Tharsis volcanic plateau

E110486
geological province region on Mars volcanic plateau

Tharsis volcanic plateau is a vast, elevated region on Mars dominated by enormous shield volcanoes, including some of the largest known in the Solar System.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Tharsis volcanic plateau canonical 3
Tharsis region 2
Tharsis 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological province ⓘ
region on Mars ⓘ
volcanic plateau ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tharsis volcanic plateau ⓘ
surface form: Tharsis

Tharsis volcanic plateau ⓘ
surface form: Tharsis bulge

Tharsis volcanic plateau ⓘ
surface form: Tharsis rise
approximateArea 2.5e7 square kilometers ⓘ
approximateLength 4000 km ⓘ
approximateWidth 5000 km ⓘ
associatedWith global-scale tectonics on Mars ⓘ
planetary-scale topographic dichotomy modification ⓘ
boundedBy Daedalia Planum region ⓘ
Lunae Planum region ⓘ
Syria Planum region ⓘ
Valles Marineris to the east ⓘ
contains Alba Mons ⓘ
Ascraeus Mons ⓘ
surface form: Arsia Mons

Ascraeus Mons ⓘ
Biblis Tholus ⓘ
Ceraunius Tholus ⓘ
Olympus Mons ⓘ
Ascraeus Mons ⓘ
surface form: Pavonis Mons

Ascraeus Mons ⓘ
surface form: Tharsis Montes

Tharsis Tholus ⓘ
Uranius Tholus ⓘ
Valles Marineris ⓘ
dominantTectonicStyle extensional faulting ⓘ
radial fracturing ⓘ
dominantVolcanicType shield volcano ⓘ
elevationAboveMean up to 7 km ⓘ
formedBy long-lived volcanic activity ⓘ
hasNotableFeature extensive lava plains ⓘ
giant shield volcano chain Tharsis Montes ⓘ
large radial graben systems ⓘ
large wrinkle ridges ⓘ
influenced Martian atmospheric evolution ⓘ
Martian climate history ⓘ
global stress field of Mars ⓘ
locatedInHemisphere western hemisphere of Mars ⓘ
locatedNear Martian equator ⓘ
locatedOn Mars ⓘ
majorComposition basaltic lava ⓘ
majorVolcanicEpoch Hesperian ⓘ
Noachian ⓘ
maximumVolcanicRelief over 20 km ⓘ
studiedBy Mariner 9 ⓘ
Mars Global Surveyor ⓘ
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Viking Orbiter ⓘ
surface form: Viking orbiters
surfaceGravityAnomaly positive ⓘ
volcanismExtendedInto Amazonian ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mars → surfaceFeature → Tharsis volcanic plateau ⓘ
Olympus Mons → locatedIn → Tharsis volcanic plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tharsis region
Olympus Mons → partOf → Tharsis volcanic plateau ⓘ
Valles Marineris → locatedIn → Tharsis volcanic plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tharsis region
Valles Marineris → adjacentTo → Tharsis volcanic plateau ⓘ
Tharsis volcanic plateau → alsoKnownAs → Tharsis volcanic plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tharsis
Tharsis volcanic plateau → alsoKnownAs → Tharsis volcanic plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tharsis rise
Tharsis volcanic plateau → alsoKnownAs → Tharsis volcanic plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tharsis bulge