Mount Olympus - Orinpasukazan

Japanese: オリンパス火山 - おりんぱすかざん
Mount Olympus - Orinpasukazan

…The Mars region, which occupies a vast portion of the Moon's surface, is made up of basaltic lava flows. Volcanoes on the surface of Mars are known to be much larger than those on Earth, such as the Olympus volcano, which is about 500 km in diameter and 27 km in height. In addition, lava flows with a shape very similar to that of lava on Earth are known to spread on a huge scale, with some being over 800 km long. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Olympus Volcano" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…月の表面の広大な部分を占める〈海〉の領域は玄武岩質の溶岩流でできている。火星の表面には地球上の火山よりもはるかに巨大な火山が知られており,オリンパス火山は直径約500km,比高約27kmもある。また地球上の溶岩とよく似た形状の溶岩流が巨大なスケールでひろがっており,長さ800km以上のものも知られている。…

※「オリンパス火山」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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