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List of rocks on Mars

List of rocks on Mars

This is an alphabetical list of named rocks (and meteorites) found on Mars, by mission. This list does not include Martian meteorites found on Earth.

Names for Mars rocks are largely unofficial designations used for ease of discussion purposes, as the International Astronomical Union's official Martian naming system declares that objects smaller than 100 m (330 ft) are not to be given official names. Because of this, some less significant rocks seen in photos returned by Mars rovers have been named more than once, and others have even had their names changed later due to conflicts or even matters of opinion. Often rocks are named after the children or family members of astronauts or NASA employees. The name Jazzy, for example, was taken from a girl named Jazzy who grew up in Grand Junction, CO, USA. Her father worked for NASA and contributed to the findings and naming of the rocks.

Notable rocks on [[LINK|lang_en|Mars|Mars]]
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Adirondack
(Spirit)
Barnacle Bill
(Sojourner)
Bathurst Inlet
(Curiosity)
Big Joe
(Viking)
Block Island
(Opportunity) M
Bounce
(Opportunity)
Coronation
(Curiosity)
El Capitan
(Opportunity)
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PIA16187-MarsCuriosityRover-GoulburnRock-20120817-crop.jpg
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NASA Curiosity rover - Link to a Watery Past (692149main Williams-2pia16188-43).jpg
Esperance
(Opportunity)
Goulburn
(Curiosity)
Heat Shield
(Opportunity) M
Home Plate
(Spirit)
Hottah
(Curiosity)
Jake Matijevic
(Curiosity)
Last Chance
(Opportunity)
Link
(Curiosity)
Mackinac Island.jpg
Mars rock Mimi by Spirit rover.jpg
PIA13418 - Oileán Ruaidh meteorite on Mars (false colour).jpg
Pot of gold upclose.jpg
PIA16452-MarsCuriosityRover-Rocknest3Rock-20121005.jpg
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Mackinac Island
(Opportunity) M
Mimi
(Spirit)
Oileán Ruaidh
(Opportunity) M
Pot of Gold
(Spirit)
Rocknest 3
(Curiosity)
Shelter Island
(Opportunity) M
Tintina
(Curiosity)
Yogi
(Sojourner)
The table above contains clickable linksM = Meteorite - ()

1976 – Viking program: Viking 1 and Viking 2 landers

Viking 1Last Earth Contact[1][2] Mars landing coordinates: 22°29′N 49°58′W [59] [1] Viking 2Last Earth Contact[1][3] Mars landing coordinates: 47°58′N 225°44′W [60] [1] (Raw Images - Camera/Sol [61] and 1-JPL [62] and 2-JPL [63] + NASA Image Viewer [64] .)

  • Big Joe

  • Bonneville

  • Delta

  • Midas Muffler

  • Mr. Badger

  • Mr. Moley

  • Mr. Rat

  • Mr. Toad

  • Patch

  • Big Joe rock on Mars – viewed by the Viking 1 Lander (February 11, 1978).

  • Big Joe rock on Mars – viewed by the Viking 1 Lander (February 11, 1978).

  • Big Joe rock on Mars – viewed by the Viking 1 Lander.

  • Rocks on Mars – viewed by the Viking 1 Lander (July 21, 1976).

  • Rocks on Mars – viewed by the Viking 2 Lander (September 5, 1976).

  • Rocks on Mars – viewed by the Viking 2 Lander (September 25, 1977).

1997 – Sojourner rover (Mars Pathfinder)

SojournerLast Earth Contact[4] Mars landing coordinates: 19°7′48″N 33°13′12″W [65] (Raw Images - 1-Camera/Sol [66] and 2-Camera/Sol [67] and 3-Camera/Sol [68] and 1-JPL [69] and 2-JPL [70] + NASA Image Viewer [71] .)

  • Anthill

  • Auto

  • Baby Otter

  • Bama

  • Bambam

  • Barnacle Bill

  • Barsoom

  • Basket

  • Bebob

  • Blackhawk

  • Book Shelf

  • Booboo

  • Bosco

  • Boyle

  • Brak

  • Brick

  • Broken Wall

  • Bug

  • Bullwinkle

  • Bunky

  • Cabbage Patch

  • Calvin

  • Cardiac Hill

  • Casper

  • Chimp

  • Clumk

  • Contour

  • Couch

  • Cradle

  • Darth Vader

  • Desert Princess

  • Dilbert

  • Dilbert's Boss

  • Dogbert

  • Dragon

  • Duck

  • Elvis

  • Ender

  • Flat Top

  • Flipper

  • Flute Top

  • Frog

  • Froggy

  • Garfield

  • Garibaldi

  • Garrak

  • Geordi

  • Ginger

  • Goldilocks

  • Goose

  • Gosling

  • Grandma

  • Grizzly

  • Grommit

  • Gumby

  • Half Dome

  • Hamster

  • Hardstop

  • Hassock

  • Hedgehog

  • Hero

  • Hippo

  • Hobbs

  • Homer

  • Hoppy

  • Iggie

  • Iguana

  • Indiana Jones

  • Jailhouse

  • Janeway

  • Jazzy

  • Jedi

  • Jimmy Cricket

  • Kitten

  • Lamb

  • Landon

  • Little Flat Top

  • Longhorn

  • Lookout

  • Lozenge

  • Lumpy

  • Lunchbox

  • Mafalda

  • Marvin the Martian

  • Matterhorn

  • Mesa

  • Mini

  • Mint Julep

  • Moe

  • Mohawk

  • Mouse

  • Mr. Mole

  • Nibbles

  • Nigel

  • Obelisk

  • Otter

  • Pancake

  • Paz

  • Penguin

  • Picnic

  • Piglet

  • Pinky

  • Pinocchio

  • Piper

  • Platypus

  • Pokey

  • Poohbear

  • Poptart

  • Potato

  • Pumpkin

  • Pyramid

  • Pyramid Point

  • Ratbert

  • Ren

  • Rocky

  • Rolling Stone

  • Rye Bread

  • Sandworm

  • Sardine

  • Sassafras

  • Scooby Doo

  • Scout

  • Seawolf

  • Shaggy

  • Shark

  • Simba

  • Sisyphus

  • Smidgen

  • Snoopy

  • Snowy

  • Snukums

  • Souffle

  • Squash

  • Squeeze

  • Space Ghost

  • Spock

  • Spud

  • Stack

  • Stimpy

  • Stripe

  • Stump

  • Sulu

  • T. Rex

  • The Dice

  • Tick

  • Tigger

  • Titus

  • Torres

  • Troll

  • Trooper

  • Turtle

  • Tweak

  • Valentine

  • Warthog

  • Wedge

  • Woodie

  • Yogi

  • Zaphod

  • Zorak

  • Zucchini

  • Rover Map of Sojourner's route on Mars (Sol 83, 1997) (Archive [72] ).

  • Barnacle Bill rock on Mars – near the Sojourner Rover.

  • Barnacle Bill rock on Mars - viewed by the Sojourner Rover.

  • Yogi rock (circled) on Mars – near the Sojourner Rover.

  • Yogi rock on Mars – analyzed by the Sojourner Rover.

  • Yogi rock on Mars - viewed by the Sojourner Rover.

2004 – Spirit rover (MER-A)

SpiritLast Earth Contact[5] Mars landing coordinates: 14°34′06″S 175°28′21″E [73] [6] (Raw Images - Camera/Sol [74] and JPL [75] + NASA Image Viewer [76] .)

  • Aboa

  • Adirondack

  • Allan Hills (iron meteorite)

  • Arctowski

  • Belgrand

  • Bread-Basket

  • Casey Station

  • Castilla

  • ChanCheng

  • Cheyenne

  • Clovis

  • Coba

  • Cobra Hoods

  • Concordia

  • Davis

  • Druzhnaya

  • Ebenezer

  • El Dorado

  • Esperanza

  • Faget (geological feature)

  • Ferraz

  • Garruchaga

  • Gueslega

  • Halley

  • Home Plate (geological feature)

  • Humphrey

  • Juan Carlos

  • Jubany

  • King George Island

  • Kohnen

  • Korolev

  • Macquarie

  • Magic Carpet

  • Marambio

  • Mazatzal

  • Melchior

  • Mimi

  • Molodezhnaya

  • Montalva

  • Oberth (geological feature)

  • O Higgens

  • Orcadas

  • Pot of Gold

  • Prat

  • Primero

  • Riquelme

  • San Martin

  • Sashimi

  • Scott Base

  • Sejong

  • Signy

  • Sobral

  • Stone Council

  • Sushi

  • Tetl

  • Tor

  • Tyrone

  • Vernadsky

  • Vostok

  • Wasa

  • White Boat

  • Wishstone

  • Zhong Shan (iron meteorite)

  • Rover Map of Spirit's route on Mars (Sol 1509, April 2, 2008) (Archive to Sol 2555, March 15, 2011 [77] Current [78] ).

  • "Adirondack" rock on Mars – viewed by the Spirit Rover.

  • "Home Plate" rock outcrop on Mars – studied by the Spirit Rover.

  • "Mimi" rock on Mars – viewed by the Spirit Rover.

  • "Pot of Gold" rock on Mars – viewed by the Spirit Rover.

2004 – Opportunity rover (MER-B)

Opportunity[7][8] Mars landing coordinates: 1°56′46″S 354°28′24″E [79] [6] (Raw Images - Camera/Sol [80] and JPL [81] + NASA Image Viewer [82] .)

  • Amboy

  • Berry Bowl

  • Baltra

  • Block Island (iron meteorite)

  • "Blueberries"

  • Bounce

  • Bylot

  • Carousel

  • Chapeco

  • Cheyenne

  • Chocolate Hills

  • Cookies N Cream

  • Diamond Jenness

  • Earhart

  • El Capitan

  • Edmund

  • Ellesmere

  • Escher

  • Esperance[9]

  • Flatrock

  • Florianopolis

  • Guadalupe

  • Heat Shield (iron meteorite)

  • Homestake (vein)

  • Igreja

  • Ice Cream

  • Joacaba

  • Jornada del Muerto

  • Joseph McCoy

  • Kalavrita

  • Kettlestone

  • Kirkwood

  • Lamination

  • Last Chance

  • Lion Stone

  • Mackinac Island (iron meteorite)

  • Marquette Island

  • McKittrick

  • Meridiani Planum (iron meteorite)

  • Oileán Ruaidh (iron meteorite)

  • Palemop

  • Pilbara

  • Pinnacle Island

  • Puffin

  • Pyrrho

  • Razorback

  • Santa Catarina

  • Sarah

  • Sergeant Charles Floyd

  • Shark Pellets

  • Shark's Tooth

  • Shelter Island (iron meteorite)

  • Shoemaker

  • Slick

  • Snout

  • "Sparkling Spheres"

  • SpongeBob SquarePants

  • Steffers

  • Stone Mountain

  • Tennessee

  • The Outcrop

  • Tipuna

  • Tubarao

  • Videira

  • Wave Ripple

  • Whitewater River

  • Wopmay

  • Xanxer

  • Yuri

  • Rover Map of Opportunity's route on Mars (Sol 2055, January 24, 2009) (Archive to Sol 3342, June 21, 2013 [83] Current [84] ).

  • "Block Island" meteorite on Mars – viewed by the Opportunity Rover (July 31, 2009).

  • "Blueberries" (hematite spheres) on rock outcrop at Eagle Crater – viewed by the Opportunity Rover (Sol 46 – March, 2004).

  • "Blueberries" at "Kirkwood" near Endeavour Crater – Opportunity Rover (September 6, 2012).

  • "Bounce" rock on Mars – viewed by the Opportunity Rover.

  • "El Capitan" rock outcrop on Mars – studied by the Opportunity Rover.

  • "El Capitan" rock outcrop on Mars – studied by the Opportunity Rover.

  • "Esperance" rock on Mars – viewed by the Opportunity Rover (February 23, 2013).

  • "Heat Shield" meteorite (officially, Meridiani Planum meteorite) on Mars – viewed by the Opportunity Rover (January 6, 2005).

  • "Homestake" vein on Mars – viewed by the Opportunity Rover (November 12, 2012).

  • "Jornada del Muerto" – rock found in Perserverance Valley (posted June 4, 2019).

  • "Last Chance" rock outcrop on Mars – viewed by the Opportunity Rover.

  • "Mackinac Island" meteorite on Mars – viewed by the Opportunity Rover (October 13, 2009).

  • "Oileán Ruaidh" meteorite on Mars – viewed by the Opportunity Rover (September 24, 2010).

  • "Pinnacle Island" rock - "mysterious" appearance imaged by Opportunity (January 23, 2014).[10][11]

  • "Pinnacle Island" rock - "mysterious" appearance imaged by Opportunity (January 17, 2014).[11][10]

  • "Pinnacle Island" rock - microscopic view by Opportunity (February 1, 2014).[11][10]

  • "Pinnacle Island" rock - location where rock was dislodged by Opportunity (February 4, 2014).

  • "Shelter Island" meteorite on Mars – viewed by the Opportunity Rover (October 3, 2009).

  • "Shelter Island" meteorite on Mars – viewed by the Opportunity Rover (October 1, 2009).

  • "Sparkling Spheres" embedded in trench wall at Meridiani Planum - viewed by the Opportunity Rover (February, 2004).

  • "Whitewater River" rock on Mars – viewed by the Opportunity Rover (November 12, 2012).

2008 – Phoenix lander

PhoenixLast Earth Contact[12] Mars landing coordinates: 68°13′N 125°42′W [85] (Raw Images - Camera/Sol [86] and JPL [87] + NASA Image Viewer [88] .)

  • Baby Bear

  • Burn Alive

  • Burn Alive 3

  • Dodo

  • Goldilocks

  • Lower Cupboard

  • Mama Bear

  • Neverland

  • Papa Bear

  • Rosy Red 2

  • Rosy Red 3

  • Runaway

  • Snow White

  • Stone Soup

  • Upper Cupboard

2012 – Curiosity rover (Mars Science Laboratory)

Curiosity[13] Mars landing coordinates: 4°35′22″S 137°26′30″E [89] (4°35′31″S 137°26′25″E [90] ) (Raw Images - Camera [91] and Sol [92] and 1-JPL [93] and 2-JPL [94] + NASA Image Viewer [95] .)

  • Alexander Hills (area)

  • Amargosa Valley (area)

  • Bathurst Inlet

  • Bonanza King

  • Book Cliffs (area)

  • Buckskin

  • Burwash

  • Chinle (area)

  • Confidence Hills (area)

  • Coronation

  • Crest

  • Crestaurum

  • Cumberland

  • Darwin Outcrop

  • Dingo Gap (area)

  • Discovery Ridge (area)

  • Egg Rock (meteorite)

  • Ekwir_1

  • Et-Then

  • Garden City (area)

  • Gillespie (area)

  • Gillespie Lake

  • Glenelg (area)

  • Goulburn

  • Harrison

  • Hidden Valley (area)

  • High Dune (area)

  • Hottah

  • Ithaca

  • Jake Matijevic

  • John Klein-A/B/C

  • Kimberley (area)

  • Knorr[14]

  • Lamoose

  • Lebanon (iron meteorite)

  • Link

  • Little Colonsay

  • Missoula

  • Mojave (area)

  • Mojave 2

  • Murray Unit (area)

  • Namib Dune (area)

  • Not Bones

  • Nova

  • Old Soaker

  • Pahrump Hills (area)

  • Panorama Point (area)

  • Pink Cliffs (area)

  • Point Lake (area)

  • Portage[15]

  • Rapitan

  • Rocknest (area)

  • Rocknest 3[16]

  • Sayunei

  • Selwyn

  • Shaler[17][18]

  • Sheepbed

  • Shoemaker

  • Snake River[19]

  • Stimson unit (area)

  • Strathdon

  • Sutton Inlier (area)[14]

  • Telegraph Peak (area)

  • Tintina[14][20]

  • Twin Cairns Island (area)

  • Unnamed-20120902

  • Unnamed-20180102

  • Vera Rubin Ridge (area)

  • Waypoint 1 (area)

  • Wernecke[14]

  • Whale

  • Wildrose

  • Windjana

  • Winnipesaukee

  • Yellowjacket

  • Yellowknife Bay (area)

  • First-Year & First-Mile Traverse Map [96] of the Curiosity rover on Mars (August 1, 2013; 3-D [97] ).

  • "Alexander Hills" bedrock on Mars - viewed by Curiosity (November 23, 2014).

  • "Bathurst Inlet" rock on Mars – as viewed by the MAHLI camera on the Curiosity rover (September 30, 2012).

  • "Bonanza King" rock on Mars - dusted and initially drilled (September 11, 2014).

  • "Bonanza King" rock on Mars - drilling stopped due to loose rock (September 11, 2014).

  • "Buckskin" rock on Mars – Curiosity drilling site(July 30, 2015).

  • "Burwash" rock on Mars – as viewed by the MAHLI camera on the Curiosity rover (October 29, 2012).

  • "Confidence Hills" rock on Mars - Curiosity's first target at Mount Sharp (September 24, 2014).

  • "Coronation" rock on Mars – first target of the ChemCam laser analyzer on the Curiosity rover (August 17, 2012).

  • "Coronation" rock on Mars – close-up - viewed by the Curiosity rover (August 17, 2012).

  • "Crestaurum" sand patch on Mars – before/after ChemCam laser hits – as viewed by Curiosity (October 20, 2012).

  • "Cumberland" bedrock on Mars - Curiosity's second drilling site (Yellowknife Bay; February 19, 2013; white balanced).

  • "Cumberland" bedrock on Mars - Curiosity's second drilling site - before/after (Yellowknife Bay; May 19, 2013).

  • "Darwin" rock outcrop on Mars - viewed by Curiosity (Waypoint 1; September 10, 2013; overview).

  • "Darwin" rock outcrop ridge - viewed by Curiosity (Waypoint1; September 21, 2013; context).

  • "Darwin" sandstone on Mars - viewed by the Curiosity rover (Waypoint 1; September 21, 2013; closeup).

  • "Egg Rock" meteorite on Mars - viewed by Curiosity (Murray formation; October 27, 2016; context).[21]

  • "Egg Rock" meteorite on Mars - viewed by Curiosity (Murray formation; October 27, 2016; closeup).[21]

  • "Ekwir_1" rock on Mars – cleaned with Curiosity's "Dust Removal Tool" (DRT) (January 6, 2013; closeup [98] ).

  • "Et-Then" rock on Mars – as viewed by the MAHLI camera on the Curiosity rover (October 29, 2012).

  • "Garden City" rock – as viewed by the Curiosity rover (March 18, 2015).

  • "Garden City" rock - closeup – as viewed by the MAHLI camera on the Curiosity rover (March 2, 2015).

  • "Gillespie Lake" rock texture – as viewed by the MAHLI camera on the Curiosity rover (December 19, 2012).

  • "Goulburn" rock outcrop on Mars – ancient streambed viewed by Curiosity (August 17, 2012).

  • "Goulburn" rock outcrop on Mars – close-up viewed by Curiosity (August 17, 2012).

  • "Harrison" rock (and crystals) on Mars – viewed by the Curiosity rover (January 15, 2014).

  • "Hidden Valley" sand - Curiosity's tracks (August 4, 2014).

  • "Hidden Valley" water-related sedimentary deposits on Mars – Curiosity rover (August 7, 2014).

  • "High Dune" sand (undisturbed) on Mars – Curiosity rover (December 5, 2015).

  • "Hottah" rock outcrop on Mars – ancient streambed viewed by Curiosity (September 12, 2012; closeup [99] ; 3-D [100] ).

  • "Ithaca" rock on Mars – target of the ChemCam laser analyzer on Curiosity (October 30, 2013; closeup [101] ).

  • "Jake Matijevic" rock on Mars – a prime test target of the Curiosity rover (September 19, 2012).

  • Jake Matijevic rock on Mars – target of APSX & ChemCam on Curiosity (September 22, 2012).

  • "John Klein" A/B/C mudstone on Mars – near Curiosity's first drilling site (December 25, 2012).

  • "John Klein" mudstone - results of Curiosity's first drilling tests (Yellowknife Bay; February 6, 2013).[22]

  • "John Klein" mudstone - drill hole (1.6 cm (0.63 in)) made by Curiosity (Yellowknife Bay; May 10, 2013).

  • "Knorr" sedimentary rock on Mars – as viewed by the MastCam on Curiosity (December 20, 2012).[14]

  • "Lamoose" rock (high silica levels) – viewed by Curiosity (July 11, 2015).

  • "Lebanon" meteorite on Mars – viewed by Curiosity (May 25, 2014).

  • "Link" rock outcrop on Mars – ancient streambed viewed by Curiosity (September 2, 2012).

  • "Little Colonsay" possible meteorite – viewed by Curiosity (November 26, 2018).

  • "Missoula" rock outcrop on Mars – viewed by Curiosity (July 1, 2015).

  • "Missoula" rock outcrop – "Buckskin" drilling site (July 1, 2015).

  • "Mojave 2" rock on Mars – drilling site - viewed by Curiosity (December 31, 2015).

  • "Murray Unit" sandstone nodules – viewed by Curiosity (March 9, 2016).

  • "Namib Dune" sand on Mars (at night) – (Curiosity rover; January 22, 2016).

  • "Not Bones" on Mars - viewed by Curiosity (August 21, 2014).

  • "Nova" rock on Mars – 1st laser spark imaged (Curiosity rover; July 12, 2014; video (01:07) [102] ).

  • "Nova" rock on Mars – ChemCam spectra (Curiosity rover; July 12, 2014).

  • "Old Soaker" rock slab on Mars – Possible mud cracks (Curiosity rover; December 20, 2016).

  • "Pahrump Hills" rock outcrop on Mars – viewed by Curiosity (September 23, 2014).

  • "Pahrump Hills" bedrock on Mars - viewed by Curiosity (November 9, 2014).

  • "Pahrump Hills" sand - viewed by Curiosity (November 13, 2014).

  • "Pahrump Hills" sand - Curiosity's tracks (November 7, 2014).

  • "Pink Cliffs" rock outcrop on Mars - viewed by Curiosity (October 7, 2014).

  • "Point Lake" rock outcrop (detail) on Mars – viewed by Curiosity (June 13, 2013; context [103] ).

  • "Rocknest" sand patch on Mars – target for the first use of Curiosity's scoop (September 28, 2012).

  • "Rocknest" sand – first X-ray analysis of Martian soil (Curiosity rover; October 30, 2012)[23]

  • "Rocknest" sand on Mars – scoffmark made by the Curiosity rover (MAHLI, October 4, 2012).

  • "Rocknest" sand patch on Mars – Curiosity's scooper sifts a load of sand (October 7, 2012).

  • Sand tracks – uncover finer grains (Curiosity rover; December 3, 2015).

  • "Rocknest 3" rock on Mars – as viewed by the MastCam on Curiosity (October 5, 2012).

  • Sand moving on Mars – as viewed by Curiosity (January 23, 2017).

  • "Sayunei" rock on Mars – Curiosity's view at night (January 22, 2013; wh light).

  • "Sayunei" rock on Mars – Curiosity's view at night (January 22, 2013; uv light).

  • "Shaler" rock outcrop on Mars – as viewed by the MastCam on the Curiosity rover (December 7, 2012).

  • "Sheepbed" rock outcrop on Mars – as viewed by the MastCam on Curiosity (December 13, 2012).

  • "Snake River" rock feature on Mars – as viewed by Curiosity (December 20, 2012).[19]

  • "Strathdon" rock on Mars – viewed by the Curiosity rover (July 9, 2019).

  • "Strathdon-closeup" rock on Mars – viewed by the Curiosity rover (July 10, 2019).

  • "Sutton Inlier" rock on Mars – broken by the Curiosity rover (January 31, 2013).[14]

  • "Sutton Inlier" soil on Mars - target of ChemCam's laser - Curiosity rover (May 11, 2013).

  • Tintina broken hydrated rock on Mars – viewed by Curiosity (January 19, 2013; context).[14][20]

  • Tintina broken hydrated rock on Mars – viewed by Curiosity (January 19, 2013; analysis).[14][20]

  • "Unnamed-20120902" rock on Mars – as viewed by the Curiosity rover (September 2, 2012).

  • "Unnamed-20180102" curious rock shapes (bio or geo?) on Mars – as viewed by Curiosity (January 2, 2018).[24][25]

  • "Unnamed-20180305" curious rock shapes (bio or geo?) on Mars – as viewed by Curiosity (March 5, 2018).[26][27]

  • "Wernecke" rock on Mars – cleaned with Curiosity's "Dust Removal Tool" (DRT) (January 26, 2013).[14]

  • "Whale" rock on Mars - cross-bedding due to passage of water - as viewed by Curiosity (November 2, 2014).

  • "Windjana" sandstone on Mars - as viewed by the Curiosity rover (Kimberley; April 23, 2014; context).

  • "Windjana" sandstone on Mars - drill hole (1.6 cm (0.63 in)) made by Curiosity (Kimberley; April 29, 2014).

  • "Winnipesaukee" rock on Mars - target of the ChemCam laser analyzer on Curiosity (June 8, 2014).

  • "Yellowjacket" rock on Mars – as viewed by the Curiosity rover (May 15, 2015).

Other rock formations

  • Cave entrances

  • Face on Mars

  • Mars monolith

  • Mars rootless cones

  • "Face on Mars" – due to Sun's lighting (Viking 1 orbiter; July 25, 1976)(40°45′N 9°28′W [104] ).

  • "Smiley face" in Galle Crater on Mars.(Viking 1 orbiter; 1970s).

  • "Heart-shaped" features on Mars (MGS, MOC; February 14, 2004).

  • Cave entrances (possible) on Mars (2001 Mars Odyssey; September 24, 2007).

  • Mars monolith on Mars – rectangular boulder (MRO; July 24, 2008)(7°13′52″S 267°21′00″E [105] ).

  • Oblong boulder on Mars – lands upright after rolling down a hill (MRO; July 3, 2014)(31°S 302°E [106] ).

  • Rootless cones on Mars – due to lava flows interacting with water (MRO; January 4, 2013)(21°57′54″N 197°48′25″E [107] ).

  • Spiderlike terrain on Mars

  • Dunes on Mars look like the Star Trek Starfleet emblem.[29][30]

See also

  • Composition of Mars – Branch of the Geology of Mars

  • Geology of Mars – Scientific study of the surface, crust, and interior of the planet Mars

  • Formation of rocks

  • List of craters on Mars

  • List of minerals – A list of minerals for which there are articles on Wikipedia

  • List of mountains on Mars

  • List of quadrangles on Mars

  • List of rock formations – Links to Wikipedia articles about notable rock outcrops

  • List of rock types – A list of rock types recognized by geologists

  • List of valles on Mars – Wikimedia list article

  • Martian soil

  • Planetary nomenclature

  • Rock cycle – Transitions through geologic time among the three main rock types: sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous

  • Water on Mars

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