Tallest Mountains In The Solar System

2016-10-18 1

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World Tallest peak(s) Height Origin
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Mercury Caloris Montes = 3 km impact
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caloris_Montes

Venus Maxwell Montes 6.4 km (4.0 mi) (approx.) tectonic
Maat Mons 4.9 km (3.0 mi) (approx.) volcanic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell_Montes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maat_Mons

Earth Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa 10.2 km (6.3 mi) volcanic
Pico del Teide 7.5 km (4.7 mi) volcanic
Mount McKinley 5.3 to 5.9 km (3.3 to 3.7 mi) tectonic
Mount Everest 3.6 to 4.6 km (2.2 to 2.9 mi) tectonic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauna_Kea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauna_Loa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_McKinley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest

Moon Mons Huygens 5.5 km (3.4 mi) impact
Mons Hadley 4.5 km (2.8 mi) impact
Mons Rümker 1.1 km (0.68 mi) volcanic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mons_Huygens
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mons_Hadley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mons_Rümker


Mars Olympus Mons 21.9 km (14 mi) volcanic
Ascraeus Mons 14.9 km (9.3 mi) volcanic
Elysium Mons 12.6 km (7.8 mi) volcanic
Arsia Mons 11.7 km (7.3 mi) volcanic
Pavonis Mons 8.4 km (5.2 mi) volcanic
Anseris Mons 6.2 km (3.9 mi) impact
Aeolis Mons
("Mount Sharp") 4.5 to 5.5 km (2.8 to 3.4 mi) depositional
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus_Mons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascraeus_Mons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysium_Mons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsia_Mons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavonis_Mons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anseris_Mons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sharp

Vesta Rheasilvia central peak 22 km (14 mi) impact
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheasilvia

Io Boösaule Montes "South" 17.5 to 18.2 km
(10.9 to 11.3 mi) tectonic
Ionian Mons east ridge 12.7 km (7.9 mi) (approx.) tectonic

Euboea Montes 10.3 to 13.4 km (6.4 to 8.3 mi) tectonic
unnamed (245° W, 30° S) 2.5 km (1.6 mi) (approx.) volcanic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euboea_Montes


Mimas Herschel central peak 7 km (4 mi) (approx.) impact
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_(Mimantean_crater)

Dione Janiculum Dorsa 2 km (1 mi) tectonic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geological_features_on_Dione#Dorsa

Titan Mithrim Montes 2.0 km (1.2 mi) tectonic (?)
Doom Mons 1.45 km (0.90 mi) cryovolcanic (?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithrim_Montes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_Mons

Iapetus equatorial ridge 20 km (12 mi) (approx.) uncertain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iapetus_(moon)#Equatorial_ridge


Oberon unnamed
("limb mountain") 11 km (7 mi) (approx.) impact (?)

Pluto Hillary Montes 1.6 km (1.0 mi) tectonic (?)
Norgay Montes = 3.5 km (2.2 mi) tectonic (?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Montes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norgay_Montes

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_mountains_in_the_Solar_System

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