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    processes. Different missions have mapped different cartographic quadrangles of the surface of Venus. They applied different mapping schemes and came up with...
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    Skadi Mons (category Mountains on Venus)
    the mean planetary radius.[citation needed] List of quadrangles on Venus List of montes on Venus "Skadi Mons". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS...
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  • divided into fifteen quadrangles, designated H-1 to H-15 (the 'H' stands for Hermes, the Greek equivalent of Mercury). The quadrangles are named for prominent...
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  • on Venus Volcanism on Venus Orbit of Venus Quadrangles on Venus History of Venus Observations and explorations of Venus Artificial objects on Venus Venera...
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    Meitner is a multiring impact crater on Venus. This impact crater was named after the female Austrian-Swedish physicist, Lise Meitner, in her honour....
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    Mariner 10 (category Missions to Venus)
    Beethoven, Kuiper, Michelangelo, Tolstoj, and Discovery quadrangles, half of Bach and Victoria quadrangles, and small portions of Solitudo Persephones (later...
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    activities. These set of buildings are the finest of Uxmal's several fine quadrangles of long buildings. It has elaborately carved façades on both the inside...
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    Asteria Regio (category Surface features of Venus)
    region on the planet Venus. It is bordered on the southeast by Phoebe Regio. It is located in the Hecate Chasma (v28) quadrangle. "Planetary names: Regio...
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    Lakshmi Planum Quadrangle (V–7), Venus (PDF). USGS. Retrieved 27 September 2016. Basilevsky, A. T.; J. W. Head III (2003). "The surface of Venus" (PDF). Reports...
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    Wheatley (crater) (category Impact craters on Venus)
    Wheatley is a crater on Venus at latitude 16.6, longitude 268 in Asteria Regio. It is 74.8 km in diameter and was named after Phillis Wheatley, the first...
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    Addams (crater) (category Impact craters on Venus)
    Addams is a crater on Venus. It was named after Jane Addams. "Addams". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program. Olin,...
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    The Quadrangle of Henie is one of the 62 quadrilateral defined by the cartography of Venus approved by the International Astronomical Union. On the scale...
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    Goeppert-Mayer (crater) (category Impact craters on Venus)
    Goeppert-Mayer is a crater on the planet Venus. It is 35 kilometers (22 mi) in diameter and lies above an escarpment at the edge of a ridge belt in Southern...
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  • Xcacau Corona (category Surface features of Venus)
    200 kilometers in diameter and is situated within the Henie Quadrangle. Coronae on Venus like Xcacau are thought to be formed by upwelling of warm material...
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    Danilova (crater) (category Impact craters on Venus)
    Danilova is an impact crater on Venus. It is named after the Russian ballet dancer Maria Danilova. Image Russell, Joel F. (May 1994). Gazetteer of Venusian...
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  • Gregory is a crater on Venus named after Irish playwright Isabella Augusta Gregory by the IAU in 1994. It lies in northern Ovada Regio. Gregory, Gazetteer...
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    Grimke (crater) (category Impact craters on Venus)
    Grimke is a crater on Venus at latitude 17.2, longitude 215.3. It is 34.8 km in diameter and is named after Sarah Grimké. v t e...
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    Mona Lisa (crater) (category Impact craters on Venus)
    Mona Lisa is a crater on Venus at latitude 25.6, longitude 25.1. It is 79.4 km in diameter and was named after Lisa Giacondo, Leonardo da Vinci's model...
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    De Lalande is a multiring impact crater on Venus. It has a diameter of 21.6 km (13.4 mi) and wall width of 5.6 km (3.5 mi). The crater has an outer rim...
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    Cunitz (crater) (category Impact craters on Venus)
    Cunitz is a crater on Venus at latitude 14.5, longitude 350.9 in western Eistla Regio. It is 48.6 km in diameter and was named for a 17th-century Silesian...
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    Aurelia (crater) (category Impact craters on Venus)
    Aurelia is a crater on Venus. It has a large dark surface up range from the crater; lobate flows emanating from crater ejecta, and very radar-bright ejecta...
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    Ariadne (crater) (category Impact craters on Venus)
    Ariadne Crater is a crater on Venus. Its central peak serves as the prime meridian of the planet, a status formerly held by Eve Crater until relocated...
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  • Ruth is an impact crater on Venus. The crater, based on data provided by the Magellan spacecraft, has an estimated diameter of 18.5 kilometres (11.5 mi)...
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    Ganis Chasma (category Surface features of Venus)
    be active volcanism on Venus. Ganis Chasma consists of a group of rift zones located in the Ganiki Planitia Quadrangle on Venus. A chasma is defined as...
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    Buck (crater) (category Impact craters on Venus)
    Buck is a crater in the Navka region of Venus. It has the terraced walls, flat radar-dark floor, and central peak that are characteristic of craters classified...
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    Mariko (crater) (category Impact craters on Venus)
    craters under 20 km in diameter. The crater is located in the V-36 quadrangle of Venus. "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature". International Astronomical...
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    Alcott (crater) (category Impact craters on Venus)
    Alcott is an impact crater on Venus. Lava produced by a volcano at one point filled the crater and altered its rim. Frances, Peter (2012). Universe: The...
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    Yablochkina (crater) (category Impact craters on Venus)
    Yablochkina is an impact crater on Venus. It was named after Aleksandra Yablochkina. Guide to Magellan Image Interpretation. Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
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    Tholi are present on Venus, Mars, asteroid 4 Vesta, dwarf planet Ceres, and on Jupiter's moon Io. Map of the Tharsis quadrangle showing major features...
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  • Ninmah Corona (category Surface features of Venus)
    Corona is a corona found on the planet Venus, at 16°30′N 49°00′E / 16.5°N 49°E / 16.5; 49 Mead Quadrangle. It is named after Ninmah, a Sumer-Akkadian...
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