List of terrae on Venus

This is a list of terrae, or major landmasses, on Venus. In accordance to the International Astronomical Union's rules of planetary nomenclature, they are named after goddesses of love.

There are only three named terrae on Venus:

Name	North latitude (deg)	West longitude (deg)	Feature diameter (km)
Aphrodite Terra	-5.8	104.8	10,000.0
Ishtar Terra	70.4	27.5	5,610.0
Lada Terra	-62.5	20.0	8,615.0

Aphrodite Terra is named after the Greek love goddess, the counterpart to Venus in Roman mythology. It is located on the southern hemisphere, just below the Equator.
Ishtar Terra is named after a Babylonian love goddess. It is located on the northern hemisphere. Among its prominent features is the highest point on Venus, Maxwell Montes
Lada Terra is named after the Slavic goddess of love. It is located in the largely unknown Southern Polar area.

References

Past	Sputnik programme Sputnik 7 Venera program Venera 1 Sputnik 19 Sputnik 20 Sputnik 21 Kosmos 21 Venera 1964A Kosmos 27 Venera 2 Venera 3 Kosmos 96 Venera 4 Kosmos 167 Venera 5 Venera 6 Venera 7 Venera 8 Kosmos 482 Venera 9 Venera 10 Venera 11 Venera 12 Venera 13 Venera 14 Venera 15 Venera 16 Mariner program Mariner 1 Mariner 2 Mariner 5 Mariner 10 Zond program Zond 1 Pioneer Venus Pioneer Venus Orbiter / Pioneer 12 Pioneer Venus Multiprobe / Pioneer 13 Vega program Vega 1 Vega 2 Magellan Galileo Cassini–Huygens IKAROS MESSENGER Shin'en Venus Express
Current	Akatsuki
Planned	BepiColombo Venera-D
Proposed	European Venus Explorer Mercury-P Venus In Situ Explorer Indian Venusian orbiter mission
Proposed manned	Colonization Inspiration Mars (flyby) Terraforming
Other	Geological mapping of Venus Artificial objects on Venus

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