Charitum Montes is a large group of mountains in the
Argyre quadrangle
The Argyre quadrangle is one of a series of list of quadrangles on Mars, 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program. The Argyre quadrangle (geography), quadrangle is also referred t ...
of Mars, located at 58.4° south latitude and 40.29° west longitude. It is 850 km across and was named after a classical albedo feature name.
Charitum Montes has
gullies
A gully is a landform created by running water, mass movement, or both, which erodes soil to a sharp angle, typically on a hillside or in river floodplains or terraces.
Gullies resemble large ditches or small valleys, but are metres to t ...
in some areas.
References
External links
''Charitum Montes: a cratered winter wonderland''- ESA
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Argyre quadrangle
Mountains on Mars