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    Alba Mons (formerly and still occasionally known as Alba Patera, a term that has since been restricted to the volcano's summit caldera; also initially...
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    elevations on the planet. Three enormous volcanoes, Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Arsia Mons (collectively known as the Tharsis Montes), sit aligned northeast–southwest...
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    Arsia Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Ascraeus Mons, which are collectively known as the Tharsis Montes. The tallest volcano on the planet, Olympus Mons, is often...
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  • Look up Alba or alba in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. Alba or ALBA may also refer to: Alba (Darkstalkers)...
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    megt90n000eb.lbl Olympus Mons, Arsia Mons, Alba Patera: Viking Orbiter Views of Mars by the Viking Orbiter Imaging Team. Ascraeus Mons: Malin Space Science...
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    particularly in Arcadia Planitia and the region around the flank of Alba Mons and the Olympus Mons aureole in the southeastern portion of the quadrangle. A few...
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    Alba Longa (occasionally written Albalonga in Italian sources) was an ancient Latin city in Central Italy in the vicinity of Lake Albano in the Alban Hills...
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    Olympus Mons Informational notes However, other Martian volcanoes, Alba Mons and Syrtis Major, have areas more than twice that of Olympus Mons. Citations...
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    feature located in the Arcadia quadrangle on the planet Mars, east of Alba Mons. It is approximately circular and 55 km in diameter. It has an irregular...
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    (Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.) Alba Mons Olympus Mons Arsia Mons Ascraeus Mons Pavonis Mons Syrtis Major Planum Maat Mons Theia Mons Io Io, a moon of Jupiter...
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    The siege of Mons of 1572 took place at Mons, capital of the County of Hainaut, Spanish Netherlands (present-day Belgium), between 23 June and 19 September...
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    Gyr). Archean eon begins on the Earth. 10.2 billion years (3.6 Gya): Alba Mons forms on Mars, largest volcano in terms of area 10.4 billion years (3...
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    Ingenii (The Moon) Hellas Planitia – Alba Mons (Mars) Isidis Planitia – Noctis Labyrinthus (Mars) Kerwan – Ahuna Mons (Ceres) In the Shakespeare comedy Much...
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    Tharsis region of Mars. They lie directly south of the large volcano Alba Mons and consist of numerous parallel faults and tension cracks that deform...
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    from Feisoglio, Italy was working as the head waiter at the Hotel Savona in Alba. One day, Michele Ferrero (a friend of Francesco Morra the hotel owner's...
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    Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Arsia Mons (collectively known as the Tharsis Montes), sit aligned NE-SW along the crest of the bulge. The vast Alba Mons (formerly...
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    large boulevards and other urban projects. In 1914, Mons was the location of the Battle of Mons. The British were forced to retreat by a numerically...
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    very old cratered terrain to the south. On its east it runs into the Alba Mons volcanoes. Its elevation relative to the geodetic datum varies between...
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    Hesperian times, all of the large shield volcanoes on Mars, including Olympus Mons, had begun to form. Volcanic outgassing released large amounts of sulfur...
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    landing. June 19 Takes noted image spanning from the North pole up to Alba Mons and even farther south. The image was released in December 20, 2017, and...
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    mud-like ejecta. (Mare Acidalium quadrangle) Channels running through Alba Mons. (Arcadia quadrangle) Branched channels in Thaumasia quadrangle provide...
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    with the terms "Mons" or "Tholus". An example of such mountains is Alba Mons, which obtained its name 34 years after its crater Alba Patera. The geological...
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    Olympus Mons stands 24 km tall and is nearly 600 km in diameter. The adjoining Tharsis Montes consists of Ascraeus, Pavonis, and Arsia. Alba Mons, at the...
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    long. 267°E in the Arcadia quadrangle (MC-3) between the large volcano Alba Mons and the Tempe Terra plateau. The valley follows a gently sinuous, north–south...
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    Duke of Alba (29 October 1507 – 11 December 1582), known as the Grand Duke of Alba (Spanish: Gran Duque de Alba, Portuguese: Grão Duque de Alba) in Spain...
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  • quadrangle and was taken by Viking Orbiter. This view of the flank of Alba Mons shows several channels/troughs. Some channels are associated with lava...
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    discovered in Western Greenland. Weathering of land affects ocean chemistry. Alba Mons forms on Mars, largest volcano by area. Possible formation of Vaalbara...
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    great mass of volcanic material in the Tharsis dome which includes Olympus Mons, the highest volcano in the Solar System. For a period early in the history...
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    Alban Hills (redirect from Albanus Mons)
    Alba Longa and Tusculum). The area was inhabited by the Latini during the 5th to 3rd centuries BC. The ancient Romans called Monte Cavo Albanus Mons....
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  • a Christian martyr Alban Hills, southeast of Rome were known as Albanus Mons to the Romans, and Lago Albano in the Alban Hills was called Albanus Lacus...
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