Olympus Mons is a volcano roughly 600 kilometers across.

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~600 km

Olympus Mons is a volcano roughly 600 kilometers across.

Olympus Mons on Mars is a shield volcano roughly 600 kilometers across. Its enormous footprint reflects repeated lava flows that spread outward rather than building only a narrow, steep cone.

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