List of coronae on Venus

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This is a list of named coronae on Venus. With a few exceptions, cytherean coronae are named after fertility and earth goddesses.

List of coronae on Venus[]

Name Latitude Longitude Diameter (km) Named after
A
18.5 125 250 Norse goddess of giving.
−31.2 259.6 265 Celtic earth and nature goddess.
24.2 243.7 200 Greek resplendent mother goddess.
−19 238.5 250 Celtic earth goddess.
−27.7 165.8 170 Greek fertility goddess.
9.4 254.7 150 Altay Great Mother, "White Mother."
15.5 114 125 Akkadian earth goddess.
−45.7 278.2 300 Jukun (Central Nigeria) goddess of childbirth, personification of earth.
−70 82.5 550 Uzbek women's and fertility goddess.
−67.2 217.9 115 Egyptian earth goddess.
−13.4 213.5 210 Karen(Burma/Myanmar) mythological first woman.
77.1 277.3 324 Armenian goddess of fertility.
−35.5 152 300 Indian goddess of wealth.
−26.3 82 350 Persian fertility goddess.
Artemis Corona −35 135 2,600 Greek moon and hunting goddess.
9 262 450 Sumerian earth goddess.
50.2 357 300 Sumerian harvest goddess.
25.9 208 150 Athabaskan (W. Canada Subarctic) Earth and nature goddess; the first woman on Earth.
23.3 21.6 180 Quechua potato goddess.
56.1 189.1 200 Name changed from Aspasia Patera.
−19 170 700 Huron/Iroquois goddess, creator of the sun and moon.
−8 8.6 360 Hittite fertility goddess.
−16 243.5 600 Oromo (Ethiopia) fertility goddess.
8.5 92 150 Navajo fertility goddess.
−1.5 211.5 240 Taino (Puerto Rico) fertility goddess.
45.5 12 225 Norse primordial nourisher.
66.4 252.7 380 Karachay/Balkar goddess
B
73.3 261.4 463 Chibcha (Colombia) goddess of fertility.
Baʽhet Corona 48.4 0.1 145 Baʽḥet, Egyptian personification of abundance. Formerly Ba'het Patera.
−47.2 209.2 110 Irish earth goddess.
52.8 259.3 355 Sumerian fertility goddess.
52.6 306.5 600 Saami (Lapp) fertility goddess.
6 20 300 Mesopotamian nature/fertility goddess.
16 340 310 Japanese love/fertility goddess.
27.5 204.5 185 Basque mother goddess.
−19 233.5 350 Phoenician earth goddess.
26.5 15.5 400 Norse earth goddess.
−17.2 343.6 150 Hindu earth goddess.
15 118 100 Hindu earth goddess.
−47 302 450 Turkman goddess of women.
3 168 225 Norse-Viking Earth and nature goddess.
−0.4 134.5 125 Celtic fertility goddess.
35 293.8 300 Celtic fertility goddess.
−0.5 231.3 175 Scandinavian goddess of Earth, nature, and happiness.
Boala Corona −70 359 220 Mongo-Nkundo (Bantu group, Zaire) the first woman, ancestor of people.
27 136.5 300 Irish fertility goddess.
−24 157.5 275 Roman virgin/fertility goddess.
27 35 320 British goddess of love.
C
−48 88.3 125 Scottish Celtic fertility goddess.
6.5 43.5 575 Pueblo Indian corn goddess.
−37.5 3 215 Greek fertility goddess.
65.6 207.6 152 Mary Cassatt; American Impressionist painter (1844–1926). Formerly Cassatt Patera.
31.5 142.9 553 Kataba (Colombia) fertility goddess.
38.3 18.8 100 Edith Cavell; British nurse, heroine (1865–1915). (Formerly Cavell Patera.)
−16 151.5 675 Roman harvest goddess.
49.6 201.8 217 Celtic nature goddess.
10.9 6.2 200 Kachin (Burma/Myanmar) mother of all humans.
−1.7 215 200 Aztec hearth goddess.
−29.2 245.5 330 Kachin (Tibetan people of Burma/Myanmar) creator goddess.
18.3 340.5 150 Hebrew fertility goddess.
−23.5 265.5 380 Igbo (Nigeria) creator goddess.
16 167.4 100 Greek Earth and nature goddess.
63.2 273 199 Aztec earth goddess.
−46 56 250 Arauakan (Colombia) great mother goddess.
−32 151 350 Teutonic fertility goddess.
−42.5 75.5 500 Roman goddess of plenty.
−7.5 20.7 500 Phrygian fertility goddess.
D
48.9 28 140 Gaulish fertility goddess, "Great Cow".
53.9 294.8 560 Greek goddess of fertility.
−65.5 38 370 Gurage (SW Ethiopia) women's goddess.
−67.5 118 300 Seneca Iroquois spirit of crops.
−46.8 20.2 200 Phillistine fertility goddess.
14.5 111.7 100 Vedic goddess of plenty.
−8 243 200 Thai earth and love goddess.
19 38 320 E. Slavic childbirth goddess.
−18.7 250.4 220 Karadjeri (NW Australia) Earth goddess.
2.7 57.5 300 Nuristan (NE Afghanistan) fertility goddess.
−60 85 630 Evenk (Tungu) earth and taiga mistress.
−57.5 42.5 200 Enets (Samoyed) women's and childbirth deity.
35.2 20.6 80 W. Komi-Permyakan (Ural Finn) mythological ancestor of Zyuzdino tribes, Upper Kama River area.
E
70.1 136.2 414 Amelia Earhart; American aviator (1897–1937).
47.2 25.4 50 Scandinavian goddess, "great grandmother", first woman to produce offspring.
−5 175 200 Celtic fertility goddess.
5 350 375 Australian aboriginal snake goddess, maker of all beings.
−57 7.5 500 Iroquois earth goddess.
−50 40 600 Buryatian creator goddess.
-37 47.1 175 Cherokee Earth goddess
28.9 205.4 132 Scandinavian Earth goddess, creator of life.
−21.5 213.5 225 Mongolian childcare goddess.
37.5 290.5 180 Tuva (S. Siberia) childcare goddess.
−46 264 350 Altay childbirth goddess.
−28 208.5 225 Celtic horse/fertility goddess.
21 84.5 320 Mesopotamian nature/fertility goddess.
−34.5 284 325 Greek harvest goddess.
−16.3 233.7 275 Armenian earth goddess.
26.5 94.5 200 Greek mother earth goddess.
−32 359.8 330 Hebrew first name; name changed from Eve (crater).
F
59.1 106.4 290 Tuamotu earth mother.
−16.3 17.7 400 Roman goddess of fertility.
−24.8 210.8 100 Polynesian goddess of Earth, nature, and the life/death cycle.
68 281.7 360 Ancient Italian goddess of spring and flowers.
−24.5 177.3 150 Irish fertility goddess.
Fotla Corona −58.5 163.5 150 Celtic fertility goddess.
−38 258 550 Chibcha/Muiska earth goddess.
G
6 21.5 400 Greek earth/fertility goddess.
11.7 243.7 225 Babylonian "Lady of the Earth."
−33.5 98.5 300 Norse fertility goddess.
−30 276 250 Teutonic goddess of fertility.
H
3 81.8 125 Danish goddess of abundance.
0 170.5 200 Ḫannaḫanna, Hittite (Asia Minor) mother and insect goddess.
54 21.8 375 Polynesian fertility goddess.
Heng-o Corona 2 355 1,060 Named for Chinese moon goddess.
−2 145.5 150 Hittite mother goddess.
7 169.5 250 Heqet,Egyptian fertility goddess.
−25.5 269 250 Norse fertility goddess.
−38.7 241 150 Chin/Kieng (Burma/Myanmar, Bangladesh) ancestor goddess.
53.5 155.8 200 German fertility goddess.
−13 237.7 180 German Earth, nature, and household affairs goddess.
12 308.3 230 German goddess of fruitfulness and marriage.
9 68 150 Pawnee húraaruʼ "earth, land"
I
−47 86 300 Ede (Vietnam) goddess of rice.
25 358 230 Finno-Ugraic harvest spirit.
34.3 25 110 Finnish sky goddess, creator of the world.
−69.5 65 300 Moldavian main female deity.
−20.5 212.2 125 Micronesian Earth and nature goddess.
−37 35.9 350 Semitic fertility goddess.
−18 120.3 300 Japanese rice goddess.
−37.5 70.5 200 Hindu fertility goddess.
12 49.2 540 Ibibio (Nigeria) fertility goddess.
19.5 153.5 220 Amazon River goddess, "Mother Scorpion", afterworld ruler.
−21 310 500 Brythonic (English Celtic) earth goddess.
−47.5 207.5 150 Aztec earth and fertility goddess.
−16.5 347.5 200 ， Keresan Pueblo (New Mexico) corn mother.
J
13 165 250 Brazilian Earth, tree, and happiness goddess.
−5.5 251.2 450 Lithuanian harvest goddess.
−58.5 349.5 130 Jord， Norse earth goddess.
−19.5 44.5 320 Juksakka，Lapp goddess of birth.
37 257 280 Yolngu (Australia) fertility goddess.
K
0.5 75 450 Mansi (Ob River Ugra) mother goddess.
21 136.5 400 Hindu goddess of plenty.
−63.5 322.5 300 Ainu (Japan) earth goddess.
−21.7 271 200 Angami-Naga (Burma/Myanmar) creator goddess.
−12.5 327.5 210 Senufo (Burkina Faso) creator goddess.
33.5 57 150 Shinto grain goddess.
−11 173 285 Avarian/Andalalan (Daghestan) childbirth deity.
−46.5 81.5 200 Yakut goddess of plenty.
43.2 227.8 300 Sumerian earth goddess.
−16.5 207.9 200 Greek Earth, nature, and foothills goddess.
40.6 7.6 230 E. Slavic female deity of spring and fertility.
−5 261.5 300 Lithuanian food goddess.
−4.3 10 310 Chinese fertility goddess.
15.5 132.5 125 Hittite mother earth goddess.
−27.8 261.9 170 Arawakan (Brazil, Venezuela) creator goddess who created women.
25 11.8 40 Mother goddess of Ibans, the Sea Dayaks of Borneo/Kalimantan, Indonesia.
19.3 80.1 200 German fertility maiden.
L
−24 250.5 460 The first woman in Hawaiian mythology.
−64 123 500 Palau (Micronesia) fertility and childbirth goddess.
−38.6 287 225 Chechen/Ingush (N. Caucasus, Russia) earth goddess.
2.5 223 525 Chinese Earth goddess.
12.5 24 350 Roman fertility goddess.
−29.5 271.5 500 Hittite earth goddess.
−12.5 250.5 300 Creek (SE USA) Giant turtle deity. Name changed from Ludjatako Mons.
−11.5 234.5 230 Minahas (N. Sulavesi, Indonesia) ancestor goddess.
M
−22.5 57 420 Fertility goddess from Asia Minor.
40.8 102.5 300 Estonian harvest goddess.
37.6 206.4 150 Australian creator goddess; "Creator of life".
9 315.5 220 Lapp goddess of birth.
−48.7 85 200 Assyro-Babylonian goddess of fecundity.
−27 31 300 Peruvian harvest goddess.
−7.5 221.5 600 Oromo (Ethiopia) fertility goddess.
54 151 200 Cretan goddess of plenty.
−53 67.5 550 West Slavic grain and fertility goddess.
−53 244 180 Aztec goddess of love and fertility.
77 202.5 0 Slavonic personification of fertility.
31.7 241.3 295 Fon (Benin) goddess of fertility.
23 98 225 Hindu mother earth goddess.
−27.5 154 200 Mexican goddess of plenty.
−42.5 68 330 Teleutan (S. Altay) fertility goddess.
27 342.6 190 Irish fertility goddess.
26 97.7 101 Persian fertility/moon goddess.
Minona Corona 23.5 218.5 130 Benin (W. Africa) goddess who grants fertility to both women and the land.
−14 163.8 300 Aborigine fertility goddess.
−66.4 185 70 Kassitan (Babylonia) earth and fertility goddess.
−3.5 259.8 180 Koryak and Itelmen (Kamchatka) the Raven's (world creator) wife.
32.8 23.1 50 Welsh divine mother goddess.
−21 220.3 260 Darghinan (Daghestan) childbirth deity.
−64.5 235.5 100 Gikuyu (Kenya), the first woman, ancestor of nine tribes.
−49.5 59 200 Nganasan (Samoyed) lifebringing goddess.
−12.5 46 525 Udmurt (Urals Finn, Russia) fertility goddess.
65.6 205.4 163 Indian earth goddess.
−73 99 150 Khanty (Ob River Ugra) earth goddess.
N
−8.5 47 525 Ganda (Uganda) crop goddess.
−18.5 259 190 Ganda (Uganda) crop goddess.
48.7 247 380 Ganda (Uganda) goddess of childbirth.
39.4 14 230 Dahomean world creator deity, both male and female.
69.9 198.5 50 Brazilian Earth and nature goddess.
−47 204.5 160 , A South Laotian mythical ruler who called for rain, bringing fertility to the rice fields.
−58.3 249.5 200 Keresan Pueblo ancestor goddess, mother of all foreign (non-Keresan) people.
−48.6 296.5 170 Ganda (Uganda) goddess of childbirth.
−20.3 230.3 225 Mende (Sierra Leone) Earth and nature goddess.
35.9 48.2 371 Nefertiti Famously beautiful Egyptian queen (c. 1390-c. 1354 B.C.).
14 10 345 Teutonic fertility goddess.
14.2 258.8 90 Micronesian (Gilbert Islands, Kiribati) mother of gods.
52.7 6.8 303 Egyptian grain goddess.
49.7 204.7 211 Maasai earth/fertility goddess.
Nightingale Corona 63.6 129.5 471 Florence Nightingale; English nurse (1820–1910).
32.8 204.5 88 Guinea (West Africa) Earth and mother goddess.
−38 23.5 125 Babylonian earth goddess.
65.3 221 150 Babylonian goddess of childbirth.
Ninmah Corona 16.5 49 700 Sumer-Akkadian mother goddess.
19.2 123.5 75 Akkadian earth goddess.
−6.3 172.3 60 Nuristan (NE Afghanistan) childbirth goddess.
−24.5 72 275 Hindu earth mother.
25.5 355.5 300 Mesopotamian wisdom/fertility goddess.
Nott Corona −32.3 202 150 Scandinavian earth goddess.
−42.5 245.2 150 Hibaro (Peru/Ecuador) fertility goddess.
−45 287.5 225 Congo (Bantu) ancestor goddess, mother of all beings.
68.7 205.7 140 Nzingha queen, head of Amazon band (1582-1663). Name changed from Nzingha Patera.
O
−32.5 255.5 375 Gaulish Celtic earth goddess.
−53.5 291 230 Ekoi (S. Nigeria) earth/fertility goddess.
−31.9 276.6 300 Bini (Nigeria) childbirth goddess.
−81.5 19 220 E. Slavic crop protection deity.
−11 211.5 150 Yoruba (Nigeria) fertility goddess.
−27 85.7 175 Japanese food goddess.
−70.5 40 400 Kalmykan fertility goddess.
37.5 67.5 175 Brythonic goddess of spring growth.
16.5 119 175 Aztec generative power.
64.5 306 480 Manchoo childbirth goddess.
Onatah Corona 49 5.5 298 Iroquois corn spirit.
−19 221.5 230 Mohawk/Iroquois corn maiden, the eldest of the Three Sisters, the harvest deities.
68.8 89 183 Greek fertility goddess.
67.8 298.7 172 Bini (S. Nigeria) goddess of fertility.
−57 30.5 400 Mongolian earth mother.
P
−36 21.8 130 Incan earth goddess.
-38.8 42.4 75 Maori plant goddess
19.9 231.5 320 Maori fertility goddess.
44.5 17.5 110 Komi-Permyakan (Ural Finn) personification of wilderness, in particular, of the North Ural taiga-covered uplands; mother of the first man, Pera.
29 319 250 Mari (Volga Finn) harvest goddess.
Pavlova Corona 14.3 38.9 370[1] Anna; Russian ballet dancer (1881–1931).
−3.2 214.8 300 Gagauzan (Moldova) "Sunday mother", protector of women.
17 234.5 500 German fertility goddess.
−36 304.6 120 Greek underworld goddess, daughter of corn goddess Demeter.
−66.6 209.6 150 Thai fertility goddess.
0.5 302 675 Finno-Ugric grain goddess.
79.3 299.4 315 Roman goddess of fruits.
34.3 11.8 280 Burman (Myanmar) fertility goddess.
10.8 248.5 375 Hindu (India) mother goddess.
−19 335 180 Khanty (Ob River Ugra) lifebringing goddess.
26.1 343.5 170 Hindu goddess of plenty.
Q
35.5 207.1 130 Bella Coola/Nuxalk (SW Canada) creator of life, the first woman.
−20.5 343.5 80 Egyptian fertility goddess.
Quetzalpetlatl Corona −68 357 780 Aztec fertility goddess.
R
4.9 11 100 Tibetan great mother goddess.
62.6 263.5 448 Saami-Lapp goddess of spring and fertility.
40.8 271.9 271 Finnish goddess of harvest, earth.
32.7 326.2 200 Renenti,Egyptian goddess of abundance.
−13 218.8 240 Egyptian fertility and underworld goddess.
−33.5 278.5 300 Celtic fertility goddess.
8.2 247.5 140 Norse "Earth's Winter Queen," personification of the frost-covered Earth.
−81.2 180 150 Tukano (Colombia) great mother goddess.
0 124.5 300 Celtic fertility/luck goddess.
−17.6 214.6 450 Russian goddess of rye fields.
S
−11 339.5 260 Samdzimari was a Georgian fertility deity.
−23.8 229.5 165 Korean childcare deity, a good grandmother.
41.7 15.5 181 George. (Aurore Dupin); French novelist (1804–1876). Name changed from Sand Patera.
−34.5 288 200 Sabine goddess of fertility and health.
−52.3 14.6 170 Babylonian fertility goddess.
−1.3 173 200 Abkhazian goddess of corn milling.
74.3 214.5 122 Ernestine; German singer (1861–1936). Name changed from Schumann-Heink Patera.
−3 153 225 Roman grain goddess.
−62 241 150 Tupi/Huarani (Bolivia) fertility goddess.
−42.5 6 300 Cherokee corn goddess.
−37 293 375 Assyrian fertility goddess.
−42 279.8 500 Zuni fertility goddess.
−38.8 284.3 275 Hebrew fertility goddess.
−57 63 410 Chuvash (Volga Region) main water goddess.
12.6 355.7 270 Rhea Silvia a Roman earth goddess.
41.2 21.5 270 Naga (Tibetan people in NE India) ancestor of all people.
17.3 260.3 300 Micronesian (Kosrae Island, Caroline Islands) breadfruit tree goddess.
−36.5 246.8 270 Indonesian earth, nature, and creator goddess.
−10.2 176.5 350 Sif, the Norse harvest goddess.
−78 39 300 Tartar/Kumyk/Karachay mother of water.
44.3 14.2 136 British goddess of springs and healing waters.
8.3 11.7 170 Hindu fertility goddess.
−54 241 110 Tajik and Uzbek fertility and rain goddess.
T
−37 288 500 Earth goddess of Salish, Puyallup & Yakima Indians.
−4 210.5 260 Indian Earth and nature goddess.
−32.5 95 175 Chinese fertility goddess.
−19.6 345.3 125 Hopi (USA) fertility goddess.
−36.3 6 400 European-Norse fertility goddess.
−36 298.5 400 Japanese goddess of abundance.
−47 258 200 Lobi (Burkina Faso) earth goddess.
16.5 251.5 525 Polynesian fertility goddess.
0.3 264.3 180 Khonds (India) Earth goddess.
−38.5 149.5 125 Aztec fertility goddess.
−8 33 330 Egyptian fertility/harvest goddess.
−6.5 12.9 190 Egyptian fertility goddess .
42.4 214.7 163 Tituba, nurse who started Salem witch hunt (c. 1692). Name changed from Tituba Patera.
−53 164 400 Aztec earth and childbirth goddess.
−62.5 41.5 300 Shinto fertility goddess.
−53.5 95 400 ，Ancient Slavic earth goddess.
41.3 18.9 146 Trotula, an Italian physician (A.D. 1097). Name changed from Trotula Patera.
−16.3 351.2 200 ，Hopi (USA) fertility goddess.
−33.4 303.6 290 ，Onondaga/Iroquois deities of crops ("The Three Sisters").
−51.5 289.5 150 Ainu (Japan) creator goddess, created Hokkaido Island.
69.5 101.2 350 Chechen and Ingush (Caucasus) goddess of fertility.
29 348 180 Roman harvest goddess.
U
−76.5 255 370 Kapauku (Papua/Melanesia) Great Mother goddess.
−39 296.1 300 Japanese fertility goddess.
−14.2 224 300 Buryatan Earth mother.
−27.5 50.5 370 Kazakh childcare goddess.
−55.5 167 150 Zia (SW USA) the First Mother.
V
60.4 96 448 Sabinian (Ancient Italy) goddess of harvest.
43.2 2.7 160 Buddhist female Bodhisattva of abundance.
33 143 200 Mordovian (Volga Finn) water mother.
−5.5 65.2 180 Norse bestower of blessings.
−65.5 275 200 Italian (Umbrian) vegetation goddess.
W
−83 140 300 Maori ancestor goddess, great mother.
X
Xcacau Corona −56 131 200 Quiche (Guatemala) cacao goddess.
−37 43 200 Aztec and Quiche maiz goddess.
51 321 300 Aztec maize (fertility) goddess.
−28.2 269.5 200 Mayan mother and fertility goddess.
38.1 14.6 55 Mayan fertility and motherhood divinity.
Y
−1.5 328.5 200 Bashkir mythical first woman.
38.8 21.2 112 Russian, wife of Price Igor; patiently waited for his return from captivity (12th century). Name changed from Yaroslavna Patera.
−9 214 275 Nenets (Samoyed) Earth mother.
Z
31.5 258.3 315 Persian earth goddess.
−22 240.5 240 Quechua (Peru) maize deity.
-11.7 186 530 Lithuanian fertility goddess.
31.5 312.5 200 Kumyk (Daghestan) fertility goddess.
−33.5 50 150 Latvian earth goddess.
13 287.5 180 Slavic goddess of life.
Zisa Corona 12 221 850 German/Nordic harvest goddess.
−38.6 291.2 200 Polish goddess of life.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Grego, Peter (2007). Venus and Mercury, and How to Observe Them. New York: Springer Science & Business Media. p. 117. ISBN 9780387742861. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

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