[DOC] [TLE] Olympus Mons: Giant Mountain of Mars - Space.com [PAR] Mar 8, 2013 ... Olympus Mons rises 16 miles above the Martian surface, making it the solar ... 
The massive Martian mountain towers high above the surrounding ... the Martian 
equator, Olympus Mons is one of a dozen large volcanoes, ... Rather than 
violently spewing molten material, shield volcanoes are created by lava... [DOC] [TLE] Olympus Mons - Mars Home - NASA [PAR] Olympus Mons is a shield volcano 624 km (374 mi) in diameter (approximately 
the same size as the state of Arizona), 25 km (16 mi) high, and is ... The lava 
flows on the Martian surface are observed to be much longer, ... As the plate 
moves over the hotspot, new volcanoes are formed and the existing ones 
become extinct. [DOC] [TLE] Martian Volcanoes - Views of the Solar System [PAR] Mars is only about one-half the size of Earth and yet has several volcanoes that ... 
Beyond the dome's northwest edge is Olympus Mons, the largest of the ... These 
differences in density cause the hot material to rise toward the surface and the ... 
of this 26 kilometers (16 miles) high volcano, but the summit skies were clear. [DOC] [TLE] Olympus Mons - Wikipedia [PAR] Olympus Mons is a very large shield volcano on the planet Mars. By one 
measure, it has a .... Even so, high-altitude orographic clouds frequently drift over 
the Olympus ... Although the average Martian surface atmospheric pressure is 
less than one ... The meaning here is the latter, since Mars has no active lava 
flows at the... [DOC] [TLE] Volcano - The shape of the land, Forces and changes, Spotlight on ... [PAR] These submarine volcanoes are known as seamounts. .... The runny lava flows 
great distances over the wide surface of the volcano, forming thin sheets ..... 
Olympus Mons on Mars is the largest of all known volcanoes in the solar system. 
It is a shield volcano that stands 16 miles (26 kilometers) high and measures 388 
miles... [DOC] [TLE] At the foot of largest volcano in Solar System - Olympus Mons, Mars [PAR] Jul 7, 2013 ... Olympus Mons is 624 km (374 mi) in diameter, 25 km (16 mi) high, ... heavily 
cratered regions elsewhere on Mars  the older the surface, the ... of lava among 
many volcanoes rather than one large volcano. ... A Space.com report states of 
these features: The entire crater is around 5 km (3 miles) across. [DOC] [TLE] Dynamic Worlds [PAR] 1. ABSTRACT. Astrological volcanoes on Mars, Venus, Io, and the Moon will be 
introduced with correlations .... At approximately 16 miles high and 340 miles 
across, Olympus Mons far surpasses Earth's largest volcano, Mauna Loa, which 
is ... lava, and lava flows, some extending hundreds of miles over Venus's surface
. [DOC] [TLE] Mars in the News ... - Crystalinks [PAR] One of these studies rules out the capture of asteroids, and shows that the only 
scenario ... Alien hunters claim to have spotted a stone circle on the surface of 
Mars. .... an area 31 miles long and 3 miles wide, though its size varied over time. 
..... The solar system's tallest mountain - the Martian volcano Olympus Mons, 
which... [DOC] [TLE] Volcano - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Olympus Mons is the largest shield volcano on Mars, and is the tallest known 
mountain in ... These can be relatively short-lived eruptions that produce a cone-
shaped hill ... pillars over their volcanic vents as compared to above-surface 
volcanoes. ... a high percentage (more than 63 percent) of silica, the lava is 
called felsic. [DOC] [TLE] volcano elysium mons: Topics by Science.gov [PAR] There are no craters larger than 1 km within the Elysium Mons caldera. .... 
Lithospheric flexure and gravity spreading of Olympus Mons volcano, Mars ..... 
the Martian volcano Arsia Mons exploded long ago, it sent lava spewing out 
everywhere. ..... of this 26 kilometers (16 miles) high volcano, but the summit 
skies were clear. [DOC] [TLE]

Question: Olympus Mons, one of these lava-spewing openings in Mars' surface, is over 16 miles high
Answer: volcano