Nereidum Montes

The Nereidum Montes is a mountain range on Mars. It stretches 1,143 km, northeast of Argyre Planitia. It is in the Argyre quadrangle. The mountains are named after a Classical albedo feature.^[1] Nereidum Montes has gullies in some areas.

A hummocky relief resembling Veiki moraines has been found in Nereidum Montes. The relief is hypothesized to result very much like Veiki moraines from the melting of a martian glacier.^[2]

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  Gullies on a massif in the Nereidum Montes, as seen by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's CTX.
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  Surface in Argyre quadrangle as seen by HiRISE, under the HiWish program. Image is located in Nereidum Montes. This is the image of the surface from a single HiRISE image. The scale bar at the top is 500 meters long.
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  CTX image showing context for the next image. A group of channels are visible in this image. Image is located in Nereidum Montes.
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  Close-up of surface in Argyre quadrangle, as seen by HiRISE, under the HiWish program. Image is located in Nereidum Montes.
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  Gullies in Nereidum Montes, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program.
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  Layers exposed in Nereidum Montes, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program The light-toned layers may contain sulfates which are good for preserving traces of ancient life.

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