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The mapping of Venus refers to the process and results of human description of the geological features of the planet Venus. It involves surface radar images of Venus, construction of geological maps , and the identification of stratigraphic units , volumes of rock with a similar age.
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The surface of Venus is dominated by geologic features that include volcanoes, large impact craters, and aeolian erosion and sedimentation landforms. Venus has a topography reflecting its single, strong crustal plate, with a unimodal elevation distribution (over 90% of the surface lies within an elevation of -1.0 and 2.5 km) [1] that preserves geologic structures for long periods of time.
The surface of Venus is comparatively flat. When 93% of the topography was mapped by Pioneer Venus Orbiter, scientists found that the total distance from the lowest point to the highest point on the entire surface was about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi), about the same as the vertical distance between the Earth's ocean floor and the higher summits of the Himalayas.
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Transits of Venus at NASA.gov; Geody Venus, a search engine for surface features; Cartographic resources. Map-a-Planet: Venus by the U.S. Geological Survey; Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Venus by the International Astronomical Union; Venus crater database by the Lunar and Planetary Institute; Map of Venus by Eötvös Loránd University
It is sometimes called Earth's "sister planet" due to their similar size, gravity, and bulk composition (Venus is both the closest planet to Earth and the planet closest in size to Earth). The surface of Venus is covered by a dense atmosphere and presents clear evidence of former violent volcanic activity.
Venus map NASA JPL Magellan-Venera-Pioneer.jpg Module:Location map/data/Venus is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Venus . The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.