List of montes on Venus
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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 Maxwell Montes, Frejya Montes, Akna Montes, and Danu 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.
| Name | Lat. | Long. | Diam. (km) | AS | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abeona Mons | 44.8°S | 273.1°E | 375.0 | (1) | Abeona, Roman goddess of travelers. |
| Akna Montes | 68.9°N | 318.2°E | 830.0 | (1) | Akna, Mayan goddess of birth. |
| Aleksota Mons | 9.0°S | 308.5°E | 250.0 | (1) | Aleksota, Lithuanian goddess of love. |
| Anala Mons | 11.0°N | 14.1°E | 525.0 | (1) | Anala (Hindu), Hindu fertility goddess. Name changed from Anala Corona. |
| Api Mons | 38.9°N | 54.7°E | 190.0 | (1) | Api, Scythian goddess of earth. |
| Atai Mons | 22.0°S | 291.0°E | 250.0 | (1) | Atai, Efik (Ghana) wife of sky god Abassi. |
| Atanua Mons | 9.5°N | 308.9°E | 1000.0 | (1) | Atanua, dawn goddess from Marquesas Islands. |
| Atira Mons | 52.2°N | 267.6°E | 152.0 | (1) | Atira, Pawnee wife of Great Spirit Tirawa. |
| Atsyrkhus Mons | 78.5°S | 227.0°E | 170.0 | (1) | Atsyrkhus (Ossetian people of central Asia), Ossetian, daughter of sun god Khur. |
| Awenhai Mons | 60.0°S | 248.0°E | 100.0 | (1) | Awenhai , Mohawk/Iroquois fertility goddess. |
| Bagbartu Mons | 65.5°N | 279.0°E | 600.0 | (1) | Bagbartu (Urartian), Urartu goddess, worshipped at Musasir. |
| Bécuma Mons | 34.0°N | 21.9°E | 0.0 | (1) | Bécuma (Celtic), Irish dawn goddess. |
| Bunzi Mons | 45.8°N | 354.9°E | 36.0 | (1) | Bunzi (Woyo people of Dem. Rep. Congo), Woyo (Zaire) rainbow goddess. |
| Chloris Mons | 45.4°S | 294.6°E | 180.0 | (1) | Chloris, Greek flower goddess. |
| Chuginadak Mons | 38.0°S | 246.0°E | 450.0 | (1) | Chuginadak (Aleut Inuit), Aleutian volcano goddess. |
| Cipactli Mons | 31.5°S | 332.5°E | 200.0 | (1) | Cipactli, Aztec crocodile-like monster-goddess from which the earth was created. |
| Ciuacoatl Mons | 53.0°N | 150.9°E | 100.0 | (1) | Ciuacoatl, Aztec earth goddess. Changed from Ciuacoatl Corona. |
| Cotis Mons | 44.1°N | 233.1°E | 62.0 | (3) | Thracian goddess, mother of gods, similar to Cybele. Name changed to Cotis Tholus. |
| Danu Montes | 58.5°N | 334.0°E | 808.0 | (1) | Danu (Celtic), Celtic mother of gods. |
| Dzalarhons Mons | 0.5°N | 34.0°E | 120.0 | (1) | Dzalarhons (Haida people of North America), Haida (NW Coast) volcano goddess. |
| Egle Mons | 59.0°S | 134.0°E | 110.0 | (1) | Egle, Lithuanian underwater queen. |
| Eostre Mons | 45.1°N | 329.1°E | 26.0 | (1) | Eostre (Germanic), Teutonic goddess of spring. |
| Erzulie Mons | 68.0°S | 8.0°E | 300.0 | (1) | Erzulie (Haitian), Haitian voodoo goddess of love. |
| Fand Mons | 7.0°N | 158.0°E | 300.0 | (1) | Fand (Celtic), Celtic goddess of healing and pleasure. |
| Faravari Mons | 43.5°S | 309.0°E | 500.0 | (1) | Faravari (Malagasy), Malagasy (Madagascar) water goddess. |
| Freyja Montes | 74.1°N | 333.8°E | 579.0 | (1) | Freyja, Norse fertility goddess. |
| Furki Mons | 35.9°N | 236.4°E | 79.0 | (3) | Chechen and Ingush (Caucasus) goddess, wife of thunder god Sela. Name changed to Furki Tholus. |
| Gauri Mons | 20.2°S | 102.2°E | 75.0 | (1) | Gauri (Hindu), Indian mountain goddess. |
| Gula Mons | 21.9°N | 359.1°E | 276.0 | (1) | Gula (Babylonian), Babylonian earth mother, creative force. |
| Gurshi Mons | 47.5°S | 58.5°E | 210.0 | (1) | Gurshi (Buryat), Buryatian fishing deity. |
| Gwen Mons | 21.4°S | 238.7°E | 200.0 | (1) | Irish goddess of happiness and smiles. |
| Hallgerda Mons | 53.1°N | 198.3°E | 57.0 | (1) | Hallgerda (Norse), Icelandic goddess of vanity. |
| Hathor Mons | 38.7°S | 324.7°E | 333.0 | (1) | Hathor (Egyptian), Egyptian sky goddess. |
| Idunn Mons | 46.5°S | 214.5°E | 250.0 | (1) | Idun, Norse goddess. |
| Ilithyia Mons | 13.5°S | 315.5°E | 90.0 | (1) | Ilithyia, Greek goddess of childbirth. |
| Innini Mons | 34.6°S | 328.5°E | 339.0 | (1) | Innini, Babylonian earth mother worshipped at Kish. |
| Irnini Mons | 14.6°N | 16.0°E | 525.0 | (1) | Irnini, Assyro-Babylonian goddess of cedar-tree mountains. |
| Iseghey Mons | 9.0°N | 171.0°E | 500.0 | (1) | Iseghey (Sakha people of Russia), Yakutian/Saha goddess of cows. |
| Ixtab Mons | 15.7°N | 242.2°E | 80.0 | (1) | Ixtab, Mayan goddess of death. |
| Jael Mons | 51.2°N | 120.8°E | 36.0 | (1) | Jael (Hebrew), Hebrew goddess of dawn. |
| Kali Mons | 9.4°N | 29.2°E | 325.0 | (1) | Kali (Hindu), Hindu goddess, mother of death. |
| Katl-Imi Mons | 69.0°S | 126.0°E | 120.0 | (1) | Katl-Imi, Khanty sun goddess. |
| Kokyanwuti Mons | 35.5°N | 212.0°E | 400.0 | (1) | Kokyanwuti (Hopi people of North America), Hopi earth goddess - "Spider Woman". |
| Kshumay Mons | 54.9°S | 58.0°E | 250.0 | (1) | Kshumay (Nurestan, Afghanistan), Nuristan (NE Afghanistan) vegetation goddess. |
| Kunapipi Mons | 33.9°S | 86.0°E | 220.0 | (1) | Kunapipi (Australian aborigine), Australian mother earth goddess. Changed from Kunapipi Corona. |
| Kurukulla Mons | 48.7°N | 103.0°E | 59.0 | (1) | Kurukulla (Tibetan), Etan (Tibet) goddess of wealth. |
| Lahar Mons | 14.0°N | 162.0°E | 225.0 | (1) | Lahar, Assyro-Babylonian goddess of domestic animals. |
| Laka Mons | 79.9°N | 262.0°E | 220.0 | (1) | Laka (Hawaiian), Hawaiian uncultivated area goddess. |
| Lamashtu Mons | 2.8°N | 172.7°E | 260.0 | (1) | Lamashtu (Sumerian), Sumerian goddess who inflicted children with diseases. |
| Lanig Mons | 68.5°S | 91.0°E | 400.0 | (1) | Lanig (Semang people of the Malay peninsula), Semang (Malay Peninsula) creator goddess. |
| Loo-Wit Mons | 59.5°S | 56.0°E | 150.0 | (1) | Loowit (Multnomah and Klikitat people of North America), Multnomah and Klikitat (NW Coast) volcano goddess, embodied in Mt. St. Helens. |
| Ludjatako Mons | 12.0°S | 251.0°E | 500.0 | (3) | Creek (SE USA) Giant Turtle deity. Changed to Ludjatako Corona. |
| Maat Mons | 0.5°N | 194.6°E | 395.0 | (1) | Ma'at (Egyptian), Ancient Egyptian goddess of truth and justice. |
| Maxwell Montes | 65.2°N | 3.3°E | 797.0 | (1) | James Clerk Maxwell, physicist, James C.; British physicist (1831-1879). |
| Mbokomu Mons | 15.1°S | 215.2°E | 460.0 | (1) | Ngombe (Zaire) ancestor goddess. |
| Melia Mons | 62.8°N | 119.3°E | 311.0 | (1) | Greek nymph. |
| Mem Loimis Mons | 9.5°N | 209.0°E | 300.0 | (1) | Wintun (California) goddess. |
| Mentha Mons | 43.0°N | 237.3°E | 79.0 | (3) | Roman goddess, personification of the human mind. Name changed to Mentha Tholus. |
| Mertseger Mons | 38.1°S | 270.3°E | 450.0 | (1) | Snake goddess of the Theban necropolis. |
| Mielikki Mons | 27.8°S | 280.5°E | 450.0 | (1) | Finnish forest goddess. |
| Milda Mons | 52.5°N | 159.4°E | 48.0 | (1) | Lithuanian goddess of love. |
| Mokosha Mons | 57.7°N | 255.0°E | 270.0 | (1) | East Slavic main goddess. |
| Muhongo Mons | 10.6°N | 174.5°E | 175.0 | (1) | Mbundu (Angola) ancestor deity. |
| Muta Mons | 55.5°N | 358.3°E | 54.0 | (1) | Roman goddess of silence. |
| Nahas-tsan Mons | 14.0°N | 205.0°E | 500.0 | (1) | Navajo Mother Earth. |
| Nayunuwi Montes | 2.0°N | 83.0°E | 900.0 | (1) | Cherokee stone-clad female monster. |
| Nazit Mons | 22.5°N | 240.0°E | 350.0 | (1) | Egyptian winged serpent goddess. |
| Ne Ngam Mons | 43.0°S | 257.5°E | 200.0 | (1) | Lao world creator goddess. |
| Nepthys Mons | 33.0°S | 317.5°E | 350.0 | (1) | Egyptian goddess of barren lands. |
| Nijole Mons | 45.0°N | 185.0°E | 150.0 | (1) | Lithuanian underworld goddess. Spelling changed from Niola Mons. |
| Ninisinna Mons | 25.7°N | 197.5°E | 110.0 | (2) | Mesopotamian goddess of health and healing. |
| Nokomis Montes | 20.0°N | 189.0°E | 486.0 | (1) | Algonquin (N. America) earth mother. |
| Nyx Mons | 30.0°N | 48.5°E | 875.0 | (1) | Greek goddess of night. |
| Ongwuti Mons | 2.0°S | 194.5°E | 500.0 | (1) | Hopi salt-woman deity, predicts seasons. |
| Ozza Mons | 4.5°N | 201.0°E | 507.0 | (1) | Persian goddess honored by the Koreishies. |
| Pahto Mons | 64.5°S | 114.5°E | 300.0 | (1) | Yakima/Klickitat (NW Coast) mountain goddess. |
| Polik-mana Mons | 24.5°N | 264.0°E | 600.0 | (1) | Hopi butterfly maiden ('kachina'). |
| Ptesanwi Mons | 2.8°N | 45.4°E | 200.0 | (1) | Lakota (Sioux) White Buffalo Woman. |
| Rakapila Mons | 43.7°S | 321.5°E | 130.0 | (1) | Malagasy (Madagascar) sacred trees deity. |
| Renpet Mons | 76.0°N | 236.2°E | 138.0 | (1) | Egyptian goddess of springtime and youth. |
| Rhea Mons | 32.4°N | 282.2°E | 217.0 | (1) | Greek Titaness. |
| Rhpisunt Mons | 2.5°N | 301.5°E | 250.0 | (1) | Haida (NW Coast) Bear Mother deity. |
| Sakwap-mana Mons | 35.0°N | 219.5°E | 500.0 | (1) | Hopi maiden of blue corn ('kachina'). |
| Samodiva Mons | 13.6°N | 291.0°E | 200.0 | (1) | Bulgarian winged water deity. |
| Sapas Mons | 8.5°N | 188.3°E | 217.0 | (1) | Phoenician goddess. |
| Sekmet Mons | 44.5°N | 240.5°E | 285.0 | (1) | Ancient Egyptian goddess of war and battle. |
| Sephira Mons | 43.0°S | 28.0°E | 275.0 | (1) | Spanish goddess of intelligence and creativity. |
| Seshat Mons | 26.3°N | 33.2°E | 62.0 | (3) | Egyptian goddess of writing. |
| Shala Mons | 39.4°N | 208.0°E | 90.0 | (2) | Canaanite storm goddess. |
| Siduri Mons | 42.3°S | 297.3°E | 105.0 | (1) | Babylonian goddess of wine and wisdom. |
| Sif Mons | 22.0°N | 352.4°E | 200.0 | (1) | Teutonic goddess; Thor's wife. |
| Skadi Mons | 64.0°N | 4.0°E | 40.0 | (1) | Norse mountain goddess. |
| Somagalags Montes | 9.3°N | 348.5°E | 105.0 | (1) | Bella Coola earth mother. Name changed from Somagalags Corona. |
| Spandarmat Mons | 16.5°S | 255.0°E | 400.0 | (1) | Iranian mother goddess. |
| Talakin Mons | 11.0°S | 355.4°E | 175.0 | (1) | Navajo (USA) goddess. |
| Tefnut Mons | 38.6°S | 304.0°E | 182.0 | (1) | Ancient Egyptian goddess of dew or rain. |
| Tepev Mons | 29.0°N | 44.3°E | 301.0 | (1) | Quiche Mayan creator goddess. |
| Thallo Mons | 76.0°N | 233.5°E | 216.0 | (1) | Greek goddess of vegetation flowering (Spring Hora). |
| Theia Mons | 22.7°N | 281.0°E | 226.0 | (1) | Greek Titaness. |
| Toma Mons | 12.9°S | 232.0°E | 80.0 | (2) | Tibetan goddess of intelligence and creativity. |
| Ts'an Nu Mons | 27.2°S | 272.9°E | 310.0 | (1) | Chinese goddess of silkworms. |
| Tuli Mons | 13.3°N | 314.6°E | 750.0 | (1) | Samoan goddess of creation. |
| Tuulikki Mons | 10.3°N | 274.7°E | 520.0 | (1) | Finnish wood goddess. |
| Tuzandi Mons | 42.5°S | 41.5°E | 200.0 | (1) | Palaun (Mon-Khmer of Burma/Myanmar) ancestor deity. |
| Ua-ogrere Mons | 40.5°N | 117.0°E | 200.0 | (1) | Kivai (New Guinea) ancestor deity, oldest woman who "ever existed." |
| Uretsete Mons | 12.0°S | 261.0°E | 500.0 | (1) | Keresan Pueblo ancestor goddess. |
| Ushas Mons | 24.3°S | 324.6°E | 413.0 | (1) | Indian goddess of dawn. |
| Uti Hiata Mons | 16.0°N | 69.0°E | 500.0 | (1) | Pawnee Mother Corn deity. |
| Var Mons | 1.2°N | 316.2°E | 1000.0 | (1) | Scandinavian love goddess. |
| Venilia Mons | 32.7°N | 238.8°E | 320.0 | (1) | Ancient Italian sea goddess. |
| Vostrukha Mons | 6.3°S | 299.4°E | 180.0 | (1) | Belorussian deity of home. |
| Waka Mons | 26.3°N | 207.7°E | 60.0 | (2) | Polynesian lizard goddess. |
| Wyrd Mons | 14.0°N | 247.2°E | 150.0 | (1) | Anglo-Saxon weaving goddess. |
| Xochiquetzal Mons | 3.5°N | 270.0°E | 80.0 | (1) | Aztec goddess of flowers. |
| Xtoh Mons | 39.7°N | 194.2°E | 110.0 | (2) | Quiche (Guatemala) goddess of weather and rain. |
| Yolkai-Estsan Mons | 17.0°N | 194.0°E | 600.0 | (1) | Navajo myth female deity. |
| Yunya-mana Mons | 18.0°S | 285.0°E | 500.0 | (1) | Hopi prickly pear cactus maiden. |
| Zaltu Mons | 18.0°N | 163.5°E | 220.0 | (1) | Assyro-Babylonian goddess. |
Key
- DIAM — Diameter or longest dimension of feature in kilometers
- 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
