10 highest mountains of the Solar System

Although the conquest of Everest is still for many an accomplishment, we are ready to offer something more abruptly. Of course, the climb to the top of the mountain one way or another planet is unlikely to succeed, but to build grandiose plans, no one can stop you.

Mount Oberon

Oberon - one of the major moons of Uranus, the ninth largest in the solar system. There is an incredible rush to 11 kilometers high. He was spotted in photographs taken by "Voyager". Apparently, even if anyone had tried to conquer this mountain, he would have had a hard time - the entire surface of Oberon is covered by steep and dangerous canyons.

Arsiya Mars

Actually, not quite Arsiya mountain. This volcano crater with a diameter of from 108 to 138 kilometers. It was here that the newly found glaciers, but also - and the seven entrances to the cave has not yet been studied.

Euboea, Io

Mountain, more like a football field, a really huge. The approximate dimensions of Evia - 175 to 240 kilometers. Its height ranges from 10.3 to 13.4 kilometers, and across its area passes a thick and uneven ridge.

Elysium, Mars

An extinct volcano located in the Elysium region, and its height is 12.6 kilometers. Elysium is difficult to overestimate the majesty - mountain rises above the lava plains of Mars. She even has a "sister earth" - an analog of Elysium believe Upland Amy-Kusi in Chad.

East Ridge, Io

The second highest mountain on Io is very beautiful. In shape it resembles a double curved ridge. Despite the fact that Jupiter's moon is very distant from Earth, East Ridge has an untypical alien elevation canonical form. mountain height is 12.7 kilometers.

Askriyskaya Mountain, Mars

An extinct volcano is considered one of the highest elevations of Mars - 14.9 kilometers. When it opened in 1971, it was called simply - North point. All because of dust accumulation is not allowed to see the surface of the red planet. When the dust storm on Mars stopped, the researchers opened view of the four huge volcano. One of them was named Askriyskoy mountain.

Boosavla Io

Despite the fact that on the surface of Io are constant volcanic activity and the movement of lava, mountain Boosavla structure - completely tectonic. Interestingly, there are elevation slightly apart, alone. For example, in the world near a vertex of the chain is required to would of other more low mountains.

The equatorial ridge Iapetus

Iapetus - is the third-largest moon of Saturn. It is here that is incredible in its scope the equatorial ridge. Its length is 1300 km, the width - 20 kilometers. It is still unknown exactly how this chain of mountains was formed. Especially hard to explain why the ridge should equator almost perfectly. However, we do know the height of the highest peak - it is 20 kilometers.

Olympus Mars

Huge volcano height of 22 kilometers is probably the most famous mountain of the alien. It is three times higher than Everest, and noticed Olympus in the 19th century.

Peak rheasilvia, Vesta

Rheasilvia - a crater on the asteroid Vesta, the largest in the solar system. It was discovered in 1997 using a telescope "Hubble". It was formed by an asteroid impact. collision force was so great that about 1% of the total volume of Vesta was ejected into space. It is believed that after having asteroids Class V. Here is the highest peak of the solar system - its height is 22 kilometers.