Maat Mons is a large shield volcano located in Atla Regio, a site of recent tectonic rifting possibly fed by an active mantle plume.

Interpretation of their respective radial dike swarm features indicates that Maat Mons is the youngest volcanic centre within Atla Regio, fed by the same mantle plume which gave rise to the previous volcanic centres.

[5] Maat Mons is surrounded by a radial dike swarm, with grabens extending over 1,500 kilometres from the volcano's centre.

One possible explanation for this was the injection of volcanic gases into the atmosphere by plinian eruptions at Maat Mons.

[7] A study published by the journal Science in 2023 concluded that there has been recent volcanic activity on Maat Mons.