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Figure 11. Olympus Mons, Mars. It constitutes most of the Tharsis Bulge, and it is 27 km high – 3 times the height of the island of Hawaii (9 km from subsea base to summit). Like Hawaii and Tibesti Massif, it may have formed over a mantle hotspot. (MO2C-69)