Chalce Montes is a mountain range on the planet
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is also known as the "Red Planet", because of its orange-red appearance. Mars is a desert-like rocky planet with a tenuous carbon dioxide () atmosphere. At the average surface level the atmosph ...
. The name refers to the Martian albedo feature ''Chalce'', that was named after the Greek island
Chalki
Halki ( ; alternatively ''Chalce'' or ''Chalki'') is a Greek island and municipality in the Dodecanese archipelago in the Aegean Sea, some west of Rhodes. It has an area of . It is part of the Rhodes regional unit. It has a permanent population ...
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It has a diameter of ; its elevation is .
See also
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List of mountains on Mars
alt=four peaks, Comparison of Mount Sharp (Aeolis Mons) to three Earth peaks
This is a list of all named mountains on Mars.
Naming
Most Martian mountains have a name including one of the following astrogeological terms:
* '' Mons'' — lar ...
References
Mountain ranges on Mars
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