Nereidum Montes
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Montes on Mars
| } Computer-generated perspective view of Nereidum Montes from the High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on ESA's Mars Express. | |
| Location | Argyre quadrangle |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 37°34′S 43°13′W / 37.57°S 43.21°W / -37.57; -43.21 |
| Length | 1,143 km |
| Eponym | Classical albedo feature |
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The Nereidum Montes is a mountain range on Mars. It stretches 1,143 km, northeast of Argyre Planitia. It is in the Argyre quadrangle. The mountains are named after a Classical albedo feature.[1] Nereidum Montes has gullies in some areas.
A hummocky relief resembling Veiki moraines has been found in Nereidum Montes. The relief is hypothesized to result, very much like Veiki moraines, from the melting of a Martian glacier.[2]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Nereidum Montes". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
- ^ Johnsson, A.; Reiss, D.; Hauber, E.; Johnson, M.D.; Olvmo, M.; Hiesinger, H. (2016). Veiki-moraine-like Landforms in the Nereidum Montes Region on Mars: Insights from Analogues in Northern Sweden (PDF). 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
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