Mars-Named Features Links Cochise College
Mars-Named Features Links
Links to
Features on Mars
Virtual Geology Museum (VGM)
Planetary Geology
Geology Home Page
Roger Weller, geology instructor ( wellerr@cochise.edu )
surface feature terminology
Chaos
(broken terrain)
Chasma
Craters
Fossa/Fossae
(long and narrow linear depressions)
Labes
(landslides)
Planitia
(plains)
Patera/Paterae (complex collapsed shields) (complex crater)
Mensa/Mensae
(mountains with flat tops and steep sides-mesas)
Mons/Montes
(mountains)
Sulcus/Sulci
(long shallow trenches)
Terra/Terrae
Tholus/Tholi
(domes)
Valles/Vallis
(valleys)
Misc. Features
Chaos-----------------------------------
Aram Chaos
Aureum Chaos
Gorgonum Chaos
Chasma---------------------------------
Candor Chasma
Chasma Australe
Chasma Boreale
Coprates Chasma
Ganges Chasma
Hebes ChasmaIus Chasma
Juventae Chasma
Melas Chasma
Ophir Chasma
Tithonium Chasma
Craters----------------------------------
Becquerel Crater
Crommelin Crater
Galle Crater
Gusev Crater
Hale Crater
Heinlein Crater
Herschel Crater
Kaiser Crater
Lyot Crater
Newton Crater
Nicholoson Crater
Pettit Crater
Proctor Crater
Schiaparelli Crater
Spallanzani Crater
Fossae----------------------------------
Cerberus Fossae
Claritas Fossae
Gordii Fossae
Hephaestus Fossae
Medusae Fossae
Sirenum Fossae
Labes-------------------------------------
Coprates Labes
Mensae-----------------------------------
Deuteronilus Mensae
Nilosyrtis Mensae
Mons------------------------------------------
Arsia Mons
Ascraeus Mons
Elysium Mons
Olympus Mons
Pavonis Mons
Tharsis Montes
Patera-------------------------------------
Alba Patera
Amphitite Patera
Apollinaris Patera
Biblis Patera
Ceraunius Patera
Hadriaca Patera
Nili Patera
Orcus Patera
Tyrrhena Patera
Ulysses Patera
Uranius Patera
Planitia--------------------------------
Acidalia Planitia
Amazonis Planitia
Arcadia Planitia
Argyre Planitia
Chryse Planitia
Elysium Planitia
Hellas Planitia
Isidis Planitia
Utopia Planitia
Sulci-----------------------------------------
Amazonis Sulci
Gigas Sulci
Lycus Sucli
Memnonia Sulci
Terra-----------------------------------------
Terra Cimmeria
Terra Meridiani
Terra Sirenum
Terra Tyrrhena
Arabia Terra
Margaritifer Terra
Noachis Terra
Tempe Terra
Xanthe Terra
Tholus-----------------------------------
Ceranius Tholus
Jovis Tholus
Tharsis Tholus
Uranius Tholus
Valles------------------------------------
Ares Valles
Athabasca Valles
Kasei Valles
Mangala Valles
Marte Valles
Nirgal Valles
Valles Marineris
Misc. Features-----------------------------
Cerberus
Cydonia Region
Elysium Basin Buttes
Hellas Basin
Labyrinthus Noctis
Oxia Palus
Phoenicis Lacus
Planum Australe
Solis Planum
Syrtis Major