Olympus Mons - The Tallest Mountain in Our Solar System!
Hello children! Welcome to KidsCast ! And today we are going to talk about the tallest mountain in our Solar System! Have you ever wondered where or how much big the tallest volcano would be? Well no worries! We are here to solve all your queries about it. Olympus Mons is an enormous shield volcanic mountain on the planet Mars . The volcano has a height of 21 km (13 miles). Amazing right? This was measured by the Mars orbiter laser altimeter (MOLA). Olympus Mons is about two and a half times Mount Everest's height above sea level. It is the largest volcanoes ever discovered, and it is the tallest mountain in our Solar System! So let us now learn more about it. The Word "MONS" - So now lets find out what mons is. "Mons" is the latin word which means "Mountain". There are many different kinds of Mons (Mountains) with this name, for example- Arcreaus Mons - Arcreaus Mons is a large shield of volcano located in the Th...