Daedalia Planum

Coordinates	21°48′S128°00′W / 21.8°S 128.0°W /-21.8; -128.0

Daedalia Planum is a plain onMars located south ofArsia Mons at21°48′S128°00′W / 21.8°S 128.0°W /-21.8; -128.0 and appears to be relatively featureless plain with multiple lava flows and small craters. It is mostly in theMemnonia quadrangle, but parts are inTharsis quadrangle andPhoenicis Lacus quadrangle. Modern imagery suggests that it may more accurately be called a "fluctus" rather than a "planum".^[1]

There is evidence that an ancient 4500 km-diameterimpact basin formed in theNoachian epoch may be centered in Daedalia Planum.^[2]

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  MOLA map showing boundaries of Daedalia Planum and other regions. Colors show elevations.
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  Layers in crater wall, as seen by HiRISE underHiWish program
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  Layers exposed at the base of a group of buttes inMangala Valles inMemnonia quadrangle, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program. Arrows point to boulders sitting in pits. The pits may have formed by winds, heat from the boulders melting ground ice, or some other process.

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