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}}Hadriacus Mons is an ancient, low-relief volcanic mountain on the planet Mars, located in the southern hemisphere just northeast of the impact basin Hellas and southwest of the similar volcano Tyrrhenus Mons. Hadriacus Mons is in the Hellas quadrangle. It has a diameter of {{convert|450|km|mi|0}}. The name was approved in 2007.WEB, Hadriacus Mons,weblink Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, 2013-03-12, WEB, Hadriacus Mons,weblink 2013-03-12, The flanks of Hadriacus Mons have been eroded into gullies; its southern slopes are incised by the outflow channel Dao Vallis. The large extent of volcanic deposits and the caldera size leads some researchers to suggest that these features were the result of an explosive event caused by a contact between magma and groundwater.Calderón, L.; Robertson, K.; Tovar, D. 2015. Geomorphologic Evolution of the Zone of Hadriaca Patera in Mars. 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2074.Hadriaca Patera, a term formerly used for the entire edifice, is now only used for the central caldera, which is {{convert|66|km|mi|0}} in diameter.WEB, Hadriaca Patera,weblink Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, 2013-03-12, It has been suggested that lava tubes at Hadriacus Mons could provide a location for a human habitat that would screen out harmful radiation.WEB, Letzter, Rafi, These lava tubes could be the safest place for explorers to live on Mars, livescience.com, 2020-05-11,weblink 2020-05-11, JOURNAL, Paris, Antonio, Davies, Evan, Tognetti, Laurence, Zahniser, Carly, Prospective Lava Tubes at Hellas Planitia, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 2020-04-27, 2004.13156, {{-}}

See also

• List of mountains on Mars
• List of mountains on Mars by height
• Volcanoes on Mars

References

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External links

{{commons category|Hadriacus Mons}}

• Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

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