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Olympus Mons

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Olympus Mons

The largest volcano in the solar system/Volcanoes

Olympus Mons on Mars is so large that its base would cover most of France. At nearly 22 kilometers high, it dwarfs anything on Earth -- you could stack almost three Everests and still not reach the top. The volcano is a shield type built by thousands of fluid lava flows, and its slope is so gentle that standing on the edge, you couldn't see the summit due to the curvature of Mars.

Measurements

Height21,900 m
31,924Tennis rackets
4,380SUV lengths
33,692Baguettes

About 2.5 times the height of Everest

Base diameter600,000 m
632 quadrillionthsGlobular cluster widths
4 millionHot dogs
2 millionAnt hill heights

Approximately 600 km across

Caldera area7.2 billion m²
45 billionPizza boxes
13,091Golf courses
4.6 millionHockey rinks

The summit caldera is about 80 km by 60 km

Volume2.7 quadrillion m³
1.1 trillionOlympic swimming pools
54 sextillionEyedrops

About 100 times the volume of Mauna Loa

Cliff height at edge8,000 m
1,455King cobras
7,498Hurdle heights
11.4 billionRed light wavelengths

Sheer escarpment around parts of the base

Base area283 billion m²
16.6 trillionHuman palms
1.9 quadrillionHuman thumbnails

Roughly the area of Italy

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