# Tartarus Montes

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Mountain range on Mars

Tartarus Montes Tartarus Montes Location Between Orcus Patera and the Elysium volcanic region Coordinates 15°28′N 167°32′E / 15.46°N 167.54°E / 15.46; 167.54

The **Tartarus Montes** are a [mountain range](/source/Mountain_range) on the planet [Mars](/source/Mars), stretching over 1070 km and located around the coordinates 15.46º N, 167.54º E,[1] between [Orcus Patera](/source/Orcus_Patera) and the [Elysium](/source/Elysium_(volcanic_province)) volcanic region.[2]

[Albedo](/source/Albedo) was first identified from the contrast of bright and dark signals photographed by [Eugène Antoniadi](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Antoniadi).

## Etymology

The mountain range was named in 1985. It has been named after Greek deity of the underworld, [Tartarus](/source/Tartarus), by the standard [planetary nomenclature](/source/Planetary_nomenclature) for Martian landforms.[1] According to Greek myth, Tartarus is the lowest part of [Hades](/source/Hades). [Zeus](/source/Zeus) imprisoned the [Titans](/source/Titan_(mythology)) in Tartarus. The second part of the name "Montes" means mountains.[3]

## Features

Photographs taken by the [Mars Global Surveyor](/source/Mars_Global_Surveyor) indicate that there are cones and volcanic rings near the Tartarus Montes.[4] Narrow grabens and fractures are present around the regions of this mountain range. Both the hilly areas and the intervening plains are cut with similar marks. This implies that there is a widespread tensional fracture system associated with [Cerberus Fossae](/source/Cerberus_Fossae). At one point, Grjota’ Vallis, an [outflow channel](/source/Outflow_channel), crosses the bedrock ridge of the Tartarus Montes.[5]

## See also

- [List of mountains on Mars](/source/List_of_mountains_on_Mars)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gpn_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gpn_1-1) ["Tartarus Montes"](https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/5875). *Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature*. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-PIA10800:_Tartarus_Montes_2-0)** ["PIA10800: Tartarus Montes"](https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10800). Nasa. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210422193152/https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10800) from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NASA_Mars_Odyssey_THEMIS_Image:_The_Naming_of_Things:_Tartarus_Montes_3-0)** ["NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS Image: The Naming of Things: Tartarus Montes"](http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=13658). Mars Today. Retrieved 31 August 2012.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Ring/Cone Structures in the Tartarus Montes/Phlegra Dorsa Region"](http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_003900_2055). *hirise.lpl.arizona.edu*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210425130956/https://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_003900_2055) from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Plescia, J. B. (2003). ["Cerberus Fossae, Elysium, Mars: A source for lava and water"](https://zenodo.org/record/1259599/files/article.pdf) (PDF). *Icarus*. **164**: 79–95. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2003Icar..164...79P](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003Icar..164...79P). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00139-8](https://doi.org/10.1016%2FS0019-1035%2803%2900139-8). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220326093920/https://zenodo.org/record/1259599/files/article.pdf) (PDF) from the original on 2022-03-26. Retrieved 2019-09-09.

## External links

- [Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature](https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/5875)

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