Gula Mons

Computer simulation of the southwest side of Gula Mons from radar data . Image in false colors and with excessive topography .

The Gula Mons ( Latin for mountain of Gula , after the Babylonian earth mother and creator) is a shield volcano on Venus .

Simulated view from the southeast of Gula Mons (right), with the Guor Linea in the foreground. Left in the background the Sif Mons. Image with 22.5 times the relief height.

The volcano mountain is about three kilometers high and 276 kilometers wide. It is located 21 ° 54 ′  N , 0 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 21 ° 54 ′  N , 0 ° 54 ′  W in the west of the Eistla Regio highlands . To the west of it is the smaller volcano Sif Mons . From Gula Mons, the Lineamente Guor Linea extend southeast towards the Sappho Patera volcano , at the other end of the elongated Eistla Regio.

Like Maat Mons, the Gula Mons is similar to the shield volcanoes in Hawaii . Eruptions have never been observed on Venus.