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Why does Mars have one of the largest volcanoes in the solar system?

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Mars has very low movement of their tectonic plates. The lack of movement allows the Martian crust to remain fixed in place over a magma hotspot allowing repeated, large lava flows. That Large lava come along the edge and then converts into largest volcanoes in the solar system

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