| Feature on | Mars | | Feature type | Planitia (low-lying plain) | | Quadrangles | MC-08 Amazonis (extending slightly into MC-16 Memnonia) | | Areographic coordinates | 3° - 41° N, 142° - 179° W | | Dimensions | Diameter c.2,200km | | Notes | One of the youngest regions of Mars' surface, Amazonis Planitia runs westward from the great extinct volcano of Olympus Mons. A wide and generally smooth lava plain, Amazonis is broken in places by patterns of ridges extending across its surface. |
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