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[[Image:Pavonis_Mons.jpg|thumb|right|px|Pavonis Mons]]'''Pavonis Mons''' is an extinct [[shield volcano|shield]] [[volcano]] in the [[Tharsis]] region.  
 
[[Image:Pavonis_Mons.jpg|thumb|right|px|Pavonis Mons]]'''Pavonis Mons''' is an extinct [[shield volcano|shield]] [[volcano]] in the [[Tharsis]] region.  
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The name "Pavonis Mons" is Latin for "peacock mountain". It is the middle member of a chain of three volcanic mountains (collectively known as the Tharsis Montes) that straddle the Martian equator between longitudes 235°E and 259°E. The volcano was discovered by the Mariner 9 spacecraft in 1971 and was originally called Middle Spot.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Carr | first1 = Michael H. | doi = 10.1029/JB078i020p04049 | title = Volcanism on Mars | journal = Journal of Geophysical Research | year = 1973 | volume = 78 | pages= 4049–4062 | bibcode=1973JGR....78.4049C}}</ref> Its name officially became Pavonis Mons in 1973.<ref name="planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov">{{cite web |title=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4620 |publisher=planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov}}</ref>
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Pavonis Mons

Pavonis Mons is an extinct shield volcano in the Tharsis region.

The name "Pavonis Mons" is Latin for "peacock mountain". It is the middle member of a chain of three volcanic mountains (collectively known as the Tharsis Montes) that straddle the Martian equator between longitudes 235°E and 259°E. The volcano was discovered by the Mariner 9 spacecraft in 1971 and was originally called Middle Spot.[1] Its name officially became Pavonis Mons in 1973.[2]

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  1. "Volcanism on Mars" (1973). Journal of Geophysical Research 78: 4049–4062. doi:10.1029/JB078i020p04049. Bibcode1973JGR....78.4049C. 
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