Mountain in the Nicholson crater. Perspective colour view of a 55 kilometre long and 37 kilometre wide massif in the middle of the Nicholson crater - detailed view. North is at the top. Nicholson is a crater on Mars centred at ° N and ° W. It is 62 miles wide (100 km), and located in the Memnonia quadrangle. Nicholson is a good marker for the equator as it sits almost directly on the Martian equator. It is named after Seth Barnes Nicholson, an American astronomer.

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Mountain in the Nicholson crater. Perspective colour view of a 55 kilometre long and 37 kilometre wide massif in the middle of the Nicholson crater - detailed view. North is at the top. Nicholson is a crater on Mars centred at ° N and ° W. It is 62 miles wide (100 km), and located in the Memnonia quadrangle. Nicholson is a good marker for the equator as it sits almost directly on the Martian equator. It is named after Seth Barnes Nicholson, an American astronomer.

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