South Boösaule Mons (), the highest mountain of Jupiter's moon Io, is one of the tallest mountains in the Solar System. It is located just northwest of the volcano Pele, in the Boösaule Montes.
The official name of the mountain range was given in honor of the cave in Greece where Io gave birth to Epaphus, and approved by the IAU in 1985.
Size South Boösaule has a relative height of 18.2 km (17.5 km from the foot), dimensions of 145 × 159 km (the diameter of the mountain range is 540 kmBoösaule Montes (Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature)), and it covers an area of 17,900 km2.Io Mountain Database
On the south-east side of the mountain there is a steep cliff up to 15 km high.
See also List of tallest mountains in the Solar System
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External links
Map of the surroundings of the array Boösaule