prominent, among the first volcanoes to be discovered on Mars and interpreted as albedo features of mountain origin from Earth. Their size has no analogue on Earth. Medium Shield: Regionally prominent, were discovered during the Mariner 9 Mission. They rival large shield volcanoes on Earth in size. Low Shield: Low lying short lived shield volcanoes. Discovered from Viking imagery. Analogues can be found in Iceland and the Snake River Plain. Highland Patera: Likely a byproduct of a depleted deep magma chamber, no analogues can be found on Earth but some comparisons have been drawn with coronae on Venus. Lowland Patera: Similar to Highland Paterae except these straddle the Mars Dichotomy Flood Basalt: Long fissures featuring fluid water-like flows of lava similar to flood basalts on Earth. Stratovolcano: Similar in size to the largest stratovolcanoes on Earth, most of these date from the Noachian Period.

Tharsis: Largest volcanic province on Mars, dominates the western hemisphere Elysium: Second largest volcanic province, situated between Utopia and Amazonis Planitia Circum-Hellas Highland: Extensive ancient volcanic province surrounding Hellas Planitia Arabia Terra: Series of suspected supervolcanic calderas in Arabia Terra Isolated: These volcanoes are isolated from other structures

NOTE: Not all Montes, Tholi, or Paterae have volcanic origins. Examples of non-volcanic constructs sharing these labels include: Coprates Montes, Nia Tholus, and Phison Patera

Unnamed Volcanoes
Jovis Tholus Ceraunius Fossae Tempe Terra Uranius Mons East Ascraeus Ascraeus-Pavonis Tooting Crater Fortuna Fossae East Ulysses Tholus East Acheron Fossae Halex Fossae

Other Volcanic Features
Hadriaca Patera Tyrrhena Patera

Other Volcanic Named Features
Nili Tholus Nili Patera Meroe Patera Apollinaris Patera