Which planets have mountains on them?

All of the inner planets have mountains: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. Earth's tallest is Mt. Everest ( elevation 9 kilometers). On Mars, there is Olympus Mons ( elevation 25 kilometers); on Venus there is Maxwell Montes ( elevation 11 kilometers). Mercury has a complex landscape is just a jumbled mass of craters with no spectacular, singular mountain that stands head and shoulders over the rest.


Copyright 1997 Dr. Sten Odenwald
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