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Which is the highest mountain in our solar system?
The Olympus Mons (Latin for Mount Olympus) rises 26 kilometres above the Martian surface. This makes it the highest and, with its diameter of 600 kilometres, also the largest known mountain. As a giant volcano, it spewed molten rock from deep within the Red Planet for billions of years. Scientists suspect that it is still active today.
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