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 Akna Montes, , , and Maxwell Montes. These are found on Ishtar Terra.
Mountain ranges are formed by the folding and buckling of a planet's crust. The mountain ranges of Venus, like those of the Earth, are characterized by many parallel folds and faults.
The presence of mountain ranges on Venus may provide evidence that the planet's surface is in motion.
Montes[]
| Name | Coordinates | Diam. (km) | AS | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abeona Mons | 44°48′S 273°06′E / 44.8°S 273.1°E | 375 | (1) | Abeona, Roman goddess of travelers |
| Akna Montes | 68°54′N 318°12′E / 68.9°N 318.2°E | 830 | (1) | Akna, Mayan goddess of birth |
| 9°00′S 308°30′E / 9.0°S 308.5°E | 250 | (1) | Aleksota, Lithuanian goddess of love | |
| Anala Mons | 11°00′N 14°06′E / 11.0°N 14.1°E | 525 | (1) | Anala (Hindu), Hindu fertility goddess. Name changed from Anala Corona. |
| 38°54′N 54°42′E / 38.9°N 54.7°E | 190 | (1) | , Scythian goddess of earth | |
| 22°00′S 291°00′E / 22.0°S 291.0°E | 250 | (1) | , Efik (Ghana) wife of sky god Abassi | |
| 9°30′N 308°54′E / 9.5°N 308.9°E | 1000 | (1) | Atanua, dawn goddess from Marquesas Islands | |
| 52°12′N 267°36′E / 52.2°N 267.6°E | 152 | (1) | Atira, Pawnee wife of Great Spirit Tirawa | |
| 78°30′S 227°00′E / 78.5°S 227.0°E | 170 | (1) | (Ossetian people of central Asia), Ossetian, daughter of sun god Khur | |
| 60°00′S 248°00′E / 60.0°S 248.0°E | 100 | (1) | , Mohawk/Iroquois fertility goddess | |
| 65°30′N 279°00′E / 65.5°N 279.0°E | 600 | (1) | Bagbartu (Urartian), Urartu goddess, worshipped at Musasir | |
| 34°00′N 21°54′E / 34.0°N 21.9°E | 0 | (1) | (Celtic), Irish dawn goddess | |
| 45°48′N 354°54′E / 45.8°N 354.9°E | 36 | (1) | Bunzi (Woyo people of Dem. Rep. Congo), Woyo (Zaire) rainbow goddess | |
| 45°24′S 294°36′E / 45.4°S 294.6°E | 180 | (1) | Chloris, Greek flower goddess | |
| 38°00′S 246°00′E / 38.0°S 246.0°E | 450 | (1) | Chuginadak (Aleut Inuit), Aleutian volcano goddess | |
| 31°30′S 332°30′E / 31.5°S 332.5°E | 200 | (1) | Cipactli, Aztec crocodile-like monster-goddess from which the earth was created | |
| Ciuacoatl Mons | 53°00′N 150°54′E / 53.0°N 150.9°E | 100 | (1) | Ciuacoatl, Aztec earth goddess. Changed from Ciuacoatl Corona |
| 58°30′N 334°00′E / 58.5°N 334.0°E | 808 | (1) | Danu (Celtic), Celtic mother of gods | |
| 0°30′N 34°00′E / 0.5°N 34.0°E | 120 | (1) | Dzalarhons (Haida people of North America), Haida (NW Coast) volcano goddess | |
| 59°00′S 134°00′E / 59.0°S 134.0°E | 110 | (1) | Eglė, Lithuanian underwater queen | |
| 45°06′N 329°06′E / 45.1°N 329.1°E | 26 | (1) | Eostre (Germanic), Teutonic goddess of spring | |
| 68°00′S 8°00′E / 68.0°S 8.0°E | 300 | (1) | Erzulie (Haitian), Haitian voodoo goddess of love | |
| Fand Mons | 7°00′N 158°00′E / 7.0°N 158.0°E | 300 | (1) | Fand (Celtic), Celtic goddess of healing and pleasure |
| 43°30′S 309°00′E / 43.5°S 309.0°E | 500 | (1) | (Malagasy), Malagasy (Madagascar) water goddess | |
| 74°06′N 333°48′E / 74.1°N 333.8°E | 579 | (1) | Freyja, Norse fertility goddess | |
| 20°12′S 102°12′E / 20.2°S 102.2°E | 75 | (1) | Gauri (Hindu), Indian mountain goddess | |
| Gula Mons | 21°54′N 359°06′E / 21.9°N 359.1°E | 276 | (1) | Gula (Babylonian), Mesopotamian medicine goddess |
| 47°30′S 58°30′E / 47.5°S 58.5°E | 210 | (1) | (Buryat), Buryatian fishing deity | |
| 21°24′S 238°42′E / 21.4°S 238.7°E | 200 | (1) | Irish goddess of happiness and smiles | |
| 53°06′N 198°18′E / 53.1°N 198.3°E | 57 | (1) | Hallgerda (Norse), Icelandic goddess of vanity | |
| 38°42′S 324°42′E / 38.7°S 324.7°E | 333 | (1) | Hathor (Egyptian), Egyptian sky goddess | |
| 46°30′S 214°30′E / 46.5°S 214.5°E | 250 | (1) | Idun, Norse goddess | |
| 13°30′S 315°30′E / 13.5°S 315.5°E | 90 | (1) | Ilithyia, Greek goddess of childbirth | |
| 34°36′S 328°30′E / 34.6°S 328.5°E | 339 | (1) | , Babylonian earth mother worshipped at Kish | |
| Irnini Mons | 14°36′N 16°00′E / 14.6°N 16.0°E | 475 | (1) | Irnini, Assyro-Babylonian goddess of cedar-tree mountains |
| 9°00′N 171°00′E / 9.0°N 171.0°E | 500 | (1) | (Sakha people of Russia), Yakutian/Saha goddess of cows | |
| 15°42′N 242°12′E / 15.7°N 242.2°E | 80 | (1) | Ixtab, Mayan goddess of death | |
| 51°12′N 120°48′E / 51.2°N 120.8°E | 36 | (1) | Jael, Hebrew biblical heroine | |
| 9°24′N 29°12′E / 9.4°N 29.2°E | 325 | (1) | Kali (Hindu), Hindu goddess, mother of death | |
| 69°00′S 126°00′E / 69.0°S 126.0°E | 120 | (1) | , Khanty sun goddess | |
| 35°30′N 212°00′E / 35.5°N 212.0°E | 400 | (1) | (Hopi people of North America), Hopi earth goddess – "Spider Woman" | |
| 54°54′S 58°00′E / 54.9°S 58.0°E | 250 | (1) | (Nurestan, Afghanistan), Nuristan (NE Afghanistan) vegetation goddess | |
| 33°54′S 86°00′E / 33.9°S 86.0°E | 220 | (1) | Kunapipi (Australian aborigine), Australian mother earth goddess. Changed from Kunapipi Corona. | |
| 48°42′N 103°00′E / 48.7°N 103.0°E | 59 | (1) | Kurukulla (Tibetan), Etan (Tibet) goddess of wealth | |
| 14°00′N 162°00′E / 14.0°N 162.0°E | 225 | (1) | Lahar, Assyro-Babylonian goddess of domestic animals | |
| 79°54′N 262°00′E / 79.9°N 262.0°E | 220 | (1) | Laka (Hawaiian), Hawaiian uncultivated area goddess | |
| 2°48′N 172°42′E / 2.8°N 172.7°E | 260 | (1) | Lamashtu (Sumerian), Sumerian goddess who inflicted children with diseases | |
| 68°30′S 91°00′E / 68.5°S 91.0°E | 400 | (1) | Lanig (Semang people of the Malay peninsula), Semang (Malay Peninsula) creator goddess | |
| 59°30′S 56°00′E / 59.5°S 56.0°E | 150 | (1) | Loowit (Multnomah and Klikitat people of North America), Multnomah and Klikitat (NW Coast) volcano goddess, embodied in Mt. St. Helens | |
| Maat Mons | 0°30′N 194°36′E / 0.5°N 194.6°E | 395 | (1) | Ma'at (Egyptian), Ancient Egyptian goddess of truth and justice |
| Maxwell Montes | 65°12′N 3°18′E / 65.2°N 3.3°E | 797 | (1) | James Clerk Maxwell, British physicist (1831–1879) |
| 15°06′S 215°12′E / 15.1°S 215.2°E | 460 | (1) | Mbokomu, ancestor goddess of the Ngombe (Zaire) | |
| 62°48′N 119°18′E / 62.8°N 119.3°E | 311 | (1) | Greek nymph | |
| 9°30′N 209°00′E / 9.5°N 209.0°E | 300 | (1) | Wintun (California) goddess | |
| 38°06′S 270°18′E / 38.1°S 270.3°E | 450 | (1) | Mertseger，Snake goddess of the Theban Necropolis | |
| 71°00′N 253°00′E / 71.0°N 253.0°E | 920 | (1) | Greek Titaness | |
| 27°48′S 280°30′E / 27.8°S 280.5°E | 450 | (1) | Mielikki, Finnish forest goddess | |
| 52°30′N 159°24′E / 52.5°N 159.4°E | 48 | (1) | Milda, Lithuanian goddess of love | |
| 57°42′N 255°00′E / 57.7°N 255.0°E | 270 | (1) | East Slavic main goddess | |
| 10°36′N 174°30′E / 10.6°N 174.5°E | 175 | (1) | Mbundu (Angola) ancestor deity | |
| 55°30′N 358°18′E / 55.5°N 358.3°E | 54 | (1) | Roman goddess of silence | |
| 14°00′N 205°00′E / 14.0°N 205.0°E | 500 | (1) | Navajo Mother Earth | |
| 2°00′N 83°00′E / 2.0°N 83.0°E | 900 | (1) | Cherokee stone-clad female monster | |
| 22°30′N 240°00′E / 22.5°N 240.0°E | 350 | (1) | Nazit, Egyptian winged serpent goddess | |
| 43°00′S 257°30′E / 43.0°S 257.5°E | 200 | (1) | Lao world creator goddess | |
| 33°00′S 317°30′E / 33.0°S 317.5°E | 350 | (1) | Nepthys, Egyptian goddess of barren lands | |
| 45°00′N 185°00′E / 45.0°N 185.0°E | 150 | (1) | Lithuanian underworld goddess. Spelling changed from Niola Mons. | |
| 25°42′N 197°30′E / 25.7°N 197.5°E | 110 | (2) | Mesopotamian goddess of health and healing | |
| 20°00′N 189°00′E / 20.0°N 189.0°E | 486 | (1) | Algonquin (N. America) earth mother | |
| 30°00′N 48°30′E / 30.0°N 48.5°E | 875 | (1) | Nyx, Greek goddess of night | |
| 2°00′S 194°30′E / 2.0°S 194.5°E | 500 | (1) | Hopi salt-woman deity who predicts seasons | |
| Ozza Mons | 4°30′N 201°00′E / 4.5°N 201.0°E | 507 | (1) | Persian goddess honored by the Qurayshies |
| 64°30′S 114°30′E / 64.5°S 114.5°E | 300 | (1) | Yakima/Klickitat (NW Coast) mountain deity | |
| 24°30′N 264°00′E / 24.5°N 264.0°E | 600 | (1) | Polik-mana, Hopi butterfly maiden ('kachina') | |
| 2°48′N 45°24′E / 2.8°N 45.4°E | 200 | (1) | Ptesanwi, Lakota (Sioux) White Buffalo Woman | |
| 43°42′S 321°30′E / 43.7°S 321.5°E | 130 | (1) | Malagasy (Madagascar) sacred tree deity | |
| Renpet Mons | 76°00′N 236°12′E / 76.0°N 236.2°E | 300 | (1) | Renpet, Egyptian goddess of springtime and youth |
| 32°24′N 282°12′E / 32.4°N 282.2°E | 217 | (1) | Greek Titaness | |
| 2°30′N 301°30′E / 2.5°N 301.5°E | 250 | (1) | Haida (NW Coast) Bear Mother deity | |
| 35°00′N 219°30′E / 35.0°N 219.5°E | 500 | (1) | Hopi maiden of blue corn ('kachina') | |
| 13°36′N 291°00′E / 13.6°N 291.0°E | 200 | (1) | Bulgarian winged water deity | |
| Sapas Mons | 8°30′N 188°18′E / 8.5°N 188.3°E | 217 | (1) | Canaanite sun goddess |
| 75°42′N 354°30′E / 75.7°N 354.5°E | 200 | (1) | Saraswati, Hindu river goddess | |
| 44°30′N 240°30′E / 44.5°N 240.5°E | 285 | (1) | Sekmet, Ancient Egyptian goddess of war and battle | |
| 43°00′S 28°00′E / 43.0°S 28.0°E | 275 | (1) | Spanish goddess of intelligence and creativity | |
| 39°24′N 208°00′E / 39.4°N 208.0°E | 90 | (2) | Shala, Canaanite storm goddess | |
| 42°18′S 297°18′E / 42.3°S 297.3°E | 105 | (1) | Siduri, Babylonian goddess of wine and wisdom | |
| Sif Mons | 22°00′N 352°24′E / 22.0°N 352.4°E | 200 | (1) | Sif, Teutonic goddess; Thor's wife |
| Skadi Mons | 64°00′N 4°00′E / 64.0°N 4.0°E | 40 | (1) | Skadi, Norse mountain goddess |
| 9°18′N 348°30′E / 9.3°N 348.5°E | 105 | (1) | Bella Coola earth mother. Name changed from Somagalags Corona. | |
| 16°30′S 255°00′E / 16.5°S 255.0°E | 400 | (1) | Iranian mother goddess | |
| 11°00′S 355°24′E / 11.0°S 355.4°E | 175 | (1) | Navajo (USA) goddess | |
| 38°36′S 304°00′E / 38.6°S 304.0°E | 182 | (1) | Ancient Egyptian goddess of dew or rain | |
| 29°00′N 44°18′E / 29.0°N 44.3°E | 301 | (1) | Quiche Mayan creator goddess | |
| 76°00′N 233°30′E / 76.0°N 233.5°E | 216 | (1) | Thallo, Greek goddess of vegetation flowering (Spring Hora) | |
| Theia Mons | 22°42′N 281°00′E / 22.7°N 281.0°E | 226 | (1) | Greek Titaness |
| 12°54′S 232°00′E / 12.9°S 232.0°E | 80 | (2) | Tibetan goddess of intelligence and creativity | |
| 27°12′S 272°54′E / 27.2°S 272.9°E | 310 | (1) | Chinese goddess of silkworms | |
| 13°18′N 314°36′E / 13.3°N 314.6°E | 750 | (1) | Samoan goddess of creation | |
| 10°18′N 274°42′E / 10.3°N 274.7°E | 520 | (1) | Finnish wood goddess | |
| 42°30′S 41°30′E / 42.5°S 41.5°E | 200 | (1) | Palaun (Mon-Khmer of Burma/Myanmar) ancestor deity | |
| 40°30′N 117°00′E / 40.5°N 117.0°E | 200 | (1) | Kivai (New Guinea) ancestor deity, oldest woman who "ever existed" | |
| 12°00′S 261°00′E / 12.0°S 261.0°E | 500 | (1) | Keresan Pueblo ancestor goddess | |
| Ushas Mons | 24°18′S 324°36′E / 24.3°S 324.6°E | 413 | (1) | Ushas, Hindu goddess of dawn |
| 16°00′N 69°00′E / 16.0°N 69.0°E | 500 | (1) | Pawnee Mother Corn deity | |
| 1°12′N 316°12′E / 1.2°N 316.2°E | 1000 | (1) | Scandinavian love goddess | |
| 32°42′N 238°48′E / 32.7°N 238.8°E | 320 | (1) | Venilia, Roman divinity associated with the winds and sea | |
| 6°18′S 299°24′E / 6.3°S 299.4°E | 180 | (1) | Belorussian deity of home | |
| 26°18′N 207°42′E / 26.3°N 207.7°E | 60 | (2) | Waka, Polynesian lizard goddess | |
| 14°00′N 247°12′E / 14.0°N 247.2°E | 150 | (1) | Wyrd, Anglo-Saxon weaving goddess | |
| 3°30′N 270°00′E / 3.5°N 270.0°E | 80 | (1) | Xochiquetzal, Aztec goddess of flowers | |
| 39°42′N 194°12′E / 39.7°N 194.2°E | 110 | (2) | Quiche (Guatemala) goddess of weather and rain | |
| 17°00′N 194°00′E / 17.0°N 194.0°E | 600 | (1) | Navajo myth female deity | |
| 18°00′S 285°00′E / 18.0°S 285.0°E | 500 | (1) | Hopi prickly pear cactus maiden | |
| 18°00′N 163°30′E / 18.0°N 163.5°E | 220 | (1) | Assyro-Babylonian goddess |
Key
- DIAM — Longest dimension of feature in kilometres
- AS — Approval status
- (1) — Adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly
- (2) — Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) approval
- (3) — Dropped, no longer in use
See also[]
- List of coronae on Venus
- List of craters on Venus
- List of tallest mountains in the Solar System
- List of mountains on Mars by height
References[]
External links[]
Categories:
- Lists of extraterrestrial mountains
- Surface features of Venus
- Mountains on Venus
- Venus-related lists