Where is hellas basin

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Navigation menu. The western part of the Hellas basin contains the lowest point on Mars, about 8. The formation of the impact structure is believed to have taken place in the early Noachian epoch click here for description of the Martian time scale , anywhere from 3.

In the time since its formation, Hellas has been subject to infilling by eolian , fluvial, glacial , and volcanic materials. Lets take a closer look at the Hellas region, the area highlighted by the black box in the image above. Note some of the other features in the Hellas Planitia region. Hellespontes Montes is mountainous terrain on the western rim of Hellas.

Alpheus Colles is a region with knobs or small hills on the floor of Hellas. Hellas Chaos is a region of broken terrain on the floor of Hellas. Malea Planum is an area of smooth plateau or plains along the southwestern rim of Hellas. Thus, different feature types have different names.

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