Tag: Mons

Could the Olympus Mons, or a mountain of similar size, form on Earth?

It is a shield volcano, of the same type as Hawaiian volcanoes, measuring 27 km high by 610 km in diameter, with a perimeter marked by a wall up to 6 km high. Its last activity may date to about 2 million years ago, and it may not necessarily be considered dormant today. The magma chamber is about 8...