Colles on Mars
22 named features carry the IAU descriptor Collis — a small hill or knob on Mars, out of 44 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
22
of 2,049 named places on Mars — 1.1%
Largest
1,673 km
Tartarus Colles
Median size
306 km
Across the 22 with a measured diameter
Named between
1982–2015
IAU approval dates
How colles on Mars get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 22 colles with a recorded origin, 4 categories appear, led by Greek.
Greek12Latin7Roman2Turkey1
All 22 colles on Mars
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Tartarus Colles1,673 kmScandia Colles1,522 kmColles Nili654 kmAlpheus Colles633 kmSyria Colles630 kmGalaxias Colles610 kmAstapus Colles597 kmOxia Colles595 kmArena Colles580 kmCydonia Colles363 kmAcidalia Colles356 kmOrtygia Colles256 kmAvernus Colles239 kmAbalos Colles236 kmAriadnes Colles188 kmSimois Colles86.9 kmUlysses Colles84.8 kmDeuteronilus Colles59 kmChryse Colles48.7 kmHydraotes Colles47.5 kmCandor Colles37.4 kmTempe Colles34.5 km
Colles elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 2 other worlds, for 22 more features.