Noachis quadrangle
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The Noachis quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey Astrogeology Research Program. The Noachis quadrangle is also referred to as MC-27.
Scalloped Terrain at Peneus Patera, as seen by HiRISE. Scalloped terrain is quite common in some areas of Mars.
Maunder Crater, as seen by HiRISE. The overhang is part of the degraded south (toward bottom) wall of crater. The scale bar is 500 meters long.
Wide view of part of the floor of the Hellas basin, as seen by CTX
Twisted bands on floor of Hellas, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program
Hellas Planitia
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Hellas Planitia is a plain located within the huge, roughly circular impact basin Hellas located in the southern hemisphere of the planet Mars. Hellas is the fourth or fifth-largest known impact crate
Noachis quadrangle
…on Mars. It lies between the two giant impact basins on Mars: Argyre and Hellas. The Noachis quadrangle includes Noachis Terra and the western part of Hellas Planitia. Noachis is so densely covered with impact craters that it is considered among the oldest landforms on Mars—hence the term "Noachian" for one of the…
Viking orbiter image mosaic of Hellas Planitia
Geographic context of Hellas
Apparent viscous flow features on the floor of Hellas, as seen by HiRISE.
Twisted bands on the floor of Hellas Planitia, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program