Hydraotes Chaos
 Hydraotes Chaos, as seen byHiRISE.Click on image to see channels and layers. The scale bar is 1000 meters long. | |
| Coordinates | 0°48′N35°24′W/ 0.8°N 35.4°W |
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Hydraotes Chaosis a broken-up region in theOxia Palus quadrangleofMars,located at 0.8° North and 35.4° West. It is 417.5 km across and was named after a classicalalbedofeature name.[1]More information and more examples of chaos regions can be found atMartian chaos terrain.The area contains small conical edifices, calledHydraotes Colles,[2]which were interpreted as the Martian equivalent of terrestrialcinder conesformed byvolcanic activity.[3]
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Tography map of Oxia Palus region of Mars showing the location of a number of chaos regions, including Hydrates Chaos
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References
- ^"Planetary Names: Welcome".usgs.gov.Retrieved11 September2015.
- ^"lanetary Names: Collis, colles: Hydraotes Colles on Mars".Planetary Names.USGS.
- ^MERESSE, S.; COSTARD, F.; MANGOLD, N.. Formation and evolution of the chaotic terrains by subsidence and magmatism: Hydraotes Chaos, Mars. Icarus 194, 2008. Doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.10.023.
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