Skadi Mons is a mountain on
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet as it is almost as large and has a similar composition. As an interior planet to Earth, Venus (like Mercury) appears in Earth's sky never f ...
in
Maxwell Montes
Maxwell Montes is a mountain massif on the planet Venus, of which a peak ( Skadi Mons) is the highest point on the planet's surface.
General description
Located on Ishtar Terra, the more northern of the planet's two major highlands, Maxwell ...
, at the center of
Ishtar Terra
Ishtar Terra is one of the three continental regions on the planet Venus, the others being Aphrodite Terra and Lada Terra. It is a highland region named after the Akkadian goddess Ishtar, and is found in the north of the planet. In size, i ...
. It is the highest point of the planet with an altitude of about 10,700 meters (about 35,000 feet) above the mean planetary radius.
See also
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List of quadrangles on Venus
The surface of Venus has been divided into 8 quadrangles at the 1:10,000,000 map scale, or 62 quadrangles at the 1:5,000,000 map scale.
1:10,000,000 map scale
1:5,000,000 map scale
See also
* List of quadrangles on Mercury
* List o ...
*
List of montes on Venus
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 ...
References
External links
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USGS
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, a ...
I-2490).
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Ishtar Terra quadrangle
Mountains on Venus