Phlegra Montes

The Phlegra Montes are a system of mountains in the Cebrenia quadrangle of Mars, located at 40.4 degrees north latitude and 163.71 degrees east longitude. They are 1,350 km across and were named after a classical albedo feature name.[1] They form a complex system of isolated hills, ridges and small basins, and it was suggested they have endogenic tectonic origin.[2] [3]

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  1. "Phlegra Montes". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  2. Moore, J. 1985. Lun. Planet. Sci. Conf. Abs., XVI: 573–574.
  3. van Gasselt, S., A.-P. Rossi, C. Orgel, J. Schulz. 2015. PHLEGRA MONTES, MARS : CHRONOLOGY AND DENUDAT ION RATES. 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1371.pdf


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