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{{Short description|Crater on Mars}}
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| title       = Atlantis
| coordinate_title = [[Mars#Geography|Coordinates]]
| globe       = Mars
| coordinates = {{coord|35|S|177|W|globe:mars_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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'''Atlantis basin''' is an eroded impact crater in the southern hemisphere of [[Mars]], in the [[Phaethontis quadrangle]], [[Sirenum Terra]]e region, centered at 177° West, 35° South. It was formed during the early [[Noachian period]].<ref name="de Pablo 2004">{{Cite journal|title=The Geology of Atlantis Basin, Mars, and Its Astrobiological Interest|last=de Pablo|first=M. A.|author2=Fairén, A. G.|author3= Márquez, A.|journal=35th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 15–19, 2004, League City, Texas|id=abstract no.1223|date=3 March 2004|page=1223|bibcode=2004LPI....35.1223D|url=http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2004/pdf/1223.pdf}}</ref>

Atlantis basin contains [[Atlantis Chaos]], a region of [[chaos terrain]]. It also contains an ancient dry lakebed (possibly part of [[Eridania Lake]]), as well as structures that appear to be volcanic [[Dike (geology)|dike]]s and recently formed [[gullies]], which suggests the possibility of long-term [[hydrothermal activity]].<ref name="de Pablo 2004"/>

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Image:Atlantis Chaos.JPG|[[Atlantis Chaos]], within the Atlantis basin, as seen by HiRISE.  Click on image to see mantle covering and possible gullies.  The two images are different parts of the original image.  They have different scales.
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== See also ==
* [[Geography of Mars]]
* [[Areas of chaos terrain on Mars]]

== References ==
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{{Geography of Mars}}

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