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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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    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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    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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    lava tubes has also been observed on the Southeast Tharsis region and Alba Mons. Caves, including lava tubes, are considered candidate biotopes of interest...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    (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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Piazza from Feisoglio was working as the head waiter at the Hotel Savona in Alba, the town which houses the Ferrero headquarters. One day, Michele Ferrero...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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