It’s on Mars.
https://penningtonplanetarium.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/the-9-tallest-mountains-in-the-solar-system/comment-page-1/ |
The Giant volcano Mount Olympus is the highest mountain in
the solar system.
It is almost 3 times the height of Mount Everest and so wide
that it’s base would cover Arizona, and the whole of the area of the British
Isles. The crater on the top is big enough to swallow London.
Mount Olympus doesn't conform to most people’s idea of a
mountain. It is flat-topped-like a vast plateau in a sea drained of water---
and its sides aren't even steep. Their slight incline of between one and three degrees
means you wouldn't even break sweat if you climbed it.
Reference:
Ask an Astronomer. (n.d.). Retrieved May 6, 2015, from http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/ask/199-Where-is-the-highest-mountain-in-our-Solar-System-
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