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Olympus Mons on Mars is the largest known volcano in the solar system, about 22 kilometres high.

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Olympus Mons is about 22 kilometres high, almost three times the height of Mount Everest, with a base hundreds of kilometres across. Its great size is due to Mars lacking moving tectonic plates.

Source: NASA

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