Matijevic Hill

Matijevic Hill

Matijevic Hill near Endeavour Crater on the planet Mars (3-D image).
Location	Endeavour Crater, Meridiani Planum
Coordinates	2°13′45″S 5°21′02″W / 2.22923°S 5.35068°W / -2.22923; -5.35068Coordinates: 2°13′45″S 5°21′02″W / 2.22923°S 5.35068°W / -2.22923; -5.35068
Discoverer	Opportunity Rover
Eponym	Jacob "Jake" Matijevic (1947-2012), NASA Engineer.

Matijevic Hill, named after American NASA engineer Jacob "Jake" Matijevic (1947 - 2012), is a hill located on "Cape York", itself on the western rim of Endeavour Crater lying within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars. It was discovered by the Opportunity rover, and named by NASA on September 28, 2012. The "approximate" site coordinates are: 2°13′45″S 5°21′02″W / 2.22923°S 5.35068°W / -2.22923; -5.35068.

The hill includes a rock outcrop called Kirkwood, where Opportunity found a concentration of small spherical features. It also includes an area where clay minerals have been detected from orbiter observations.