Aeolis

American  

[ee-uh-lis] / ˈi ə lɪs /

Also Aeolia

noun

1. an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in northwestern Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.

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Aeolis British  

/ ˈiːəlɪs /

noun

1. the ancient name for the coastal region of NW Asia Minor, including the island of Lesbos, settled by the Aeolian Greeks (about 1000 _bc )

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Aeolis

The central peak of Gale is Aeolis Mons, an 18,000 foot mountain.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2022

The official name of the mountain is Aeolis Mons, but mission scientists have nicknamed it after Robert P. Sharp, a Mars expert who died in 2004.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2019

In the coming years, as the rover trundles up the side of Aeolis Mons, it will pass rocks that, seen from orbit, seem to host mysteriously intermittent dark streaks—perhaps marking seasonal water seeps.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 3, 2017

Then the rover will finally hit the road to Aeolis Mons, also known as Mount Sharp.

From Nature ● Mar. 20, 2013

The tradition was that it had been founded by immigrants from Cyme and Aeolis and from Chaleis in Euboea.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor

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