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  2. List of montes on Venus - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of montes (mountains, singular mons) on the planet Venus. Venusian mountains are all named after goddesses in the mythologies of various cultures, except for the Maxwell Montes . The four main mountain ranges of Venus are named Akna Montes , Danu Montes , Freyja Montes , and Maxwell Montes .

  3. Maxwell Montes - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the Lakshmi Planum and the mountain belts such as Maxwell Montes is controversial. One theory suggests they formed over a hot plume of material rising from Venus's interior, while another says the region is being compressed (pushed together) from all sides, resulting in material descending into the planet's interior. [5]

  4. List of tallest mountains in the Solar System - Wikipedia

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    Tallest mountain base-to-peak on land [15] [n 3] Mount Everest: 3.6 to 4.6 km (2.2 to 2.9 mi) [16] 0.072: tectonic: 4.6 km on north face, 3.6 km on south face; [n 4] highest elevation (8.8 km) above sea level, as well as by wet and dry prominence (but not among the tallest from base to peak, and in distance to Earth's center Mt Chimborazo rises ...

  5. Skadi Mons - Wikipedia

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    Perspective rendering of Ishtar Terra, at the center of the image is Maxwell Montes, according to its elevation in red and its peaks like Skadi Mons in white. Skadi Mons / ˈ s k ɑː ð i ˈ m ɒ n z / is a mountain on Venus in Maxwell Montes, at the center of Ishtar Terra. It is the highest point on the planet, with an altitude of about ...

  6. Ishtar Terra - Wikipedia

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    On one side of the mountain chain is the impact crater Cleopatra Patera, 100 kilometers (62 mi) in diameter filled with lava. [citation needed] Ishtar Terra contains the four main mountain ranges of Venus: Maxwell Montes on the eastern edge, Freyja Montes in the north, Akna Montes on the western edge, and Danu Montes in the

  7. Category:Mountains on Venus - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Mountains on Venus" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... List of montes on Venus; A. Abeona Mons; Akna Montes; Anala ...

  8. Mapping of Venus - Wikipedia

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    Perspective view of Ishtar Terra showing the mountain belt (mb) units with Akna Montes and Freyja Montes along the western and northwestern edge of Lakshmi Planum, and Maxwell Montes along its eastern edge . The mountain belts unit is the only real mountain range on Venus in the area surrounding Lakshmi Planum, which covers only 1.3 x 10 6 km 2 ...

  9. Akna Montes - Wikipedia

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    Akna Montes are a mountain range on Venus centered at 68.9°N, 318.2°E and stretching 830 km long. The Akna range is a north–south trending ridge belt that forms the western border of the elevated smooth plateau of Lakshmi Planum. The Lakshmi plateau plains are formed by extensive volcanic eruptions and are bounded by mountain chains on all ...